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Investors Show Increasing Interest in Apartment Markets in Smaller Georgia Cities
2014-10-13 19:00:00| National Real Estate Investor
Robert Stickel It may come as a surprise to know that the apartment markets in smaller Georgia cities such as Athens, Augusta and Savannah are drawing a relatively high level of investor interest. read more
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How Cities Can Help Fight Climate Change
2014-10-09 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The new proposals to combat climate change announced today by President Obama will leverage innovative climate strategies which are already at work and which have been proven effective. If successful, these proposals will help deliver powerful nature-based climate solutions from cities to rural communities. One of the most widely appreciated ways to slow climate change is by replanting native forests to absorb carbon dioxide that would otherwise contribute to global warming. U.S. forests capture...
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Floods Will Be Chronic Problem for East Coast Cities by 2030, Study Says
2014-10-08 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: By 2030, residents of Washington, D.C., and Annapolis, Maryland, could be experiencing more than 150 tidal floods every year -- up from an average of just 50 today -- according to a recent study of sea level rise and coastal flood risk along the U.S. East Coast by the Union of Concerned Scientists. In another 15 years, that number could jump to 400 floods annually, the study says. A home purchased in some of the more flood-prone parts of those two cities could see daily flooding before a 30-year...
Flooding: Report predicts Maryland cities will get wetter more often
2014-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Baltimore Sun: With minor flooding forecast Wednesday morning for Baltimore and elsewhere along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, there's a new warning that rising seas are likely to encroach more often and reach farther inland in coming decades. The National Weather Service issued a coastal flooding advisory Tuesday night for Anne Arundel, Calvert and Harford counties and southern Baltimore. Onshore winds combined with higher than normal tides were expected to cause "minor shoreline inundation" in low-lying...
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US east coast cities to be severely affected by climate change, scientists warn
2014-10-08 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Union of Concerned Scientists has said that over the next 15 to 30 years, Mid-Atlantic communities and some of the most important cities on the US east coast will experience severe floods and high tides, as worsening climate change raises sea levels and causes more extreme weather. In a new report, Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast Communities over the Next 30 Years, experts suggest that in the next 15 years cities including Miami Beach...
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