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Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill Fails to Face Coastal Realities
2013-01-07 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Next week, the U.S. Congress is expected to vote on the bulk of $60 billion in emergency spending to provide for recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Clearly, significant aid is needed to repair the damage left by the storm and to help many people put their lives back together. But the bill before Congress includes provisions authorizing spending that would be fiscally irresponsible and environmentally damaging and would set a very bad precedent as we plan for long-term adaptation to rising sea levels...
United Kingdom: Could more extreme weather speed coastal erosion?
2013-01-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EDP24: Following one of the wettest years on record, the Met Office has warned of more extreme rainfall events in future -- which could speed the erosion of our already-fragile coastline. According to the nations official weather forecasters, the UK experienced its second wettest year on record in 2012, with warnings that we face a future of increasingly intense downpours. Analysis published by the Met Office this week shows that the country is experiencing more extreme rainfall events, and suggests...
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