Climate

The new calculations reveal that following a relative sea level rise of 1 metre, it is estimated that 37% more coastal areas will fall below sea level, affecting up to 132 million individuals.

“If sea level is higher for your particular island or coastal city than was previously assumed, the impacts from sea level rise will happen sooner than projected before,” said Minderhoud.

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

The paper is here

The papers are here and here

The paper is here

‘I’ve never seen anything like this,” longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going ‘silent’ on the issue.

The city belongs to a small handful of jurisdictions that pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2030, relative to a 1990 baseline measurement, as well as maintain complete carbon neutrality by 2030. Staff presented the most recent data on emissions from 2024 to the council, which showed a marginal decrease from the previous year but still a ways out from the 80% reduction target

The last repeat of 2030 in the above is because they're talking about cutting actual emissions by 80% by 2030, and using offsets for the remaining 20%

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Environmentalists are challenging the EPA’s repeal of the “endangerment finding,” which empowered it to regulate greenhouse gases. Whether or not the action holds up in court, now is the time to develop climate strategies that can be pursued when the political balance shifts.

More than two dozen contributors to the manual criticized the deletion of a chapter on climate science by the Federal Judicial Center.

An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, climate change and other topics at hundreds of national park sites.

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House bill 5151 advances solar in the Bay State but renewable energy groups say cuts to Mass Save could devastate the program.

I note that federal nuclear safety regulations were just gutted