Grist

MAY 18, 2021

There is a universe in which Hurricane Sandy didn’t create quite so much devastation back in 2012; where the waters, which surged deep into subway tunnels and left parts of New York City in the dark for days, left some parts of the tri-state area unscathed. And that universe, according to scientists, is one without climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

For example, recent research found that human-caused sea-level rise increased the damages suffered when Hurricane Sandy hit the US East Coast in 2012 by $8.1 Another study found that climate change was responsible for $67 billion of damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas in 2017.

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Grist

AUGUST 30, 2022

Greenland’s melting ice sheet will raise global sea levels by at least 10.6 That’s even if everyone stopped burning fossil fuels today. The new research suggests that extreme temperatures could eventually trigger as much as 30 inches of sea-level rise. degrees Celsius (2.2

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In 2012 scientists warned us that our oceans are dying but we did not respond. By 2012 dozens of studies made the case for anthropogenic climate change including a report from UNEP that warned that we are on the brink of a climate catastrophe. PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC ) issued a climate warning in 2012 and so did the World Bank.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2021

Mountains in the Arctic in 2012: The region can expect an ice-free summer “at least once before 2050”, under even the most optimistic scenarios described in the latest IPCC report (image credit: duncan c , CC BY-NC 2.0

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 21, 2021

The tide is turning against Louisiana’s proposed $2 billion Mississippi River sediment diversion project, that supporters say is needed to save the coast from rapid land loss due to subsidence, damage done by the oil and gas industry, extreme weather events, and sea level rise quickened by climate change.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

It includes rebuilding the nation’s electricity grid, adding 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations, investing billions of dollars in WWS expansion, the removal of fossil fuel subsidies, and the requirement that 40% of the new clean energy economy jobs be directed to people living in disadvantaged communities.

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