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House hunters are fleeing climate change, causing a new kind of gentrification

Grist

If people flock to the areas least impacted by climate change, prices in those communities will skyrocket because the homes are in higher demand, said Redfin’s chief economist Daryl Fairweather. This story is already playing out in a number of coastal communities in South Florida, where sea-level rise is an imminent threat.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

In 2008, Jacobson teamed up with student, Graeme Hoste, to assess whether California’s hourly demand for electricity could be satisfied with a combination of renewable power sources. Meeting of The Solutions Project and Sierra Club at Cornell University on April 20, 2013. Jacobson, Mark Ruffalo, and Josh Fox. © Jon Wank.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

degree limit as the main demand. The tiny Pacific Ocean island of just 12,000 people was insistently demanding , along with AOSIS and LDCs, a legally binding treaty that would keep the temperature rise below 1.5°C. They asked for it simply because with 2°C warming, their territory will succumb to rising sea levels.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

And a good thing that is, with climate scientists predicting sea level rise of at least a foot by 2050, which will make the Rockaways more prone to climate change-fueled flooding and storm surges than they already are. . Given the level of toxicity in this parish, it has earn the name of Cancer Alley. Sponsored Article.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

AGreenLiving

” As many as 250,000 residents, mostly working-class Latinos, face a chronic health hazard from exposure to airborne lead and arsenic that subsequently settled into the soil from the recycling plant, according to a 2013 health risk assessment by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

The slow creep of sea-level rise has also led to more frequent tidal flooding in coastal cities like Miami. On California’s coast, rising seas have eaten away at bluffs, causing stretches of road to collapse into the water. These shifts could cost billions of dollars to the region’s economy.