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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

West Oakland, California Grist / Getty Images Oceans do not stop where the sea meets the shore. Many Americans are familiar with sea-level rise. They think that building a levee is going to protect them from rising seawater. They can also enter directly through cracks in building foundations.

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A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

DeSmogBlog

Walker explained in an email that they were “required to limit the number of attendees to maintain safety protocols on an active construction site.” I saw a few construction vehicles that served as a backdrop to the makeshift stage where speakers, including Louisiana’s Gov.

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The Uncertain Future of Gas Exports on Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastline

DeSmogBlog

But four hurricanes since 2005 and sea level rise — it really decimated this coastline.” He estimates that 70 metres of his property has been swallowed up by sea level rise since he moved there in 1998, with trees and wetlands washed away as the ocean advanced bit by bit with each passing year. “I