DeSmogBlog

APRIL 17, 2020

coastal cities , barring efforts to mitigate climate change and reduce sea level rise. Tags: sea level rise coastal flooding #ExxonKnew ExxonMobil shell #ShellKnew climate lawsuits Extreme flooding will become an annual and eventually a practically daily hazard for many U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2020

On Monday the City of Honolulu filed a lawsuit against 10 oil and gas companies, seeking monetary damages to help pay for costs associated with climate impacts like sea level rise and flooding. Tags: Honolulu Hawaii climate liability Manufacturers' Accountability Project

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The lawsuit seeks to recover costs associated with climate impacts like extreme flooding and sea level rise. Tags: Hoboken new jersey climate accountability climate lawsuits fossil fuel industry American Petroleum Institute ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Chevron (NYSE: CVX) shell

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2020

Though the island, about 80 miles southwest of New Orleans, can’t be saved from the sea-level rise and coastal erosion that’s been intensified by climate change, Burnet is happy he still lives there, even though his days there are numbered.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

And, according to a new study out Tuesday in Nature Communications, 13 percent of its costs can be attributed to human-caused sea-level rise. In other words, without warming temperatures and rising seas, tens of thousands of homes would have gone untouched, and $8.1 billion in damages.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It’s also on the front line of climate change impacts due to sea level rise and is vulnerable to storm systems intensified by global warming. Tags: BP oil disaster Isle de Jean Charles Louisiana cancer alley Read time: 7 mins What happens in Louisiana doesn’t stay in Louisiana.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Everything in the news about global warming, pollution, and sea level rise, that’s one side of the story. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Curriculum , Environmental Literacy , Environmental Principles and Concepts. But humans have incredible ingenuity. Bookmark the permalink.

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