Tag: extreme weather
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Climate Change Fails to Make G8 Agenda, Report Finds 80 Percent of Fossil Fuels Need to Stay in the Ground
As world leaders gather at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, tackling climate change is not even on the agenda. In fact the opposite will happen: Canada will use the meeting to push for the expansion of the tar sands. Last week, Canada’s Prime Minister …
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Do You Live In One of the 16 Cities at Risk of Climate Fueled Storm Surges?
A new report from CoreLogic details how 16 cities on the East and Gulf coasts of the U.S. might fare with sea-level rise and climate-fueled storm surges. The numbers are staggering. All told, 4.2 million homes are at risk of storm surges …