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Category Archives: Climate Change Preparedness
Federal budget sequestration begins to undercut extreme event preparedness
So it begins: The 2013 wildfire season finds the government facing cutbacks in firefighters, equipment, fire prevention, and recovery, as a result of federal budget sequestration cuts. And due to an ongoing agency-wide hiring freeze, the National Weather Service office serving the … Continue reading
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Climate change preparedness “Guardian of Gotham”
Among their “Ten people who mattered” in 2012, the science journal Nature included Cynthia Rosenzweig, co-chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change and senior research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. We strongly agree … Continue reading
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Flood Insurance Reform Act could promote better climate preparedness
Federal flood insurance reform legislation enacted this year could aid proactive state and local preparedness for climate change, sea level rise, and flooding. The beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was overhauled in June and the changes should keep the … Continue reading
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"The insurance industry is finally waking up and smelling the climate chaos coffee"
"What is the increasingly risk-exposed insurance industry doing to prepare and plan for increasingly intense extreme weather fueled by climate change? The answer is, not surprisingly, much, much too little," writes former CSW senior research associate Anne Polansky on her new … Continue reading
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New York City struggles with climate impacts preparedness
A critical examination by the New York Times of the complex challenges facing the city’s planning for the disruptive impacts of sea level rise and storm flooding suggests both the urgency of adaptive preparedness and its daunting limitations.
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The collision between power production and the impacts of climatic disruption on water supply
"Hydropower is not the only part of the nation’s energy system that appears increasingly vulnerable to the impact of climate change, as low water levels affect coal-fired and nuclear power plants' operations and impede the passage of coal barges along … Continue reading
To Politicians Napping on the Fireline: Wake Up, Smell the Smoke and Act on Climate Change
The Standard Firefighting Orders developed to reduce firefighting risks include this: "Post lookouts when there is possible danger." And the Watch Out Situations that should raise immediate concerns among firefighters on the line include "Taking a nap near fireline." Our climate … Continue reading
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Rising Temperatures Expose Cities' Vulnerable Electrical Supplies
Extreme summer heat drives up electricity demand for cooling. This can strain electrical supply, transmission, and distribution systems and thereby increase the risks of very costly and disruptive blackouts. An analysis released by Oak Ridge National Laboratory cites two examples in … Continue reading
Federal report warns of costly impacts to US cities from changing weather extremes
A new report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory warns that urban areas in the U.S. "are vulnerable to extreme weather events that will become more intense, frequent, and/or longer-lasting with climate change. " The authors say that the "true consequences … Continue reading
US Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Draft Strategy – Part 2
The draft National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, now out for public review, reflects important steps forward in federal planning under the Obama Administration that would not have been allowed under the Bush Administration. But the problematic position … Continue reading
