Circle of Blue
AUGUST 22, 2022
Despite promising adaptation strategies, sea level rise is projected to drown tens of thousands of acres of farmland within the century. Atlantic sea levels are rising three to four times faster than the global ocean average. Plants regulate their salt concentrations much like how our bodies regulate blood pressure.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 30, 2023
The threat of flooding and erosion is increasing throughout the United States as a warming atmosphere makes precipitation events more extreme and contributes to sea level rise. In 2017, over 95,000 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders submitted claims to FEMA for approximately $8.7 In fact, the U.S.
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Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Hurricanes Fiona and Ian brought destruction and death: the former to Puerto Rico, which still has not recovered from Hurricane María in 2017, and the latter to Florida, destroying the Fort Myers area. And, as we know, it only takes one to bring extreme devastation—and both of these did.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 19, 2021
The report-- Water Withdrawal and Consumptive Use Estimates for the Delaware River Basin (1990-2017) with Projections through 2060 -- shows more people using less water overall is indicative of the benefits of water efficiency in the Basin. Click Here to sign up for regulator updates. Click Here for a copy of the report.
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
According to the US EPA, environmental justice is “ the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies ”.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
In the absence of regulations or policies that would rein them in, cities and states have turned to the courts. Since the lawsuit was originally filed in 2017, the costs of coping with the climate crisis have become increasingly clear.
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