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How Major Carbon Producers Drive Sea Level Rise and Climate Injustice

Union of Concerned Scientists

In a new study released today, UCS attributes substantial temperature and sea level rise to emissions traced to the largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers. m (10-21 inches) of sea level rise by the year 2300. And critically, we demonstrate how these emissions will cause harm for centuries to come.

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Do Paris Agreement Temperature Goals Address Sea Level Rise and Climate Justice?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sea level rise presents numerous climate justice issues. New research that I led as part of my PhD dissertation, which was just published in Earth’s Future , digs deep into the topic of sea level rise and climate justice. Climate justice research can help inform these conversations.

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Saltwater Intrusion, a “Slow Poison” to East Coast Drinking Water

Circle of Blue

Summer tourism, sea level rise, and storm surges threaten East Coast wells. By Hannah Richter, Circle of Blue – August 2, 2022. Hilton Head is fast becoming a prominent test case of rising sea levels and intense coastal storms heralded by climate change. Picture credit: Jeeban Panthi.

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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2022, ninety of Texas beaches tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria (poop!), UCS research found that wastewater treatment plants were among the critical coastal infrastructure at risk of chronic inundation at least twice a year by 2030 due to sea-level rise.

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Is California’s Climate Resilience Funding Ready for the Future?

Legal Planet

Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, sea-level rise, and worsening wildfires are among the risks stretching State and local resources and driving demand for adaptation funding. Both programs received multi year funding in the 2022 Climate Budget and each awarded its first round of grants in 2023.

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2021 Election Preview: Two Cities, Facing Floods and Aridity, Eye Big Public Works

Circle of Blue

Virginia Beach is located in a region that is experiencing the highest relative sea-level rise on the U.S. An average sewer bill in that case would soar by 53 percent in 2022. Rising Seas, Rising Flood Risk. feet of sea-level rise. feet of sea-level rise by 2100. Atlantic coast. Atlantic coast.

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International Court Backs Need to Protect Oceans and Island Nations from Climate Impacts

Union of Concerned Scientists

Background Back in December, 2022, a group of small island nations, under the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law, submitted a request to the tribunal (pictured above in Hamburg, Germany).

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