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  Green Cities: SustainLane US City Ranking

  Ever check out sustainLane's US City Ranking?:
  http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/

  It has a published methodology
  http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/methodology.j ...

  and is based on 2,000 data and info points of largest 50 US cities, including public transportation ridership rates (Hello, "Green City" Austin: 2 percent?!!), walk or bike to work.

  It's also in book form "How Green is Your City?" www.howgreenisyourcity.com
  On 15 Green Cities posted 2 years, 3 months ago 51 Responses

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  Global warming is starting to hurt the economy

  Global climate change and global warming is starting to have a negative impact on the economy. Why not start with those observations--at least $1 billion crops lost in recent "super" California heat wave, along with hundreds of millions of dollars lost in livestock, chicken and milk production. Tally the economic costs of blackouts--scores of lives lost nationwide, other health care costs as a result of past two weeks' US heat waves.

  These heat waves--particularly California's all-time record highs over many days across most of the state--are perhaps the first that can be conclusively attributed to global warming, so they should be part of a large case study. Katrina's and other hurricane impacts, which may form without global climate change--are too hard to link conclusively.

  Read more at: www.warrenkarlenzig.comOn Talking point: Global warming and economic growth posted 3 years, 3 months ago 2 Responses

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  Miami: the New New Orleans

  Hurricane risk has to be the highest threat people in the U.S. now face in terms of probability and severity, particularly with increased hurricane frequency predicted the next 10-20 years. Add to that rising ocean levels, warmer average ocean water (its 90 degrees in parts of the Gulf off of Louisiana and Texas already) and continued increase of the above because of global warming. So upon that we are to consider the threat of building on the coast in hurricane-prone areas, like Miami, the number one most-at-risk U.S. city for natural catastrophe, according to a ranking our organization released last week (www.sustainlane.com) It all sounds like a 1970s disaster movie, except far more over the top.On The hurricane problem posted 3 years, 4 months ago 3 Responses