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saving swamps, saving lives

Army Corps urged to honor Obama’s priority of restoring New Orleans area wetlands 2
Posted 3 months ago
With the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, a coalition of 17 advocacy groups called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to promptly honor President Obama's pledge "to restore nature's barriers -- the wetlands, marshes and barrier islands that can take the first blows and protect the people of the Gulf Coast."
the perils of mixing oil and water

Sen. Landrieu’s plan to export Louisiana’s coastal destruction to Florida 2
Posted 3 months ago
While Louisiana struggles to restore coastal wetlands ravaged in large part by decades of oil and gas drilling, its senior senator is leading the effort to lift the ban on drilling off Florida's Panhandle.
the spiraling cost of inaction

Global warming triggers more disasters 4
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
The ferocity of tropical storms and spread of wildfires will increase as the planet warms. Nonetheless, House opponents of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R. 2454, spoke during the bill's June debate as if there were little urgency for action or costs to delay reductions in global warming pollution.
Destructive Storms are Sucking Financial Resources Dry

A warming world means more destructive storms 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Elevated global temperatures bring a number of threats, including rising seas and more crop-withering heat waves. Higher surface water temperatures in the tropical oceans also provide more energy to drive tropical storm systems, leading to more-destructive hurricanes and typhoons. The combination of rising seas, more powerful storms, and stronger storm surges can be devastating.
Nature: Hurricanes ARE getting fiercer — and it’s going to get much worse 1
Posted 6 months ago
Hurricane season officially begins tomorrow, so I’m updating one more 2008 post on the science.