Magnificent Tidal Energy Project To Double As New City Park
Tidal energy projects can compete on scale and cost with nuclear energy while creating new urban parks, alternative transportation routes and flood control opportunities, too.
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Here’s How Your City Can Go “Spongy” & Hold Back Flooding
One of the many consequences of the climate crisis is increasing flood threats. For cities to prevent flooding, they need to be designed like giant sponges that allow water to drain away safely. In its simplest iteration, a spongy city has planned green areas and permeable surfaces that absorb water … [continued]
Calling All Oysters: Billions Of Bivalves Enlisted In Climate Fight
Several US states are deploying oysters to build natural reefs for flood control, and the trend could help move the energy policy needle on climate action.
Why “Infrastructure” Includes The Ground Beneath Our Feet
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Karen Perry Stillerman, Senior Analyst, Food & Environment Long a joke in federal policy circles, Infrastructure Week is actually upon us. Since President Biden revealed his infrastructure plan (aka the American Jobs Plan) earlier this spring, we’ve heard a lot of opinions about what is, and isn’t, infrastructure. Now I’ll add … [continued]
The Decades-Long Struggle To Protect Venice From Worsening Floods (Video)
After years of corruption, cost overruns, and delays, Venice has finally unveiled its long-awaited flood control system. It can stop today’s high tides, but can it stand up to climate change?
What Can You Say To A Climate Denier?
In my experience, when an educated person denies that human-caused climate change is happening, the reason can usually be traced to something that has to do with money. You can argue about science, ethics, national security, religion, or whatever else you might like, but their politics revolve around the issue of ownership, and the bottom line is the bottom line. Most conservatives are unmoved unless issues are expressed financially in some way.
