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Back TO HOMESea LEVEL rise – A 5-Letter Word for EARTH MONTH
With global temperatures on the rise as a side effect of climate change, melting ice at the EARTH’s poles increase
April 09, 2023 Read Full Article
Nikki Haley Wants to Address Climate Change Not by Reducing Carbon, but Capturing It
by Maxine Joselow (Washington Post) Nikki Haley is jumping into the 2024 presidential race with a mixed climate record --
February 15, 2023 Read Full Article
New Laws Bolster Sustainability
by John Burnett (Hawai'i Tribune-Herald) Gov. David Ige on Friday afternoon signed seven bills into law that he said were aimed
July 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Biden Is Hiking the Cost of Carbon. It Will Change How the U.S. Tackles Global Warming.
by Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis (Washington Post) President Biden on Friday dramatically altered the way the U.S. government calculates the real-world
February 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Rising Salt Water Claiming American’s Coastal Farms
(Our Daily Planet) Salty soil is a death sentence for crops, and for areas of coastal farmland, an increasing threat due
January 05, 2021 Read Full Article
Briefing Series: By Air, Land, and Sea: Navigating the Climate Future --- November 17-19, 2020 --- ONLINE

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing series on climate mitigation and adaptation
November 12, 2020 Read Full Article
‘It’s a Sea Change’: How Climate Went from the Back Burner to a Central Issue in This Year’s Debates
by Brady Dennis (Washington Post) The last time there was a substantive discussion at a presidential debate about the climate
October 22, 2020 Read Full Article
As Flood Plains Expand, Sellers Continue to Hide Risk from Residents
by Amy Lupica (Our Daily Planet) Across the nation, 15 million residences are at high risk of flooding within the next 30 years,
October 20, 2020 Read Full Article
Debris to Diesel: Chesapeake Could Soon Be Home to a Bioenergy Facility that Turns Trash to Fuel
by Alyssa Myers (Virginia Pilot) A 61-acre property along the Elizabeth River may soon become a complex with technology straight out
July 09, 2019 Read Full Article
Turning Salt-Damaged Fields into Marshes Could Save Maryland Farmland—and The Chesapeake Bay
by Virginia Gewin (CivilEats) As sea levels rise, saltwater is entering farms near the bay, damaging crops and releasing legacy nutrients
February 22, 2019 Read Full Article
Naval Academy Plans to Raise Seawall as Annapolis Sea Level Rise Looms
by Danielle Ohl (Capital Gazette) The Naval Academy will raise one of its walls to combat sea level rise up to
December 05, 2018 Read Full Article
First Committee Chair Backs Green New Deal
by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico's Morning Energy) Rep. Nydia Velázquez , the presumptive incoming chairwoman of the Small Business Committee, became the
December 05, 2018 Read Full Article
Reforms Must Prepare the UK Countryside for Climate Change and Ensure that Our Use of Land Supports Reduced Emissions
(Committee on Climate Change) The Paris Agreement demands tougher action to remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. We must, at
November 21, 2018 Read Full Article
2.5 Million Homes, Businesses Totaling $1 Trillion Threatened by High Tide Flooding
(Union of Concerned Scientists) Study Finds Coastal Municipalities May Lose Huge Sums in Property Tax Revenue -- Accelerating sea level rise in
June 28, 2018 Read Full Article
Rising Seas Are Flooding Virginia’s Naval Base, and There’s No Plan to Fix It
by Nicholas Kusnetz (InsideClimate News) The giant naval base at Norfolk is under threat by rising seas and sinking land, but little
October 30, 2017 Read Full Article
Oakland and San Francisco Lawsuits to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Their Contributions to Sea Level Rise a 'Bold and Necessary Step to Protect Their Communities,' Says Science Group
by Ken Kimmell (Union of Concerned Scientists) Oakland and San Francisco today (September 20, 2017) announced lawsuits against fossil fuel
September 21, 2017 Read Full Article
Special Report: How Engineers Are Preparing for Sea-Level Rise
by Pam Radtke Russell (Engineering News Record) From Seattle to Cape Cod, see what's being done at 18 different locations
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
National Study Puts Timeline on Impact of Sea-Level Rise in Maryland and Virginia
by Joe Heim (The Washington Post) On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, rising seawater levels and chronic flooding threaten to disrupt
July 25, 2017 Read Full Article
Mainland Miami Ponders Returning Neighborhoods to Nature in Order to Survive Rising Seas
by David Smiley (Miami Herald) On mainland Miami, miles away from the pumps that keep Biscayne Bay from slowly swallowing
June 19, 2017 Read Full Article
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital: Tidewater
(Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital) Tidewater explores the challenge of sea level rise in the Tidewater region of
June 19, 2017 Read Full Article
‘The Daily Show’ Attempts To Find The ‘Badassery’ In The Navy’s Embrace Of Biofuel
by Dan Macrae (UPROXX) ... The Daily Show‘s Hasan Minhaj discovered, the U.S. Navy is currently embracing a new green
December 08, 2016 Read Full Article
Ghost Forests: How Rising Seas Are Killing Southern U.S. Woodlands
by Roger Real Drouin (Yale Environment 360) A steady increase in sea levels is pushing saltwater into U.S. wetlands, killing trees
November 07, 2016 Read Full Article
As Sea Levels Rise, 1.9 Million U.S. Homes Could Be Underwater By 2100
by Brady Dennis (The Washington Post) The real estate data firm Zillow recently published a research analysis that estimated rising
September 05, 2016 Read Full Article
A Tax on Rising Sea Levels Is Making Waves in the San Francisco Bay
by Jessica Leber (FastCoExist) The regional tax would help all the communities around the Bay lower their risk of flooding
June 13, 2016 Read Full Article
RIMS 2016: Sea Level Rise Will Be Worse and Come Sooner
by Don Jergler (Insurance Journal) ... Sea levels could rise by much more than originally anticipated, and much faster, according to
April 25, 2016 Read Full Article
As U.S. Coastal Cities Swell, Rising Seas Threaten Millions
by John Upton (Climate Central) A growing number of Americans are moving into homes nestled between the idyllic beaches of
March 21, 2016 Read Full Article
Native American Tribe to Relocate from Louisiana Coast as Sea Levels Rise
by Sebastien Malo (PlanetArk/Reuters) A small Native American community in coastal Louisiana is to be resettled after losing nearly all its
March 21, 2016 Read Full Article
How Miami Beach Is Keeping the Florida Dream Alive—And Dry
by Sara Solovitch (Politico Magazine) ... This is the road that floods when the tides are high and the waters of the
March 15, 2016 Read Full Article
Why the U.S. East Coast Could Be a Major ‘Hotspot’ for Rising Seas
by Chris Mooney (The Washington Post) New research published Monday adds to a body of evidence suggesting that a warming climate
February 08, 2016 Read Full Article
Climate Change Could Leave Chesapeake Bay Island Uninhabitable in 50 Years
by Oilver Milman (The Guardian) Effects of sea level rise hit close to home for Americans as US army corps
December 14, 2015 Read Full Article
Editorial: Obama's Clean Energy Plan Doesn't Go Far Enough
(Los Angeles Times) ... More important than the dollar amount are the greater losses of life, home and habitat expected to
August 05, 2015 Read Full Article
DoD Releases Report on Security Implications of Climate Change
(U.S. Department of Defense) Global climate change will aggravate problems such as poverty, social tensions, environmental degradation, ineffectual leadership and
August 04, 2015 Read Full Article
Ocean Circulation Change: Sea level Spiked for Two Years along Northeastern North America
(Science Daily/University of Arizona) Sea levels from New York to Newfoundland jumped up about four inches in 2009 and 2010
March 02, 2015 Read Full Article
White House: Climate Change Threatens National Security
by Timothy Cama (The Hill) The Obama administration looks at climate change as a threat to national security on par
February 08, 2015 Read Full Article
The Old Man and the Rising Sea
by Jeff Guo (The Washington Post) Assateague, a 37-mile-long smear off the shores of Maryland and Virginia, is the East
December 07, 2014 Read Full Article
US Homeland Security Moves to Tackle Climate Change Risks
by Lisa Anderson (Reuters) Protecting the infrastructure of American cities from the effects of climate change is rising on the
October 03, 2014 Read Full Article
Fighting Va. Flooding Linked to Rising Seas Will Be Complicated, Costly
by Rex Springston (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Panel assessing rising seas holds first meeting, discusses action plan Col. Paul B. Olsen, commander of the
September 08, 2014 Read Full Article
Kaine, Rigell, Scott, Wittman Host Sea Level Rise Conference In Norfolk
by Chris Marston (Page County Dot Net) U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, U.S. Congressmen Scott Rigell, Bobby Scott, and Rob Wittman,
July 01, 2014 Read Full Article
Managing Climate Risks in the Southeast
By Olatomiwa Bifarin* (Advanced Biofuels USA). The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) hosted a briefing, on May 22, on
May 28, 2014 Read Full Article
Climate Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers
By Coral Davenport (The New York Times) The accelerating rate of climate change poses a severe risk to national security and