Investing in Infrastructure will Help Cities Across the Country with Climate Change
What do Chicago, New York, and Detroit have in common? If you guessed that they are all big cities that recently experienced major flooding, you guessed correctly. Cities across the …
Black Officials Steward Community Solutions to Environmental Injustices
For many South Carolinians, the conservation of wildlife and regional waterways complements the ongoing fight for clean drinking water and flood mitigation. Extreme flooding threatens the health and safety of …
Swept Away: Protecting Midwest Communities & Wildlife From Extreme Flooding
Last spring, heavy precipitation caused massive, long lasting flooding events that plagued the Midwest. This phenomenon proved fatal for people and wildlife alike: at least three deaths in the region …
Five Ways To Tackle The Gulf Of Mexico’s Dead Zone
This year, the Mississippi River flooded for more than 6 months, unprecedented in both length of time and volume of water. Researchers recently announced that this year the excess fertilizer …
Military Bases & Wildlife Share a Common Threat: Climate Change
Climate change is fueling extreme weather, resulting in more severe drought, floods, wildfires and hurricanes. Both the U.S. military and wildlife are put at further risk by federal inaction as …
Safeguarding Summer: Climate Threats to Your Summer
With each passing summer, more of our summertime activities are affected by climate change. Some of these changes are direct connections like hotter summers contributing to droughts and wildfires or …
Stormy Skies in a Changing Climate
Increased Flooding According to the U.S. National Climate Assessment, the amount of rain falling in powerful downpour events has been significantly above average since 1991. Further, sea-level rise has worsened the …
Latest Climate Report Confirms We Have a Climate Problem — Do You Give a Care?
If you are still sitting on the fence about whether we contribute to climate change, perhaps the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will help clear …
UPDATED:Flood of `Biblical Proportions’ Leaves Behind Devastation, Pollution
There’s the devastation that we know has been unleashed by Colorado’s rains of “of biblical proportions”—eight people presumed dead; about 1,500 homes destroyed and more than 17,000 damaged; and numerous roads …
Wildlife Friendly Solutions to Flooding and Other Water Challenges
Imagine your house regularly floods when the local river leaves its banks after a heavy rain. Now imagine that your Congressman announces a plan to build a levee along the …
