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by Alexander Kouzminov, Senior Policy Advisor - Water Policy at Waikato Regional Council
Around 60-75% of emerging infectious diseases are defined as ‘zoonotic illnesses’ where animal diseases affect people. The term ‘zoonotic’ is used to identify ...
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by Rachel Cleetus, Lead Economist and Climate Policy Manager at Union of Concerned Scientists
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently outlined a new framework for encouraging states to invest in disaster resilience and thus limit the ...
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by Rachel Cleetus, Lead Economist and Climate Policy Manager at Union of Concerned Scientists
If you own a home along the coast or elsewhere in a floodplain, you may have heard of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). What you may not know is ...
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Earth’s average temperature has risen by 1.5 °F over the past century. EPA’s Climate Change Indicator tracks changes in our environment related to this ...
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by Alan Hecht, Director for Sustainable Development at US EPA
Late last year, Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs pronounced 2015 the “Year of Sustainable Development”. This reflects the United Nations’ efforts to ...
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Last year, a massive 583-square-kilometre chunk of the Pine Island Glacier - a vast section of ice that holds the West Antarctic ice sheet together - broke ...
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by Michael Burns, National Director, College Underserved Community Partnership at U.S. EPA, Atlanta GA
Addressing Climate Change and Sustainability through College Underserved Community (CUPP) Partnerships Helping Underserved Communities Include Sustainability ...
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America’s Cities Are the Only Hope for Climate Change Action Last week’s U.S. election makes clear that subnational actors—especially cities—are America’s ...
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Yes, climate change is happening, it’s real and it’s serious. I know it and scientists know it. Greenland is out there with an unusual, unique environment unto ...
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by Katharine Hayhoe, Endowed Professor and Co-Director, Climate Center, Texas Tech University
West Texas roads are long and straight. So straight that, if you really wanted to, you could drive all the way from Lubbock to Plainview just looking in the ...
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by Assia Meziani, University of El-Oued, Algeria - Assistant professor