by Gary Chandler | Aug 14, 2022 | Water Management
Drought, Wildfires Fueling Flood Risks California has been adjusting to the new normal of drought across the American West for years. It’s also bracing for the most dangerous flood threat in modern history–a flood that could inundate major valleys with...
by Gary Chandler | Jun 16, 2022 | Resiliency
Industrial Facilities, Contaminated Sites Face Flooding According to a new report, more than 200 shoreline communities around Lake Michigan are at risk from high lake levels and strong storms that could impact industrial facilities and contaminated sites. Climate...
by Gary Chandler | May 22, 2022 | Public Health
San Diego Suing Chemical Companies To Safeguard Water Supplies Thanks to a massive chemistry experiment that has gone horribly wrong, most people in the United States, and likely the world, have a harmful chemical in their bodies. It’s unknown how many people have...
by Gary Chandler | Apr 27, 2022 | Waste Management
Mr. Trash Wheel Cleaning Up Rivers Rivers dump approximately eight million metric tons of plastic into the world’s oceans each year. It’s killing entire ecosystems, including many endangered species. Since one percent of the rivers around the world dump eighty percent...
by Gary Chandler | Mar 8, 2022 | Climate Change
Wastewater Treatment Plants A Severe Risk To Public Health Nearly one third of the hazardous chemical facilities in the United States are at risk from climate-driven floods, storms and wildfires, according to a new analysis by the Government Accountability...
by Gary Chandler | Feb 14, 2022 | State Government
Economic Activities Must Not Damage Public Health, Environment Italy is known for its natural beauty and history, but environmentalists say it doesn’t do enough to protect natural wonders, such as the Venice Lagoon or its Mediterranean coastline. Parliament approved a...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 5, 2022 | Transportation
Solar Power Reduces Carbon Footprint It’s estimated that there are more than 1 billion cars on the world’s roads. Of these, around 3 million are pure battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, according to the International Energy Agency. It forecasts that...
by Gary Chandler | Dec 27, 2021 | Local Government
Simulators Help Urban Planners Prioritize Climate Action The cost of inaction and procrastination has made our fight against climate change an uphill battle. To keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, the world must reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent...
by Gary Chandler | Nov 21, 2021 | Climate Change
Leaders Must Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuels After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, world leaders still fell short of a meaningful plan to save the world from global warming and climate change. Instead, most large nations are still hung up on the...
by Gary Chandler | Oct 27, 2021 | Air Pollution
Cities Must Become Carbon Sinks Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record last year. The planet hasn’t had this much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in more than 3 million years. The U.S., China and the European Union are responsible for the majority of...
