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In Maine’s ‘City of Ships,’ climate change’s coastal threat is already here
Rising sea levels have already diminished property values across New England.
Demand for wind energy workers outpacing supply in Iowa
Of the nearly 500,000 Americans working in jobs that support the generation of renewable energy, including wind and solar, roughly 1,100 work in the cities of Des Moines and West Des Moines
The future of wind energy is floating turbines on the ocean
Almost all the offshore wind turbines operating right now stand atop towers driven into sea beds. As the industry looks to push its turbines into deeper waters, technology is being developed so that wind farming can float.
The US East Coast is set to become a green energy job powerhouse
All of the pathways for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions are imagined under Princeton University’s Net Zero America project show enormous ramp-ups of electricity generated from wind turbines during the coming 30 years.
Back to the Beach: Nearly 3 years later, Florence survivors still aren’t home
Three years later, some survivors of Hurricane Florence still aren’t home, but the damage was not evenly distributed. Flooding highlighted disparities, and today the most vulnerable of us continue to be at the highest risk of rising seas that increasingly threaten North Carolina’s coastal region.
As temperatures rise, so do allergies
An analysis of temperature data by Climate Central shows central Missouri’s plant growing season has increased by a week since 1970 — meaning an additional week every year that pollen is in the air.
Historic Harriet Tubman Sites at Risk of Rising Seas on Eastern Shore
Climate Central used its public and proprietary tools to assess the current and future coastal flood risk to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway.
Climate Change Threatens Homes of Boston’s Most Vulnerable
Affordable housing units face greater risks from rising seas because they are usually not fortified against storms or coastal flooding
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