Flood survivors are identifying the root causes of repeated flooding

Sea-level rise is inundating coastal cities, where “sunny-day flooding” is now a thing. Rising seas contribute to high-tide flooding, which has grown by a factor of five to 10 since the 1960s in many U.S. coastal communities — and that trend that is expected to accelerate in the future.   https://ensia.com/features/flood-survivors-victims-organize-for-change/
Article coutesy of Ensia by Lauri Mazur Editor of the Island Press Urban Resilience Project

NHL to purchase carbon offsets to counter playoff air travel

The National Hockey League said on Monday it would purchase carbon credits to offset airline emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases during the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the first round of the playoffs, which has the highest number of teams traveling and is currently underway, the NHL will offset more than 465 metric tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to taking 99 cars off the road for one year.  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-icehockey-nhl-offsets/nhl-to-purchase-carbon-offsets-to-counter-playoff-air-travel-idUSKCN1RY1JB
Article courtesy of Reuters by Rory Carroll

Remember Harvey? Houston remains unprepared for the next big flood

In 1914, upon completion of the Houston Ship Channel, city leaders organized a massive carnival on the scale of Mardis Gras, which involved hundreds of revelers riding decorated floats down Buffalo Bayou.  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Remember-Harvey-Houston-remains-unprepared-for-13710325.php?cmpid=opn
Article courtesy of Houston Chronicle by The Editorial Board

Electric vehicles are the road to the future

The Coalition's scare campaign against electric vehicles (EVs) is hypocritical and Luddite but the bright side is it might, at long last, start a meaningful debate about the role the transport sector can play in cutting carbon emissions.
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/electric-vehicles-are-the-road-to-the-future-20190410-p51cte.html
Article courtesy of The Sydney Morning Herald

While Congress does nothing, New York City passed its own climate legislation

New York City passed groundbreaking climate legislation, including the largest mandated pollution reduction in any city in the world, just ahead of Earth Day. “Future generations will look back at this moment and they will think of this as one of the most important bills,” Bill Lipton, the director of the Working Families Party, told the crowd at City Hall. “We are starting to turn a corner.”  https://massivesci.com/articles/green-new-deal-new-york-climate-mobilization-act-align/
Article courtesy of Massive Science by Greta Moran

Startup Nikola Bets Hydrogen Will Finally Break Through With Big Rigs

Hydrogen has been a promising but elusive vehicle fuel for half a century, powering a range of fuel cell cars and SUVs but never quite solving cost and efficiency snags and lack of fuel stations that make it less attractive than batteries for zero-emission vehicles. The problem isn’t the technology, argues the founder of Arizona startup Nikola Motor, but that big trucks are a much better choice for hydrogen.   https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2019/04/14/can-a-15-billion-bet-on-fuel-cell-big-rigs-be-a-game-changer-for-hydrogen/#3901d6b1fe4c
Article courtesy of Forbes by Alan Ohnsman

Arctic is warmest it's been in 10,000 years, study suggests

Researchers studied permafrost samples in the Yukon near the Dempster Highway and determined that temperatures in the Arctic today are almost 2 C warmer than at any time in the past 10,000 years.

The temperatures recorded today are even higher than the previous highs believed to have occurred during the early Holocene period, about 9,900 and 6,400 years ago, when Earth's axis was tilted more strongly toward the sun, the report states.  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arctic-warmest-in-10000-years-1.5094392?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

Article courtesy of CBC News Written by Alex Brockman, Interview by Qavavao Peter