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Obama offers plan to fight climate dangers
Posted by Boston Globe: Beth Daley on June 26th, 2013
Boston Globe: President Obama on Tuesday unveiled a comprehensive blueprint to combat rising seas and more frequent severe weather caused by climate change, including a long-awaited promise to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant at existing power plants.
The 21-page plan would expand production of solar and wind energy and includes billions of dollars in loan guarantees to develop cleaner fossil-fuel and other energy technologies. It also funds new efforts to armor communities against flooding, wildfires,...
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Boston preparing for higher seas, more flooding from climate change
Posted by Boston Globe: Beth Daley on February 17th, 2013
Boston Globe: Many properties in Boston may have to waterproof their buildings -- raising critical electrical systems to higher levels or building barriers against storm surges -- as sea levels rise from climate change.
The city is stepping up a campaign to prepare buildings for rising seas that could significantly flood neighborhoods during storms.
The public-private plan comes at the same time a Boston Harbor Association report spotlights high-risk areas, such as Long Wharf and University of Massachusetts...
Poorest nations urge Obama to help the most vulnerable to climate change
Posted by Boston Globe: Beth Daley on November 8th, 2012
Boston Globe: Climate change finally made its way into President Obama’s acceptance speech, although the United States’ role in aiding a warming planet is still largely uncharted.
Now, as the world’s nations prepare to meet in Qatar for annual United Nations climate change treaty negotiations later this month, the world’s 48 least developed countries have issued a strongly worded letter to Obama urging him to take a leadership role in helping poor countries prepare for climate change. Poor countries have long...