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Thu, 2012-11-01 19:11 — mdmcdonald
The Climate Change working group is focusing on identifying and managing issues regarding climate change in New York

The mission of the Climate Change working group is to identify and manage issues regarding climate change in New York

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Massive Sink Holes Found in Rockaway, Queens, NY

Wed, 2012-11-21 17:24 — Albert Gomez

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http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-883027

Massive Sink Holes Found in Rockaway, Queens, NY

Background: I am a construction management expert witness and have held the title of and/or worked in the capacity of engineer for over 8 years as well. I went to the 1999 Turkey and the 2010 Haiti earthquakes by myself to help out and had great success. About 6 months ago, I joined the Team Rubicon volunteer group. I flew in to NY from Phoenix on the 8th to join the team at Rockaway.

Prevent Frozen Pipes - Homes Without Heat at Risk as Temperatures Drop

Mon, 2012-11-05 12:43 — admin
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New York Citizens' Views of the Impact of Superstorm Sandy

In homes without heat, home owners need to make sure their pipes are empty.  Water that's left in pipes, when frozen, will expand and potentially crack the pipes leading to damage that could have been prevented.

If you don't have heat in your home, get in touch with a plumber or emergency worker and make sure they blow out your pipes.

Superstorm Sandy may lead to landfill gas explosions

Mon, 2012-11-05 11:20 — Albert Gomez

Superstorm Sandy may lead to landfill gas explosions

Superstorm Sandy may Create More Landfill Gas Explosions, Engineer Says

More landfill gas migration explosion incidents may now occur as a result of Superstorm Sandy, according to one industry engineer.

The region affected by the severe storm has one of the largest concentrations of old abandoned landfill sites in the world, said waste management engineer Steve Last, who has investigated landfill gas migration explosion incidents, worked for Houston-based Waste Management Inc. and done other consulting.  He said in a news release there are “undoubtedly many thousands of such sites.

PwC: Supply Chains Threatened by Six-Degree Global Warming

Mon, 2012-11-05 11:15 — Albert Gomez

PwC: Supply Chains Threatened by Six-Degree Global Warming

Risk ready: New approaches to environmental and social change

Some 85 percent of companies have more complex supply chains as a result of globalization, and adjusted climate forecasts mean businesses should expect climate change to have an even more destructive effect than previously assumed on supply chains, assets and infrastructure, according to two reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The first PwC report, 10 Minutes – Risk ready: New approaches to environmental and social change, says many companies now view preparation for climate change as not only an indicator of resilience, but also as a competitive advantage.

The report, published as the northeast begins recovering from Hurricane Sandy, says the ability to anticipate — and plan for — potential weather disasters is vital. Companies should embed sustainability practices into their business models to mitigate the risks associated with these major weather events.

As Storm Recovery Continues, Looking to the Future

Fri, 2012-11-02 19:55 — Maeryn Obley

GOES-13 satellite image captured on Oct. 31 at 1240 UTC. Credit: NASA GOES Project.

Image: GOES-13 satellite image captured on Oct. 31 at 1240 UTC. Credit: NASA GOES Project.

sciencefriday.com - November 2nd, 2012

Communities along the East Coast are reeling from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, dealing with electric outages, flooded streets, damaged sewage plants, and fractured transportation lines. Can cities rebuild stronger, more resilient infrastructure to weather the storms of the future?

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The battle against Big Energy's rush to ruin our planet

Fri, 2012-11-02 19:30 — Maeryn Obley

One plume of oil from BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon well blowout produced a slick 22 miles long and a mile wide. Photograph: Ted Jackson/Times Picayune/AP

Image: One plume of oil from BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon well blowout produced a slick 22 miles long and a mile wide. Photograph: Ted Jackson/Times Picayune/AP

guardian.co.uk - October 31st, 2012 - Daryl Hannah

Extreme killer superstorms, historic drought, vanishing sea ice, an increase in ocean acidity by 30%, the hottest decade on record and mega forest fires have increasingly become our new reality.

"That's all happened when you raise the temperature of the earth one degree," says author Bill McKibben, "[t]he temperature will go up four degrees, maybe five, unless we get off coal and gas and oil very quickly." Additional temperature rises could compromise our safety and cause incalculable damage from a large number of billion-dollar disasters in coming years – if we don't address our emissions, insist upon an appropriate climate policy and curtail the rogue fossil fuel industry.

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Sandy forces climate change on US election despite fossil fuel lobby

Thu, 2012-11-01 21:37 — Maeryn Obley

Currie Wagner looks over the debris from his grandmother Betty Wagner's house, destroyed by Sandy, in New Jersey. Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

Image: Currie Wagner looks over the debris from his grandmother Betty Wagner's house, destroyed by Sandy, in New Jersey. Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

guardian.co.uk - October 31st, 2012 - Bill McKibben

Here's a sentence I wish I hadn't written – it rolled out of my Macbook in May, part of an article for Rolling Stone that quickly went viral:

    "Say something so big finally happens (a giant hurricane swamps Manhattan, a megadrought wipes out Midwest agriculture) that even the political power of the industry is inadequate to restrain legislators, who manage to regulate carbon."

I wish I hadn't written it because the first half gives me entirely undeserved credit for prescience: I had no idea both would, in fact, happen in the next six months.

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It's Global Warming, Stupid

Thu, 2012-11-01 19:34 — Maeryn Obley

Hurricane Sandy churns off the coast of Florida as a line of clouds associated with a powerful cold front approaches the U.S. East Coast on Oct. 26, 2012

image: Hurricane Sandy churns off the coast of Florida as a line of clouds associated with a powerful cold front approaches the U.S. East Coast on Oct. 26, 2012

businessweek.com - November 1st, 2012 - Paul M. Barrett

Men and women in white lab coats tell us—and they’re right—that many factors contribute to each severe weather episode. Climate deniers exploit scientific complexity to avoid any discussion at all.

Clarity, however, is not beyond reach. Hurricane Sandy demands it: At least 40 U.S. deaths.

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