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To protect New York City from the increasing number of flooding events expected in the next century—similar to Hurricane Sandy—the city needs to consider a costly and invasive option: permanent evacuation of communities in the lowest-lying areas and massive barriers around the city that will cost billions of ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Infrastructure, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population, Weather
Would New Zealand take climate change refugees?And would we develop a plan to help now ? keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Infrastructure, Politics & Government
The developers of a major new property set to revitalise the Hamilton CBD say they are pleasantly surprised at how cost and time effective it has been to achieve Green Star certification. Citygate in Hamilton is being developed by national property development firm McConnell Property, which has worked closely with ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Architecture, Design, Industry & Business, Infrastructure
The annual Innovator Award from Environmental Choice New Zealand has been won by fitness centre company Les Mills. Their Christchurch city gym on the edge of the CBD “red zone” was the first in the country to meet a new standard, developed last year by the government-owned ecolabel, for sustainability ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Clean Tech, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Innovation
“As visionary as Obama is, he is hamstrung by his pragmatism.” So says Michael Marx of the Sierra Club, America’s largest grassroots environmental organization. It is therefore “incumbent on our movement,” Marx continues, to press the president to be more visionary than pragmatic during his second term—above all ... keep reading
Written by Michael Hertsgaard /The Nation in February, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Infrastructure, Politics & Government, Pollution, Transparency, Water
Businesses that switch to electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles could reduce their fleet fuel costs by 75%, according to a new report. Published today and based on The Plugged-in Fleets Initiative (PIFI), the report explores the potential savings organisations could make by introducing plug-in vehicles such as electric and plug-in ... keep reading
Written by Edie/Leigh Stringer in January, about Clean Tech, Electric vehicles, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Innovation (1 comment)
Fashionable people may turn up their noses at jute — the cheap fiber used to make burlap, gunny sacks, twine and other common products — but new research is enhancing jute’s appeal as an inexpensive, sustainable reinforcement for mortar and concrete. The study appears in ACS’ journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January, about Design, Industry & Business, Infrastructure (3 comments)
Responding to the news reports that authorities in the US have issued citations against both of Shell’s Arctic drilling vessels due to repeated violations of air pollution permits this summer, Greenpeace International Arctic Campaigner Ben Ayliffe said: "Shell was so concerned about the state of its aging Arctic drilling ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Law, Polar Sea Ice
I admit it. I’ve got a thing about water conservation. It all started when I was in my early 30s. It was then my wife, Sandy, and I shifted to Salt Spring Island, a lovely spot in the string of Gulf Islands off the coast of British Columbia near ... keep reading
Written by Gord Stewart in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Pollution, Water
UNICEF NZ has launched an emergency appeal in response to Cyclone Evan, and the agency is standing by ready to respond to government requests for assistance.UNICEF’s Pacific office in Suva is continuing to monitor the situation closely in both Fiji and Samoa, and is ready to mobilise emergency ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2012, about Finance & Money, Infrastructure, Weather
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