09/20/202390% of U.S. counties had a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021Yale Climate Connections: Very few parts of the U.S. have been untouched by extreme weather. According to a recent report, 90% of U.S. co…
09/18/2023Climate Week NYC: Large cities are at the forefront of climate change, experts sayABC: America's largest cities are at the forefront of climate change. About 80% of the U.S. population live in urban settings, according to …
09/17/2023SCAPE’s Living Breakwaters Wins 2023 Obel AwardArchitectural Record: Living Breakwaters, a 2,400-linear-foot coastal resiliency project conceived to minimize future flooding and erosion r…
09/13/2023Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Shows the Limits of America’s DefensesNY Times :The United States has suffered 23 billion-dollar disasters so far in 2023, a record for this point in the year that highlights the…
09/12/2023U.S. record for billion-dollar disasters shattered in 2023, with months still left to goSI Advance: The United States has suffered 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year, the largest number since reco…
08/13/2023New Jersey Reallocates $59.4 Million in Superstorm Sandy Relief FundsShore Link Network: The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has made public a proposed amendment to the Superstorm Sandy Action…
08/04/2023Report shows Washington County had most declared disasters from 2011 to 2021The Time Argus: A timely report on natural disasters and infrastructure in Vermont shows Washington County saw 11 declared disasters over a …
08/04/2023States With the Most Weather Disasters Over the Last Decade, All 50 States Ranked24/7 Wall Street: In the last 10 years, 9 out of every 10 counties in the United States have experienced a federally declared climate disast…
08/03/2023Report Catalogs Vermont’s Growing Litany of DisastersSeven Days: A New York-based nonprofit that helps communities adapt to the climate crisis released a report on Thursday about the impact of …
07/11/2023Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate ChangeNew York Times: The lack of a comprehensive national rainfall database and current flood maps hampers the ability to prepare for storms inte…
06/28/2023Can NYC’s New Climate Agenda Keep Our Heads Above Water?Village Voice: In September 2021, New York City experienced historic and catastrophic flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Streets t…
06/25/2023Burns & Hierl: Make Big Oil pay, not Vermont taxpayersVT Digger: The biggest oil companies in the world made more than $200 billion in profits last year, while Vermonters were forced to pay reco…
05/25/2023NY Doubles Investment to Make City a Natural Rainfall SpongeBloomberg: An ambitious plan to more than double New York City’s investment into making the city a natural sponge for increasingly heavy rai…
05/24/2023Vice President Harris Makes the Case for Nature-based SolutionsArch Daily: This Earth Day, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the many benefits of nature-based solutions and recognized the imp…
05/23/2023Homes on Tottenville coastline put importance of breakwaters project into focus. | Staten Island Climate DiaryStaten Island Advance: The day started in a boat yard in Laurence Harbor, New Jersey. It was the kickoff point for a trip to get a first-han…
05/19/2023The Number of Weather Disasters that Hit Tennessee in the Last DecadeGrainger Today: Nine out of 10 U.S. counties suffered a federally-declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a recent rep…