Legal Planet
MARCH 3, 2025
Assemblymember Dawn Addis commented on AB 1243: The Central Coast has faced the devastating impacts of climate change, from floods and wildfires to coastal erosion. We must be relentless and creative in pursuing all avenues to redirect the financial burden away from the consumer as we mitigate the consequences of human-made disasters.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Flooding, coastal erosion, wildfires, thawing permafrost, and extreme weather events are causing unprecedented loss and damage of places and customs. It called for compensation from the government, and for Australia to take more aggressive measures to prevent climate change at the national and international levels.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 29, 2022
cities, counties, and states over climate damages and deception; and 39 cases brought by seven coastal parishes and the State of Louisiana seeking damages for coastal erosion around oil fields. Chevron alone is facing a $9.5 An analysis by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform found that of the $452.6
A Greener Life
JULY 1, 2021
Littoral rainforest is a type of forest that grows along the beachfront, providing habitat for native flora and fauna and acting as an important buffer to coastal erosion and wind damage. The project involves the restoration of 37 hectares of littoral rainforest within the Federation Walk Coastal Reserve at The Spit, Main Beach.
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
A 2015 paper by Schulte found that Tangier Island had lost 67% of its total landmass since 1850 due to a combination of relative sea level rise and coastal erosion. The publication of the paper was followed by misinformation, the researchers said, with claims that coastal erosion alone was responsible for Tangier’s land loss.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 6, 2023
In an effort to slow coastal erosion, $74 million will be used to build islands and rubble reefs in Illinois Beach State Park. As PFAS pollution in Lake Superior threatens Ojibwe fishing practices, a new EPA proposal would require states to consider treaty rights in water quality standards.
A Greener Life
AUGUST 13, 2021
Just months be fore the crucial UN climate summit, COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, UK in November the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued one of its starkest reports stating that governments have taken too long to take action and we are now paying the price.
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