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In absence of federal action on climate change, 2019 became the year that cities and states stepped up to make sub-national pledges to fight climate change. As the World Resources Institute (WRI) explained, these initiatives ranged from state legislation mandating cleaner electricity sources to city policies encouraging all-electric buildings. More than 100 U.S. cities made […]
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Just as Tropical Storm Cristobal prepared to make landfall in Louisiana, the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) released a plan on Saturday to spend nearly $5B to build miles of sea walls around parts of Miami that are vulnerable to storm surge and sea-level rise, local media there reported.
Why This Matters: Similar studies by the Army Corps are going on all over the country — New York City, Norfolk, Virginia, and in the Florida Keys. The feds abruptly pulled in February the COE’s plans for a sea wall for New York City without comment.
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