Government Accountability Office (Report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives) http://bit.ly/jbdR8E [From a Climate Wire story by Evan Lehman, sub. req'd] The federal government has fragmented priorities to address climate change, confusing the cooperation among agencies and perhaps leading to a less effective use of public funding, according to a … Continue reading »
Posted on June 21, 2011 …
Climate Related Sea-level Variations Over the Past Two Millennia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (published online before print June 20, 2011; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1015619108 ) / by Andrew C. Kempa, Benjamin P. Hortona, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Michael E. Mannd, Martin Vermeere and Stefan Rahmstorff (open access article) http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/06/13/1015619108.full.pdf+html [Abstract] We present new sea-level reconstructions for the past 2100 y based on salt-marsh sedimentary sequences … Continue reading »
Protecting People and Families from Radon: A Federal Action Plan for Saving Lives
An inter-departmental US report led by EPA http://www.epa.gov/radon/pdfs/Federal_Radon_Action_Plan.pdf [From EPA information page] The plan includes federal government actions to reduce radon risks: · Launching a cross-government outreach initiative to educate families about the health risks associated with radon exposure and the solutions to address the risks. · Incorporating radon testing and mitigation into federal programs. … Continue reading »
Cal-Adapt: a Climate Change Adaptation Planning Tool for California
UC Berkeley | Google | California Energy Commission with data from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Santa Clara University, the Pacific Institute and the U.S. Geological Survey http://cal-adapt.org/ [From a San Francisco Chronicle story] …Not only is the state of California pioneering climate policies, but it’s also joined with data innovator Google to create a … Continue reading »
