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FATE OF THE CITY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 14, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

What Mayor Walsh’s annual address didn’t say about global warming

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACEEE, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Climate Change, Climate Ready Boston, Column, criticism, Democracy, economics, energy efficiency, Eversource, global warming, GoBoston 2030, IPCC, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, National Grid, Politics, speech, State of the City, UN

SEA LEVEL RISE IS JUST ONE OF BOSTON’S WORRIES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 24, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image via Environmental Defense Fund

As Earth approaches several catastrophic global warming “tipping points”

 

Before writing more columns examining Boston city government’s emerging plans to cope with the effects of global warming, I think a quick review of what area residents are likely to face in the coming decades is in order. Because it’s important to disabuse ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Antarctica, Apparent Horizon, Boston, budget, Climate Change, Climate Ready Boston, Column, coral, criticism, economy, flood, flooding, global warming, Greenland, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, ocean, Politics, science, sea level rise, technology, tipping point

THE SEAPORT FLOOD IS JUST THE BEGINNING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

THE SEAPORT FLOOD IS JUST THE BEGINNING

 

Unless Boston builds proper defenses against global warming-driven sea level rise

 

So, Boston’s Seaport District flooded early this month during a bad snowstorm in the midst of several days of arctic temperatures. And nobody could be less surprised than me. Because I’ve spent a lot of the last quarter century  ...  read more

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