Tag: climate change

Free Subscription to The Daily Climate

By GREG OLMSTED

Each morning I read the NY Times and the Washington Post, and then I refill my coffee and peruse my email.  I always open my free subscription to The Daily Climate, knowing that the top climate news from around the world will be at my fingertips.  I encourage you to subscribe, too.   The folks at the Daily Climate do a wonderful job, reporting not only the top news stories but also solutions, consequences, and causes and politics — all relating to Climate Change.  Today, they featured an interview by Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour called “Has Exxon Mobile mislead the public about its climate change research?”

Delaware’s Vulnerable Beaches

By GREG OLMSTED

“Global sea level has risen about eight inches since reliable record keeping began in 1880. Best projections are that it may rise another 1 to 4 feet by the end of the current century.  What does that translate into? If we continue on that path, by mid-century, by 2050, between 66 and 106 billion dollars worth of coastal property – existing coastal property – will likely be below sea level, nation wide. Big numbers.” — Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator, NOAA Administrator and Under Secretary of Commerce of Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Fracking Earthquake Wakes Journalists

By GREG OLMSTED

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake woke guests at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Norman, Oklahoma last Saturday. Ironically, many hotel guests, including myself, were members of the Society of Environmental Journalists. We were attending SEJ’s 25th Annual Conference, focusing on Weather, Water, Energy: News in Every Neighborhood. The earthquake made for lively conversation during our continental breakfast.

More than two years ago, Joe Wertz, a StateImpact reporter, explained How Disposal Wells Might Cause Earthquakes. Earlier this year, NPR StateImpact documented the nexus between fracking in Oklahoma and earthquakes. And last Saturday, Seth Borenstein, an AP Science Writer, reported the details of the earthquake that we experienced. And tomorrow … ?