Engineering News-Record » Following the devastating hurricanes that hit two of the Gulf Coast region’s most-developed regions, policymakers and their construction industry experts are weighing the longer-term implications of the damage in Houston – and whether resiliency can be built quickly into coastal redevelopment.
KQED » Ten teams of experts will hit the ground this week in a yearlong blitz to bolster the Bay Area against rising seas and other potentially catastrophic risks posed by the changing climate.
The New York Times » Rotterdam has a different approach to rising water levels: Instead of fighting the higher tides, design infrastructure that embraces them.
MIT Technology Review » Some of the State’s prominent political figures are arguing for the same kind of go-it-alone program for clean energy that voters authorized in 2004 for stem-cell research.
CNN » These cities are taking on everything from rising sea levels and coastal erosion to housing shortages and energy challenges.
The Hill » Energy has emerged as an area in which Trump and congressional Republicans are unified in their desire to make a wholesale change in how the United States deals with big policy questions related to global warming.