Category Archives: Sea Level Rise

The Inflation Reduction Act Plan for Lowering US Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Another Science Magazine Breakthrough was the US passage of the Inflation Reduction act, which contains $369 billion over ten years for lowering US greenhouse gases.  One goal of the IRA is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 40% from 2005 … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, Autos, California Flood Maps, California Power Mixes, California Smog, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coal, Conservation, Department of Energy, Electric Cars, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Fire Risks, Fossil Fuel Energy, Gasoline, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hybrid Cars, Inflation Reduction Act, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, Ocean Acidification, Offshore Oil Drilling, Oil, OLLI Lecture, Politics, Renewable Energy, Sea Level Rise, Solar Energy, Supreme Court, Transportation, US Oil, Wind Energy | Tagged | Leave a comment

The Latest California Redistricting Draft Removes UCI from the 45th to the 49th Coastal District

The Latest California Redistricting Draft Removes the UC Irvine Area from the 45th to 49th Coastal District According to the OC Register the UCI area in the latest redistricting draft has moved into the coastal 49th district.  This also includes … Continue reading

Posted in 2018 Midterm Election, 2020 Election, 2022 Election, Climate Change, Coastal Flooding, Coastal States, Congress, Conservation, Fossil Fuel Energy, Harley Rouda, Huntington Beach Oil Spill, Katie Porter, Laguna Beach Rally, No More Drilling, Oil, Sea Level Rise, US Oil | Leave a comment

Battleground Orange County, CA, On Fire, with Worst Air Ever

Battleground Orange County, CA, On Fire, with Worst Air Ever It is shocking to wake up with the smell of smoke, and then to go outside and discover that the sunrise is blurred by smoke and the air is full … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, Air Quality, American Carnage, American Lung Association, California Smog, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Donald Trump, Earth, Fire Risks, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Health Care, Katie Porter, Politics, Sea Level Rise, Smog worldwide, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, UC Irvine, World Smog | Leave a comment

The Silencing Science Tracker in December, 2019

Happy Holidays.  It’s time to update the Silencing Science Tracker.  This just lists news articles that refer to silencing science, or attempting to silence science, in various bills, agencies, schools, or research.  It starts with the beginning of the Trump … Continue reading

Posted in CAFE Standards, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Coastal States, Donald Trump, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Governors and State Legislatures, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Houston Flooding, Natural Gas, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Regulations, Renewable Energy, Science and Engineering Education, Science Funding, Sea Level Rise, Transportation, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change | Leave a comment

Flooding Will Affect 300 Million by 2050

A new study by Climate Central called Flooded Future shows that 300 million people will be affected by sea level rise flooding once yearly by 2050.  This is almost four times as much as was estimated from previous satellite data, … Continue reading

Posted in Big Data, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Economies, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Sea Level Rise | Leave a comment

My Articles on Sea Level Rise

My Articles on Sea Level Rise. My article on sea level rise in Laguna Beach was cited in a very thorough article on sea level rise in Orange County in the OC Weekly, by Anthony Pignataro, on August 1, 2019.  … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Coastal States, Donald Trump, Laguna Beach Flood Levels, No More Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling, Sea Level Rise, Summary of Climate Topics for Southern California, US Flood Maps, World Flood Maps | Leave a comment

Climate Discussions at CA State Senator John Moorlach’s Sacramento Office

Climate Discussions at CA State Senator John Moorlach’s, CA 37th District, Office in Sacramento Joan and I had a very pleasant conversation in State Senator John Moorlach’s office about climate matters, with his environmental assistant Megan A. DeSousa.  She is … Continue reading

Posted in Affairs of State, California Flood Maps, California Housing Fires, Climate Change, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sea Level Rise | Tagged | Leave a comment

Is the US Really the Strongest That It Has Ever Been?

Is the US Really the Strongest That It Has Ever Been? Well,Trump has pumped up the military budget for the last two budgets.  And the weapons systems have been progressed.  But the military is only one of many technological, environmental, … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, Affairs of State, Climate Change, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Economies, Fire Risks, Houston Flooding, Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Irma, Middle East, Moon Mission, Moon Program, Negotiations, North Korea Nuclear Threat, Paris Climate Agreement, Russia, Saudi Oil Imports, Science Funding, Sea Level Rise, Tax Laws, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, Trump Wall, US Flood Maps, World Oil Exports, World Oil Usage | Leave a comment

US Military Bases to Be Affected by Climate Change

The American Security Project at americansecurityproject.org had constructed a map in 2017 of major US military bases that will be affected by climate change.  We took pictures of the location of the bases on the map with their description and … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Congressional Investigation, Department of Defense, Donald Trump, Sea Level Rise, Summary of Climate Topics for Southern California, Trump on Climate Change, US Intelligence Agencies, World Flood Maps | Leave a comment

Fifteen Republican States Will Suffer the Most Climate Change in This Century

Fifteen Republican States Will Suffer the Most Climate Change in This Century This has one exception, of the inclusion of the Democratic state of Hawaii. A study by the Brookings Institute Metropolitan Policy Program shows in the figure below that … Continue reading

Posted in Clean Energy, Coastal Flooding, Coastal States, Houston Flooding, Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Irma, Sea Level Rise, US Flood Maps | Leave a comment