In an op-ed published yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo says that “extreme weather is the new normal” and that New York needs to “act, not react” to prepare for the events. Cuomo’s article acknlowedges climate change, and touches on the human activities that are exacerbating it. He writes that the state needs to be smarter about […]
Hurricane Sandy
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New York, New York
Each day brings more news of the pain lingering in the Greater New York area: more than 100 dead, countless homes and businesses destroyed, tens of thousands of people displaced. Scientists have been careful about linking the storm itself to global warming; an individual storm can’t be linked to long-term climate changes. But scientists haven’t […]
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Handy storm tools from RG&E
Hey, this is neat. RG&E’s website has a section called “outage central” with all sorts of useful tools. You can report an outage, get an estimate on when your power should be back, and find out who else is without power. Information is available all the way down to the street level. There’s also an […]
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Hurricane Sandy and climate change: It’s complicated
The entire northeast is preparing for the onset of the Hurricane Sandy. Or more specifically, people in the northeast are preparing for the Frankenstorm: Hurricane Sandy mixed with a winter storm coming from the north. That combination of a hurricane and a nor’easter is weird. And it’s the latest example of weird or abnormally severe […]
