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Original post on Futurism Flooding in China continues to take lives and destroy towns. Climate change is causing this issue to worsen, so the government is supporting innovators to create sponge cities that rapidly and safely absorb water. China is taking the repercussions of climate change seriously. One consequence of our warming world is increasingly frequent and […]

Original post on Earther Robots will take all our jobs one day. Until then, we’re stuck working and in the coming decade, the percentage of Americans finding employment in two fields, in particular, will explode: wind and solar energy. The Trump administration may be doing its best to rain on renewables’ parade, but it appears

Original post on Environmental Leader More resources need to be dedicated to sustainable agriculture if the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement are to be met, according to sector leaders and experts speaking at the UN Climate Change Conference. During a session on Friday, a key takeaway was that investing in agricultural climate action,

Original post on Lad Bible A leading climate change academic has announced that Scotland is likely to meet its target of creating 100 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2020. Speaking at the Citizen’s Assembly event in Dublin, Professor Andy Kerr of the University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences said that said that

Original post on EcoWatch Flint, Michigan doesn’t just have a water problem—it has a water bottle problem. Ever since the 2014 lead contamination crisis, city residents have had no choice but to turn to bottled water for their daily H2O needs. The state is required to give each Flint resident 14 bottles daily, and when you multiply that with

Original post on TriplePundit A hurricane’s wrath has often been measured in the cost of insurance claims, particularly when it comes to private property damage. For this year’s largest two storms, Harvey and Irma, this figure is destined to be a whopper. More than $25-30 billion  (at the low end) are expected to be paid out by

Original post on Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation As nations gather in Bonn at COP23, scratching their heads over why the U.S. would be the only nation on earth to deny climate change science and to withdraw from the landmark agreement that was reached two years ago in Paris (in case you missed it, even Syria has now joined),