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Category Archives: opinion
Lessons on Containment for the Climate Pandemic
Climate change and COVID19 are similarly explosive problems, with similar dangers from missing the opportunity for containment. One silver lining is that the pandemic has led us to change our lives in some ways that could be made permanent, to simultaneously rein in climate change. Continue reading
Posted in climate, opinion, water
Tagged chronic, climate, containment, coronavirus, covid, emissions, exponential, flood, mitigation, New York City, nuisance, pandemic, sea level rise, sunny, tidal, tide
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Investing in NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research
The Washington Post reported Friday that the Trump Administration is seeking huge cuts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2018 budget, including eliminating the Sea Grant Program and shaving 26% from the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research … Continue reading
Why I Am Marching for Climate
On Sunday at noon, many thousands of concerned citizens will be marching to the United Nations in Manhattan to protest the lack of progress to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions, with the 2013 rate at its fastest rate ever. Each year, believe … Continue reading
Posted in climate, opinion
Tagged climate change, committed sea level rise, flooding, global warming, march, morality, sea level rise, United Nations
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Next Mayor: Continue to Lead on Climate
This is an Op-Ed published in the New York Times Room for Debate forum . It was solicited by the RfD editor, with the topic being “transportation challenges for the next mayor”. It was eventually published under a somewhat different debate topic, … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, climate, opinion
Tagged air pollution, bicycle, Bloomberg, carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, debate, DeBlasio, emissions, flooding, marine, mayor, New York City, New York Times, nyc, Quinn, SBS, sea level rise, transportation
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Not a Priority: Federal Funding to Improve Flood Forecasting
Dear Dr. Orton: Thank you for your submission of the proposal [(censored) title relating to improving our Storm Surge Warning System’s forecasting of storm surges] to the [(censored) federal program]. Although your proposal ranked in the top group and was … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, security, weather
Tagged budget, budget request, federal funding, flood, forecast, funding, hurricane, priority, sequester, storm surge
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Sandy’s Staten Island Flooding Deaths: A Man-Made Disaster?
Ask people how fast the water came into New York Harbor with Hurricane Sandy, or how fast it rose, and you get a wide range of answers. Many people think it was like a tsunami that came in quickly, with … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, security, water, weather
Tagged adaptation, berm, danger, death, Father Capodonno, flooding, hurricane, levee, Midland Beach, mortality, New York City, protection, Sandy, Schuerman, Staten Island, storm surge, superstorm, wall, WNYC
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Do Property Taxes Pay Back Wastewater Infrastructure Costs?
Today, while river advocacy groups are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act with Swimmable Action Day, I’m reflecting on the economics of these efforts to reduce sewage pollution. Often when I read anything truly descriptive about what … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, water pollution
Tagged 1972, 40th, anniversary, Clean Water Act, CSO, economics, environment, Hoboken, New York City, property tax, sewage, sewer, smell, sulphur
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