Average number of coastal flood events per year (1950-2015). The average number of days per year in which coastal waters rose above the local threshold for minor flooding at 27 sites along US coasts. DATASOURCE: EPA Climate Change Indicators. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
Category: Climate
A green recovery
Al Gore
Species at risk
Species (%) at risk from climate change (2080). Some birds + mammals might survive a global temperature rise by dispersing into areas with favorable climate conditions. DATASOURCE: World Wildlife Fund. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
Green New Deal
Excerpt
Read it and you’ll find that it actually attempts to overcome historical divisions between the American labor and environmental movements by linking a call for good jobs and worker protection to obvious and much-needed environmental goals.