Tag: economy
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Climate Change’s ‘Physical Risks’ Are Catching Up With Banks
A container ship navigates through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal on Nov. 3. Drought has led to restrictions on ships transiting the waterway. Photographer: Bloomberg The financial industry is waking up to the potential losses from extreme events and long-term changes in weather patterns. As the world veers further off course from its goal of limiting…
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Karrigan’ Börk’s Award-Winning Water Rights Solution
The Colorado River supplies water to seven U.S. states for more than 35 million people and irrigates more than 5 million acres of crops. (Getty) Law Professor Wins Morrison Prize for Most Impactful Sustainability-Related Legal Paper in North America Karrigan Börk, UC Davis professor of law and Associate Director at the Center for Watershed Sciences,…
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The Future of Farming is Uncertain. Here’s How We Save It.
At a recent event, we spoke with author Tom Philpott about the environmental and economic destruction brought by industrial farming and how we can reverse course. As veteran reporter and author Tom Philpott says, our food system is incredibly productive — but also incredibly fragile. The consequences of this have become ever clearer over the…
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Las Vegas Authorities Want to Know How Much Water Companies Use Before Letting Them Move In
A man takes a picture of the fountains in front of the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Photo: John Locher (AP) Authorities want to ensure a balance between water conservation and the metropolitan area’s economic growth. If a business wants to move or expand to Las Vegas, it’s going to have to shell out…
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This Winter’s Floods May Be ‘Only a Taste’ of the Megafloods to Come, Climate Scientists Warn
Photo: Climate activist and Pajaro Valley High School senior Denia Escutia,18, stands in the family’s mud-coated kitchen in Pajaro on March 24, 2023, just days after residents began returning to their homes. Several weeks ago, Pajaro residents were forced to evacuate before dawn after an upstream levee breached, spurring widespread flooding. (Kori Suzuki/KQED) The street…
