The Bloomberg Carbon Clock
May 1974 to the Present: Mauna Loa Observatory average CO2 record, maintained by NOAA. The monthly values reflect the cyclical […]
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Extreme events ‘presage worse to come’ in a warming climate
From Yale Climate Connections. Increased fatalities, pain, and costs provide a compelling case for taking action on climate change, three
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Multiple extreme climate events can combine to produce catastrophic damages.
From Yale Climate Connections Concurrent extreme climate events can amount to a challenging ‘two-fer’ or even a ‘three-fer’ in terms
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Losing Earth: A Recent History by Nathaniel Rich
From Amazon: By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change―including how to stop it. Over the
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From the Climate Change Series: What’s Causing Sea Level To Rise?
Global warming is causing global mean sea level to rise in two ways. First, glaciers and ice sheets worldwide are
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Florida Cities File Constitutional Challenge Over 5G Rules
Cities contend state law violates the state Constitution in a variety of ways, including infringing on home-rule powers. Along with
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Technology: the Disruptive Tsunami Headed for City Hall.
TECHNOLOGY FOR TOWNS. Small cities and towns are evolving beyond the fear of change to accept the benefits of newtechnologies
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Government 3.0 – Next Generation Government Technology Infrastructure and Services by Adegboyega Ojo & Jeremy Millard
Keeping up with technology and its applications to municipal governance is a constant exercise. Books such as the Government 3.0
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Seeing Trees, A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin by Sonja Dümpelmann
From Yale Books: “A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship
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Urban Forest Master Plan
Excerpts from Published Works… The City of Tallahassee completed an Urban Forest Master Plan in 2018. The plan is a