Press & News
Sierra — UNDERWATER ; Could climate chaos sink the US real estate market?
By Amanda Abrams — Could climate chaos sink the US real estate market?
WJAR — Streets flood as heavy rain, high winds lash Narragansett
By Liz Bateson — Narragansett coped with strong winds, massive waves and significant flooding as a storm moved in early Friday morning.
WJAR — Storm surge floods streets and parking lots in Wickford
By Joanna Bouras — … “We got here and the water in the parking lot for the town was approximately 2 feet deep,” said business owner Peter Chevalier.
Progressive Charlestown — URI, R.I. Sea Grant, DEM, municipal partners invite public to take part in shoreline monitoring program
Barrington, South Kingstown, Westerly (but not Charlestown) are CoastSnap kickoff municipalities
Politico — Ian will 'financially ruin' homeowners and insurers
By Thomas Frank — The storm inundated the homes of thousands of Floridians who don't have flood insurance, exposing weaknesses in the nation's effort to address the rising costs of extreme weather.
The New York Times Op Ed — We Will All End Up Paying for Someone Else’s Beach House
By Francis Wilkinson — A video of a North Carolina beach house being dismembered by a voracious ocean was a viral hit this spring. But it won’t be long before the novelty wears off.
Newport Daily News — New England's high tides are getting higher. How 'sunny day' flooding could impact you.
By Hadley Barndollar — New Englanders often associate flooding with storms, and rightfully so. But imagine sunny days with impassable roads, bubbling storm drains and basements-turned-swimming pools?
Politico — How FEMA helps white and rich Americans escape floods
By Thomas Frank — An investigation by POLITICO's E&E News reveals systemic favoritism toward wealthy and white people in a federal program that lifts homes above rising floodwaters.
Atlantic — The Democrats Fighting to Protect the Coastal Elite
By Russell Berman — Who will actually benefit from a new progressive climate policy?
Bloomberg Green — Unlimited Sand and Money Still Won’t Save the Hamptons
By Polly Mosendz and Eric Roston — If you happened to be in Montauk, N.Y., when the trucks started rolling in this summer, you’d get a sense of how much sand $171,000 buys.
Projo — Army Corps proposes lifting 341 buildings
By Alex Kuffner — In a bid to reduce the potential damage from flooding caused by storm surges, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put forward a $58.6-million plan that would largely be funded through taxpayer money to lift up 341 private structures on the Washington County coast.