FEMA’s Proposed Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program
Photo by kevin dooley. Some rights reserved. Earlier this month, law firm Van Ness Feldman published an Alert detailing FEMA’s plans for revising the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The NFIP...
View ArticleThe Link Between Sandy and Global Warming
Photo by National Weather Service. Some rights reserved. As we’ve rightly focused our national attention squarely on the well-being of America’s east coast in the midst of Hurricane Sandy (please...
View ArticleNational Flood Insurance and Jersey Shore Demographics
Photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, some rights reserved. Back in 1968, Congress stepped into the flood insurance market to provide coverage where private insurers would not. Today, taxpayers...
View ArticleWhat We Can Reasonably Expect From Our Cities
Photo by mediafury. Some rights reserved. A new report released last Friday in draft form by the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (or more succinctly, the NCADAC) has been...
View ArticleIce & Us: There Is No Turning Back
Photo by NASA. Some rights reserved. The scientific community seems to talk about rising sea levels A LOT. This makes sense – as far as consequences of global warming go, it’s one of the easiest to...
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