Climate Change(d)?

[blastula]

Trump administration paying energy company $1B to abandon offshore wind farms in N.Y., N.C.

TotalEnergies has agreed to forfeit leases in waters off the coasts of New York and North Carolina and instead invest in oil and gas projects in Texas.

www.nbclosangeles.com

 

[Elixir]

Trump administration paying energy company $1B to abandon offshore wind farms in N.Y., N.C.

TotalEnergies has agreed to forfeit leases in waters off the coasts of New York and North Carolina and instead invest in oil and gas projects in Texas.

www.nbclosangeles.com

Hopefully it’s nothing from which they can’t extract themselves the day after Trump dies.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

we’ve had a bit of a heatwave this week in Los Angeles. The pool is heating up nicely and I think I may actually be able to get in it early this season. Fantastic!!

So what?

 

[Elixir]

Been swimming all winter, but rarely making the mile that used to be my ritual.
Just got back from a short 1200 meter session a couple hours ago.
If I lived in Santa Monica I would certainly not have a pool.

 

[steve_bank]

Climate change seems to have been largely drooped from the news cycles.

There is reporting of a study that says within a few generations New Orleans will be under water.

Lake Pontchartrain is about 1 foot above sea level.

A Lake Pontchartrain levee failure would cause catastrophic, rapid flooding, with hundreds of billions of gallons of water pouring into New Orleans, which lies mostly below sea level. Similar to Hurricane Katrina, this would destroy thousands of homes, devastate infrastructure, endanger lives, and halt economic activity, creating severe long-term financial impacts.

Sea level rise plus loss of coastal wetlands.

https://www.theroot.com/report-gives-eerie-point-of-no-return-evacuation-warnin-2000103327