They’d be responsible for assessing just how screwed/prepared D.C. is for handling global warming.
74 percent to be exact. That compares to a national average of just 52 percent.
In its projection, UCS says the D.C. area can “expect to average 150 to 200 tidal floods each year” by 2030.
This is kind of scary. According to a NASA analysis of satellite readings, it took just four days for nearly all of Greenland’s surface ice to melt amid an oppressive heat wave a couple weeks ago.
We’ve had plenty of warm weather this year. Is any of it linked to climate change? It’s complicated.
Bad news for seafood lovers hoping for a bite of crab plucked from the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay: Maryland’s crab industry is reporting a shortage of the clawed crustaceans this summer.
>> Bostonist is on top of the hostage situation at the Hillary Clinton headquarters in Rochester, NH. [Bostonist] >> “The historic Hotel Washington will close at the end of the year to undergo extensive renovations and will reopen in 2009 as a sleek W Hotel.” [AP via WTOP] >> “Montgomery County Del. Kumar Barve was arrested last night in Gaithersburg for allegedly driving while impaired by alcohol.” [WaPo] >> “In this day and age,…
Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city’s attempt to give some direction to subway riders was interesting, pranksters went shirtless at the Fifth Avenue Abercrombie & Fitch and the I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendars came out. And just…
Morning, Washington. We hope you were out enjoying the fantastic weather, especially since the environment has been front and center in the news this weekend. As you must have heard, our former Vice President turned Global Warming Guru had to shove over the Oscar on his mantle to make space for half of a Nobel Peace Prize. Maybe after the news you were inspired to go check out the 20 amazing houses built on the…
>> There are so many festivals going on this weekend, we don’t feel bad mentioning them a few times to make sure you get your butt off the couch to check out as many of them as you can. We’ll have more on always anticipated Crafty Bastards later today, which is Sunday in Adams Morgan. The National Book Festival, where this writer is going to nerd it up, is Saturday on the Mall. Practice your…
