THE BULLETIN timely news from the SFBJV April 4, 2018 Climate Change Policy White Paper Available now for You! We are pleased to share with you a new resource that our Government Affairs Committee has been developing over the past year. […]
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Continue ReadingEngineers hope hacking can avert climate change By Katherine Ellison Matthias Schrader / Associated Press 2011 Workers cover a glacier with plastic sheets on Zugspitzein, Germany’s highest peak, in a bid to keep it from melting. Next month, a Silicon Valley engineer plans to head out on a snowmobile from Barrow, on the northern tip […]
Continue ReadingCaltrans Releases Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Bay Area · By Melanie Curry · Jan 2, 2018 · https://cal.streetsblog.org/2018/01/02/caltrans-releases-climate-change-vulnerability-assessment-for-bay-area/ Map shows Bay Area highways and bridges (in red) vulnerable to a relatively low estimated 1.5-foot sea level rise. From Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Map Caltrans just released its first report on the vulnerability of the state highway […]
Continue ReadingOn December 14, BPC staff attended the Port of Oakland (the Port) Board of Commissioners Meeting and provided comment on the Port’s efforts to update their Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (MAQIP), a comprehensive plan designed to reduce port emissions and mitigate impacts on local air quality. BPC recognizes that the Port has taken tremendous […]
Continue ReadingAdapting to Rising Tides (ART) Bay Area Greetings ART Bay Area Regional Working Group (RWG), We are collecting feedback on the draft project resilience goals that we discussed at the November 8th RWG meeting. Resilience Goals: Feedback due to 12/7 On November 8th, RWG members recommended specific ways to expand […]
Continue ReadingAdapting to Rising Tides (ART) Bay Area Greetings Regional ART Bay Area Regional Working Group (RWG), Many thanks to those of you who were able to join us for a lively meeting and discussion in San Carlos last Wednesday. The meeting provided an opportunity for the working group to give feedback […]
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Continue ReadingRising sea levels could be worse than suspected By Amina Khan Al Seib / Los Angeles Times 2015 High surf crashes into a sea wall at Pacific Palisades. A study finds that rising sea levels will double the risk of flooding. The effects of rising oceans on coastal flooding may be even worse than we […]
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