Water & Oceans

Florida Plans To Buy, Protect Everglades Land Targeted For Oil Drilling

"A swath of land in the Everglades at the center of a fight between a family determined to drill for oil and a constellation of parties urging them not to might finally have a new future. The state intends to buy the 20,000-acre tract outright and halt the threat of oil drilling on the protected lands near Broward County’s western suburbs, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday."

Source: Miami Herald, 01/16/2020

"U.S. Flood Risk Model To Be Publicly Available In Boon For Homebuyers"

"A climate research organization will offer access to a risk model that predicts the probability of flooding for homes across the United States, giving the public a look at the data institutional investors use to gauge risk."

Source: Reuters, 01/14/2020

"UN Draft Plan Sets 2030 Target To Avert Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction"

"Almost a third of the world’s oceans and land should be protected by the end of the decade to stop and reverse biodiversity decline that risks the survival of humanity, according to a draft Paris-style UN agreement on nature."

Source: Guardian, 01/13/2020

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