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How Will Climate Change Affect Real Estate Property Values?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Attom, climate change, data, extreme, flood, flooding, floods, global warming, hurricane, real estate, rise, sea level, storm, storms, surge, Verisk, Zillow

Sea level rise, more frequent & intense storms and wildfires means fewer and fewer of us live in areas safe from some of the ravages of climate change.

Sustainable Cities

Are Paved Driveways Contributing to Stormwater Pollution?

Megan Wild asphalt, driveway, flood, paved, pavement, rain, run-off, storm, stormwater, water

If you really want to be green, it may be time to think about digging up your paved asphalt driveway and replacing it with soil and native plants…

Under Water

Messages in the Sand from Hurricane Sandy

JoAnne Castagna Army Corps of Engineers, beach, beaches, coast, coastal, Coney Island, erosion, flood, flooding, Gilgo, hurricane, Long Island, New Jersey, New York, Passaic, Rahway, Raritan, river, Rockaway, sand, Sandy, super storm, superstorm, Westhampton

Researchers have found that federally funded beach nourishment projects in New York and New Jersey prior to Hurricane Sandy saved an estimated $1.3 billion in avoided damages. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking these findings to improve future beach nourishment projects…