2018 WILL APPEAR in retrospect as the year when climate change became a daily reality and not some debatable future possibility. Jurisdictions across the globe are now struggling with planning […]
A. Vernon Woodworth
Posted inOpinion
Harbor barrier study undermined by assumptions
A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY releases a report advising on the course of action that a major urban center should pursue to prepare for predicted sea-level rise and increased frequency and severity […]
Posted inEnvironment
14-mile dike could protect Greater Boston from sea level rise
A RECENT story in the Boston Globe, with the headline “Floods seen as warning of Boston’s future,” described how sea level rise and storm surge effects predicted for later in the […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Driving in the breakdown lane
US investment in the preservation and development of transportation infrastructure lags so far behind that of China, Russia and European nations that it will lead to “a steady erosion of […]