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CBS News: Summer 2012: Glimpse of climate change effects?

Posted Fri, 2012/07/06 - 10:33am by RCAP

A July 3 posting to the CBS News website, originally from the Associated Press, begins:

"(AP) WASHINGTON - If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks.

Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. And a powerful freak wind storm called a derecho.

Climate-resilience evaluation and awareness tool exercise report available

Posted Tue, 2012/06/12 - 8:25am by RCAP

EPA has posted online a report on the “Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool Exercise with North Hudson Sewerage Authority and New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program.” The report documents the methodology used and the outcomes of the exercise so that other water utilities and National Estuary Programs could conduct a similar exercise of their own as drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities fulfill their public health and environmental missions.

Climate-resilience evaluation and awareness tool training modules available online

Posted Wed, 2012/04/11 - 5:15pm by RCAP

Training modules for EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) software are now available for viewing or download. The CREAT software was developed under the agency's Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, which provides drinking water, wastewater, and storm water utilities with practical tools, training, and technical assistance to confront climate change through climate-related risk assessment.