Don’t Panic, We’re Safe. Right?

There’s always talk of climate change, of what is going to be left of the world. Sea levels rise, cities become submerged. Is there any hope? According to this article from Business Insider, the United States as a whole is, for the most part, safe. So no need to worry, right? Nope.
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Though the infographic deems the U.S. safe from climate change, it is misleading. The map is a zoomed out effect. It doesn’t focus on smaller state, region, or city specific information. So on paper, the U.S. looks safe. But what happens to the cities at current sea levels? The coastal towns we love on the East and West coast? What happens to those? Contine reading

Keystone XL pipeline resources

Here are some of the links about the Keystone XL pipeline that I showed in class today:

http://350.org/campaigns/stop-keystone-xl/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ulbWCwnoQ

Also, here’s a NYTimes website feature that provides the most recent updates on the U.S. legislative battles over the Keystone XL pipeline: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/k/keystone_pipeline/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier