Jumping for Joy!
The United States largest infrastructure bill could pass the Senate this week and has already made climate history. With senators from both parties acknowledging the U.S. is not prepared for the worsening effects of climate change, the Senate has agreed to the largest ever investment in disaster resilience. Tens of billions of dollars will go to protect against sea level rise, inland flooding, wildfires, new sources of water to combat drought and relocation of a mass migration of people who can no longer live in their homes due to natural forces of nature accelerated by humans’ interaction with climate change.
This is a very large bill with lots of funding, for example NOAA’s costal protection program would see its money increase by… Continue reading