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2021-
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Our climate future is in the hands of our towns and cities. Local level policy has the power to impact our infrastructure, transportation, air quality, job development, equity and energy future. Our Rebuild and Re-energize Local Government Toolkit is intended to empower communities by providing on the ground examples of innovative programs and policy throughout Colorado. This toolkit will also feature additional resources and funding for communities...
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2009.
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Under existing SEC disclosure requirements, a public corporation is required to fully and fairly disclose facts about its operations that are "material" to a shareholder's investment decision. But despite the growing evidence of climate change's broad range of impacts, 76.3% of annual reports filed in 2008 by S&P 500 corporations failed to even mention climate change. The true test of proper climate risk disclosure will be its quality, assessed using...
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Quick response research report volume 238
Pub. Date
2013.
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To achieve coastal community resiliency in the face of rising seas and intensifying coastal storms, comprehensive disaster planning must include consideration of maritime operations and facilities. Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Port of New York and New Jersey ("Port") area on October 29, 2012, caused disruptions to maritime operations and facilities throughout the Port, which spans both the New York and New Jersey sides of New York Harbor. This study...
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2019.
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Climate change and human population growth are increasing the frequency, severity, and impact of natural disasters across the Western United States. As increasing aridity exposes wildland and agricultural ecosystems to greater risk of drought and fires, stronger intensity of summer rainstorms is exposing low-lying and riparian areas to greater risk of destructive floods. Meanwhile, growth of human populations and economies is expanding and intensifying...
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2020.
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The Colorado State Forest Service has designed this plan to provide a road map for improving forest health across Colorado in the coming decade. Major forest types in Colorado can be categorized by the dominant overstory vegetation; these include conifer-hardwood, conifer, mixed conifer, hardwood (primarily aspen), lodgepole pine, oak shrubland, piñon-juniper, ponderosa pine, riparian and spruce-fir.
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2012.
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Phase I of the Colorado River Water Availability Study (the Study or CRWAS) provides an unprecedented foundation for water resources planning in Colorado. The Study, which began in 2008, combines the data and models developed by the CWCB and the Division of Water Resources over the last 15 years with new information on past droughts and wet spells and possible future changes in climatic conditions to produce the most comprehensive look to date at...
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The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles and has been stopped up by dams, slaked off by irrigation, and dried up by cities. Former raft guide and environmental reporter Heather Hansman paddles the river from source to confluence to see what the experience might teach her about the present and future of water in the West.
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