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Headline: Earth™:
Katie Fehlinger hosts Headline: Earth, which takes an unbiased look at all sides of the global warming debate. The weekly show features the latest headlines related to global warming, along with interviews of prominent and newsworthy guests, including global warming legislation advocate and chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Senator (D) Barbara Boxer of California and global warming skeptic and former EPW chairman, Senator (R) James Inhofe of Oklahoma. Visit Headline: Earth's video page to see any or all of Katie's videos. 
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« February 21, 2008 | Main | February 24, 2008 » February 22, 2008 ArchivesFebruary 22, 2008A Climate Change Teach-InIn this week's Headline Earth video, Katie Fehlinger brings you to the "Focus the Nation" teach-in event that was recently held at Penn State University. This particular setting was just one of over 1400 that occurred that day across many campuses throughout the nation. You might recognize a few of the speakers. Stronger Hurricanes not the Reason for Increasing U.S. LossesRadar image of Hurricane Andrew making landfall south of Miami, Florida in 1992. From a NOAA press release.......... A scientific team has determined that economic damages from hurricanes have increased in the United States over time due to greater population, infrastructure and wealth on the U.S. coastlines and not because of any spike in the number and intensity of hurricanes. My first thought when I read this yesterday was "no sh..!" but, it is still nice to see this type of report being released through NOAA. There is just way too much building going on along exposed, low-lying coastal areas in this country. You are just asking for trouble in my opinion. According to Chris Landsea, operations officer at NOAA's National Hurricane Center, the economic costs of land-falling hurricanes have steadily increased over time, but there is nothing in the U.S. hurricane damge record that indicates global warming has caused a significant increase in destruction along our coasts. The report states that the economic damage from hurricanes is doubling every 10-15 years! Here is the link to the study pdf. |
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