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Opinion:

¶ “Yes, climate change made Harvey and Irma worse” • Warm water feeds energy to hurricanes, increasing their intensity, and oceans have warmed on an average 1° to 3° F over the last 100 years. Sea levels have risen about 7 inches in that time. Throw in compound flooding from seal level rise and storm surge, and you have a perfect mix for record flooding. [CNN]

Flooding after Irma

¶ “Sachs: Big Oil will have to pay up, like Big Tobacco” • Here is a message to investors in the oil industry, whether pension and insurance funds, university endowments, hedge funds or other asset managers: Your investments are going to sour. The growing devastation caused by climate change is going to blow a hole in your fossil-fuel portfolio. [CNN]

¶ “What can Kodiak teach the world about renewable energy? A lot.” • Since 2007, Kodiak Island…