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Opinion:

¶ “Resilience bonds: a secret weapon against catastrophe” • While the inflation-adjusted cost of natural disasters was about $30 billion annually in the 1980s, it’s now more than six times that: an average of $182 billion. Resilience bonds can improve on insurance by evaluating a community’s risks and giving guidance on reducing them. [BBC]

To prepare for catastrophe, not just help
clean up after it. (Credit: Alamy Stock Photo)

¶ “6 Reasons Trump Can’t (Totally) Derail Progress on Climate” If ever there was a symbolic moment when the past met the future, it arrived as the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum announced in April it is converting to solar. To save money. Here are six reasons to take why we will continue to move forward on climate change. [National Geographic]

¶ “US Lags Developing a Key Military Materiel” • James J Greenberger addressed a National Defense…

Opinion:

¶ “Florida Sea Level Rise & Unchecked Coastal Developments” • With climate change and sea level rise, coastal developments make no sense – and yet, day by day, month by month, large coastal luxury buildings shoot sky-high, with almost no sidewalk to spare on one side and sand that will soon be underwater on the other. [CleanTechnica]

St Petersburg (Image: Cynthia Shahan | Cleantechnica.com)

¶ “Are Solar and Wind Really Killing Coal, Nuclear, and Grid Reliability?” • Are wind and solar killing coal and nuclear? Yes, but not by themselves and not for the reasons most people think. Are wind and solar killing grid reliability? No, where the grid’s technology and regulations have been modernized, the grid’s operation has improved. [DeSmog]

Science and Technology:

¶ Final trials of printed PVs on sheets of plastic are underway at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales…