The Bergen Record just posted an AP story: New report confirms Arctic melt accelerating
STOCKHOLM — Arctic ice is melting faster than expected and could raise the average global sea level by as much as five feet this century, an authoritative new report suggests.
The study by the international Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, or AMAP, is one of the most comprehensive updates on climate change in the Arctic, and builds on a similar assessment in 2005
In the meantime, here in NJ, where over 120 miles of shoreline are highly vulnerable to sea level rise and global warming induced storm surge, Governor Chris Christie has:
- denied that man made global warming is real,
- defunded NJ global warming programs,
- threatened to exit the northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) pollutant trading program,
- proposed to gut the Energy Master Plan, and
- suggested repeal the NJ Global Warming Response Act.Â
Our Governor’s emissions are a big problem.