Tag: climate-change
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For Sustainability Accountants, New Entities Step Forward As The Federal Government Steps Back
Sustainability accountants may have been worried when the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) permanently withdrew its climate change (carbon emissions) reporting requirements. What would they do? Were their jobs in jeopardy? Apparently, their employment prospects weren’t bleak after all. Last month, the private sector stepped into the void with the launch of the Task…
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Storm Flooding Catastrophes: Assessing A Region’s Response Capability
Two weeks ago, a storm flood surged through the Hill Country of central Texas, inflicting more than one hundred fatalities. Last year, Hurricane Helene caused a similar level of damage in North Carolina and other southeastern U.S. communities. Neither of these events, though, matched the destructive power of Hurricane Katrina in 2005; striking New Orleans…