Environmental & Energy
Sep. 24, 2020
No more water, and the fire next time?
The current disasters across California, the country, and the world are not the “new normal.” In fact, the magnitude and frequency of extreme events will only get worse.
Gerald George
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Email: GeraldGeorge@dwt.com
Gerald is an environmental partner in the firm's San Francisco office. He has practiced environmental law for 30 years, including as head of the U.S. Department of Justice Environmental Enforcement Section field office in San Francisco.
The current disasters across California, the country, and the world are not the "new normal." In fact, the magnitude and frequency of extreme events will only get worse. Climate change impacts expected by 2100 are now predicted to occur 50 years earlier, and as you may have noticed, some are arriving now. Consider the direction of change to be baked in for the rest of the century, in the U.S. as well as the rest of the world.
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