Dresden Moving on Climate Protection
Dresden, a city of 220,000 in the eastern part of Germany, was the target of Allied firebombing in World War II that largely destroyed the city. The wonderful skyline of towers built by the Saxon kings was restored and the downtown area is vibrant. While the eastern part of Germany has suffered from emigration to other regions, Dresden has been growing modestly.
The City is bisected by the Elbe River and has a number of tributaries that flow into it. In 2002, Dresden saw a major flood that inundated the city center, including the central railway station. Over 1 billion Euros in damage was inflicted by the floods and some lives were lost. The flooding was the result of the Elbe River overtopping its banks, rising groundwater, and the Weisseritz River defying… [view entry]


One possible step toward Climate Change mitigation, 



On June 3rd, a panel of experts was convened at the Cambridge Public Library to discuss the federal climate policies being proposed at that time to regulate greenhouse gases, and what their impacts might be. The panel was moderated by Rob Garrity, the Executive Director of
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