Chula Vista, in San Diego County, approved a climate plan in May that calls for more shade trees and 'cool' or reflective roofs. Citing a study that sea levels — already up 6 inches since 1900 — will rise 12 to 18 inches more in the next 40 years, it also requires that new waterfront projects account for this projected increase.
•Norfolk, Va., is doing a feasibility study on measures such as dam structures to deal with the area's 14.5-inch rise in sea level over the past 80 years — whatever the cause. 'The city is trying to be as proactive as possible without engaging in the hyperbole of climate change arguments,' says John White, the city's engineer for storm-water systems.
•New York City is not only planting a million trees, it also has a $1.5 billion, 20-year plan for green infrastructure to help manage storm-water runoff from increasingly powerful storms."
