by admin | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Department of Ecology is currently updating the rules that implement the Shoreline Management Act (SMA), including the Shoreline Master Program Guidelines (WAC 173-26).[i] Part of Ecology’s rulemaking scope[ii] is to consider including a new section on planning...
by admin | Apr 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
By: Michael LevkowitzEarlier this week the Tulalip Tribes hosted Making Sense of Sea Level Rise, a Tribal Climate Change Forum at the Seattle Mountaineers club. The Forum brought together representatives from Washington’s coastal tribes, state agencies, non-profits...
by admin | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Over the last few months, the CHRN has had a number of new additions, pushing our number of active members over 60! As we begin to plan for our annual meeting (preliminary information and save-the-date coming soon), we wanted to introduce our newest members, Mike...
by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Michael Levkowitz Back in 2010, huge swaths of the American public doubted the evidence of global warming. Thanks in part to efforts by risk communication professionals to develop best practices for undoing misinformation (such as the freely available Debunking...
by admin | Feb 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Michael LevkowitzAs Linden, Maibach and Leiserowitz argue in their paper Improving Public Engagement With Climate Change: Five “Best Practice” Insights From Psychological Science, many communication efforts about climate change focus on the future implications –...
