Climate Change

August 11, 2019

DEADLINE: ICN's Southeast Environmental Reporting Workshop

InsideClimate News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning national nonprofit newsroom, will hold a free, day-and-a-half-long workshop for about ~12 winning applicants from Sep 16-17, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. The workshop will be focused on covering climate change and the clean energy economy in the Southeast. Deadline is Aug 11.

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"In an Era of Extreme Weather, Concerns Grow Over Dam Safety"

"Many of the United States’ 91,000 dams are aging and sorely in need of repairs that could collectively cost tens of billions of dollars. Experts are increasingly worried that as extreme precipitation events increase, dams are at greater risk of failure, threatening lives and posing environmental risks."

Source: YaleE360, 07/11/2019

Washington Floods Expose Double Threat: Old Drains and Climate Change

"WASHINGTON — When almost a month’s worth of rain deluged this city on Monday morning, turning streets into rivers and basements into wading pools, it showed just how vulnerable cities with aging water systems can be in the era of climate change."

Source: NY Times, 07/11/2019

"Climate Fwd: Following the Money That Undermines Climate Science"

"It’s difficult to figure out who’s funding climate denial, because many of the think tanks that continue to question established climate science are nonprofit groups that aren’t required to disclose their donors."

Source: NY Times, 07/11/2019

"Trump’s Misleading Claims About His Environmental Record"

"President Trump made the case Monday that he has protected the nation’s air and water in a speech filled with cherry-picked statistics and misleading claims. And he failed to mention that his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord was undercutting efforts to address a fundamental threat to the planet."

Source: NY Times, 07/10/2019

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