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U.S. Flood Insurance Program Is Sinking. Rescuing It Won’t Be Easy. [1]

"PEQUANNOCK, N.J. — Time after time, as the river has risen and the water has crept up Roosevelt Street, Leni-anne Shuchter has fled the white clapboard home she bought more than four decades ago."

Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [9], 07/17/2017
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Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [10]

The global rise of large-scale, intense and devastating wildfires is the subject of a new book by award-winning photojournalist Michael Kodas, who spoke with SEJournal's book editor about what makes these new fires so different, what role climate change plays and how he joined firefighters amid the flames.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [2]
Forests [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Planning & Growth [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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In Booming Philly Neighborhoods, Lead-Poisoned Soil Is Resurfacing [15]

"Breakneck construction has unearthed a toxic legacy, coating playgrounds and backyards with dangerous levels of lead dust".

Environmental Health [16]
Planning & Growth [6]
Pollution [17]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [19], 06/19/2017
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"The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas. The World Is Watching." [20]

"In the waterlogged Netherlands, climate change is considered neither a hypothetical nor a drag on the economy. Instead, it’s an opportunity."

Climate Change [12]
Planning & Growth [6]
Technology [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
Europe [23]
Source: NY Times [24], 06/16/2017
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November 14, 2017 to November 15, 2017

IAIA Special Biodiversity Symposium [25]

This International Association for Impact Assessment symposium in Washington, DC will provide a forum for sharing and advancing leading practice in mitigation hierarchy implementation for biodiversity and ecosystem services to improve outcomes for society, conservation, business, and finance.

Professional Meetings [26]
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Planning & Growth [6]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]

Sea-Level Rise: Gentrification As High Ground Becomes Hot Property [27]

"MIAMI — One of the first sea-level rise maps Broadway Harewood saw was a few years back, when climate activists gathered in his neighborhood to talk about how global warming would affect people in less-affluent South Florida communities."

Climate Change [12]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [6]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: ClimateWire [30], 05/02/2017
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"An End To Tucson’s Growth Wars" [31]

"A conservation plan puts science ahead of politics."

Planning & Growth [6]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: High Country News [33], 05/01/2017
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"Senate To Consider Resolution Rolling Back Obama-Era Land Rule" [34]

"The Senate is set to roll back another Obama-era environment rule this week. Senators on Monday will begin the process of repealing a Bureau of Land Management rule to reorganize the government’s land planning and management guidelines."

Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [35]
Planning & Growth [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [36], 03/07/2017
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Get Wise on Water Rule [37]

Wondering what WOTUS is? Or how the Clean Water Rule relates to the Clean Water Act and to the Section 404 permitting program meant to prevent the destruction of U.S. wetlands? Our Beat Basics column explains the history and background of the rule to help you cover White House, EPA and court action likely ahead.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [39]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [35]
Planning & Growth [6]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"What Cities Looked Like Before the EPA" [41]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has a murky future in the Trump administration. Hours before the President promised in his address to Congress 'to promote clean air and clear water,' he signed an executive order to roll back an Obama-era EPA clean water rule. Whatever happens to the EPA, this might be a good time to reflect on its legacy, especially in urban spaces. Though environmentalism conjures 'America the Beautiful' images of purple mountains and unspoiled wilderness, much of the EPA’s heaviest lifting in rescuing this nation from its own filth happened in cities."

Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [6]
Pollution [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: CityLab [42], 03/03/2017
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