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January 30, 2018

Sustainability Measurement in China: Fostering a Race to the Top [1]

The Earth Institute’s Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management invites you to this event at Columbia University in New York City. Reception follows.

Other Events [2]
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Economy & Business [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Policy [6]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Asia [8]

"Hurricane Harvey: A Closer Look At Houston's Biblical Floods" [9]

As Hurricane Harvey dumped record rains on the Houston area, nature ruled and man reacte. Harvey was Houston's reckoning.

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Planning & Growth [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: Houston Chronicle [16], 01/08/2018

"Build, Flood, Rebuild: Flood Insurance’s Expensive Cycle" [17]

"The National Flood Insurance Program, designed to protect Americans from catastrophic floods, has failed in almost every way, encouraging people to buy and build in flood-prone areas while increasing the cost and magnitude of disasters."

Disasters [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Planning & Growth [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Houston Chronicle [19], 12/11/2017

Energy Markets Offer Clues on Environment’s Future [20]

How the U.S. economy uses energy has huge impacts on the environment. So this week's TipSheet helps journalists understand the economy-energy-environment nexus, detailing nine top trends to watch on fossil fuels and alternative energy in 2018. Plus, a list of helpful sources for tracking energy markets.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Planning & Growth [5]
Pollution [27]
Technology [28]
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National (U.S.) [18]
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Public [3]

"Builders Said Their Homes Were Out of a Flood Zone. Then Harvey Came." [29]

"Leslie Martinez heard the floodwaters before she saw them. ...  After all, Ms. Martinez recalled, the home builder had assured her that 'flooding was not even a possibility' when she and her husband purchased the house in this suburban enclave north of Houston in 2011. They would never have bought here otherwise. Flood insurance, of course, was neither required nor needed."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Planning & Growth [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NY Times [30], 12/05/2017

"Hurricane Harvey Makes Houston Reassess Growth-Friendly Policies" [31]

"Melinda and Joel Loshak raised two children in a stylish ranch house in Houston’s upscale Meyerland neighborhood and planned to retire there. Now they are hoping the government will knock it down."

Disasters [11]
Planning & Growth [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Reuters [32], 12/01/2017

FOIA Suit, Silence on Hog Farms & Sea-Level Rise, Plus Shield Laws [33]

A push for disclosure on hazardous air emissions from industrial hog farms, and reporting on how the coastal real estate industry works to block bad news about sea-level rise. That, plus the Bay Journal FOIAs the EPA over grant defunding, and a move in Congress towards a federal shield law, all in the latest WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [34]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [35]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [5]
Pollution [27]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
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Public [3]

5 Years After Sandy: Vulnerable Red Hook Is Booming at Water's Edge [40]

"This growing Brooklyn neighborhood, flooded during Superstorm Sandy, is now confronting the threat of future storms and sea level rise."

Climate Change [10]
Planning & Growth [5]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: The Bridge [41], 10/27/2017

Wildland-Urban Interface — How Disastrous Wildfires Get Into Your Neighborhood [42]

As this month's fatal California fires demonstrated, the risk of wildfire at the wildland-urban interface rises as development moves into fire-prone zones. The latest TipSheet explains this complex phenomenon, and provides story ideas and a wide range of resources to help you get ahead of the problem.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [11]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
California [43]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Canada [44]
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Public [3]

"Why the Future Looks Like Pittsburgh" [45]

"The city’s rise as a global innovation city reflects decades of investment in emerging technology, a new Brookings report says."

Economy & Business [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Technology [28]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: CityLab [46], 10/02/2017

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