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Adaptation Snapshots [1]

Special Report: Part Two

By DONALD BORENSTEIN

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Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [3]
Climate Change [4]
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Public [5]

Host City for SEJ Conference Maintains Sustainable Attitude [6]

SEJ returns to Chattanooga, Oct. 2-6, for its 23rd annual conference, this time building on and highlighting the city's sustainability theme, which has entered its second generation and garnered worldwide recognition. SEJ President Don Hopey explains.

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SEJ Presidents Report [7]
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Planning & Growth [2]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
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Public [5]

New Homes Rise on Hazard-Prone Beach as Officials Seek Protection [9]

"NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. -- A crane swung a new roof truss into place above a house being built on this belt of sand last week, helping to expand development on what some experts say is one of the most dangerous islands to build on in the United States."

Disasters [10]
Planning & Growth [2]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: ClimateWire [11], 12/03/2013

"Three Feet High and Rising" [12]

Flooding from Storm Sandy last year inspired urban designer Alexandros Washburn to devise new ways to protect his vulnerable home in Red Hook, Brooklyn -- and, he hopes, those of his neighbors.

Water & Oceans [13]
Planning & Growth [2]
Climate Change [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Source: NY Times [15], 11/01/2013

Dams and Levees: What You Don't Know Might Kill You [16]

Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens are at risk from potential dam disasters, yet state and federal agencies hold to a policy that amounts to "out of sight, out of mind." The biggest danger, apparently, is that the public might find out about the dangers, and criticize insufficient dam safety measures, inconvenience private dam owners, depress real estate values, or demand public spending that is politically painful for those in office.

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WatchDog TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [13]
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
Disasters [10]
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Public [5]

Dams and Levees: Introduction [19]

This special issue of the WatchDog focuses on the transparency of safety information related to dams, levees, impoundments, and related water-control structures. For environmental journalists, these subjects offer a goldmine of great story possibilities. These are stories that have not been covered much in the past decade, and stories that fit well at the local, state, or regional level.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [13]
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Disasters [10]
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Public [5]

Dam Secrecy Endangers Lives, Property of US Public in Many States [21]

What You Don't Know Might Kill You

Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens are at risk from potential dam disasters, yet state and federal agencies hold to a policy that amounts to "out of sight, out of mind."

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Public [5]
National (U.S.) [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [3]
Disasters [10]

Get Feet Wet on Coastal Adaptation [23]

Special Report: Part Three

By KATE SHEPPARD

Americans — and humans in general — have long flocked to the coasts. Thirty-nine percent of the U.S. population, or about 123 million of us, live in coastal counties. But many in coastal areas are finding it increasingly less hospitable due to sea-level rise and extreme weather events linked to climate change. As communities figure out how to adapt to these changes, it is often environmental journalists who are being asked to cover these complex stories.

Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [13]
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [3]
Climate Change [4]
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Public [5]
November 21, 2013

The Future of the Concrete Channel [24]

As concrete channels inevitably age and reach the end of their design lives, river managers confront the question of what to do with this deteriorating infrastructure. Event takes place 8:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. in Berkeley, CA.

Other Events [25]
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Public [5]
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Planning & Growth [2]
Region: 
California [26]

The Dirt on Ag & Adaptation [27]

Special Report: Part One

By CHRIS CLAYTON

If you’re looking to connect average Americans to climate change and to how they will have to adapt to it, why not report on the future of food and agriculture? After all, most Americans may not visit the polar ice caps, but everyone needs to eat.

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Food [28]
People & Population [3]
Planning & Growth [2]
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Public [5]

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