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Climate Risk Data Helps Decisions, Stories About Looming Disaster [1]

Environmental journalists aiming to report local or regional stories on real estate climate risk should explore an impressive bit of data journalism on the subject; Reporter’s Toolbox lauds it not just for the exemplary work, but also because the project, from The Washington Post, allows them to look up a variety of risks in their own locales.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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Insurance Meltdown a Foreseeable Climate Disaster [9]

Whether fires in California or flooding in North Carolina, climate disasters are revealing a major fault line in U.S. emergency response — a serious insurance shortfall that may lead to financial catastrophe. The new Issue Backgrounder explores the risks of underinsured disasters, the limits to the national flood insurance programs and FEMA aid, and the predictable scapegoating that has created solution gridlock.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [12]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [6]
Policy [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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February 3, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Story Grants to Support Reporting on Climate and Environmental Solutions in Asia Pacific [18]

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering 15-20 story grants of up to US$2000 each to support the production of in-depth solutions-focused media reports on environmental and climate challenges in the Asia-Pacific region. Apply by Feb 3, 2025.

Awards and Grants [19]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [6]
Region: 
International [20]
Asia [21]

"Los Angeles Fires Are Exacerbating the City’s Housing Crisis" [22]

"Landlords and real estate agencies are jacking up the rent on houses as demand outstrips supply in fire-torn LA."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Infrastructure [23]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 01/16/2025
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"More Americans Than Ever Are Living in Wildfire Areas. L.A. Is No Exception." [27]

"The growth of homes in areas primed to burn played a major role in the disaster."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [28]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [25]
Source: NYTimes [29], 01/16/2025
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"Biden Approved LA Wildfire Aid. But Trump Will Control Spending." [30]

"President-elect Donald Trump will have wide authority over Los Angeles’ recovery from the wildfires that have decimated areas of the city — even though President Joe Biden approved disaster aid in the final days of his term."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [25]
Source: E&E News [33], 01/16/2025
  • Read more about "Biden Approved LA Wildfire Aid. But Trump Will Control Spending." [30]

"Reinventing Concrete, the Ancient Roman Way" [34]

"By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options."

Climate Change [3]
Infrastructure [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Planning & Growth [6]
Technology [35]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [36], 10/22/2024
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Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Case Claiming Cancer Alley Racism [37]

"Black residents of Louisiana’s St. James Parish asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn a lower court ruling and give them the opportunity to argue at trial that local land-use policies are racist and have concentrated polluting industrial plants in their neighborhoods."

Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [6]
Pollution [40]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 10/08/2024
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"Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?" [43]

"As people move away from flooding and heat, new research suggests that those who remain will be older, poorer and more vulnerable."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [39]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [6]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ProPublica [44], 10/03/2024
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"Our Digital Lives Need Massive Data Centers. What Goes On Inside Them?" [45]

"We toured a facility in Northern Virginia to see how it works and to understand why water use and energy consumption are such a concern."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Infrastructure [23]
Planning & Growth [6]
Pollution [40]
Technology [35]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [47], 09/18/2024
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