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Disabilities and Disasters — What Questions Should You Be Asking Planners? [1]

As hurricane season ramps up, how are the disaster planners considering those with disabilities in your community? Texas-based journalist Greg Harman shares the story of one group that sued their city over claims it failed to properly prepare. And he extracts some rules of thumb to help determine if emergency planners are taking those with disabilities into consideration where you are.

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"The Era of Climate Migration Is Here, Leaders of Vulnerable Nations Say" [21]

"Heads of climate-vulnerable nations gathered on the sidelines of a United Nations climate summit to call for new policies and agreements to manage the millions of people who are being forced from their homes by extreme weather."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
People & Population [15]
Public [20]
International [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 09/22/2023
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"Facing 'Horrific' Pacific Rise, Tuvalu Crafts Climate Survival Plan" [24]

"Fearing "horrific" risks from a rising ocean that could swamp low-lying islands, the Pacific nation of Tuvalu aims to reinforce its coasts in a novel partnership with Australia aimed at helping the developing island state adapt to climate change."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Government [10]
Public [20]
Australia & Oceania [25]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [26], 09/22/2023
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"Government Shutdown Poses ‘Seismic’ Threat to Pollution Controls" [27]

"A US government shutdown would have deep, far-reaching consequences and imperil efforts to protect people from lead and cancer-causing chemicals, a top White House official warned Thursday."

Disasters [5]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg [28], 09/22/2023
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"Wildfire Fighters Describe A Mental Health Crisis On The Frontlines" [32]

"Extreme working conditions, low pay and high turnover are leading to a crisis exacerbated by more intense wildfires. Eighteen firefighters tell their stories of the mental toll — from burnout to PTSD to the loss of peers to suicide."

Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [7]
Forests [33]
People & Population [15]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [17]
Canada [34]
Source: The Narwhal [35], 09/21/2023
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"Climate Risks Place 39 Million U.S. Homes At Risk Of Losing Their Insurance" [36]

"From California to Florida, homeowners have been facing a new climate reality: Insurance companies don’t want to cover their properties. According to a report released today, the problem will only get worse."

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Source: Grist [38], 09/21/2023
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"Australia, Scarred By Bushfires, On High Alert For Dangerous Summer" [39]

"Four years since bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33, the country is once again on high alert, bracing for what weather experts say will be the hottest, driest period since the so-called Black Summer."

Climate Change [4]
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Public [20]
Australia & Oceania [25]
Source: Reuters [40], 09/20/2023
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"A Northern California Tribe Works To Protect Traditions In A Warming World" [41]

"The Oak Fire, which burned roughly 20,000 acres west of Yosemite National Park last summer, was devastating to the area's Indigenous tribes — including the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation."

Climate Change [4]
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Source: NPR [44], 09/20/2023
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"Climate Change Made Libya's Deadly Rainfall Up To 50 Times More Likely" [45]

"Climate Change made the heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in Libya up to 50 times more likely, scientists said on Tuesday."

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Source: Reuters [48], 09/20/2023
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