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"FEMA Should Take New Name, States Should Bear Costs, DHS Head Noem Says" [1]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be renamed as the agency is reformed to increase the burden on states to respond to natural disasters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a meeting on reforming FEMA on Tuesday."

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Source: Reuters [12], 05/21/2025
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Company Decides Not To Rebuild Ga. Chlorine Plant With History Of Fires [13]

"The company that operated a Georgia chlorine plant with a history of explosions, chemical fires and toxic clouds that have drifted over neighborhoods outside Atlanta has decided not to rebuild the main manufacturing facility in Conyers."

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Source: AP [18], 05/20/2025
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"Helene’s Unheard Warnings" [19]

"As Hurricane Helene barrels toward Yancey County in North Carolina, the predictions are grim. Communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains are particularly vulnerable. But there are no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these rivers and creeks. Few grasp what’s coming."

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Source: ProPublica [22], 05/20/2025
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"White House Weighs NRC Overhaul" [23]

"Industry experts are warning that political oversight of the independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission could do more harm than good."

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Energy & Fuel [24]
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Laws & Regulations [7]
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Source: E&E News [26], 05/20/2025
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15 Years After Deepwater Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs [27]

"Satellite imagery shows the worst sites worldwide for oil slicks and methane emissions. Report authors expect pollution will only increase as the Trump administration opens more waters to drilling."

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Infrastructure [28]
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International [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 05/19/2025
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Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds" [33]

"The Trump administration is trying to claw back billions in climate grants, including $147 million that could help people in Puerto Rico withstand frequent power failures."

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Environmental Justice [20]
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Government [6]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Technology [30]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
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Source: NYTimes [35], 05/19/2025
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Storms, Tornadoes Kill 28 In Kentucky, Missouri And Virginia [36]

"Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods, still on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than two dozen people as they swept through parts of the Midwest and South."

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Source: AP [38], 05/19/2025
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"After Disasters, AmeriCorps Was Everywhere. What Happens When It’s Gone?" [39]

"After devastating fires tore through Los Angeles in January, a crew of more than 300 young people showed up to help, many of them members of the national service program AmeriCorps." "Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency."

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Source: Grist [41], 05/16/2025
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Ice Roads, a Lifeline For First Nations, Disappearing As Canada Warms [42]

"Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help."

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People & Population [8]
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Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Canada [45]
Source: Grist [46], 05/16/2025
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"Summer-Like Slug Of Heat Pushes Across Much Of North America" [47]

"One of the most eye-popping late-spring heat waves on record made its way from the Pacific Coast into the center of North America this week. Numerous towns and cities have notched their hottest days and/or warmest nights ever experienced this early in the season, and some have soared to readings unheard of anytime before June."

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Source: Yale Climate Connections [48], 05/16/2025
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