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"Last Day In Paradise: The Untold Story Of How A Fire Swallowed A Town" [1]

"A bucolic community was reduced to ash by a new kind of wildfire – the deadliest in California’s history. Survivors recall that horrible day".

Disasters [2]
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Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
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Public [7]
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Source: Guardian [9], 12/20/2018
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Few Wells Tested for Contamination After Major Flooding From Hurricanes [10]

"Hundreds of thousands of homes in the Southeast may have had their wells inundated by record-level floodwater resulting from major hurricanes this year, yet only a fraction have been tested for harmful contaminants."

Disasters [2]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Stateline [14], 12/20/2018
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"Hurricane Michael Cost This Military Base About $5 Billion" [15]

"Major hurricanes, devastating wildfires, a drought and a series of extreme storms ran up the count of billion-dollar U.S. climate and weather disasters."

"As Hurricane Michael quickly gained strength over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico in October, Tyndall Air Force Base began sending its stealth fighters to safer bases—all but the more than a dozen planes undergoing maintenance. Two days later, the base was being ripped apart by 155 mile-per-hour winds that left it littered with the twisted metal of torn-away rooftops and hangars.

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Military [17]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: InsideClimate News [18], 12/18/2018
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"Regulators Say PG&E Falsified Gas Safety Records" [19]

"The California Public Utilities Commission opened a formal investigation into Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Thursday, alleging that the utility may have violated safety standards and falsified gas records."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
California [21]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [22], 12/17/2018
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"Clean Water Act: Still More Wetlands, Streams Could Lose Protection" [23]

"The Trump administration's proposal for limiting Clean Water Act oversight of some wetlands and waterways is open for edits."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Source: Greenwire [26], 12/14/2018
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Wild Winter Weather In Illinois Presses The Case For Microgrids [27]

Microgrid advocates have long touted the systems’ potential to help customers withstand extreme weather, a selling point that’s been stronger outside the Midwest in hurricane-prone areas along the East Coast."

Climate Change [16]
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Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Midwest Energy News [28], 12/13/2018
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"Extreme Weather: Massive Texas Coastal Protection Plan Taking Shape" [29]

"GALVESTON, Texas — The Army Corps of Engineers is urging public input on a sprawling proposal that could help protect Texas' coastal areas but whose details are far from certain."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: EnergyWire [31], 12/13/2018
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"Tackle Climate Or Face Financial Crash, Say World's Biggest Investors" [32]

"Global investors managing $32 trillion issued a stark warning to governments at the UN climate summit on Monday, demanding urgent cuts in carbon emissions and the phasing out of all coal burning. Without these, the world faces a financial crash several times worse than the 2008 crisis, they said."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [33]
Public [7]
International [34]
Source: Guardian [35], 12/12/2018
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2017's Extreme Heat, Flooding Carried Fingerprints of Climate Change [36]

"Many of the world's most extreme weather events witnessed in 2017, from Europe's "Lucifer" heat wave to Hurricane Harvey's record-breaking rainfall, were made much more likely by the influence of the global warming caused by human activities, meteorologists reported on Monday."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [33]
Public [7]
International [34]
Source: InsideClimate News [37], 12/11/2018
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Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [38]

Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”

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Health [44]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [11]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
California [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [48]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [50]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
International [34]
Mexico [53]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
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