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"Extreme Weather: Massive Texas Coastal Protection Plan Taking Shape" [1]

"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 [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [6]
Source: EnergyWire [7], 12/13/2018
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"Tackle Climate Or Face Financial Crash, Say World's Biggest Investors" [8]

"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 [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [9]
Public [5]
International [10]
Source: Guardian [11], 12/12/2018
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2017's Extreme Heat, Flooding Carried Fingerprints of Climate Change [12]

"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 [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [9]
Public [5]
International [10]
Source: InsideClimate News [13], 12/11/2018
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Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [14]

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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TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [16]
Air [17]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [21]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
Alaska and Hawaii [28]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [6]
International [10]
Mexico [37]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
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Public [5]
  • Read more about Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [14]

"Fire-Resistant Is Not Fire-Proof, California Homeowners Discover" [39]

"California's building codes are not keeping up with the severe, wind-driven wildfires that are becoming the norm."

Disasters [3]
Planning & Growth [40]
Public [5]
California [29]
Source: NPR [41], 12/10/2018
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Senate GOPers Sounding More And More Like Trump On Climate Change [42]

"In both subtle and obvious ways, President Trump has reshaped the Republican party in his image ever since taking office. Following a major government climate report delineating the danger facing the United States from rising temperatures, it is clear the rest of the GOP is striking an increasingly Trump-like tone on the issue of climate change ...."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [20]
Science [43]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Washington Post [44], 12/04/2018
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"Number of Missing In California's Deadliest Wildfire Drops To 25 [45]

"The number of people listed as missing after California’s deadliest wildfire has dropped again to 25, down from a high of more than 1,200 about two weeks ago, officials said."

Disasters [3]
Forests [46]
Public [5]
California [29]
Source: Reuters [47], 12/04/2018
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Grand Forks Residents Prep For Winter In Sheds, RVs After Flooding [48]

"Six months after flood waters swept through this small B.C. city, at least 28 downtown businesses are still closed. Many locals and forestry experts are blaming rampant clearcutting for reducing nature's ability to protect residents from the hell of high waters, but the province insists all is well in the forests of southern British Columbia".

Disasters [3]
Forests [46]
Public [5]
Canada [49]
Source: The Narwhal [50], 11/27/2018
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Flood Insurance Reform Remains Key Congressional Task [51]

With flooding from hurricanes and other climate disasters becoming the new normal, badly needed flood insurance reform continues to founder in the halls of Congress. The National Flood Insurance Program is billions of dollars in debt, and aid packages are doing little to get people out of flood-prone areas. Congress watchers will keep an eye on new House leadership for insurance solutions, although politically unpalatable rate hikes swamped the big reform. This week’s TipSheet has more on the story, with leads on what to watch in 2019.

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TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [52]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [9]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [21]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
California [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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"Leak At Newly-Expanded Delaware River Chemical Plant Jams Highways" [53]

"The Croda chemical plant at Atlas Point on the Delaware River, which was recently expanded by its British owners to produce two tons of hazardous ethylene oxide per hour so the material didn't have to be shipped from Texas by rail, was shut down due to a leak on Sunday afternoon, stopping holiday traffic on I-295 over the Delaware Memorial Bridge and jamming drivers on the direct routes between New York and Washington, D.C."

Chemicals [18]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [19]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [54], 11/26/2018
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