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"As Trump Vents About Covid, Experts Worry His Moves Could Worsen Next Threat" [1]

"The president, still angry about the pandemic response, may be cutting into the country’s fundamental ability to identify emerging diseases and head them off."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [8], 02/18/2025
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Climate Risk Data Helps Decisions, Stories About Looming Disaster [9]

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 [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Journalism & Media [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Insurance Meltdown a Foreseeable Climate Disaster [14]

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.

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Backgrounders [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [17]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Planning & Growth [13]
Policy [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"Undocumented Workers Prepare to Clean Up L.A.’s Fires Amid ICE Raids" [23]

"In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles last month, undocumented day laborers will likely make up a significant portion of the workforce tasked with clearing debris and rebuilding homes. As they navigate the environmental hazards of this work, they’re also facing the Trump administration’s escalating crackdown on immigrants."

Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [27]
Source: Capital & Main [28], 02/14/2025
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Trump Funding Freeze Could Leave Communities On Their Own To Face Climate [29]

"Removing lead paint and pipes. Cleaning up contaminated land. Monitoring pollution. Making houses more energy efficient. Installing solar panels in low-income neighborhoods. Those are some of the projects across the country that were cut off from federal funding when the Trump administration paused spending approved earlier by Congress."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [30], 02/13/2025
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"DOGE Lands At EPA" [31]

"Aides with tech mogul Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have been granted access to EPA’s vast contracting system that details millions of dollars in agency spending."

Activism [32]
Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [34], 02/13/2025
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"NOAA Imposes Limits On Scientists, Sparking Concerns Over Global Forecasts" [35]

"The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has placed onerous new restrictions on its scientists that people within the agency say could hamper the quality and availability of the world’s weather forecasts, among other key services."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [38]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [40]
Science [41]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [42], 02/13/2025
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"How, And Where Climate Change Will Lower U.S. Home Values" [43]

"Climate change is quickly upending the home insurance market in the United States as well as globally and is projected to bring sweeping change in U.S. real estate values over the next 30 years, new research shows."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [17]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [45], 02/12/2025
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"Huffman Demands Probe Of DOGE’s ‘Illegal’ NOAA Actions" [46]

"The House Natural Resources ranking member is worried Elon Musk could stand to benefit if parts of NOAA were privatized."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [47], 02/10/2025
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"U.S. Aid Agency’s Climate Programs Aimed to Curb Migration. Now They’re Gone." [48]

"Aid projects were designed to help Central Americans withstand extreme weather at home. Their end could undercut Trump’s goal of reducing  migration."

Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Central America & the Caribbean [49]
Source: NYTimes [50], 02/10/2025
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