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"How Can New York City Prepare for the Next Ida? Here’s a To-Do List." [1]

"The recipe sounds simple: Improve drainage. Use plants, tanks and barriers to slow water. But it takes money and cooperation."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 09/20/2021
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"‘About Damn Time’: First Nation Gets Clean Water After 24-Year Wait" [9]

"Residents of a First Nations community in Canada, who were deprived of clean drinking water for nearly a quarter of a century, can now drink from their taps after a water treatment facility became fully operational earlier this week."

Environmental Justice [10]
Infrastructure [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Canada [11]
Source: Guardian [12], 09/17/2021
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"EPA Rescinds Trump-Era Clean Water Guidance on Maui Decision" [13]

"The EPA is revoking fast-tracked guidance clarifying Trump-era Clean Water Act permitting requirements for indirect water pollution, according to an agency memorandum posted online Thursday."

Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [17], 09/17/2021
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September 22, 2021

NYC Climate Week: Protecting 80% of the Amazonia by 2025 [18]

As the Amazon rainforest is in danger of flipping toward a savanna due to extractive activities, this webinar brings together Indigenous leaders with researchers from the Amazon Geo-Referenced Socio-Environmental Information Network to present evidence-based solutions and a global call to action. 2-3:30 p.m ET.

Other Events [19]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Diversity [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [10]
Forests [26]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [5]

"Outcry Over Killing Of Almost 1,500 Dolphins On Faroe Islands" [29]

"Even the staunchest defenders of traditional whaling in the Faroe Islands have condemned the “cruel and unnecessary” massacre on Sunday of a superpod of nearly 1,500 dolphins, which were driven into shallow waters of the Skálabotnur beach on the island of Eysturoy and left writhing for hours before being killed."

Biodiversity [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [30]
Public [6]
Europe [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 09/16/2021
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"Hurricane Nicholas Hammers Gulf Coast Communities" [33]

"After strengthening into a hurricane mere hours before landfall, Nicholas dealt a scathing blow to Texan cities prone to flooding and could further complicate recovery in areas ravaged by Ida."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AccuWeather [34], 09/15/2021
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"California’s Disappearing Salmon" [35]

"The drought, along with man-made impediments, has placed the state’s wild Chinook population at grave risk."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Infrastructure [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
California [37]
Source: Washington Post [38], 09/14/2021
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"Nicholas, Now Tropical Storm, Dumps Rain Along Gulf Coast" [39]

"Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early Tuesday as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot (30.5 centimeters) of rain along the the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, drenching storm-battered Louisiana and bringing the potential for life-threatening flash floods across the Deep South."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [40], 09/14/2021
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“Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System” [41]

A slender new volume makes a substantial case for recognizing (and better protecting) one of America’s most diverse ecosystems — Alabama’s Mobile River Basin. BookShelf Editor Tom Henry reviews Ben Raines’ text, full of fascinating info, images and insights, and which serves as a reminder that some of our nation’s most precious, yet little-noted environments, can be found nearest home.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Health [25]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"Mangrove Restoration Frustration" [44]

"These coastal ecosystems are carbon sinks and coastline protectors, and we know how to restore them. Why have we been doing it the wrong way?"

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
International [45]
Source: Hakai [46], 09/13/2021
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