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"Governments Urged To Confront Effects Of Climate Crisis On Migrants" [1]

"Governments must get to grips with the links between the climate crisis and the plight of migrants around the world, experts have said, as increasingly extreme weather is a mounting danger to already vulnerable displaced people, and is potentially pushing more people to flee their homes."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 01/11/2023
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Water-Sharing in the West: An Urgent and Complicated Environmental Story [8]

Water has always been a precious commodity in the western states. Now, with rapid population growth and a drying climate, the way this resource is shared and distributed is becoming more contentious across the region. Freelance journalist Jennifer Oldham talks about the tensions between supply and demand and how to drill down into water rights laws and policies.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [20]
Policy [21]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [24]
California [25]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
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Public [5]
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On Flooded Island Of Homeless People, Climate Change Gets Real [28]

"The raft to Bannon Island does not inspire confidence. But Dyrone Woods climbed aboard the piece of crumbling Styrofoam secured to the remains of a wood pallet anyway."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [29]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [30], 01/10/2023
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"Survey: 3.3 Million US Adults Displaced By Natural Disasters" [31]

"More than 1.3% of the adult population in the U.S. was displaced by natural disasters in the past year, with hurricanes responsible for more than half of the forced relocations, according to first-of-its-kind survey results from the U.S. Census Bureau."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [32], 01/06/2023
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"Remote Work Is Poised to Devastate America’s Cities" [33]

"The “work from home” revolution has been very good for political columnists who like to write shirtless in pajama pants and share too much personal information with their readers. But the phenomenon hasn’t been so great for America’s cities."

Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: New York [34], 01/03/2023
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"Thousands Will Live Here One Day (as Long as They Can Find Water)" [35]

"In the increasingly dry Southwest, drought and climate change pose a challenge for developers, who need to find creative ways to provide water supply to new communities."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [20]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: NYTimes [36], 01/02/2023
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"A Ravaged Quebec Coast Fights Climate Change by Retreating" [37]

"Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat."

Climate Change [2]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
Canada [38]
Source: AP [39], 12/22/2022
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"New Regulation Head Revesz Seen as Most Progressive Rules Czar" [40]

"Richard Revesz will take over as the long-awaited head of the Biden administration’s rulemaking review office, a confirmation that gives hope for rule-watchers looking ahead to more stringent environmental standards."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [41], 12/22/2022
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Great Bear Lake in NW Territories To Become Indigenous Protected Area [42]

"The Sahtu ́K’aowe Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area is set to move ahead and conserve the world’s eighth largest lake, after an announcement at COP15 biodiversity conference".

Biodiversity [43]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Forests [45]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [46]
Public [5]
Canada [38]
Source: The Narwhal [47], 12/21/2022
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Tribes Accuse Calif. Water Board Of Discrimination And Urge EPA Oversight [48]

"A coalition of California tribes and environmental justice groups filed a civil rights complaint Friday against the State Water Resources Control Board, charging it with discriminatory water management practices that it says have led to the ecological decline of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta."

Environmental Justice [29]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [49], 12/19/2022
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