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IG Report: FEMA Mismanaged Puerto Rico Aid After Hurricanes Irma, Maria [1]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mishandled the distribution of aid in Puerto Rico after two devastating 2017 hurricanes, the agency’s Office of Inspector General said in a report released Thursday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Government [5]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: The Hill [11], 10/02/2020
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"Florida’s ‘Gray Greens’ Are Mobilizing To Save The Environment" [12]

"Elders have long played a key role in the conservation movement. Tampa Bay seniors are using their resources and time to combat climate change together."

Activism [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [15], 09/29/2020
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"The CDC Doesn't Know Enough About Coronavirus In Tribal Nations" [16]

"A recent CDC report estimates Native Americans and Alaskan Natives are 3.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than white people, and those under 18 are more likely to test positive."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [4]
Health [18]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [19], 09/28/2020
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September 29, 2020

Where Will We Go? Let’s Talk About Climate Change and Human Migration [20]

Join the Pulitzer Center and ProPublica at 3:00 p.m. ET for a conversation with ProPublica journalists and SEJ members Abrahm Lustgarten and Elizabeth Weil as they delve into their recent reporting along with Baruch College geographer Bryan Jones and discuss the factors behind the megafires in the West, scientific forecasts for climate migration in the U.S. and beyond, and solutions for preventing further devastation.

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Climate Change [2]
People & Population [6]

"Some Young Evangelicals Abandoning Trump Over Climate Change?" [22]

"While conservative Christians remain staunch supporters of the president, the climate consciousness of Generation Z could bring a political shift in the long-term."

Activism [13]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: InsideClimate News [23], 09/25/2020
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'Beaches Back To Life': First Nations Restore Ancient Clam Gardens [24]

"In the Pacific north-west, local people work the shoreline, creating conditions for useful species to thrive".

Biodiversity [25]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [27]
Public [8]
Canada [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 09/23/2020
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As Wildfires, Flooding, Hurricanes Multiply, Climate Migration Begins [30]

"More than 1 million disaster-related displacements have occurred each year on average in the U.S. since 2016. Some people never return home."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [31]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [32], 09/23/2020
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South Carolina Farmer Adapts Heirloom Rice to Withstand Climate Change [33]

"“When I was a kid, my parents were growing no rice; all the rice had vanished,” says Hardeeville, South Carolina horticulturist Rollen Chalmers with a soft lilt to his voice. Though the generations-deep Gullah tradition of growing rice had faded by the time Chalmers was growing up, he tapped into his family’s experience later in life."

Agriculture [34]
Food [35]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Civil Eats [36], 09/16/2020
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"How Climate Migration Will Reshape America" [37]

"Millions will be displaced. Where will they go?"

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [6]
Planning & Growth [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: ProPublica/NYTimes Magazine [39], 09/16/2020
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"Managing Wildfire Through Cultural Burning" [40]

"On a cool February morning, around 60 people gathered in the Sierra Nevada foothills to take part in a ceremony that, for many decades, was banned."

Forests [41]
Natural Resources [42]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
California [43]
Source: NPR [44], 09/11/2020
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