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"A Climate Migration Crisis Is Escalating In Bangladesh" [1]

"Climate disruption is forcing entire communities from their homes across the globe, and perhaps no population is more imperiled than the people of Bangladesh."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Asia [7]
Source: PRI [8], 03/28/2019
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Resiliency Checklist — Is Your Community Ready for the Next Big Flood? [9]

With flood-ravaged Midwestern states in the news, it’s time to ask whether your own community is ready for the “big one.” This week’s TipSheet offers a 10-point Resiliency Checklist to focus your reporting. Track the vulnerability of infrastructure like drinking water and sewage plants, roads, bridges and levees, the adequacy of flood insurance and much more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [13]
Transportation [14]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"Navajo Nation Votes To End Efforts To Purchase Coal-Fired Power Plant" [19]

"The last lifeline for the Navajo Generating Station coal-fired power plant near Page was cut Thursday night when Navajo lawmakers voted to end their efforts to acquire the plant and keep it running."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: Arizona Republic [23], 03/26/2019
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Deer Park Fire Investigations Begin Amid Fear Over Emissions, Pollution [24]

"The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Wednesday announced it would investigate the three-day chemical blaze at the International Terminals Co., hours after emissions of carcinogenic benzene spiked near the Deer Park plant, prompting city officials to order residents to shelter in place for most of the morning."

Air [25]
Chemicals [26]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [27]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: Houston Chronicle [28], 03/22/2019
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"Supreme Court: Justices Side With Tribal Firm Over State Fuel Tax" [29]

"A treaty more than 150 years old shields tribal businesses from Washington state's gas tax, the Supreme Court ruled today."

Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Greenwire [31], 03/20/2019
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Deer Park Chemical Blaze Extinguished [32]

UPDATE: "All tank fires extinguished at ITC facility in Deer Park" (ABC 13) [33]

Air [25]
Chemicals [26]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [34]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: Houston Chronicle [35], 03/20/2019
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Western States Finalize Landmark Drought Plan For Colorado River Water [36]

"Faced with reservoirs less than half full along the Colorado River, federal authorities and negotiators for Colorado and six other Western states on Tuesday finalized a landmark plan to share the burden of voluntarily using less water as growing cities and warming temperatures deplete the supply for 40 million people."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [34]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Denver Post [39], 03/20/2019
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Poppy Apocalypse: Crowds Descend On California City To See 'Superbloom' [40]

"Spring has arrived in Southern California and with it a crisis has blossomed in the small city of Lake Elsinore, where tens of thousands of visitors have flocked to see a “superbloom” of poppies in a desert canyon."

Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
California [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 03/19/2019
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From Himalayas to Arctic, Herders Share Knowledge To Cope With Climate [43]

"Yak, reindeer and entire ways of life in the “Third Pole” and Scandinavia face new threats in a warming world."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
International [44]
Source: Ensia [45], 03/18/2019
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"Youth Activists Across Globe Protest For Climate Action" [46]

"Protests erupted across the globe on Friday led by youth activists demanding governments take action to thwart the inevitable effects of climate change."

Activism [47]
Climate Change [3]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
International [44]
Source: The Hill [48], 03/18/2019
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