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"Central American Farmers Head to the U.S., Fleeing Climate Change" [1]

"CORQUÍN, Honduras — The farmer stood in his patch of forlorn coffee plants, their leaves sick and wilted, the next harvest in doubt."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
Central America & the Caribbean [6]
Source: NY Times [7], 04/15/2019
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"The Renegade Nuns Who Took On a Pipeline" [8]

"In 2015, the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, a congregation of nuns, learned that an energy company planned to build a pipeline on their land. So they started a resistance movement."

Activism [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: New Yorker [12], 04/11/2019
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"I Don’t Want to Stay Here’: Half a Million Live in Flood Zones" [13]

"When a deadly rainstorm unloaded on Houston in 2016, Sharobin White’s apartment complex flooded in up to six feet of water. She sent her toddler and 6-year-old to safety on an air mattress, but her family lost nearly everything, including their car."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [14]
Economy & Business [15]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NY Times [16], 04/11/2019
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From Bridges To Air, EPA Scientists Price Out Cost Of Climate Change [17]

"By the end of the century, the manifold consequences of unchecked climate change will cost the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars per year, according to a new study by scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: LA Times [20], 04/10/2019
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Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Protect Native American Site From Drilling [21]

"New Mexico lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill to protect federal lands around the Chaco Canyon from drilling and mining, attempting to permanently shield the Native American cultural site from recurring attempts at oil and gas leasing."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: Reuters [25], 04/10/2019
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"Feds Propose Allowing Makah Tribe To Hunt Gray Whales Again" [26]

"The Makah tribe could soon be hunting gray whales again, under a proposal from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that would grant a waiver to federal marine-mammal protections."

Fish & Fisheries [27]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [29]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [30]
Source: Seattle Times [31], 04/05/2019
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Climate-Fueled Weather Disasters Hit 62 Million People in 2018: WMO [32]

"Extreme weather events, supercharged by climate change, affected some 62 million people around the world in 2018, the United Nations' weather agency said Thursday."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [14]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
International [33]
Source: USA TODAY [34], 04/01/2019
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"They Grew Up Around Fossil Fuels. Now, Their Jobs Are in Renewables." [35]

"CLAWSON, UTAH — Chris Riley comes from a coal town and a coal family, but he founded a company that could hasten coal’s decline. Lee Van Horn, whose father worked underground in the mines, spends some days more than 300 feet in the air atop a wind turbine. They, and the other people in this story, represent a shift, not just in power generation but in generations of workers as well."

Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [10]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NY Times [36], 03/28/2019
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"A Climate Migration Crisis Is Escalating In Bangladesh" [37]

"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 [38]
Public [5]
Asia [39]
Source: PRI [40], 03/28/2019
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Resiliency Checklist — Is Your Community Ready for the Next Big Flood? [41]

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.

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Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [14]
Journalism & Media [43]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [44]
Transportation [45]
Waste [46]
Water & Oceans [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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