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Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters [1]

Disasters driven by climate change can leave a lot of people needing help or being displaced long term. But a key safety net and a central federal aid agency often accomplish little to help climate refugees, reports the latest TipSheet. Get the backstory, plus the outlook, along with questions and resources for stories in your community in the wake of climate disasters.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
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Public [19]
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"Returning Sea Otters To Oregon Could Revive Kelp Forests" [20]

"Reintroduction of the marine mammals may restore coastal ecosystems but also threatens shellfish industries and tribal self-governance."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [24]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: High Country News [25], 08/22/2022
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"Fast-Warming, Ailing Mediterranean Sea May Be A Sign Of Things To Come" [26]

"While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea's summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves."

Water & Oceans [12]
Public [19]
International [27]
Source: Times of Israel [28], 08/22/2022
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"Yangtze Shrinks as China's Drought Disrupts Industry" [29]

"Ships crept down the middle of the Yangtze on Friday after China’s driest summer in six decades left one of the mightiest rivers barely half its normal width and set off a scramble to contain the damage to a weak economy in a politically sensitive year."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [19]
Asia [30]
Source: AP [31], 08/22/2022
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"Feds Announce $310 Million In Funding To Combat ‘Megadrought’" [32]

"On a tour of increasingly parched California on Thursday, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited a water recycling project in Irvine to tout her department’s allocation of more than $310 million to combat a Western “megadrought” fueled largely by climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Politics [6]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [34], 08/22/2022
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Top Business Lobby Promised Climate Action – But Worked To Block Efforts [35]

"Business Roundtable aims to weaken efforts that would enable investors to hold companies accountable for their climate promises".

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [37], 08/22/2022
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"Biden Proposes Restoring Chemical Safety Standards Weakened By Trump" [38]

"The Biden administration is proposing to restore chemical safety regulations that were loosened under the Trump administration.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to reimpose certain safety requirements that apply to facilities including agricultural supply distributors, chemical manufacturers and distributors, food and beverage manufacturers and oil refineries.

Chemicals [39]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [43], 08/22/2022
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Carbon Capture Plays an Outsized Role in IRA's Emissions Reductions [44]

"The federal government released its first official analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act on Thursday, projecting that the new law will help the United States slash emissions roughly 40 percent below 2005 levels over the next eight years. It’s at least the fourth analysis to come to such a conclusion, which many experts say is a good sign those estimates could be more accurate than not."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 08/22/2022
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"Judge Revives Block On Biden Leasing Pause" [46]

"A federal judge yesterday [Thursday] barred the Biden administration from pausing new oil and gas leases on federal lands in 13 Republican-led states."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [47], 08/22/2022
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"Mining Companies Strike Gold With New Climate Law" [48]

"The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday, is chock full of mining industry benefits — including a large tax break to any mining company that can produce amounts of minerals central to energy transition products like electric vehicles."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [49], 08/22/2022
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