"How Climate Disasters Are Making Mobile Homes a Huge Risk"
"Millions of Americans, many poor and vulnerable, live in mobile and manufactured homes. When catastrophe strikes, they’re often on their own."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2024
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"FEMA Maps Missed Parts Of North Carolina Devastated By Hurricane Helene"
"The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly underestimated the flood risk faced by properties in the parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, according to data analyzed by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 10/16/2024
Alabama Coal Plant Tops US Greenhouse Gas Polluter List for 9th Straight Year
"A coal-fired power plant in Alabama is again the nation’s top greenhouse gas emitter, according to new data released Tuesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/16/2024
"The Flood-Protection Rule That Trump Rolled Back"
"A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2024
The Climate Election: Fighting for a Greener Future
The New York Review of Books presents the second in a series of online events in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Join New York Review contributors Bill McKibben and Rhiana Gunn-Wright for a conversation about the fate of the environment in a Harris or Trump presidency. 6:30 p.m. ET.
"Weeks After Hurricane Helene, Many Remain Missing In The Mountains"
"Weeks after being swept away in floodwaters, a North Carolina grandmother is among an untold number of victims who remain unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene."
Source: Washington Post, 10/15/2024
EPA OKs Use Of Radioactive Material In Florida Road Pilot Project
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted preliminary approval for the use of a material that contains radioactive radium in a Florida road project that’s being described as a “pilot.”"
Source: The Hill, 10/15/2024
Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities
"In 2023, Alabama settled a civil rights complaint alleging that the state was discriminating against Black residents by not providing adequate sewage treatment in a poor, rural county. A year later, slow progress is being made to close the gap."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/15/2024
The Fate Of Thousands Of U.S. Rural Dams Hangs In The Balance
"Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/15/2024
"Hundreds Dead, More Than 1 Million Displaced Due To Niger Floods"
"Floods caused by intense rains have resulted in 339 deaths and displaced more than 1.1 million people in Niger since June, while also causing devastating damage to the Sahel nation's critical resources, cultural sites, and schools."
Source: AFP, 10/15/2024
