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"Puerto Rico Closes $861M DOE Loan Guarantee For Huge Solar, Battery Project"

"The federal government has just finalized a $861 million loan guarantee to fund what will be Puerto Rico’s largest utility-scale solar and battery storage installations."

Source: Canary Media, 10/16/2024

"Where Climate Change Poses The Most And Least Risk To American Homeowners"

"In 2017, Angela and Donald Brudos moved to a modest, ranch-style house where the Caloosahatchee River empties into the vast calm of the Gulf of Mexico. Despite Florida’s reputation for extreme weather, it held out the promise of an affordable paradise where they could retire."

Source: Washington Post, 10/16/2024

"EPA Settles Some Alabama Coal Ash Violations, but Larger Questions Linger"

"Alabama’s largest electric utility reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resolving two of three alleged violations stemming from one of its largest coal ash ponds. But the larger question—whether the 21.7 million cubic yards of coal ash in the pond will have to be excavated and moved to a lined landfill—remains unanswered."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/16/2024

"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
October 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.

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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

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