"Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas"
"These U.S. counties regularly get hit by hurricanes, face major wildfires and floods and swelter under punishing heat."
Source: NYTimes, 10/02/2024
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Strapped Wyoming Towns Race for US Funds To Fix Aging Water, Sewer Systems
"Waking up to long-overdue system upgrades, dozens of towns that were awarded federal ARPA dollars may see them ‘clawed back’ for lack of resources to complete paperwork."
Source: WyoFile, 10/02/2024In Fight Over US Steel, Climate and Public Health Take Backseat to Politics
"When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together at a rally for union members in Pittsburgh earlier this month, Harris opened her speech with a nod to the industrial legacy of a city in a key swing state for the presidential election."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/02/2024"Former Top Interior Official Violated Ethics Rules, Watchdog Says"
"Tommy Beaudreau, who served as the Interior Department’s No. 2 official before stepping down last year, violated federal ethics rules by failing to monitor his investments in oil companies and recuse himself from a related matter, the agency’s internal watchdog said in a report released Tuesday."
Source: Washington Post, 10/02/2024Chemical Cloud In Atlanta Suburbs Prompts A New Shelter-In-Place Alert
"Residents east of Atlanta were again warned Tuesday to take shelter where they are if shifting winds push the still-billowing chemical cloud from a chlorine factory fire over their neighborhood."
Source: AP, 10/02/2024Biden Says He Could Ask Congress to Pass Aid for ‘Catastrophic’ Helene Damage
"The president, who plans to travel to North Carolina this week, said he might need to call Congress in for a special session after it did not include additional disaster relief in its spending bill."
Source: NYTimes, 10/01/2024"Trump, Harris Venture Into The Politics Of Hurricane Helene"
"The Harris campaign accused Trump of a lack of empathy, and the Trump campaign said Harris should visit the areas affected."
"VALDOSTA, Ga. — The two candidates for president ventured carefully into the politics of Hurricane Helene on Monday, with Vice President Kamala Harris canceling West Coast campaign stops to attend a storm briefing in Washington and former president Donald Trump delivering remarks from a Georgia city battered by the storm.
Source: Washington Post, 10/01/2024Supplies Arrive By Plane And Mule In N.C. As Helene’s Death Toll Tops 130
"Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130."
Source: AP, 10/01/2024Hurricane Helene’s ‘Historic Flooding’ Made Worse By Global Heating: FEMA
"The head of the US disaster relief agency has called Hurricane Helene, which has killed nearly 100 people, a “true multi-state event” that caused “significant infrastructure damage” and had been made worse because of global heating."
Source: Guardian, 10/01/2024"US Closes $1.52 Billion Loan To Resurrect Michigan Nuclear Plant"
"The U.S. on Monday said it closed a $1.52 billion loan to resurrect Holtec's Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, and a senior Biden administration official said it could take two years to reopen the plant, which is longer than the company predicted."
Source: Reuters, 10/01/2024"Around the World, Diplomats Gird for a Trump Assault on Climate Action"
"Climate negotiators from Europe, Latin America and some island nations are bracing for the potential return to the world stage of Donald J. Trump, who withdrew the United States from the fight against global warming during his first term."
Source: NYTimes, 10/01/2024Mosquitos Spread Virus In L.A. Climate Change May Make Things Worse
"Climate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California. Dengue, the world’s most common mosquito-borne illness, is not transmitted directly from insect to insect."
Source: LA Times, 10/01/2024EPA To Undo Approval Of Chevron Plastic-Based Fuels Likely To Cause Cancer
"The US Environmental Protection Agency is planning to withdraw and reconsider its approval for Chevron to produce 18 plastic-based fuels, including some that an internal agency assessment found are highly likely to cause cancer."
Source: ProPublica, 10/01/2024"Feud Erupts Between Fla. Officials Over Proposed Trash Incineration Plant"
"Residents of two south Florida counties are feuding over the proposed construction of a huge trash incineration plant that environmentalists say will subject thousands of people to toxic fumes and a risk of polluted drinking water."
Source: Guardian, 10/01/2024Firefly May Blink Out As US Seeks To List It As Endangered For First Time
"Bethany Beach firefly, found in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, faces dangers to habitat because of climate change"
Source: Guardian, 10/01/2024
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