Planning & Growth

Climate Risk Data Helps Decisions, Stories About Looming Disaster

Environmental journalists aiming to report local or regional stories on real estate climate risk should explore an impressive bit of data journalism on the subject; Reporter’s Toolbox lauds it not just for the exemplary work, but also because the project, from The Washington Post, allows them to look up a variety of risks in their own locales.

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Insurance Meltdown a Foreseeable Climate Disaster

Whether fires in California or flooding in North Carolina, climate disasters are revealing a major fault line in U.S. emergency response — a serious insurance shortfall that may lead to financial catastrophe. The new Issue Backgrounder explores the risks of underinsured disasters, the limits to the national flood insurance programs and FEMA aid, and the predictable scapegoating that has created solution gridlock.

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February 3, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Story Grants to Support Reporting on Climate and Environmental Solutions in Asia Pacific

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering 15-20 story grants of up to US$2000 each to support the production of in-depth solutions-focused media reports on environmental and climate challenges in the Asia-Pacific region. Apply by Feb 3, 2025.

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"Biden Approved LA Wildfire Aid. But Trump Will Control Spending."

"President-elect Donald Trump will have wide authority over Los Angeles’ recovery from the wildfires that have decimated areas of the city — even though President Joe Biden approved disaster aid in the final days of his term."

Source: E&E News, 01/16/2025

Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Case Claiming Cancer Alley Racism

"Black residents of Louisiana’s St. James Parish asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn a lower court ruling and give them the opportunity to argue at trial that local land-use policies are racist and have concentrated polluting industrial plants in their neighborhoods."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2024

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