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Jul 16 2021
E&E NEWS

Climate wreckage along Chesapeake fuels courtroom reckoning

By Maxine Joselow Photo: Maxine Joselow/E&E News
Jim Foster wonders if he should move away from this idyllic coastal community before the next storm. Foster, 63, has lived here on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay for nearly four decades. But he…
Jul 15 2021
Homeland Security Today

DHS S&T Leading the Way in Adapting to Climate Change and Building Community Resilience

According to the United States Global Change Research Program, more frequent and intense extreme weather, and climate-related events, as well as changes in average climate conditions, are expected to continue to damage infrastructure, ecosystems, and social…
Jul 15 2021
dmagazine

What Dallas Can Do in the Fight Against Climate Change

By Alex Macon Photo: Rachael Warriner
Kidus Girma is an organizer with Sunrise Movement Dallas, the local hub of a national youth-led movement fighting against climate change. In recent weeks, organizers with Sunrise Dallas have taken part in a 400-mile march…
Jul 14 2021
WPR

Low-Income Communities Have Fewer Trees, And Climate Change Is Pointing Out That Disparity

By Elizabeth Dohms-Harter Photo: Corey Williams/AP Photo
Just by flying over certain cities, it's easy to spot the wealthy ones. They're the communities with lots of trees. That's according to Ian Leahy, vice president of urban forestry at American Forests, the oldest…
Jul 14 2021
wwlp.com

Climate change restoration projects awarded in 26 communities

By Seth Rosenthal Photo: John Phelan
The Baker-Polito administration announced Wednesday that the Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) has awarded $4 million in grants through two grant programs. The grants were awarded with the intention…
Jul 13 2021
Energy.gov

DOE Awards $12 Million to Tribal Communities

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today $12 million in funding to 13 American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the nation for projects that will reduce energy costs and increase energy security and…
Jul 12 2021
The San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego enhancing city’s fight against climate change after critical audit

By David Garrick Photo: K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego’s efforts to fight climate change will shift from a set of ambitious goals to a more comprehensive and detailed blueprint in response to a new audit that criticizes the city’s previous efforts as…
Jun 30 2021
Grist

In the Midwest, faith communities are ramping up the fight against climate change

By Jena Brooker Photo: Grist / Amelia Bates
Outside the hulking limestone facade of Gesu Catholic Church and School in Detroit, Michigan, a group of fifth and sixth graders sit in the grass next to two rain gardens full of native plants —…
May 17 2021
Yale Climate Connections

California’s volunteer ‘Climate Action Corps’ helps fight climate change

By YCC Team
In the fight against climate change, California is tapping into an important renewable resource: people power. The state recently launched the California Climate Action Corps. The program’s fellows work full-time on community climate projects in…
Feb 14 2021
The Guardian

New toxic plant in Chicago minority neighborhood sparks hunger strike

By Taylor Moore Photo: Oscar Sanchez
A metal recycling plant is due to open on the polluted Southeast Side months after the same firm shut a metal scrapyard in a white, affluent part of town
Apr 08 2020
State of the Planet

COVID-19 Provides Lessons on Climate Adaptation for Cities

By Amy Turner Photo: Michael Walter on Unsplash
Some policies can simultaneously address public health threats, reduce emissions and provide for a city’s recovery. ...
Sep 25 2019

Mark Hertsgaard Assesses SF Global Climate Action Summit

By Alex Wise
This past September in San Francisco, scientists, thought leaders, politicians and celebrities all gathered for the Global Climate Action Summit. Mark Hertsgaard covered the summit for The Nation magazine and is here on Sea Change…

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NBC News

Jerry Brown: Climate change is about inventing, ‘not just adapting’

By Meet the Press   12/30/18  
In an exclusive interview, California Governor Jerry Brown (D) joins Chuck to discuss the aftermath of passing the gas tax in his state and how the wildfires this year have pushed him to "wake up…
NBC News

Bloomberg On 2020: Any Candidate ‘Better Have A Plan’ On Climate Change

By Meet the Press   12/27/18  
In an exclusive interview, Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tells Chuck Todd he does not yet know if he will run for president in 2020, but adds, “I will be out there demanding…

Mike Bloomberg Delivers Remarks at the Global Climate Action Summit

By Mike Bloomberg   09/13/18  
Introduced by Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Mike Bloomberg shares the trailer for Bloomberg Philanthropies and RadicalMedia’s new film, “Paris to Pittsburgh,” and delivers remarks Summit on the U.S. commitment…

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