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The First National Flood Risk Assessment

The First Street Foundation Flood Model represents the culmination of decades of research and development made possible by building upon existing knowledge and frameworks regularly referenced in the identification of flood risk.

The Impacts of Climate Change and the Trump Administration’s Anti-Environmental Agenda in South Dakota

Between 2017 and 2019, South Dakota experienced one severe flood and one intense drought. The damages of these events led to losses of at least $1 billion.

State-by-State: Climate Change in South Dakota

South Dakota climate and energy facts

South Dakota’s agriculture industry is vulnerable to climate change

South Dakota’s climate is already changing. In the past century, most of the state has warmed by 1-2 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainstorms are becoming more intense, and annual rainfall is increasing. In the future, South Dakota…

What Climate Change Means for South Dakota

South Dakota’s climate is changing. In the past century, most of the state has warmed by one to two degrees (F). Rainstorms are becoming more intense, and annual rainfall is increasing. In the coming decades,…

Pay Now, Pay Later: South Dakota

Admittedly, the effects of climate change, a complex and intri- cate phenomenon, are difficult to predict with precision. Informed scientific and economic projections, however, allow us to see that South Dakota faces significant losses to…

Climate Change & South Dakota Wildlife Action Plan Revision

The South Dakota Wildlife Action Plan assesses the health of South Dakota’s fish and wildlife and associated habitats, evaluates the problems they face, and outlines actions to help conserve them for the long term.

Preparing for Climate Change in South Dakota

South Dakota has not developed a statewide adaptation plan. Other resources from the Adaptation Clearinghouse, which have been developed by the state and localities to help communities prepare for climate change, are highlighted below.

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Woodtv

Which State Gets the Highest Percentage of its Electricity from Wind Turbines?

9/11/20

The answer is Iowa. In the month of June, Iowa got 54.4% of it’s electricity from the wind. Second place went to Kansas with 47.0%, followed by Oklahoma with 37.3%, S. Dakota with 33.1% and…

NEWSWEEK

Cities With the Highest Flood Risk in Every State

By Andrew Lisa 8/23/20

Floods accounted for three of the 14 natural disasters that caused at least $1 billion in damage in the United States in 2019. In total, flooding impacted 14 million Americans last year and put another…

The Business Journal

WEC Energy Group invests $235M in South Dakota wind farm

By Todd Bragstad 7/28/20

WEC Energy Group, parent company of Milwaukee utility We Energies, is investing about $235 million to acquire 85% ownership interest in Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm, which is currently under construction in Deuel County, South Dakota.

Kotatv

One plant in Rapid City is excited to start operating with renewable energy

By Connor Matteson 05/12/2020

Including customers like GCC in Rapid City. They are partnering with the energy company to provide the cement plant with 50% renewable energy for the next 15 years.

Kota Tv

GCC cement plant partners with Black Hills Energy, moving to wind energy

05/07/2020

Black Hills Energy will build a wind-power generating facility in 2020 to supply the energy. Located near Cheyenne, Wyoming, the Corriedale Wind Energy Project is anticipated to produce energy by the first quarter of 2021…

Energy company announces plans to build solar farm in Pennington County

A Minnesota energy company plans to build what it says will be the largest solar farm in the state near New Underwood in Pennington County.

Avangrid Renewables to sell South Dakota wind farm output to Google

Avangrid Renewables, a unit of Avangrid, Inc. signed its first major wind contracts with Google for 196 MW of new South Dakota wind power.

The Mitchell Republic

Report: South Dakota led nation in 2019 wind energy growth

By Ellen Bardash Photo by Matt Gade 04/21/2020

The state had 50 percent more wind energy resources in 2019 than in 2018, the American Wind Energy Association’s Wind Powers America 2019 annual report indicated, and South Dakota now generates 23.9 percent of its…

medium

Three states have quietly criminalized environmental protest during covid chaos

By Shilpa Jindia 4/19/20

Kentucky, South Dakota and West Virginia have all passed laws in March designating oil and gas pipelines as critical infrastructure to stamp out fossil fuel protests. In Kentucky and South Dakota, tampering with or damaging…

cjr

Silence of the climate watchdogs

By Mark Hertsgaard 4/8/20

AN ABSENT DOG DOES NOT BARK, says an African proverb. The US press has hardly been absent during the coronavirus outbreak; many outlets have run stories about little else. But the focus on the virus…

ecowatch

3 States Pass Anti-Pipeline Protest Bills in Two Weeks

By Olivia Rosane 3/30/20

In just two weeks, three states have passed laws criminalizing protests against fossil fuel infrastructure. Between March 16 and March 25, the governors of Kentucky, South Dakota and West Virginia all signed laws designating oil…

the volante

Global climate change impacts South Dakota communities

By Lexi Kerzman Photo by Rachel Newville 4/1/19

Over Earth’s history, the climate has experienced significant changes, even in the local communities of South Dakota. These changes, including ice ages and warmer periods of temperature, happened naturally over the course of millions of…

vox

What bison in South Dakota can teach us about fighting climate change

By Umair Irfan 9/14/18

The Weather Channel earlier this year launched a fantastic package on the impacts of climate change across the United States, with 50 stories about how rising temperatures will affect all 50 states.