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USA - Resiliency strategies for government agencies in a post-pandemic world

As government agencies try to deal with a myriad of challenges, it may be more important than ever that leaders formulate resiliency strategies to ensure they can continue to provide services to the public

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Science

USA - Climate change brings earlier arrival of intense hurricanes

Intense tropical cyclones are one of the most devastating natural disasters in the world due to torrential rains, flooding, destructive winds, and coastal storm surges. New research revealed that since the 1980s, Category 4 and 5 hurricanes have been arriving three to four days earlier with each passing decade of climate change.

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Property

USA - Climate destruction fuels growing sector of the U.S. economy

The overall price tag of global warming has long been the subject of debate. New data from Bloomberg Intelligence has put a number on the cost of burning fossil fuels.

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Federal

USA - FEMA climate resilience grants unevenly distributed among communities

Coastal states with more “high-capacity” local governments tend to win more of the competitive BRIC grants, a Headwaters Economics analysis finds.

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Advocacy

USA - A Crucial Barrier Against Hurricanes Is at Risk

Sand dunes can protect the coastline from the effects of climate change. But they’re vulnerable to intense storms.

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Advocacy

USA - Poll: US Catholics' views on climate show no significant 'Laudato Si'' effect years later

Despite Pope Francis' advocacy for caring for creation, U.S. Catholics are no more likely than other Americans to view climate change as "a serious problem," according to new data from the Pew Research Center.

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Fisheries

USA - Reducing fishing gear could save whales with low impacts to California's crab fishermen

Sometimes simple solutions are better. It all depends on the nature of the problem. For humpback whales, the problem is the rope connecting a crab trap on the seafloor to the buoy on the surface. And for fishermen, it's fishery closures caused by whale entanglements.

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Advocacy

USA - More whales are dying. Conspiracies are leading to threats against the rescue teams

The National Marine Fisheries Service has been monitoring a spike in whale strandings along the entire East Coast

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Engineering

USA - A hidden climate danger threatens U.S. coastal communities

A little-known climate threat lurks under our feet: rising groundwater that could release toxic chemicals from more than 132,000 contaminated sites in coastal areas of the US. In a first of its kind study, researchers estimated the number of polluted industrial sites and mapped them to areas likely to experience groundwater inundation due to rising seas.

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Federal

USA - Biden-⁠Harris Administration Hosts First-Ever White House Climate Resilience Summit and Releases National Climate Resilience Framework

In conjunction with White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities, Administration announces more than $500 million in additional investment for resilience

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Federal

USA - How to get federal disaster aid: FEMA is running out of money, but these strategies can help survivors of Hurricane Idalia and the Maui fires get aid faster

As questions loom over the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ability to fund disaster recovery efforts, people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by recent wildfires and storms are trying to make their way through the difficult process of securing financial aid.

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Advocacy

USA - On The Brink: What happens when erosion, rising seas, a national park and a beach community collide?

As helpful as nourishment is for tourism and local economies, these projects are controversial. For starters, the process does not stop erosion. “Our present economic approach to development on the barriers is not sustainable over the long term, and nourishment projects don’t help one bit — they just make people feel good for a brief period,” said Stan Riggs.

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Advocacy

USA - A national marine moonshot to combat the collapse of our coral reefs

The health of American coral reefs has been at the forefront of national news this summer due to the impacts of a record-setting marine heatwave off Florida.

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Energy

USA - US needs $36 billion to meet offshore wind 'port infrastructure gap'

Some $36 billion is needed to address the US’s offshore wind port infrastructure gap over the next decade, according to a new report.

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Federal

USA - Biden-Harris Administration invests $3.9 million for Ocean Enterprise engagement through Investing in America agenda

Inflation Reduction Act will support NOAA’s efforts to accelerate growth in the ocean and coastal technology and information economy

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Advocacy

Universe - Gary Griggs: We must take better care of planet Earth

Although we still have four months left in 2023, NOAA just reported that this year has already been the worst on record for billion-dollar climate disasters, including severe storms, wildfires, tropical cyclones, floods and droughts.

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Energy

USA - DOE Makes $27 Million Available For CO2 Transport Networks

The DOES’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has announced an additional $27 million for projects involving the transport of carbon dioxide (CO2) that has been captured at power generation plants, as well as from the atmosphere.

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Justice

USA - Can the Inflation Reduction Act Advance Climate Justice?

One year ago, UCS worked in coalition with many other organizations to help pass the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a law with historic climate provisions that includes numerous programs, policies, and a $369 billion investment that will drive significant cuts in heat-trapping emissions across our economy.

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Waterways

USA - MARAD awards nearly $12 million in grants to eight marine highway projects across the nation

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded nearly $12 million in grants to eight marine highway projects across the nation under the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP).

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Property

USA - Worsening climate disasters could spark insurance rate surges for millions: report

A growing number of homeowners are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem expected to worsen with impacts of climate disasters, a new report said.

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Engineering

USA - New awards take GLDD dredging backlog to $1.1 billion

America’s largest provider of dredging services, Houston-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), reports that it has booked recent awards totaling $177 million, taking its dredging backlog to approximately $1.1 billion.

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Federal

USA - Podcast: Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency

Welcome to The Georgia Politics Podcast! On the show today we discuss another recent SCOTUS ruling that will have far reaching implications on environmental regulation, but didn’t get as much publicity as some of the higher profile rulings last term.

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