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USA - Why Retirees Flock to Places Where Climate Risk Is High

Even insurance companies are cutting and running — should you, too?

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USA - Wind power is losing in New Jersey, but winning in Virginia. Here's where the rest of the U.S. stands. (with wind news compilation)

Rising interest rates, inflation and supply-chain hurdles are painful realities for the industry looking to help replace Earth-warming fossil fuels

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Engineering

USA - Dangerous ‘Fill and Build’ Floodplain Policy Should Be Scrapped, Experts Say

A FEMA advisory council says a program that allows developers to elevate homes on fill dirt is environmentally harmful and can increase flood risks for nearby homes

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Federal

A Small Fish and an Uncollected Fee Add Up to Big-Government Challenge at the Supreme Court

(Bloomberg) -- Conservatives who have spent decades asking the Supreme Court to rein in the US government’s regulation of businesses are now betting on a case involving fishermen challenging a $710 fee they’ve never had to pay.

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USA - East Coast vs. West Coast: More imports shift back to Pacific ports

Asia-West Coast spot container rates outperforming Asia-East Coast rates

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NC - Applications Open for the 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships

The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and the national policy decisions affecting those resources.

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Property

USA - Dramatic plan to expand flood areas could force millions to buy insurance

Millions more people in the U.S. may be required to buy flood insurance based on the recommendation of an expert panel at a time when climate-driven floods are becoming increasingly common

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Energy

USA - U.S. Department of Energy Announces $36 Million to Advance Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Techniques and Slash Harmful Greenhouse Gas Pollution

Funding for 11 Projects Across 8 States to Develop Marine Carbon Capture Technologies, Accelerating Novel Climate Solutions while Supporting President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Achieve a Net-Zero Economy by 2050

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Federal

USA - Rough Seas Ahead? Supreme Court to Reconsider Chevron Doctrine

The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to reconsider the Chevron doctrine, which instructs courts to defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that US Congress delegated to the agency to administer. Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, Case No. 22-1219 (Supr. Ct., Oct. 13, 2023) (certiorari granted).

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USA - Agencies get lots of new money to speed up infrastructure permits

Several agencies will get a part of $155 million from the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council. The money is aimed at helping agencies improve how they review and decide on applications for infrastructure construction. For details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the council’s Executive Director Eric Beightel.

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Property

USA - No Calm Before the Storm: U.S. Coastal Communities At Risk Of Becoming Uninsurable As Storm Activity Scares Insurers

DBRS Morningstar published a commentary examining the effect of large weather systems on U.S. coastal regions and the risk of certain properties becoming uninsurable. Some of the key highlights of the commentary include:

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Fisheries

USA - US Department of Defense awards grant to project aiming to predict how climate change could lead to conflicts over fishing rights

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded an Oregon State University (OSU) researcher USD 1.4 million (EUR 1.3 million) over three years to predict how fish stocks could shift due to climate change, specifically focusing on movements that have the potential to cause geopolitical tension.

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Energy

USA - U.S. Leading Global Carbon Capture Race, and Deep-Pocketed Energy Firms Likely to Benefit

Every energy company, it seems, wants to get into the act to advance carbon capture for their natural gas and oil operations, as well as their petrochemical facilities. Dozens of U.S. projects are on the design table, but many remain in limbo, as investors await clarity about permitting, financing and tax breaks.

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Science

USA - Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says

With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.

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Engineering

USA - Research Science and Technology Scientists’ model increases accuracy of tide forecasts

Ocean tides may be rising, but a new tide forecast model created by a team of University of Miami scientists holds the promise of helping coastal communities to prepare.

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Federal

USA - How FEMA's New “Resilience Zone” Program Works

Last month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unveiled a new program to designate what it calls “Community Disaster Resilience Zones” and announced 483 such zones across the U.S. Far from being resilient, these places have a particularly high risk of natural disasters, many of which are the result of global warming.

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Science

USA - What is seawater intrusion? A hydrogeologist explains the shifting balance between fresh and salt water at the coast

Seawater intrusion is the movement of saline water from the ocean or estuaries into freshwater systems. The seawater that has crept up the Mississippi River in the summer and early fall of 2023 is a reminder that coastal communities teeter in a fragile land-sea balance.

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Property

USA - 10 States Sue FEMA Over Costly New Insurance Pricing

The federal agency that helps people cope with major storms is facing its own tempest. Ten states are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency, also known as FEMA, to try to halt its new pricing system for flood insurance.

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USA - CEQ Announces Members of Task Forces to Inform Responsible Development and Deployment of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has announced members for two new task forces that will be focused on the development of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS) in the U.S.

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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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Federal

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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