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Workshop: How to write effect comments for the USACE HATS plan

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National Parks Conservation Association with Rebuild by Design and Rise 2 Resilience held a virtual workshop to strengthen your comment writing skills! At this workshop, participants learned how to submit comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and what types of comments make the biggest impact. Participants walked away with a comment template […]

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Calls grow for fossil fuel giants to pay into $75B fund to reverse climate change

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Spectrum News NY1: Calls are growing for Gov. Kathy Hochul to include policy in her executive budget proposal that would force fossil fuel companies to pay billions of dollars to reverse the impacts of climate change in New York. The efforts come as state senators in the Finance, Environmental Conservation and Energy and Telecommunications committees will hold

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Nonprofit report identifies Richmond as facing increased risk of climate disasters

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Richmond Times-Dispatch: The city of Richmond has more factors that put it at risk for future weather disasters in coming years than any other locality in Virginia, according to a report published. Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit organization researching ways to adapt and prepare for climate change, found that nearly all of Virginia’s 133 jurisdictions declared at

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Another Voice: Extreme weather events have become New York’s new normal and the state must act

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Buffalo News Opinion: This past week, at least 38 (and likely more) people lost their lives in what some are calling Buffalo’s worst blizzard in 50 years. Sadly, this is not new to the state. Death at the hands of extreme weather is becoming a common occurrence. During Hurricane Sandy there were 48 deaths in

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Climate Displacement in NYC: MAKING ROOM FOR OUR NEIGHBORS

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Climate Displacement in NYC: Making Space for our Neighbors OVER 40 PERCENT OF NEW YORK CITY’S POPULATION LIVES IN AREAS THAT, WITHOUT INTERVENTION, FACE HIGH RISK FOR CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT Rebuild by Design calls for “making space for neighbors” and the development of a voluntary, government led, predictable buyout program informed by the communities most at

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