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Resiliency Checklist — Is Your Community Ready for the Next Big Flood? [1]

With flood-ravaged Midwestern states in the news, it’s time to ask whether your own community is ready for the “big one.” This week’s TipSheet offers a 10-point Resiliency Checklist to focus your reporting. Track the vulnerability of infrastructure like drinking water and sewage plants, roads, bridges and levees, the adequacy of flood insurance and much more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Transportation [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

"EPA Rules On Issue Pitting Oil Producers, Corn Farmers" [15]

"The Trump administration is proposing to allow year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15 percent ethanol, seeking to calm a dispute that has riled two politically important blocs — the oil industry and corn farmers."

Agriculture [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Transportation [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [19], 03/13/2019

"Car Rules: Wheeler: Rollback Has Been 'Delayed A Little Bit'" [20]

"EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said yesterday that the Trump administration has pushed back the deadline for finalizing its rollback of Obama-era clean car rules."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Transportation [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Greenwire [21], 03/13/2019

"Infrastructure: Dems Shape Talks With Long List Of Climate Demands" [22]

"As infrastructure talks progress on Capitol Hill, Democrats are calling for any legislative package to address climate change."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Transportation [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ClimateWire [23], 03/11/2019

"White House Presses Automakers To Back Fuel-Efficiency Rollback" [24]

"As the Trump administration races to roll back Obama’s most ambitious climate rule, it lobbies to get industry on board".

Air [25]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Transportation [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [26], 03/08/2019

Bicyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Outpace Traffic Fatalities, Report Says [27]

"A recent report from the League of American Bicyclists says more pedestrians and bicyclists died in 2016 than at any time in the past 25 years.

Energy & Fuel [16]
Transportation [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [28], 02/27/2019

"Ford Is Investigating Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Data" [29]

"Ford Motor Company said on Thursday that it was investigating how it tested the emissions and fuel efficiency of its vehicles after employees reported possible flaws with the company’s computer models."

Air [25]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NY Times [31], 02/22/2019

"Trump Administration Quits Fuel Efficiency Talks With California" [32]

"The Trump administration has broken off talks with the California Air Resources Board over vehicle fuel-efficiency standards and is on track to roll back standards set by President Barack Obama, the White House said in a statement Thursday."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Transportation [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [33], 02/22/2019

Have Worldwide Fossil-Fuel Vehicle Sales Peaked? [34]

"Sales of fossil fuelled vehicles are now on the decline in the world’s three largest auto markets, and being replaced by electric vehicles. Fossil car sales will only decrease from here on out."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Technology [35]
Transportation [9]
Public [14]
International [36]
Source: CleanTechnica [37], 02/19/2019

"Security: FERC Chairman Reconsiders Cyber Rules For Pipelines" [38]

"Neil Chatterjee, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, yesterday rebuffed calls for mandatory cybersecurity standards for natural gas pipelines, citing improvement in the industry's effort to strengthen its defenses."

Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [39]
Technology [35]
Transportation [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: EnergyWire [40], 02/18/2019

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