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Just Before Harvey, Trump Admin Revoked Rules Requiring New Infrastructure to be Climate Resilient

Two weeks ago today, President Trump signed a widely overlooked executive order to revoke Obama-era standards that required federal infrastructure projects like hospitals to factor in scientific projections for the effects of

August 29, 2017
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Houston’s Dams Won’t Fail. But Many Homes Will Have to Be Flooded to Save Them

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by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal, and Al Shaw and Lisa Song, ProPublica, The water that goes around the spillways is going to

August 30, 2017
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Cities, States and Kids Sue to Stop Climate Change

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Sooner or later, the courts will be in the path of Hurricane Harvey. The mega-rainstorm that left millions homeless could become Exhibit A in the legal argument that the courts have

August 29, 2017
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Hurricane Harvey Isn’t a “Natural” Disaster. Politics Created the Chaos

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Don’t blame climate change for Houston’s vulnerability. A hurricane need not become a disaster.

August 29, 2017
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Trump's rollback of flood protections risks further Houston-style calamity

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After all the furore, it’s hard to remember now that Donald Trump’s combative press conference earlier this month was supposed to be about infrastructure. Holding two flowcharts, the president