Daniel Cusick
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Weak Florida planning law boosted Ian's destructive power
The 2011 Community Planning Act rolled back decades of smart growth policies, allowing for the construction of hundreds of thousands of homes in vulnerable → Read More
N.C. governor launches climate plan with ambitious EJ goals
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, in a sweeping executive order, expanded his administration's clean energy and climate agenda last week by → Read More
How to address climate locally? These 6 places have plans
While much of the nation's attention to climate adaptation has focused on large cities with outsize risks, some of the most innovative solutions to → Read More
Hawaii endures record cold, blizzard conditions
Hawaii saw record temperatures over the weekend. Not for heat. For cold. → Read More
Climate pioneers flee fire, heat for famously frigid Duluth
Climate change is expected to remake where Americans choose to live in the United States. Many will settle close to their old homes. But a few — the pioneers → Read More
Not a drill: Navy struggles to complete adaptation mission
The U.S. Navy is at war against a surging sea. It has yet to notch a victory. → Read More
PANDEMIC: 'It's all around us.' Why U.S. fails to prepare for crises
The coronavirus pandemic is not a climate crisis. But what if it were? The virus is revealing the risks of not adapting to climate change, experts say. → Read More
GREAT LAKES: Toxic scum threatens people as warming helps algae grow
MAUMEE BAY STATE PARK, Ohio — Lake Erie is sick with toxic algae. Climate change is contributing to the outbreak of large blooms that can cause liver damage to swimmers and death to pets. → Read More
AGRICULTURE: For climate-smart farmers, carbon solution is in the soil
There's a new agricultural commodity that farmers, food giants and grassroots groups are all rallying behind -- carbon. Efforts to manage farmland for carbon capture benefits and to keep CO2 locked in soil are central to a suite of new farming techniques that are gaining ground. → Read More
WHITE HOUSE: Trump order could foist 'Green New Deal' on U.S., some worry
President Trump's emergency declaration to support a border wall will be issued against a violent backdrop of natural disasters that killed roughly 3,200 Americans since he took office two years ago. → Read More
POLITICS: 'Just get moving.' Trump admin sits on $16B for disasters
Republican Texas Rep. Randy Weber is no climate hawk. That hasn't stopped him from trying to loosen the Trump administration's grip on billions of dollars in disaster aid. → Read More
POLITICS: These disaster projects could lose cash to Trump's wall
Mexico won't pay for President Trump's border wall. But Northern Californians might. → Read More
WHITE HOUSE: Trump's 10 scapegoats on warming. Here's the list
President Trump likes to take his Thanksgiving turkey with a side of skepticism. He punctuates his mistrust in climate science as the weather turns colder. → Read More
STATES: Blue wave could bring the Midwest climate band back together
The band broke up years ago -- or maybe it just stopped playing. Never mind the Beatles. The band that broke up before it put out its first album was known as the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord, a nearly forgotten 2007 compact among six governors who realized climate change was a pressing state and regional issue. → Read More
POLITICS: Loophole could send disaster aid to other projects
The ink had barely dried on the Disaster Recovery Reform Act when policy watchdogs found a political loophole buried inside the 539-page bill. → Read More
INTERIOR: No joke, Trump admin to hire 5 scientists for climate
The Interior Department is seeking senior scientists to lead five regional hubs of the Climate Adaptation Science Centers program. → Read More
ADAPTATION: 'We want the opportunity to rebuild out of the floodplain'
One city in North Carolina is trying to move two public apartment buildings onto higher ground. It's an effort that challenges past decisions to construct low-income housing in areas that are prone to flood. → Read More
ADAPTATION: A test for Green Climate Fund: Save a huge bog in Africa
LIMOTO, Uganda — Uganda's climate-stabilizing wetlands are being destroyed by subsistence farmers seeking new plots, according to the country's government. But with help from the U.N.-sanctioned Green Climate Fund, it has struck upon a new approach. → Read More
HURRICANE FLORENCE: Trump Hotel could be protected by Obama-era flood barrier
The Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., just five blocks from the White House, could benefit from one of the district's newest flood control projects, known as the 17th Street Closure Structure. → Read More
ADAPTATION: In Colo., charting a new path away from floodwaters
The view from Stoney River Lodge, just off U.S. 34 between Loveland and Estes Park, Colo., is what owner Linda Napier calls a slice of heaven carved from ancient rock. → Read More