Katrina FOIA Delay Saga: "Expedited" Takes on New Meaning at FEMA
Suppose there were a catastrophe and you needed information fast. Would you call FEMA?
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Coal Ash Stories Untold in Many Communities
The December 2008 coal-ash spill at a Tennessee power plant has been making headlines for two weeks — but few journalists realize there are coal-ash stories to be unearthed in many communities. Here are some clues for finding them.
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Hurricane History Available From NOAA
With hurricane season in full swing, NOAA's new resource for identifying historical hurricane tracks may be a useful tool.
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Team Trying to Predict Detailed Hurricane Locations and Losses
With hurricane season once again upon us, you may find it beneficial to check out an interesting new alternative information source.
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La Nina's Return May Lead to More Hurricanes and Drought
The short-lived El Nino pattern of 2006-2007 is likely already transitioning to a La Nina pattern, NOAA officials said Feb. 28, 2007.
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Environmental Refugees: Demographic and Other Resources
Key resources of studies and statistics for human angles on environmental stories.
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Environmental Refugees: U.S. and World Examples
Disasters create hundreds of thousands of environmental refugees in U.S and the World.
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Special Year 2008 Look-Ahead: Environmental Refugees Grow in Numbers
E-refugees grow in numbers, reflect threats to safety, security.
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Reports and Studies Map Hazards Posed by Tsunamis, Hurricanes
Spurred by recent tsunami and hurricane disasters in the US and around the world, NOAA, USGS, and other government agencies are taking a closer look at the hazards lurking on US shores.
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Floods and Drought in NOAA Forecast
A wet, snowy winter has set the table for spring flooding in much of the eastern US and a few western states. NOAA published a forecast on March 20, 2008, of the areas most likely to get swamped. Among the states at risk are "much of the Mississippi River basin, the Ohio River basin, the lower Missouri River basin, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, most of New York, all of New England, and portions of the West, including Colorado and Idaho."
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