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3 weeks ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones |Louisiana native

Flooding in coastal areas of the United States is projected to occur 10 times more often over the next 25 years, with about 2.5 million people and 1.4 million homes facing severe property damage from sea level rise, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by Climate Central. And that’s only if countries keep their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as outlined in the Paris Agreement —  the international treaty geared toward climate mitigation and greenhouse reduction.

3 weeks ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones |Louisiana native

President Donald Trump and his administration have called it the “Great American Comeback.” But environmental advocates say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s reversing course on enforcing air and water pollution laws is more of a throwback — one that will exacerbate health risks for children who live and study in the shadows of petrochemical facilities.

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones |Louisiana native

Some grassroots environmental organizations have regained access to the millions of dollars they were promised through the Inflation Reduction Act. But now some see an even more menacing threat: prosecution. The unease has grown as President Donald Trump’s attacks on them and their mission to help disadvantaged communities and curb climate change continues to escalate.

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Mario Ariza |Terry Jones |Louisiana native

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has unfrozen all grant funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed in an email to Floodlight late Wednesday afternoon. “EPA worked expeditiously to enable payment accounts for IIJA and IRA grant recipients, so funding is now accessible to all recipients,” the spokesperson wrote in an email.

2 months ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones |Louisiana native

Americans who believe in global warming vastly outnumber those who don’t, new polling shows, with the majority of people blaming it for the rise in extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfires, droughts and floods. And roughly half of U.S. residents say they have personally been affected by global warming.