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• New Orleans High School Focuses on Environmental Protection, Climate Change

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  The school's mission is intricately tied to the state's future. A multitude of issues from the leveeing of the Mississippi River to oil and gas development have made Louisiana ground zero for coastal land loss.

• Will a Climate Bond Help California Prepare for Disasters?

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  The bulk of the borrowing proposal would go toward reducing wildfire risk throughout the state. It also includes money to protect farmland from climate change, bolster the state's scarce water sources and help coastal communities plan for sea level rise.

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• Communities Further Harmed as Superfund Cleanups Lose Funding Under Trump

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  The backlog of 34 unfunded projects -- which include abandoned mines that discharged heavy metals and arsenic in the West to an old wood pulp site in Mississippi and a defunct dry cleaner that released toxic solvents in North Carolina -- is up from only 12 in 2016, Obama's last year, and the most at least since 2004.

• Iowa City Proposes Nearly $1 Million to Fight Climate Change

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  The Iowa City Council in August declared a "climate crisis" and called for a 45 percent reduction in carbon emissions from 2010 levels by 2030 and for reaching net zero by 2050.

• North Carolina Secures 'Historic' Agreement From Duke Energy to Remove Toxic Coal Ash

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  Duke Energy pleaded guilty in 2015 to federal environmental crimes after an investigation found the company allowed coal ash dumps at five power plants to leak toxic waste into water supplies.

• New Laws Show States Diverging on Guns, Immigration (But Coming Together on Other Top Issues)

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  The Associated Press provides an overview of the new laws set to take effect around the country in regard to electric vehicles, police use-of-force, opioids and more.

• Lawsuit: US Army Spillway Opening Threatens Localities, Wildlife

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  A federal lawsuit filed this week by several cities, counties and groups accuses the Army Corps of Engineers and commission of violating federal law by opening the spillway more frequently in response to increased rainfall, spewing polluted river water across the region in the process.

• How Michael Bloomberg Plans to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 50% in 10 Years

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  The plan, while a sharp shift away from President Donald Trump's push to weaken environmental safeguards, is unlikely to win over his party's loudest environmental activists.

• LED smart street lights coming to Ohio city

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  American Electric Power Company will install the new LED smart lights as part of a pilot project

• Forest Thinning to Stop Wildfires Only as Strong as Weakest Link: Homeowners

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  Officials say efforts to make areas more fire safe are undercut by property owners who refuse to let fire crews work on their property.

• National Guard Brings Holiday Joy to Beleaguered Alaska Village

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  Operation Santa Claus started in 1956 when the residents of St. Mary's, Alaska, had no money to buy children Christmas presents after flooding severely impacted hunting and fishing. Since then, Guard members try to visit at least two rural communities a year, delivering Christmas gifts and other needed supplies.

• Midwest Farmers Face Growing Dilemma in Wet, Warming World

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  Farmers who lost billions of dollars in grain, livestock, equipment, structures and unplanted crops are wondering whether they should — or can — return to the fertile bottomlands next year.

• Los Angeles to See Flurry of Zero-Emissions Pilot Projects

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  The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) will award $500,000 toward the Zero Emissions Mobility and Community Pilot Project Fund to fund four pilots focused on growing car-share, bike-share and emissions-free delivery opportunities.

• Nation’s Mayors Release Election-Year Policy Agenda

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  Focused on infrastructure, innovation and inclusion, America’s mayors continue to lead on solutions to the biggest challenges facing communities.

• Americans No Longer as Mobile as They Once Were

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  The narrative that Americans are constantly moving within the country is no longer true, so federal and local policy will need to shift toward “place-based” policies, emphasizing training and education, along with developing industries tailored to local skills and resources.

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