As FEMA contends with Helene recovery as well as wildfires blazing across the West, only 8 percent of the agency’s incident management staff is available to respond to new disasters, according to a daily operations briefing. https://lnkd.in/gXUCuptG
Grist
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A nonprofit news org using journalism, storytelling, and network-building to show how we can solve the climate crisis.
About us
A nonprofit news org using journalism, storytelling, and network-building to show how we can solve the climate crisis.
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http://grist.org/
External link for Grist
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- Online Audio and Video Media
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- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
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- Nonprofit
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- 1999
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1201 Western Ave
Seattle, Washington, US
Employees at Grist
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Donna Moodie
Chief Impact Officer @ ULMS | Expertise in Community Engagement, Social Justice Advocacy, Corporate Social Responsibility & Public/Private…
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Jessica Stahl
Editor for creative storytelling, Grist
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Alexandra Comer
Development at Grist.org
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C'Ardiss Gardner Gleser
Philanthropy Through an Equity Lens. Strategy & Implementation. Relationship Centered.
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Grist and Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR) have published a guide on recovering from Hurricane Helene, including how to navigate FEMA and tips for avoiding scams. https://lnkd.in/gHqZ7JDn
Helene recovery: How to navigate FEMA, flood cleanup, disaster fraud, and more
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There is a pervasive misconception about the role FEMA plays in disaster relief: https://lnkd.in/gpChutMm
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Hundreds of thousands of Floridians are staring down a direct hit from a second major hurricane — even before they’ve come anywhere close to reckoning with the damage from Hurricane Helene. https://lnkd.in/gZgZVyES
'I can’t think straight': Still buried beneath Helene’s debris, Floridians brace for Milton
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A North Carolina town is among the scores of communities reeling from Hurricane Helene. The sudden closure of its quartz mines that have supplied computer chip manufacturers for decades has rattled the global tech industry. https://lnkd.in/e8nGJGEb
The solar supply chain runs through this flooded North Carolina town
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On Monday, Hurricane Milton reached Category 5 status with winds reaching as high as 180 mph. It’s expected to cause widespread flooding with torrential rainfall and a towering storm surge when it makes landfall likely around Tampa Bay on Wednesday. https://lnkd.in/gcWQCNfD
How Hurricane Milton exploded into an 'extraordinary' storm
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This is happening tonight! Join Grist to celebrate Metamorphosis, an anthology of 12 climate-fiction short stories that illuminate hopeful and abundant climate futures. https://lnkd.in/gie2xkRk
Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future
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I'm a reporter who covers climate change and energy. I am working on a book about the evolution of the oil and agriculture industries in Kern County, California.
As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, I want to share this big story in Grist from myself and the amazing Ayurella Horn-Muller. Hurricane Helene made landfall in a region of the country with a profound concentration of manufactured homes, which aren't subject to local building codes and are very vulnerable to flooding and wind. In a state with a severe affordable housing shortage, trailers and mobile homes are shelter of last resort for many of the worst-off families. After big disasters, FEMA places many displaced victims in temporary trailers, which often sit in vulnerable areas. And in coastal areas, where building restrictions and insurance make rebuilding expensive, many residents are turning to trailers to get around codes. The result is a shifting ecosystem of shoddy, vulnerable housing, one that sits right in the path of major storms. This was a crisis waiting to happen, and Helene blew it wide open.
For Floridians in mobile homes, Hurricane Helene was a disaster waiting to happen
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Trailers and manufactured homes are perilous places to live during extreme weather, showing how the climate and housing crises in the United States overlap. https://lnkd.in/gz5TnnqV
For Floridians in mobile homes, Hurricane Helene was a disaster waiting to happen
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Grist reposted this
So honored to be selected a Grist 50 Fixer! Every year, Grist media selects 50 leaders at the forefront of solutions to some of the most pressing problems our planet faces. This year's awards will be presented in September 23rd in New York City during NTC Climate Week. My work is only a reflection of all the work and dedication that so many have done in planting their communities. I am so thankful to the many volunteers, community leaders and civic groups, municipalities, and most importantly all the volunteers who have taken the step to organize their communities to plant trees for climate, for euqity, and for public health. My deepest appreciation to Danner Doud-Martin and the entire sustainability team of University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business whose leadership in action to plant community trees in impacted disadvantaged communities is preparing our nation's future business leaders in sustainabilty best practices, to Republic Services for their support to engage and facilitate communities in their climate and sustainability leadership, and to the tenacious Rotary Club of Alameda and Joyce Mercado for being the early adopters who continue to show other how they too can serve community and the environment to benefit the climate. Thank you, also, to Grist for creating the news media platform that highlights the news that matters right where people live. I look forward to meeting the other awardees and to hear their stories of how they are making their communities and the environment safer, cleaner and more resilient. Read the announcement: https://lnkd.in/gJvGdVt4 See the full Grist 50 list of honorees here: https://lnkd.in/gF_Jhfyw #climate #environment #gettingitdone #climatejustice