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Studies have shown that the healthiest forests lie on tribal land, and that recognizing Indigenous land is the best way of protecting and conserving nature. https://lnkd.in/g4gYYAQx

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has voted against refilling FEMA's disaster fund. She's called to defund and restaff the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She's blasted the Biden administration on every conceivable issue. But now that Hurricanes Helene and Milton have caused billions of dollars of damage in her district—the same segment of Tampa Bay where I grew up, and where decades had gone by without a major hurricane making landfall—she's singing a different tune, praising Biden and urging Speaker Mike Johnson to pass more FEMA funding. The latest State of Emergency dispatch from myself and Zoya Teirstein in Grist, on the politics of Hurricane Milton in purple Pinellas County.

Thrilled to have kicked off the launch of Grist's second climate fiction anthology (published by Milkweed Editions),??Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future, with a lively discussion at The Center for Fiction alongside Louis Evans, Jamie Liu, and Susan Kaye Quinn! Doing these live events and diving into the power of storytelling with other storytellers is one of the most rewarding parts of this whole endeavor. Missed the discussion??Catch the recording here:?https://lnkd.in/dAiJmWUg Intrigued by climate futures??Pre-order your copy of?Metamorphosis?(out in a week!) here: https://lnkd.in/ejPWC9bk #climate #fiction #storytelling #climatejustice

Mass deportation would threaten the economy and disrupt the U.S. food supply chain, which is reliant on many forms of migrant labor. https://lnkd.in/g7_5hHKh

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 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

There is a pervasive misconception about the role FEMA plays in disaster relief: https://lnkd.in/gpChutMm

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

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

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