Amanda Fencl (she/they)
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October 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Democracy matters! Thanks for featuring our work!
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Federal housing funding following disasters should be invested in #ClimateResilient upgrades so the housing stock in highly exposed places is safer from future disasters and chronic #climate stressors like extreme heat. bit.ly/4nkE54q
Colliding Crises
Across the US, the housing crisis and climate change-fueld extreme heat are increasingly colliding. At greatest risk: those with the lowest income, including people living in affordable housing, older...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Federal housing funding following disasters should be invested in #ClimateResilient upgrades so the housing stock in highly exposed places is safer from future disasters and chronic #climate stressors like extreme heat. bit.ly/4nkE54q
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People of color faced disproportionate risks even when accounting for their overrepresentation in those types of housing: on average nationally, a person of color headed 66% of households in public and project-based housing that experienced 3 or more weeks’ worth of heat alerts. bit.ly/4nkE54q
Colliding Crises
Across the US, the housing crisis and climate change-fueld extreme heat are increasingly colliding. At greatest risk: those with the lowest income, including people living in affordable housing, older...
bit.ly
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
People of color faced disproportionate risks even when accounting for their overrepresentation in those types of housing: on average nationally, a person of color headed 66% of households in public and project-based housing that experienced 3 or more weeks’ worth of heat alerts. bit.ly/4nkE54q
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Nearly half of the nation’s affordable housing stock experienced three or more weeks’ worth of extreme heat alerts in 2024, the hottest year on record, as the affordable housing and climate crises increasingly collide.
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Nearly half of the nation’s affordable housing stock experienced three or more weeks’ worth of extreme heat alerts in 2024, the hottest year on record, as the affordable housing and climate crises increasingly collide.
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The fingerprint of climate change is everywhere here. According to Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index, human-caused climate change made the warm-than-usual waters under Melissa 600 times more likely. csi.climatecentral.org/ocean
October 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fingerprint of climate change is everywhere here. According to Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index, human-caused climate change made the warm-than-usual waters under Melissa 600 times more likely. csi.climatecentral.org/ocean
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Given how slow the storm is moving, there is the potential for significant flash flooding in Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Some forecasting models predict over 12 inches of rain for these countries. Here’s the latest rainfall forecast from the National Hurricane Center through Sunday:
October 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Given how slow the storm is moving, there is the potential for significant flash flooding in Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Some forecasting models predict over 12 inches of rain for these countries. Here’s the latest rainfall forecast from the National Hurricane Center through Sunday:
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The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center has Tropical Storm Melissa slowly strengthening throughout the week as it moves very slowly to the northwest. For more information on the forecast for Melissa, head to www.hurricanes.gov.
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center has Tropical Storm Melissa slowly strengthening throughout the week as it moves very slowly to the northwest. For more information on the forecast for Melissa, head to www.hurricanes.gov.
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This StoryMap outlines some key case studies from the report: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...
Fighting for Fair Development
Community Benefits Agreements as a Strategy for Making the Energy Transition More Equitable in the United States
storymaps.arcgis.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This StoryMap outlines some key case studies from the report: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...
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There is also a bill awaiting the governor's signature in New Jersey that would require data centers to release quarterly reports on their water use and electricity use. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...
How Much Water and Energy do Data Centers Consume? A New Jersey Bill Demands Answers. - Inside Climate News
If signed, the bill would make data centers release quarterly reports on water and electricity use.
insideclimatenews.org
September 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
There is also a bill awaiting the governor's signature in New Jersey that would require data centers to release quarterly reports on their water use and electricity use. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...