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Travis Wheeler
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Current life: Policy guy at Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, dad. Former lives: Hill staffer, think tanker, advocate.
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Imperiled wetlands save the Midwest billions in flood damage costs, study shows, but they’re disappearing — solid environmental reporting from @adrianaperez.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/09/w...
Imperiled wetlands save the Midwest billions in flood damage costs, study shows, but they’re disappearing
Development and climate change contribute, but industrial agriculture is the biggest threat to wetlands, which mitigate flooding disasters.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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New from me: I wrote about the reports that Russ Vought is going back to OMB and how inevitable it is he would violate the law to implement the ridiculous cuts that DOGE recommends
Opinion | Russell Vought violated the law for Trump before. He'll do it again.
The once and reportedly future head of the Office of Management and Budget is poised to choke off millions of dollars in appointed funds.
www.msnbc.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...
Cities, Climate & Trump: An Early Research Agenda - Climate Law Blog
We know now that Donald Trump will take office as the United States’ 47th president this January, and that his stated desires for federal climate policy include withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, e...
blogs.law.columbia.edu
November 19, 2024 at 2:32 PM