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Reporting on water and the environment for Politico, formerly E&E News. Send tips: mwillson@politico.com, Signal @mirandawillson.99.
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As Temperatures Rise, Poor Americans Are Thrust Into the Thick of It

As Temperatures Rise, Poor Americans Are Thrust Into the Thick of It

undark.org — Twenty-year-old Justin Korva of Rockwall, Texas used to walk six miles every day to get to and from his fast food job, hoping to eventually save up for a car. When members of the suburban Dallas community learned about Korva's long commute on foot, they pitched in to buy him a car - an act of goodwill that generated headlines and spared him from the searing, north Texas summer heat.
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Another Regional Natural-Gas Pipeline Project Moves Forward Despite Widespread Community Oppositi...

Another Regional Natural-Gas Pipeline Project Moves Forward Despite Widespread Community Oppositi...

ecori.org — A 3.8-mile stretch of pipeline proposed in Berkshire County, Mass., has been met with resistance from environmental activists, local and state officials, state agencies, a Native American organization and residents of Sandisfield, Mass., the town of 915 through which the pipeline would run.
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Climate ready Medford: City assesses local climate change impacts

Climate ready Medford: City assesses local climate change impacts

Medford Transcript — The city is creating a vulnerability assessment to understand short and long-term, local climate concerns. This is the first installation in a multi-part series about climate change and Medford.
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Op-Ed: This election cycle, reflect on who isn’t on the ballot

Op-Ed: This election cycle, reflect on who isn’t on the ballot

Medford Transcript — Ahead of the 2017 municipal election in Medford, I wrote about the need for more elected officials of color to reflect the city's growing racial diversity.
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Activists Concerned Boston's Business-as-Usual Approach not Conducive to Climate Adaptation and M...

Activists Concerned Boston's Business-as-Usual Approach not Conducive to Climate Adaptation and M...

ecori.org — BOSTON - When news began circulating that President Trump was planning to pull out of the Paris Agreement, Mayor Marty Walsh was quick to reaffirm the city’s commitment to addressing climate change and reducing carbon emissions. “We’re seeing reports that the president plans to back out of the Paris climate agreement and we’re urging the president and the White House to reconsider,” Walsh said at May 31 press conference. “If this administration turns its back on the environment, cities like Boston will have to step up.” Whether the city has or will adequately “step up,” however, remains a point of contention for some community leaders, activists and policymakers.
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New School Committee member, parents raise questions about McGlynn Elementary PTG

New School Committee member, parents raise questions about McGlynn Elementary PTG

Medford Transcript — School Committee member-elect Michael Ruggiero says he is concerned that the McGlynn Elementary School Parent-Teacher Group has engaged in questionable financial activity, based on 990-EZ forms dating from 2004 to 2015 as well as issues raised by parents of students at the elementary school.
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Bringing Green Space to Concrete Jungle

Bringing Green Space to Concrete Jungle

chqdaily.com — Since its founding, Chautauqua Institution has taken measures to improve and beautify its local environment in order to serve the people who inhabit it. In the nearby city of Jamestown, one organization is trying to do the same thing for a very different community.
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Natural Gas: A symbol of Chautauqua County or an overvalued fuel?

Natural Gas: A symbol of Chautauqua County or an overvalued fuel?

chqdaily.wordpress.com — Natural gas got its start in Chautauqua County. Now, the rural region of New York is grappling with its impacts.
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