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Journalist. Most recently @WSJ, writing about energy transition and climate. Experienced Asia hand, especially Japan.
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Steep Property Taxes Strain Michiganders' Budgets

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By Phred Dvorak Verified
| AARP State
For the past 34 years, Joanna Firestone has resided in a cozy, 1,400-square-foot house northwest of Detroit, where she raised her son, lost her husband and grew older. Now 75 and retired, Firestone says she and others in the area are increasingly feeling the pinch of property taxes, which are straining budgets already hit by rising costs for utilities, groceries and home repairs. Although Firestone isn’t worried about being forced out of her home by tax bills, others are.
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A flood-prone city gets creative in its effort to tame the water gods

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By Phred Dvorak Verified
| Mother Jones Verified
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Shelton Tucker is part of a novel plan to deal with the waters that are increasingly encroaching on his neighborhood in Hampton, Virginia. Situated at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and afflicted by one of the fastest paces of sea-level rise in the United States, Hampton has long battled flooding.
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Can a flood-prone coastal city learn to live with water?

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By Phred Dvorak Verified
| PreventionWeb
Instead of billion-dollar floodwalls and surge barriers, Hampton, Virginia, is relying on rain gardens, plant-lined storage basins, restored marshes and 3D-printed concrete reefs seeded with oysters. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.
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