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Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles, once 22,000 acres, is now just 320. When rising waters consumed their homeland, the island's Indigenous residents moved to a new government-funded settlement. But their “safe” homes already leak, crack, and fail.
As millions face climate relocation, the nation’s first attempt sparks warnings and regret
Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises
floodlightnews.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles, once 22,000 acres, is now just 320. When rising waters consumed their homeland, the island's Indigenous residents moved to a new government-funded settlement. But their “safe” homes already leak, crack, and fail.
What does it look like when a neighborhood waits 13 years for flood protection?
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Inside New York City's Forgotten Coast
The working class community of Edgemere is among New York City's most flood prone neighborhoods but a decade after officials promised to cut flood risks in the long neglected neighborhood, critics…
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November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
What does it look like when a neighborhood waits 13 years for flood protection?
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: A federal appeals court has paused a California law set to take effect in January requiring large companies to report every two years on how climate change could hurt them financially, the AP reports:
Appeals court pauses California law requiring companies to report climate-related financial risk
A federal appeals court has paused a California law that requires companies that do business in the state and make more than $500 million a year to report how climate change could hurt them…
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November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: A federal appeals court has paused a California law set to take effect in January requiring large companies to report every two years on how climate change could hurt them financially, the AP reports:
In NYC, this organization is tackling two vital issues: food insecurity and climate change, both aggravated by policy decisions made by the Trump administration.
How New York City’s largest food rescue organization stepped up during the SNAP crisis
City Harvest’s food rescue efforts are a win for both climate and food insecurity
floodlightnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In NYC, this organization is tackling two vital issues: food insecurity and climate change, both aggravated by policy decisions made by the Trump administration.
Edgemere was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods during Superstorm Sandy, with water rushing in from both the ocean and Jamaica Bay. Today, residents say the community is nearly as vulnerable as it was in 2012.
‘We are forgotten here’: As NYC builds seawalls, this Queens community feels left behind.
A decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as vulnerable.
floodlightnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Edgemere was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods during Superstorm Sandy, with water rushing in from both the ocean and Jamaica Bay. Today, residents say the community is nearly as vulnerable as it was in 2012.
Along the Gulf Coast, shrimpers are losing their catch, wetlands are vanishing, and communities are choking on pollution as Trump’s second term supercharges the LNG boom. “For us, it’s about continuing to exist.”
Trump-fueled LNG boom has fenceline Gulf Coast communities on edge
Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production accelerates here, feeding demand from Europe and Asia
floodlightnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Along the Gulf Coast, shrimpers are losing their catch, wetlands are vanishing, and communities are choking on pollution as Trump’s second term supercharges the LNG boom. “For us, it’s about continuing to exist.”
When the 43-day shutdown halted SNAP benefits for millions, the demand for emergency food in New York surged. This 40-year-old organization stepped up — rescuing surplus food that would have gone to waste and expanding distributions to fill the gap.
NEW in Floodlight and @SentientMedia.Org:
NEW in Floodlight and @SentientMedia.Org:
How New York City’s largest food rescue organization stepped up during the SNAP crisis
City Harvest’s food rescue efforts are a win for both climate and food insecurity
floodlightnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When the 43-day shutdown halted SNAP benefits for millions, the demand for emergency food in New York surged. This 40-year-old organization stepped up — rescuing surplus food that would have gone to waste and expanding distributions to fill the gap.
NEW in Floodlight and @SentientMedia.Org:
NEW in Floodlight and @SentientMedia.Org:
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City Harvest's work tackles two issues of vital importance right now: food insecurity and climate change, both aggravated by policy decisions made by the Trump administration. @gaeacabico.bsky.social reports, with visual reporting by @floodlightnews.org:
How New York City’s Largest Food Rescue Organization Stepped Up During the SNAP Crisis
City Harvest’s food rescue efforts are a win for both climate and food insecurity.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
City Harvest's work tackles two issues of vital importance right now: food insecurity and climate change, both aggravated by policy decisions made by the Trump administration. @gaeacabico.bsky.social reports, with visual reporting by @floodlightnews.org:
The community of Edgemere, Queens, was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. More than a decade later, Floodlight spoke to residents who say they still haven't recovered:
“The rest of New York City, they had a storm for a day and a half. They went back to normal.”
“The rest of New York City, they had a storm for a day and a half. They went back to normal.”
Inside New York City's Forgotten Coast
The working class community of Edgemere is among New York City's most flood prone neighborhoods but a decade after officials promised to cut flood risks in the long neglected neighborhood, critics…
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The community of Edgemere, Queens, was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. More than a decade later, Floodlight spoke to residents who say they still haven't recovered:
“The rest of New York City, they had a storm for a day and a half. They went back to normal.”
“The rest of New York City, they had a storm for a day and a half. They went back to normal.”
How New York City’s largest food rescue organization stepped up during the SNAP crisis
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How New York City’s largest food rescue organization stepped up during the SNAP crisis
City Harvest’s food rescue efforts are a win for both climate and food insecurity
floodlightnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
How New York City’s largest food rescue organization stepped up during the SNAP crisis
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Your electric bill isn't just covering energy costs — it might be funding massages, private jets, and country club perks for utility executives.
Massages and country clubs: Your electric bill may be funding lavish perks
Utility customers sometimes foot the bill for lobbying, advertising and luxurious living, new report shows
floodlightnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Your electric bill isn't just covering energy costs — it might be funding massages, private jets, and country club perks for utility executives.
📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: Biofuels are responsible globally for 16 percent more CO2 emissions than the planet-polluting fossil fuels they replace, @Grist.org reports:
COP30’s biofuel gamble could cost the global food supply — and the planet
What was once considered a climate holy grail comes with serious tradeoffs. The world wants more of it anyway.
grist.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: Biofuels are responsible globally for 16 percent more CO2 emissions than the planet-polluting fossil fuels they replace, @Grist.org reports:
Edgemere was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods during Superstorm Sandy, with water rushing in from both the ocean and Jamaica Bay. Today, residents say the community is nearly as vulnerable as it was in 2012.
Floodlight's latest investigation, republished in The Guardian:
Floodlight's latest investigation, republished in The Guardian:
As New York City builds flood resilience, a Queens neighborhood feels neglected: ‘We are forgotten here’
Decade after officials promised to cut flood risks, Edgemere residents and experts say it continues to be vulnerable
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Edgemere was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods during Superstorm Sandy, with water rushing in from both the ocean and Jamaica Bay. Today, residents say the community is nearly as vulnerable as it was in 2012.
Floodlight's latest investigation, republished in The Guardian:
Floodlight's latest investigation, republished in The Guardian:
Food waste is responsible for as much as 10% of global emissions — about five times the pollution from the entire aviation industry. In the United States alone, roughly a third of all food produced is thrown away each year.
The climate solution sitting in America’s trash
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
floodlightnews.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Food waste is responsible for as much as 10% of global emissions — about five times the pollution from the entire aviation industry. In the United States alone, roughly a third of all food produced is thrown away each year.
The U.S. cement industry emits more CO₂ than most countries. Federal programs were helping cut pollution — until the Trump administration canceled 21 key EPA grants.
It’s the second-most-used substance on Earth — and a major climate threat
The cement industry has set ambitious climate goals. But as federal funding dries up, its path to decarbonization is in doubt.
floodlightnews.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The U.S. cement industry emits more CO₂ than most countries. Federal programs were helping cut pollution — until the Trump administration canceled 21 key EPA grants.
New York City promised to shield Edgemere from future storms after Sandy. More than a decade later, residents say little has changed.
Floodlight went to Queens to hear what it’s like to live with rising seas and broken promises: “We’re the forgotten. We are the forgotten here.”
Floodlight went to Queens to hear what it’s like to live with rising seas and broken promises: “We’re the forgotten. We are the forgotten here.”
Inside New York City's Forgotten Coast
The working class community of Edgemere is among New York City's most flood prone neighborhoods but a decade after officials promised to cut flood risks in the long neglected neighborhood, critics…
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New York City promised to shield Edgemere from future storms after Sandy. More than a decade later, residents say little has changed.
Floodlight went to Queens to hear what it’s like to live with rising seas and broken promises: “We’re the forgotten. We are the forgotten here.”
Floodlight went to Queens to hear what it’s like to live with rising seas and broken promises: “We’re the forgotten. We are the forgotten here.”
The number of extreme weather disasters has jumped fivefold worldwide over the past 50 years, and the number of deaths has nearly tripled, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
The Texas flash flood is a preview of the chaos to come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
floodlightnews.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The number of extreme weather disasters has jumped fivefold worldwide over the past 50 years, and the number of deaths has nearly tripled, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
After Hurricane Sandy, NYC began installing major flood protections around Lower Manhattan. But in one Queens neighborhood devastated by the superstorm, residents say little has changed.
“Why is Edgemere different? Because we don't have Wall Street here?”
“Why is Edgemere different? Because we don't have Wall Street here?”
‘We are forgotten here’: As NYC builds seawalls, this Queens community feels left behind.
A decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as vulnerable.
floodlightnews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
After Hurricane Sandy, NYC began installing major flood protections around Lower Manhattan. But in one Queens neighborhood devastated by the superstorm, residents say little has changed.
“Why is Edgemere different? Because we don't have Wall Street here?”
“Why is Edgemere different? Because we don't have Wall Street here?”
Hossain endured a decade of floods that battered his farmland in Bangladesh. When his daughter was born, he couldn’t afford the hospital bill. Months later, he left for the U.S. — one of many migrants fleeing places repeatedly hit by climate disasters.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hossain endured a decade of floods that battered his farmland in Bangladesh. When his daughter was born, he couldn’t afford the hospital bill. Months later, he left for the U.S. — one of many migrants fleeing places repeatedly hit by climate disasters.
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NYC pledged to raise the bayside shoreline in Edgemere, Queens, after the community was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The project was planned, funded — and then dropped.
We spoke to residents still living with the risks: “They’re fortifying Manhattan. So where’s the investment for us?”
We spoke to residents still living with the risks: “They’re fortifying Manhattan. So where’s the investment for us?”
Inside New York City's Forgotten Coast
The working class community of Edgemere is among New York City's most flood prone neighborhoods but a decade after officials promised to cut flood risks in the long neglected neighborhood, critics…
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NYC pledged to raise the bayside shoreline in Edgemere, Queens, after the community was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The project was planned, funded — and then dropped.
We spoke to residents still living with the risks: “They’re fortifying Manhattan. So where’s the investment for us?”
We spoke to residents still living with the risks: “They’re fortifying Manhattan. So where’s the investment for us?”
A hedge fund dropped $100 million for land in rural Arizona, in an area with almost no groundwater regulation. They’re using it to grow alfalfa for overseas cattle feed — a water-intensive crop that guzzles thousands of gallons per acre, while residents are left watching their wells run dry.
Saudi-owned corporate farms are draining Arizona’s desert dry
Arizona’s lax water laws let corporate farms pump unlimited groundwater to grow alfalfa for cattle overseas, even as local families spend their savings drilling new wells.
floodlightnews.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A hedge fund dropped $100 million for land in rural Arizona, in an area with almost no groundwater regulation. They’re using it to grow alfalfa for overseas cattle feed — a water-intensive crop that guzzles thousands of gallons per acre, while residents are left watching their wells run dry.
After Hurricane Sandy, Baba Ndanani's home was so damaged he spent two weeks sleeping on an overturned refrigerator.
13 years later, his Queens community is still waiting for the flood protections it was promised:
floodlightnews.org/we-are-forgo...
13 years later, his Queens community is still waiting for the flood protections it was promised:
floodlightnews.org/we-are-forgo...
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
After Hurricane Sandy, Baba Ndanani's home was so damaged he spent two weeks sleeping on an overturned refrigerator.
13 years later, his Queens community is still waiting for the flood protections it was promised:
floodlightnews.org/we-are-forgo...
13 years later, his Queens community is still waiting for the flood protections it was promised:
floodlightnews.org/we-are-forgo...
“I never expected that relocation was going to happen in my lifetime. Now that it has happened, it’s not a celebration.”
After a federally funded move inland, Indigenous residents of Isle de Jean Charles say their new homes are already falling apart.
After a federally funded move inland, Indigenous residents of Isle de Jean Charles say their new homes are already falling apart.
As millions face climate relocation, the nation’s first attempt sparks warnings and regret
Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises
floodlightnews.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“I never expected that relocation was going to happen in my lifetime. Now that it has happened, it’s not a celebration.”
After a federally funded move inland, Indigenous residents of Isle de Jean Charles say their new homes are already falling apart.
After a federally funded move inland, Indigenous residents of Isle de Jean Charles say their new homes are already falling apart.
What does it look like when a neighborhood waits 13 years for flood protection?
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Inside New York City's Forgotten Coast
The working class community of Edgemere is among New York City's most flood prone neighborhoods but a decade after officials promised to cut flood risks in the long neglected neighborhood, critics…
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What does it look like when a neighborhood waits 13 years for flood protection?
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: Salt-brine wastewater laced with toxic chemicals has been erupting from old injection wells across Oklahoma, sometimes at more than 12,000 gallons a day, @Grist.org reports:
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.
grist.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: Salt-brine wastewater laced with toxic chemicals has been erupting from old injection wells across Oklahoma, sometimes at more than 12,000 gallons a day, @Grist.org reports: