Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
20 years after Katrina, we are still assimilating vital information about compounding risk & resilience. Cities & regions need to identify rooted, relevant climate risk accounting & invest early.| The Navigator
20 years after Katrina, we are still assimilating vital information about compounding risk & resilience. Cities & regions need to identify rooted, relevant climate risk accounting & invest early.| The Navigator
Finance is a projection of value considerations into the future; it structures supply chains, commercial enterprise & local economies. Finance will get greener as data makes clear the value added.| The Navigator
At least 641,000 people are now subject to famine conditions in Gaza, with famine expected to spread to 1.98 million| The Navigator
Trump admin wants to change the meaning of 'harm' to allow most of the kinds of harm the Endangered Species Act explicitly aims to prevent. The Constitution & the letter of the law make this unlawful.| The Navigator
Fossil fuels receive $7 trillion per year in direct & indirect subsidy support, globally. No clean energy source has ever been given comparable support, despite far lower costs & greater benefits.| The Navigator
More than 80,000 chemicals are in circulation in the U.S. economy. On average, 7 new chemicals are introduced every day. Many have never been proven safe or even properly tested for toxic effects.| The Navigator
2nd summit in 4 days to discuss terms of possible agreement to end Russia's war in Ukraine. On Friday, Trump acknowledged a deal can only be reached if Ukraine finds it fair & appropriate.| The Navigator
In Alaska, the law & history place heavy demands on Trump; Trump touts vague consequences if Putin does not end war. Scientists have role in defending democracy; economists call for defense of facts.| navigatornews.substack.com
Artificial intelligence platforms are generating an ever-growing segment of our information landscape, while employment, access to information, and critical rights protections may be at risk.| The Navigator
Federal law allows temporary 'federalization' of law enforcement in DC, but Trump's reasons do not align with facts. Meanwhile, former OMB officials ask court to reverse unlawful seizure of funds.| The Navigator
The Voting Rights Act is an essential piece of the legislative effort to end more than a century of terrorist violence aimed at subverting democracy, the rule of law, and the rights of all.| The Navigator
The Trump admin is disabling climate science operations, hiding anti-autocracy provisions of the Constitution, defunding vaccine research & adding $4.1 trillion to the federal budget deficit.| The Navigator
The Paris Agreement calls on all Parties (the countries joining it) to publish Nationally Determined Contributions (to the global climate crisis response) every five years.| The Navigator
40 researchers from tech firms developing advanced AI systems have released a paper warning we may soon be unable to trace 'chain of thought' leading to AI outputs, including high-stakes decisions.| navigatornews.substack.com
The costs of climate disruption & nature loss are piling up; destabilizing disasters are becoming more frequent; nations need to evolve to be climate-crisis capable to be fiscally resilient.| The Navigator
Trump's EPA Administrator is moving to cancel the Endangerment Finding, which informs U.S. climate policy. Doing so will lead to trillions of dollars in harm, cost & waste & weakening of the U.S.| The Navigator
Food systems are under threat & can be a leading climate solution; Trump admin cutting access to weather data; extreme heat in Arctic waters; Congress aims to protect National Weather Service.| The Navigator
The ICJ finds governments must regulate climate pollution & combat climate disruption & related risks; not having reliable, detailed climate data is not an escape from liability.| The Navigator
Abrego’s attorneys are also seeking an order barring administration officials from speaking about the case after Kristi Noem in Nashville last week called him a ‘monster’| The Navigator
The International Court of Justice finds climate protection is a human right & all nations have a legal duty to act to reduce climate risk. Food systems are a lever for climate-resilient development.| The Navigator
Brazil Congress passes "devastation bill"; EPA to close research office; widely banned herbicide is 2nd most used in U.S.; Texas authorities underfunded flood defenses, despite known need.| navigatornews.substack.com
Reducing the availability of insights about geophysical conditions (climate and weather) puts people, infrastructure, and entire local economies at risk. Climate & weather services need investment.| navigatornews.substack.com
When heavily armed ICE agents raided a youth baseball practice, the coach had to remind them that the Bill of Rights applies in all cases. Fundamental rights cannot be erased or ignored.| navigatornews.substack.com
Stock surges & collapses, legislation that might contravene the Constitution, intellectual property disputes, manipulative & demeaning 'behavior' by bots—now is the time to ask serious questions.| navigatornews.substack.com
Human security depends on our ability to reduce risk & establish resilient conditions in local communities, while providing systems that alert us to danger & accelerate emergency response.| navigatornews.substack.com
At least 104 lives have been lost in catastrophic floods in central Texas, including at least 28 children. 525 have been rescued, and rescue operations are ongoing.| navigatornews.substack.com
An Independence Day message from The Faithful Citizen: Democracy must be a demonstration that the Golden Rule is paramount. Power cannot be used lawfully to abuse anyone.| navigatornews.substack.com
The Supreme Court has granted a stay that allows potentially irreparable harm to go forward, without judicial review; the dissenting opinion points to legal standards to correct course.| navigatornews.substack.com
In its flagship Recipe for a Livable Planet report, the World Bank found that| navigatornews.substack.com
The assassination of public officials is never acceptable. Our best chance for a livable future is constructive, ongoing civic engagement, open to all and operating beyond ideological grievance.| navigatornews.substack.com
'Out of control' federal government assaults sitting senator, grabs people off streets in unmarked vans, threatens to send military after protesters. Judge finds President acted illegally.| navigatornews.substack.com
Federal courts block Trump attacks on students, universities & the Department of Education, as rights advocates warn all civil liberties & rights of private enterprise are at stake.| navigatornews.substack.com
Warning of a looming hunger catastrophe that will affect every region of the world, 153 winners of Nobel Prizes and the World Food Prize are calling for major investment in new food systems research.| navigatornews.substack.com
