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A federal advisory panel that's supposed to provide scientific information to the National Flood Insurance Program is entering a five-month work stoppage, even as property losses mount against the backdrop of severe inundation related to climate change.
By Daniel Cusick in Climatewire
Worker-safety specialists started warning years ago that vapors at shale oil sites could poison workers. An Oklahoma death shows investigators are still missing the signs.
By Mike Soraghan in Energywire