Daniel is a reporter covering climate adaptation for Climatewire. He joined E&E in 2003 and has held reporting and editing positions with several E&E News publications. His beat is focused on the intersection of climate change and business activity, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy, clean technology and smart grid applications. Before joining E&E, he worked as a newspaper, wire service and magazine journalist in Alabama and Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the University of Alabama, and was a Knight Fellow in Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland.
VALLEY PARK, Mo. — Can one town's solution to flooding be another town's nemesis? The question goes to the heart of a long-running debate in suburban St. Louis, where a half-dozen communities along the lower Meramec River are grappling with the worst back-to-back floods in recent memory.
Every state experiences disasters, yet few track how much they spend to manage and recover from those events, according to a new analysis from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will try to acquire up to $275 million in flood reinsurance protection through capital markets by issuing its first-ever flood catastrophe bond, according to the financial tracking service Artemis.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency doesn't shy from criticisms of the government's response to the 2017 hurricane season, the agency's second in command said yesterday.
The Trump administration has downplayed climate change as a national security risk. But the U.N. Security Council was warned this week that rising temperatures are inextricably linked to human conflict.