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Adaptation: Environmentalists urge better hurricane preparedness

August 16, 2018
Environmentalists are urging state and federal authorities to improve their preparations to mitigate excess air and water pollution released as a result of major storms exacerbated by climate change, citing the response of Texas and EPA to last year's Hurricane Harvey as inadequate. In a report released Aug. 16, days before the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey making landfall, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) urges Texas officials to revise a series of policies to prevent unnecessary emissions from oil refineries...


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