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    This program featured a morning of discussion about covering global climate change, led by expert journalist from Climate Wire, Evan Lehmann. This slide-deck is an overview of US politics on the issue. Evan is a proud Wisconsinite so it makes sense that he began his journalism career at a small but vibrant weekly reporting on the frank farming families of the state's western hillsides and crime in the closeted bends of the Mississippi River. He once arrived at a country house fire so quickly that a detective called him in for questioning. Evan received his journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He then went to Massachusetts, where Evan covered city politics for the Sentinel & Enterprise in Fitchburg, a hard-bitten mill town with a drug problem and woozy finances. Two years later, he was promoted to Washington correspondent for MediaNews Group's New England division. Evan covered the congressional delegations from Massachusetts and Vermont for six daily newspapers. He won an investigative award for revealing that lawmakers and their aides had made thousands of edits to Wikipedia entries, sometimes ridiculing opponents and at other times scrubbing unflattering, but truthful, facts from entries about themselves. Evan has been covering the politics of climate change for the past five years for ClimateWire, one of several publications under the banner of Environment & Energy Publishing. E&E has more than 60 reporters, most of whom are located in the newsroom on Capitol Hill.

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    This program featured a morning of discussion about covering global climate change, led by expert journalist from Climate Wire, Evan Lehmann. This slide-deck is an overview of US politics on the issue. Evan is a proud Wisconsinite so it makes sense that he began his journalism career at a small but vibrant weekly reporting on the frank farming families of the state's western hillsides and crime in the closeted bends of the Mississippi River. He once arrived at a country house fire so quickly that a detective called him in for questioning. Evan received his journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He then went to Massachusetts, where Evan covered city politics for the Sentinel & Enterprise in Fitchburg, a hard-bitten mill town with a drug problem and woozy finances. Two years later, he was promoted to Washington correspondent for MediaNews Group's New England division. Evan covered the congressional delegations from Massachusetts and Vermont for six daily newspapers. He won an investigative award for revealing that lawmakers and their aides had made thousands of edits to Wikipedia entries, sometimes ridiculing opponents and at other times scrubbing unflattering, but truthful, facts from entries about themselves. Evan has been covering the politics of climate change for the past five years for ClimateWire, one of several publications under the banner of Environment & Energy Publishing. E&E has more than 60 reporters, most of whom are located in the newsroom on Capitol Hill.

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    Reporting On Climate Change: Evan Lehmann

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    This program featured a morning of discussion about covering global climate change, led by expert journalist from Climate Wire, Evan Lehmann. This slide-deck is an overview of US politics on the issue. Evan is a proud Wisconsinite so it makes sense that he began his journalism career at a small but vibrant weekly reporting on the frank farming families of the state's western hillsides and crime in the closeted bends of the Mississippi River. He once arrived at a country house fire so quickly that a detective called him in for questioning. Evan received his journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He then went to Massachusetts, where Evan covered city politics for the Sentinel & Enterprise in Fitchburg, a hard-bitten mill town with a drug problem and woozy finances. Two years later, he was promoted to Washington correspondent for MediaNews Group's New England division. Evan covered the congressional delegations from Massachusetts and Vermont for six daily newspapers. He won an investigative award for revealing that lawmakers and their aides had made thousands of edits to Wikipedia entries, sometimes ridiculing opponents and at other times scrubbing unflattering, but truthful, facts from entries about themselves. Evan has been covering the politics of climate change for the past five years for ClimateWire, one of several publications under the banner of Environment & Energy Publishing. E&E has more than 60 reporters, most of whom are located in the newsroom on Capitol Hill.

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    PAUL MI LLER 201 4

    Climate Change Reporting


    Tablesetting
    Congress and Climate Change
    No major legislation since 2009, when the House
    passed cap and trade

    Controversial outcome

    Dems also to blame

    2010 Senate wipeout
    White House Action
    In 2008 McCain and Obama supported cap and
    trade
    Obama trips
    Fails to pass national climate policy
    Year of action
    EPA regs

    COSTAL BARRI ER RESOURCES SYSTEM

    FLOOD I NSURANCE

    SEA LEVEL RI SE MAPS

    CAMPAI GNI NG ON CLI MATE

    DECI PHERI NG CONGRESS
    Turning Stones for Climate
    Stories
    Climate Change is a Hot Mess

    A dizzying number of systems affected over a
    number of years
    Stationarity is dead

    Follow the effects home

    Tell the story of a raindrop, not a downpour
    The Climate of Politics
    Costal Barrier Resources System
    Early adaptation
    Encourages preservation of barrier islands and
    wetlands
    00 acres in nearly every costal state
    It doesnt always work


    North Topsail Beach, NC
    The Topsail Conundrum
    Ten mile beach in costal system

    275 new homes since 2005

    Congress pressured to change boundary

    Climate adaptation story
    Flood Insurance
    Big climate bill without fanfare

    National Flood Insurance Program underwrites 1.3
    trillion in property
    All in flood zones

    Its maladaptation- encourages development in
    risky areas
    Riskiest of the Risky
    Repetitive losses growing
    Almost doubling since 1995
    Now 140,000 properties flooded again and again

    Drowning the program: 1% of covered homes
    amount to 30% of annual damage

    Getting worse- government estimates that
    floodplains could grow by 45%


    Holy Water
    Church in Rio Linda, CA flooded 6 times amounting
    to $621,000 in damage

    Church is worth $200,000

    Estimated $96,000 in premium
    Fleeing the Scene
    Government will buyout repeatedly flooded homes
    Experts say its the best adaptation
    Floodplain cleared forever- no future loss

    Challenging
    Complicated, emotional, expensive

    32,000 homes bought out in programs lifetime
    Cost of $2.4 billion


    Jersey Buyouts
    Sayreville, NJ
    350 homes bought out since Sandy

    Some residents said was mistake to build there

    To work, whole neighborhoods agree to go

    Doesnt always work
    Union Beach, NJ
    Union Beach Says No
    Hundreds of homes flooded during Sandy

    Despite 15 foot surge, town is rebuilding

    Other adaptations
    Seawalls?
    Elevating homes?
    Hoping against a repeat?
    Pinpointing Sea Level Rise
    New maps show 6-foot sea level rise

    Street names, homes, businesses- can be seen
    flooded

    NOAAs Coastal Services Center sea level rise viewer

    Focus on Congress
    Question lawmakers and their statements
    Steve Scalise: hotter 10,000 years ago

    Follow EPA regs
    Localize them by talking to utility, industry

    Track campaigns
    Romneys economic advisors all supported carbon tax



    A Word about Deniers
    How many are there really?

    Be careful when assigning labels
    Wide arc of viewpoints

    Dont give Dems a free pass
    Climate hawks voted against biggest climate bill in years




    EVAN LEHMANN
    CLI MATEWI RE
    202- 427- 61 55
    ELEHMANN@EENEWS. NET
    Thank You

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