ProjectEnvironment Harm’s Way The federal government knows that millions of Americans will need to move to avoid the most punishing impacts of climate change, but the country offers little organized assistance for such relocation. When communities ask the government for help, they face steep barriers — a particular problem for communities of color. Image: Center for Public Integrity This project was produced in partnership with Columbia Journalism Investigations and the Center for Public Integrity. Investigations InvestigationEnvironment Leaving the Island: The Messy, Contentious Reality of Climate Relocation In Louisiana, the Isle de Jean Charles project is a test case for how the government could voluntarily resettle communities threatened by climate change. It hasn’t gone smoothly. Olga Loginova & Zak CasselColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 17, 2022 InvestigationEnvironment Too Little, Too Late for People Seeking Climate Relief With complicated applications and long wait times, the government’s primary effort to move people out of harm’s way falls woefully behind in the era of climate change. Mc Nelly Torres, Alex Lubben & Zak CasselColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 10, 2022 InvestigationEnvironment Trapped in Harm’s Way as Disasters Mount Communities stuck on the front lines of the climate crisis need help relocating. The U.S. government isn’t prepared. Alex Lubben, Julia Shipley, Zak Cassel & Olga LoginovaColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 3, 2022 Backstories BackstoryEnvironment The Backstory: Alex Lubben and Olga Loginova Reporting on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis Paco AlvarezAugust 17, 2022 News & Analysis AnalysisEnvironment When Climate Change Makes Home Unsafe Is the government doing enough to help people move away from climate disasters? Here’s how we investigated. Alex LubbenColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 19, 2022 AnalysisEnvironment How We Found Communities in Harm’s Way We compiled data from federal agencies to investigate the impact of climate-driven disasters on communities and whether they’re receiving the assistance they need. Alex Lubben & Zak CasselThe Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism InvestigationsAugust 3, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Leaving the Island: The Messy, Contentious Reality of Climate Relocation In Louisiana, the Isle de Jean Charles project is a test case for how the government could voluntarily resettle communities threatened by climate change. It hasn’t gone smoothly. Olga Loginova & Zak CasselColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 17, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Too Little, Too Late for People Seeking Climate Relief With complicated applications and long wait times, the government’s primary effort to move people out of harm’s way falls woefully behind in the era of climate change. Mc Nelly Torres, Alex Lubben & Zak CasselColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 10, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Trapped in Harm’s Way as Disasters Mount Communities stuck on the front lines of the climate crisis need help relocating. The U.S. government isn’t prepared. Alex Lubben, Julia Shipley, Zak Cassel & Olga LoginovaColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 3, 2022
BackstoryEnvironment The Backstory: Alex Lubben and Olga Loginova Reporting on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis Paco AlvarezAugust 17, 2022
AnalysisEnvironment When Climate Change Makes Home Unsafe Is the government doing enough to help people move away from climate disasters? Here’s how we investigated. Alex LubbenColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 19, 2022
AnalysisEnvironment How We Found Communities in Harm’s Way We compiled data from federal agencies to investigate the impact of climate-driven disasters on communities and whether they’re receiving the assistance they need. Alex Lubben & Zak CasselThe Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism InvestigationsAugust 3, 2022