Rob Moore, Water & Climate Team Director, NRDC
@NRDCAdapts_Rob
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Tweets about flooding, sea level rise, heat, drought, disaster policy, climate resilience & adaptation.
Chicago, IL
Joined January 2011
Who works on climate adaptation @NRDC? Follow @JMConstible @aweberNRDC @joelscataNRDC @vlimaye @KwatraSameer @nrdccommunities. Read the full thread to learn a fun fact about each! 1/7
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Looking for a good book to close out a hot summer? Amy Brady's ICE is a good choice. "The cool history of a hot commodity." via @ingredient_x & @RiverbendBooks
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Latest #podcast, learn about the growing role of flooding buyout programs. Hear from experts at @NRDC, @nature_org, Climagration Network, @wetlandswatchVA and more. Hear first hand someone who has gone through a buyout (it can be hard!). #climate
https://t.co/DidOKwycBP
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I'm at the California Adaptation Forum this week and so far this is my favorite visual with the Star Wars theme. @CivicWellorg
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In New York, property sellers can avoid disclosing flood damages by giving $500 to a homebuyer. That needs to change. Homebuyers should have a right-to-know about flood damages and risks. via @timesunion @joelscataNRDC @MichaelGerrard
https://t.co/tqAWKapQqU
timesunion.com
Our flood hazard disclosure laws are among the weakest in the country. A bill before the...
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In Florida (and 21 other states) home buyers are not told about a property's past history of flood damages or whether they must buy flood insurance. As a result, tens of thousands of people probably unknowingly buy a home vulnerable to flooding. https://t.co/jcDpbSd6Ug
As hurricane season begins, many Florida residents are still cleaning up from last year. @BojorquezCBS and @weatherchannel investigate Florida’s flooded future — as some say the state is keeping vulnerable residents in the dark about their flood risks.
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Developers keep building in harm’s way, because outdated rules and construction standards allow them to. The result: Our nation is locked into a perpetual cycle of flood-rebuild-repeat // via @NRDCAdapts_Rob
https://t.co/6RoR0Pv8b6
thehill.com
Flooding exacts a terrible toll on homeowners and residents, many of whom are completely unaware that they are at risk.
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FEMA's failure to account for climate change is disastrous for BIPOC https://t.co/Msx8NcxqAX
@raylevyuyeda with @RobMooreNRDC
prismreports.org
Without fast changes to FEMA and the agency’s National Flood Insurance Program, those least responsible for climate change will face the greatest harms
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“We’re making decisions and building hundreds and thousands of homes every year based on yesterday’s data, and maybe today’s data if the map is updated, and we’re not even thinking about tomorrow’s data,” said @CBerginnis of @FloodsOrg.
FEMA's failure to account for climate change is disastrous for BIPOC https://t.co/Msx8NcxqAX
@raylevyuyeda with @RobMooreNRDC
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TX peeps: New Harris County flood maps will be first in US to show more accurate risks for homes, businesses https://t.co/kj90hWGB2L "One of the fatal flaws of FEMA flood maps is that they are largely backward looking," - @RobMooreNRDC
houstonchronicle.com
The update is a direct response to Hurricane Harvey, a storm so ferocious it forced the...
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If you want to know what the future holds for many coastal communities, read this story. Many owners bought their homes fairly recently, on the assumption that the ocean and the beach stay in the same place forever.
1) A thread: Last spring, this video of a home collapsing into the ocean in Rodanthe, N.C., went viral. It was the third to fall in a brief period. It got me wondering how folks in that part of the Outer Banks are facing rapid erosion. So I went to see. https://t.co/rX1pmMR9ek
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Private insurers get caught reducing insurance payouts to Hurricane Ian survivors. Excellent investigative piece by @bri_sacks and @washingtonpost
https://t.co/tB89CYUG0S
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Manipulation of flood insurance leads to repeat disasters https://t.co/joHCUNEarf via @HoustonChron with @RobMooreNRDC: "virtually no accountability"
houstonchronicle.com
A Houston Chronicle analysis of thousands of frequently flooded properties found that breaking the central rule of the National Flood Insurance Program has cost at least $1.1 billion in claims –...
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Great win for New Jersey renters and homebuyers. They'll actually be told about past flood damages and future flood risks! All states should be doing this, but not enough do.
Yesterday, New Jersey officially passed one the nation's strongest flood risk "right to know" laws in the nation! Big shoutout to all the #Rise2Resilience partners who have championed this legislation - @OurWaterfront, @NewJerseyFuture, @NRDC, @NJLCV, @DelRivCoalition, and more!
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Yesterday, New Jersey officially passed one the nation's strongest flood risk "right to know" laws in the nation! Big shoutout to all the #Rise2Resilience partners who have championed this legislation - @OurWaterfront, @NewJerseyFuture, @NRDC, @NJLCV, @DelRivCoalition, and more!
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The President's Economic Report recognizes the need to reform the flood insurance program. “Now the problem is getting the Federal Emergency Management Administration — and the administration — to fast-track these changes." https://t.co/gaDhM4BRU9 via @grist @zteirstein
grist.org
The Biden administration warned this week that rising temperatures threaten infrastructure, insurance programs, and human health.
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I told @Grist that the report “paints a clear-eyed picture of the challenges we face and the actions that the federal government can take if we are to grapple with the impacts of climate change that are already unavoidable.”
grist.org
The Biden administration warned this week that rising temperatures threaten infrastructure, insurance programs, and human health.
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Developers and realtors want Indiana to stop telling people about flood risk, so they can more easily sell homes in low-lying areas.
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The map, which experts call an innovative achievement that reduces flood damage, faces opposition from lawmakers, developers and property owners.
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This will take NC from having one of the worst disclosure policies in the nation to one of the best, with respect to how much buyers are told about past flooding and future risks.
WIN: North Carolina officials just established much-needed requirements for disclosing a property's flood history https://t.co/8u6oJYaZ8a w/ @NRDC @ncjustice @nc_field MDC, North Carolina Disaster Recovery and Resiliency School, and Robeson County Church and Community Center
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