Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/04/22/how-u-s-can-confront-climate-change-and-create-jobs-column/7317093002/The American Jobs Plan , an approximately $2 trillion infrastructure package proposed by the Biden administration, calls for rebuilding the economy as we address two converging issues: failing infrastructure and the climate crisis. The Biden plan is timely and desperately needed.Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:56:00 +0200azcentral-54bd42c739b118da532e276d77b6e75dazcentralen40.218333 -79.488056NaturalDisastersEnvironmentClimateActionClimateChangeParis AgreementJane CarterForeign ServiceNASAWorld Wildlife FundChemical CoReport CardAmerican Jobs PlanAmerican SocietyHurricane SandyDow Chemical20210422125600https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/04/22/how-u-s-can-confront-climate-change-and-create-jobs-column/7317093002/The American Jobs Plan , an approximately $2 trillion infrastructure package proposed by the Biden administration, calls for rebuilding the economy as we address two converging issues: failing infrastructure and the climate crisis. The Biden plan is timely and desperately needed.Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:45:00 +0200usaToday-54bd42c739b118da532e276d77b6e75dusaTodayen40.218333 -79.488056NaturalDisastersEnvironmentClimateActionClimateChangeParis AgreementJane CarterForeign ServiceNASAWorld Wildlife FundChemical CoReport CardAmerican Jobs PlanAmerican SocietyHurricane SandyDow Chemical20210422124500https://www.connexionfrance.com/Practical/Property/Is-there-an-official-flooding-risk-watchdog-to-refer-to-before-buying-a-property-in-FranceReader question: How do we check if an area where we are thinking of making an offer on a property is at risk of flooding? The estate agent says no, but we would rather check somewhere “official” before we go to the notaire’s office to sign. Estate agents can be trusted on things like official risk factors in France.Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:14:00 +0200connexionfrance-3caedbf238f63f7c57fb5e7b0e92e370connexionfranceen48.8521 2.34899NaturalDisastersFrench government20210416081400https://www.explica.co/vizcaya-museum-presents-flood-protection-system-telemundo-miami-51.htmlMIAMI.- With the next hurricane season in the Atlantic in sight, which will officially begin on June 1, the Vizcaya Museum in Miami presented on Tuesday a protection system against floods that cause storms and hurricanes. This waterfront museum featuring stunning outdoor gardens today unveiled the....Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:10:00 +0200explica-555a46c291b79c650acdd805ce09b47dexplicaen25.8321 -80.2702NaturalDisastersHurricane CenterCSUColorado State UniversityNational Hurricane CenterNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMaría Torres20210428151000