Artifacts remain in Maryland while repairs continue Ellis Island Immigration Museum, part of Statue of Liberty National Monument, will reopen to the public today for the first time since Hurricane Sandy submerged the island a year ago. Visitors will once again walk the halls of the former federal immigration processing station, which handled more than …
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Hurricane Sandy was just one of 11 billion-dollar disasters hitting the U.S. in 2012, NOAA reports. The superstorm was the year’s most expensive disaster, causing $65 billion in damage in seven east coast states. Last year’s drought/heatwave in the western half of the country was the second-most expensive at $30 billion. Rounding out the list …
Hot off the press: Grist published my new article, an investigative piece on David Koch’s $100 million donation to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Why am I covering a philanthropic gift to a medical institution? Because NewYork-Presbyterian’s resources were strained to the breaking point by Superstorm Sandy, and Koch–New York City’s richest resident–continues to fund organizations that argue …
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As if we needed more convincing that the melting Arctic sea ice will create havoc on the world’s coasts, scientists from Rutgers and Cornell have found a link between the melting icepack and the unusual westward path of Hurricane Sandy last October. Sandy did not spin harmlessly out to sea like most late-fall hurricanes. Instead, …