Special Series — Moral Hazards
Special Series — Moral Hazards
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Amid multiple disasters, FEMA faces funding challenges, misinformation, and politicization
Congress gave the agency enough money to last the year. But back-to-back hurricanes are stretching resources thin.
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Ducks love to eat this climate-friendly food. Now you might, too.
Azolla is a nutritious aquatic fern that grows like crazy. New research finds that the cyanobacteria within the plant are nontoxic, potentially clearing the way for Azolla to become a novel food.
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‘I can’t think straight’: Still buried beneath Helene’s debris, Floridians brace for Milton
Hundreds of thousands of residents are under evacuation orders as the state faces its second major hurricane in two weeks.
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How Helene changes the election
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. We’ve heard it time and again: Despite what the science says, climate change does not rank high among Americans’ priorities in the ballot box. When we launched this series in August, however, we made the case that climate disasters can influence voting […]
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Extreme Weather
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Fact-checking the viral conspiracies in the wake of Hurricane Helene
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Hurricane Helene could cost $200 billion. Nobody knows where the money will come from.
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The shifting jet stream has magnified wildfires and plagues. What’s next?
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The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution could displace thousands.
Indigenous Affairs
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The Department of Energy promised this tribal nation a $32 million solar grant. It’s nearly impossible to access.
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Why aren’t tribal nations installing more green energy? Blame ‘white tape.’
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‘Living under this constant threat’: Environmental defenders face a mounting mental health crisis
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How schools, hospitals, and prisons in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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The people who feed America are going hungry
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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Hurricane Helene brought devastation — and an opportunity — to Appalachia’s power grids
As recovery efforts continue, utilities in the region need to rethink their approach to electricity in the face of climate change.
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The solar supply chain runs through this flooded North Carolina town
Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline.
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How Hurricane Milton exploded into an ‘extraordinary’ storm
Milton's wind speeds skyrocketed by 90 mph in 24 hours. It’s one of the fastest intensification events scientists have ever witnessed in the Atlantic.
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For Floridians in mobile homes, Hurricane Helene was a disaster waiting to happen
Trailers and manufactured homes have long served as a lifeline for struggling families. A warming world has made them a perilous place to live.
Watch This
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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Al Gore thought stopping climate change would be hard. But not this hard.
Gore has been talking about carbon emissions for more than 40 years. Now he includes a "hope budget."
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How California boosted composting — but broke local composters in the process
As cities and towns contract with large waste haulers to comply with a California composting law, some community composters say they're being pushed to the margins.
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Indigenous voters worry a Harris presidency means endangering sacred lands
The minerals beneath tribal lands are crucial to the clean energy transition.
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In arid New Mexico, a debate over reusing oil-industry wastewater
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.
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