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‘A much-needed step’: The EPA creates a new environmental justice office
The initiative will give hard-hit communities $3 billion to address pollution.
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The huge expansion of oil pipelines is endangering the climate, report says
Thousands of miles of new pipelines planned around world show ‘an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals.’
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‘Nature-rinsing’: How polluters use the beauty of nature to clean up their image
Ever wonder why ads show SUVs dashing through the forest?
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Tampa Bay isn’t safe from any hurricane — especially not Ian
The coastal region is severely flood-prone, even with smaller storms.
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Puerto Ricans were already angry about the power grid. Then came Hurricane Fiona.
“Fiona is a storm, and the privatization of the electric grid is a storm as well.“
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The rebirth of Hiware Bazar
How a drought-stricken community in India became a “village of millionaires”
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California’s 2030 ban on gas heaters opens a new front in the war on fossil fuels
The first-of-its-kind plan will purge gas from existing buildings, not just new construction.
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Stuck at work during a climate disaster? A new bill could change that.
Giving workers more of a chance and a choice when extreme weather hits.
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Flood. Retreat. Repeat.
As seas rise and storms become more intense, some 40 million Americans living in floodplains are facing greater risk of disaster. Local, state, and federal officials are increasingly looking at managed retreat, or buyouts, as a way to get people out of harm’s way. In this series, Grist profiles three communities at various stages of the buyout process, examining what happens when you ask – or sometimes force – people to leave their homes. What gets lost and who gets left behind?
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The Corn Belt will get hotter. Farmers will have to adapt.
The nation's largest corn producing region could soon be known as the Extreme Heat Belt.