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On the heels of Europe’s devastating floods, scientists warn more is yet to come
A new study finds that slow-moving, low-pressure storms could become 14 times more frequent in Europe over the next century.
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With disasters mounting by the day, the U.S. may finally enact real climate policy
But there are some big “ifs.”
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Climate change is making poison ivy stronger and itchier
Carbon dioxide and warmer soils could be supercharging everyone’s least favorite plant.
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What’s an energyshed? The government wants to know.
The Department of Energy is crowdsourcing a definition.
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Be very careful where you build that seawall
Walls are meant to keep out rising seas — but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding your neighbors.
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Flood me once, shame on me. Flood me twice, shame on FEMA?
A 20-year-old law would have made communities more resilient to climate change. FEMA didn’t enforce it.
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Not dead yet: How Senate Democrats aim to pass climate policy without Republicans
Senate Democrats announced some of the climate measures in their $3.5 trillion reconciliation plan.
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Exxon lobbyists paid the 6 Democrats named in sting video nearly $333,000
A new analysis takes a wide look at the company’s influence in Arizona, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and West Virginia.
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Detroit’s prison population will soon be stuck living next to a toxic site
“Living in Detroit has given me a deep understanding that fights against the prison system and police are also fights against poverty and pollution.”
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Let’s say we stop burning fossil fuels. What happens next?
All that CO2 isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
