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How to track disaster spending in your community
As rising global temperatures fuel more intense weather, and disaster recovery budgets skyrocket, this accountability work has never been more important.
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![digital collage of five stalks of wheat and wheat seeds with a square image of green healthy wheat and a square image of cracked, dry soil]()
The ‘Green Revolution’ transformed global agriculture. Now it’s adapting to climate change.
The same techniques that fed the exploding global population of the 20th century are being used to adapt agriculture to one of the most serious threats of the 21st.
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Chicago has a lead pipe problem. Millions earmarked to address it remain untouched.
City officials have struggled to meet state and federal deadlines, and many residents have yet to receive warnings about the risks of lead pipes.
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Used EVs have never been cheaper. But are they a good deal?
The price gap between used electric and gas cars is now just $900 — that's the lowest ever.
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Clean energy, dirty tactics: Inside the shady world of door-to-door solar sales
On-site solar can be an incredible tool for lowering both energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. But homeowners face a complicated — and sometimes intentionally misleading — process.
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Talking to a door-to-door solar sales rep? Beware of these red flags.
Door-knocking is common in the solar industry, and not well regulated. Being informed can protect you from predatory tactics.
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![Collage of a worker wearing a hazmat suit cleaning up after wildfire, a worker repairing a power line, and a firefighter standing in a field]()
The people behind America’s disaster recovery
From cleanup crews to powerline techs, these are the workers called in after catastrophe.
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Where the Appalachian brook trout vanish, something human goes missing, too
As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge, Appalachia’s native trout are losing ground — but dedicated anglers and scientists are racing to save them.
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Meet the small business owners electrifying Maine’s rural coast
In Casco Bay’s remote waters, electric workboats and the aquaculture innovators who operate them are putting marine electrification to the test.
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![Two boys stand on a roof overlooking a completely flooded street in a pretty red brick town ringed by forests]()
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Trump DOJ seeks to kill Vermont law that makes Big Oil pay for climate harm
The Justice Department asked a judge to shut down the "Superfund" law that requires major polluters to pay for carbon emissions.
