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![An aerial shot of a green forest running along a mountain ridge with a road in the middle]()
![An aerial shot of a green forest running along a mountain ridge with a road in the middle]()
How a dwindling helium supply is impacting public land management
A new BLM plan for western Colorado makes a priority of helium production, worrying environmentalists.
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![A small town is inundated by brown flood waters]()
Mississippi River towns pilot new insurance model to help with disaster response
The pilot will test parametric insurance, which pays out quickly after agreed-upon “triggers” – such as wind speeds or river heights – reach a certain level.
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![Bottled water and a toilet paper roll sit on a small box near a house]()
![Bottled water and a toilet paper roll sit on a small box near a house]()
Some towns still don’t have drinkable water months after Hurricane Helene. A full recovery could take years.
The flooding that devastated western North Carolina during Hurricane Helene knocked out dozens of rural water systems.
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![an african american person holds a sign up in the middle of a crowd of people. The sign is a fabric banner that says TRUMP: CLIMATE CRIMINAL.. Behind her is a blurry background showing a man in a hat at a podium and an audience with their phones out looking away from the podium.]()
![an african american person holds a sign up in the middle of a crowd of people. The sign is a fabric banner that says TRUMP: CLIMATE CRIMINAL.. Behind her is a blurry background showing a man in a hat at a podium and an audience with their phones out looking away from the podium.]()
Where did all the climate voters go?
Michigan and other battleground states might have swung for Trump, but they elected environmentalists to U.S. Senate seats, too.
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![Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks with an aide before a committee meeting]()
![Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks with an aide before a committee meeting]()
The Senate’s new farm bill would prioritize the climate. Too bad it’s basically doomed.
Democrats and Republicans can't seem to agree over what belongs in the nation's leading agricultural policy.
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![Tens of thousands protest outside the New Zealand parliament on Nov. 19, 2024.]()
![Tens of thousands protest outside the New Zealand parliament on Nov. 19, 2024.]()
Mass protests against New Zealand’s effort to weaken Māori rights — and hurt the planet
"This is about the protection of all that we hold dear."
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![Yalchin Rafiyev, lead negotiator for the COP29 Azerbaijan presidency, speaks during a plenary session in Baku, Azerbaijan. The presidency convened a plenary following criticism from several countries, who alleged that talks at COP29 were faltering.]()
![Yalchin Rafiyev, lead negotiator for the COP29 Azerbaijan presidency, speaks during a plenary session in Baku, Azerbaijan. The presidency convened a plenary following criticism from several countries, who alleged that talks at COP29 were faltering.]()
As a COP29 deal on fossil fuels falters, the blame game begins
With U.N. talks coming to a close, some are accusing oil-producing states of weakening the world’s commitment to the green transition.
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![Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva receive Indigenous leaders]()
![Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva receive Indigenous leaders]()
Can Lula still save the Amazon?
The power imbalance in Brazil's government keeps environmental protections and Indigenous rights under threat.
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![Activists demonstrate for climate adaptation financing on day eight at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
![Activists demonstrate for climate adaptation financing on day eight at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
How do you define climate adaptation? Here are 10,000 ways.
At COP29, a decade-long effort to realize the ambitions of the Paris Agreement could give the world a way to measure the success of climate adaptation.
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Climate change made all of this year’s Atlantic hurricanes so much worse
A new analysis finds that the storms’ wind speeds increased by up to 28 miles per hour, boosting their destructive power.
