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![Under gray skies a swollen river flows by trees and a muddy bank]()
![Under gray skies a swollen river flows by trees and a muddy bank]()
‘Disasters are a human choice’: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areas
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
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![Grist and Salt Lake Tribune logos]()
Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune partner to co-fund climate reporter
The journalist will cover climate impacts in Utah for local and national audiences.
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![Aerial View of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on the Mississippi River on a Summer Night]()
![Aerial View of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on the Mississippi River on a Summer Night]()
Inside New Orleans’ plan to fix its energy-hogging buildings
The city's climate goals include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035.
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![Hundreds of yellow fireflies flicker along a road through a forest.]()
![Hundreds of yellow fireflies flicker along a road through a forest.]()
Seeing fewer fireflies this year? Here’s why, and how you can help.
Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.
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![Diver underwater in a blue wetsuit, near the surface, with plastic floating all around them.]()
![Diver underwater in a blue wetsuit, near the surface, with plastic floating all around them.]()
The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought
A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.
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![a large cylindrical piece of equipment with pipes behind a chain link fence]()
Louisiana is the latest state to greenwash gas
A new state law that redefines natural gas as a “green” energy source was adapted from language written by a right-wing think tank.
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![A woman holds crop that was lost due to the lack of water in a Chinampa or floating garden, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on May 23, 2024.]()
![A woman holds crop that was lost due to the lack of water in a Chinampa or floating garden, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on May 23, 2024.]()
Drought is draining water supplies and driving up food costs where you’d least expect
From Mexico City to the Mekong Delta, increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems and economies everywhere.
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![Family uses renewable energy system with solar panel. Happy couple standying near their house with solar panels. Alternative energy, saving resources and sustainable lifestyle concept.]()
![Family uses renewable energy system with solar panel. Happy couple standying near their house with solar panels. Alternative energy, saving resources and sustainable lifestyle concept.]()
Congress is killing clean energy tax credits. Here’s how to use them before they disappear.
There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable.
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This Texas county asked for disaster resilience help. The flood came first.
Amid historic Texas floods, the Trump administration is retreating from disaster preparedness.
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![Search and recovery workers dig through debris looking for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding at Camp Mystic on July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas.]()
![Search and recovery workers dig through debris looking for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding at Camp Mystic on July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas.]()
The science behind Texas’ catastrophic floods
At least 95 people died in the flash floods. The disaster has the fingerprints of climate change all over it.
