Articles by Amal Ahmed
Amal Ahmed is a journalist covering climate change and environmental justice. She's written for the Texas Observer, Texas Monthly, Southerly, Floodlight, Popular Science and others.
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![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a car driving through a flooded street]()
![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a car driving through a flooded street]()
How climate change is worsening flooding and heavy rainfall
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.
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![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a person standing in an urban neighborhood on a hot day]()
![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a person standing in an urban neighborhood on a hot day]()
How climate change is worsening extreme heat
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.
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![On a patch of brown sand, yellow pipes stretch into the distance with a red flag blowing in the wind in the foreground.]()
![On a patch of brown sand, yellow pipes stretch into the distance with a red flag blowing in the wind in the foreground.]()
Report: Texas fracking is exacerbating the PFAS crisis
A "staggering volume" of PFAS are being injected into fracked wells.
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![Gas drill near Arlington, Texas.]()
![Gas drill near Arlington, Texas.]()
As fracking increases in Texas, city leaders avoid scrutiny
With demand for natural gas surging during the Russia-Ukraine war, Texans say their homes are on the frontlines of new drilling.
