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![Mold growing up a wall]()
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Detroit has a flood problem. It’s got an even bigger mold problem.
In Detroit, residents are battling persistent flooding and mold issues. Climate change is making it worse.
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![An electrician uncrates a heat pump system that is about to be installed behind a white house.]()
![An electrician uncrates a heat pump system that is about to be installed behind a white house.]()
A group of US governors promises to install 20 million heat pumps by 2030
And they want to put at least 40 percent of them in disadvantaged communities.
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![Two men carry a heat pump HVAC system.]()
![Two men carry a heat pump HVAC system.]()
Electrifying your home is about to get a lot cheaper
Rebates from the IRA could help low- and middle-income households save thousands on heat pumps, weatherstripping, and other efficiency improvements.
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Did big expectations doom the tiny house movement?
Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.
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![A mother holds a daughter in front of a fan on a street in New York City during a heat wave.]()
![A mother holds a daughter in front of a fan on a street in New York City during a heat wave.]()
Report: 41 million Americans are simmering on urban heat islands
New research says reducing paved surfaces and increasing green space could cool cities down.
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New York’s public housing is sinking — literally
The city is spending billions to protect Manhattan. Other boroughs, not so much.
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![Surfers walk along a shrinking beach in San Clemente, California, south of Los Angeles.]()
![Surfers walk along a shrinking beach in San Clemente, California, south of Los Angeles.]()
As California attempts a ‘managed retreat,’ coastal homeowners sue to stay
A legal battle in Half Moon Bay could derail the state's climate adaptation push.
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![A man walks by shelves filled with heat pumps in an appliance store.]()
![A man walks by shelves filled with heat pumps in an appliance store.]()
Broken furnace? In the Bay Area, soon you’ll have to replace it with a heat pump
Regulators ban the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, starting in 2027.
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A gas utility’s astroturf campaign threatens Oregon’s first electrification ordinance
Environmental groups say there’s nothing grassroots about Eugene Residents for Energy Choice.
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![A damaged single story house with its front porch bent lies in a forested area in Eastern Kentucky after flooding in July 2022]()
![A damaged single story house with its front porch bent lies in a forested area in Eastern Kentucky after flooding in July 2022]()
A report on flood-ravaged communities in eastern Kentucky asks: What is the real cost of rebuilding?
The answer: try at least $500 million.
