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![EMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.]()
![EMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.]()
Who gets help after a hurricane or flood? FEMA will start tracking it by race
Nearly half of the people who ask for disaster aid don't get help. Is it discrimination?
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Virginia’s governor-elect wants to get rid of cap-and-trade. There’s just one problem.
Glenn Youngkin's plan to ditch a regional carbon-cutting program could hit a roadblock.
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![A person charges an electric vehicle]()
EV chargers are coming to a highway near you
Electric utilities are banding together to build a coast-to-coast car-charging network.
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Plastics, fertilizer, and synthetic rubber: Report calls out chemical industry’s use of fossil fuels
By 2030, petrochemicals could account for more than a third of growth in oil demand. Here's what governments can do about it.
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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?
Climate-warming pollution is rising in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Action in 2022 can get the region on track for 2030 targets.
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![A man wades into the water to help rescue a flooded car in the Nooksack River in Ferndale, Washington.]()
![A man wades into the water to help rescue a flooded car in the Nooksack River in Ferndale, Washington.]()
Blizzard warnings in Hawaii, no snow in Denver: What’s behind this month’s wild weather?
This December is giving a whole new meaning to weather whiplash.
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![Bleached coral becuse of rising sea temperatures, in Raa Atoll.]()
![Bleached coral becuse of rising sea temperatures, in Raa Atoll.]()
Coral reefs in western Indian Ocean ‘at high risk of collapse in next 50 years’
Reefs from Seychelles to South Africa may become functionally extinct due to global heating and overfishing, study finds.
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Boston’s new mayor promised free public transit. Can she make it happen?
Without state and federal buy-in, experts say fare-free transit is just "talking about dreams."
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![Collage: money being dumped into a house with solar panels on it and an electric car]()
![Collage: money being dumped into a house with solar panels on it and an electric car]()
Green incentives usually help the rich. Here’s how the Build Back Better Act could change that.
The reconciliation bill could shake up the tradition of green handouts to the wealthy.
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Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent.
The evidence is clear: Forests are shifting to scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S.
