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![A man keeps cool on his porch ahead of his air conditioning unit installation during a heat wave]()
![A man keeps cool on his porch ahead of his air conditioning unit installation during a heat wave]()
‘People would die’: As summer approaches, Trump is jeopardizing funding for AC
Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.
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The fix for parched western states: Recycled toilet water
If it’s perfectly safe to drink purified wastewater, why aren’t drought-plagued states drinking more of it?
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![Logs sit in piles outside of a forest]()
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Logging doesn’t prevent wildfires, but Trump is trying it anyway
The Agriculture Department is opening more than 112 million acres of federal forests to logging in a misguided bid to prevent fires and boost timber production.
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![A sign that says Palisades Elementary School with a fire truck standing in the street next to it]()
![A sign that says Palisades Elementary School with a fire truck standing in the street next to it]()
After the wildfires, Beverly Hills shut out students whose school burned
The dispute between two Los Angeles-area districts raises a broader question of what a school district owes its neighbors after a major disaster.
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![A man leans against a wheelbarrow while clearing debris from Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene.]()
![A man leans against a wheelbarrow while clearing debris from Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene.]()
Trump axed a rule designed to spare taxpayers the burden of future flooding
The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.
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The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.
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Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US?
A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico could be making it worse.
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![an aerial view of half a dozen neighborhood blocks blackened and razed by fire damage]()
![an aerial view of half a dozen neighborhood blocks blackened and razed by fire damage]()
1 in 8 Californians live in the most dangerous wildfire zones
After the L.A. fires, updated hazard maps show “we are living in a new reality of extremes."
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![A man stands looking out in the distance on his farm]()
![A man stands looking out in the distance on his farm]()
The $20B question hanging over America’s struggling farmers
Extreme weather wiped out billions in crops last year — but most federal aid may end up going to the wrong farms.
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![Fire victims meet with FEMA officials on January 14, 2025 in Pasadena, California, where a FEMA opened a recovery center to help residents who lost their homes or businesses.]()
![Fire victims meet with FEMA officials on January 14, 2025 in Pasadena, California, where a FEMA opened a recovery center to help residents who lost their homes or businesses.]()
Trump wants to wind down FEMA. Could states fill the gap?
Shuttering the disaster agency could leave poor and rural communities exposed.
