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![Kaliko smiles wearing a lei on a sunny day outside Iolani Palace in Honolulu.]()
![Kaliko smiles wearing a lei on a sunny day outside Iolani Palace in Honolulu.]()
Indigenous youth are at the center of major climate lawsuits. Here’s why they’re suing.
"If I don't do it, who will?"
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High-tech textiles can protect workers from the heat — but not from their bosses
As the planet warms, laborers need special clothes to cope. But they also need government protections.
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![Digital collage of woman wearing a hardhat and a hi-viz vest holding papers looking at an orange and yellow sunset on a silhouetted city]()
![Digital collage of woman wearing a hardhat and a hi-viz vest holding papers looking at an orange and yellow sunset on a silhouetted city]()
Can chief heat officers protect US cities from extreme heat?
Appointed officials have the life-saving solutions the public needs to stay safe from rising temperatures. But they don’t have political power.
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The delight — and power — of your neighborhood’s unplanned green spaces
Just like an impromptu hangout can be as fun as a formal gala, even an informal green space can provide the benefits you’d get from an official park.
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![A handpainted sign in yellow, red and green reads]()
![A handpainted sign in yellow, red and green reads]()
A year after the worst wildfire in modern US history, the people of Maui try to heal
Lāhainā residents are skeptical a proposed $4 billion settlement will restore their community.
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![A firefighter with an axe in his hand walks in front a house on fire.]()
![A firefighter with an axe in his hand walks in front a house on fire.]()
Wildfires will put even more pressure on the country’s housing crisis
California’s Park Fire displaced thousands of people. What will happen to them?
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Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harder
Rising temperatures mean dehydrated, exhausted kids, and teachers who have to focus on heat safety instead of instruction.
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![A still from the 2024 film 'Twisters' shows Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones standing in front of a gas station.]()
![A still from the 2024 film 'Twisters' shows Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones standing in front of a gas station.]()
‘Twisters’ is a climate movie, but not a very good one
The summer blockbuster raises big questions about climate adaptation. It just doesn’t have good answers.
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![A pyrocumulonimbus cloud of wildfire smoke rising above an orchard of immature trees]()
![A pyrocumulonimbus cloud of wildfire smoke rising above an orchard of immature trees]()
California’s Park Fire is spawning its own smoke thunderclouds
Pyrocumulonimbus clouds might offer a terrifying peek at the future of wildfires.
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‘A matter of life and death’: How disaster response endangers US farmworkers
In a Grist exclusive, a new report finds that data gaps end up putting vulnerable communities at even more risk.
