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Adaptation, loss and damage, and African oil: What’s at stake at COP27?
Amid the Russia-Ukraine war and an impending recession, climate negotiators will be trying to keep the world’s goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius in sight.
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Oregon tried to inform residents about wildfire risk. The backlash was explosive.
Homeowners fear the state will devalue their properties by publicizing their fire risk.
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Study: Los Angeles’ major flood risk is much higher than previously thought
A 'hundred-year flood' would disproportionately affect the county's Black communities.
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Feds to Colorado River states: Reduce water usage, or we will do it for you
The Interior Department outlined a path for unilateral cuts last week, upping the pressure on western states.
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A decade after Sandy, Manhattan’s flood barrier is finally in sight — sort of
The “Big U” shows how climate adaptation can succeed. It also shows how hard it is.
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How sunken basketball courts could protect New Yorkers from the next Superstorm Sandy
The city wants to use its public housing developments to soak up extreme rain.
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As drought chokes Mississippi River, barges carrying grain shipments have nowhere to go
With no rain forecast until January, farmers are left high and dry.
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
A thirsty megafarm is driving a libertarian enclave in Arizona to embrace a radical solution: government regulation.
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Los escombros de los desastres están empujando los vertederos de Puerto Rico al límite
El compostaje podría ser la solución.
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Disaster debris is pushing Puerto Rico’s landfills to the brink
Composting could be the solution.