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![The Chevron facility in Richmond, California is one of more than 400 toxic facilities at risk of major flooding events by 2100.]()
![The Chevron facility in Richmond, California is one of more than 400 toxic facilities at risk of major flooding events by 2100.]()
Toxic Tides: Climate change expected to cause 400 toxic California sites to flood by 2100
Communities of color are five times more likely than the general population to live within half a mile of a toxic site that could flood.
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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.
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![A man and woman ferry a dog down a flooded Sterling Road in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, on November 17, 2021.]()
![A man and woman ferry a dog down a flooded Sterling Road in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, on November 17, 2021.]()
‘Weather whiplash’ in the Pacific Northwest is a sign of what climate change has in store
Mudslides, evacuations, roads snapped in half: Floods hit Washington state and British Columbia.
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![A boat parked in water behind a house on Tangier Island.]()
![A boat parked in water behind a house on Tangier Island.]()
What a tiny island in Chesapeake Bay teaches us about the costs of sea level rise
Tangier Island in Virginia could be uninhabitable by 2051.
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![Animation: trees on fire with a coal plant in the background]()
![Animation: trees on fire with a coal plant in the background]()
California is banking on forests to reduce emissions. What happens when they go up in smoke?
How faulty rules and wildfire could unravel California’s climate progress
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![A firefighting helicopter flies as smoke from the Alisal Fire shrouds the sun on October 13, 2021 near Goleta, California. Pushed by high winds, the Alisal Fire grew to 6,000 acres overnight, shutting down the much-traveled 101 Freeway along the Pacific Coast.]()
![A firefighting helicopter flies as smoke from the Alisal Fire shrouds the sun on October 13, 2021 near Goleta, California. Pushed by high winds, the Alisal Fire grew to 6,000 acres overnight, shutting down the much-traveled 101 Freeway along the Pacific Coast.]()
California’s Alisal Fire signals that fall wildfire season is underway
The coast is aflame as the Santa Ana winds shift.
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Flooding could shut down one-quarter of America’s critical infrastructure
Hospitals, airports, and other public services are at risk.
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![A street in New York looks wet, garbage and debris acoomultes in the sidewalk. A man wearing a white tank top and jeans walks through it.]()
![A street in New York looks wet, garbage and debris acoomultes in the sidewalk. A man wearing a white tank top and jeans walks through it.]()
Facing floods and fires, undocumented immigrants have nowhere to turn for help
Most emergency funds after climate-related disasters still exclude undocumented immigrants. Can we change that?
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Can we move our forests in time to save them?
Trees have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to avoid climate catastrophe.
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![firefighters watch trees go up in flames]()
![firefighters watch trees go up in flames]()
You thought the U.S. fire season was bad. Russia’s is much worse.
Emissions from Siberia’s fires are more than Germany’s total annual greenhouse gases.
