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![Calvin Adkins, a former resident of Princeville, stands in front of the town's museum in 2022.]()
![Calvin Adkins, a former resident of Princeville, stands in front of the town's museum in 2022.]()
Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground
Princeville, North Carolina, is relocating with help from a new federal grant. But much of its history has already been lost.
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![Black woman with long dark hair in a magenta coat speaks into television microphones at a press conference. She is surrounded by other people of differing races.]()
![Black woman with long dark hair in a magenta coat speaks into television microphones at a press conference. She is surrounded by other people of differing races.]()
Chicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract
"That contract means nothing if our Earth is on fire."
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![Zack Crowder views his home after it was struck by a tornado on May 7 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is one of several inland states that has seen skyrocketing insurance costs in recent years.]()
![Zack Crowder views his home after it was struck by a tornado on May 7 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is one of several inland states that has seen skyrocketing insurance costs in recent years.]()
How ‘kitty cats’ are wrecking the home insurance industry
Supercharged thunderstorms and tornadoes are ravaging the Midwest, driving insurance costs to record highs.
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![A flooded home in the River Plantation neighborhood of Conroe, Texas on May 3, 2024. A series of storms dropped 23 inches of rain on parts of southeast Texas.]()
![A flooded home in the River Plantation neighborhood of Conroe, Texas on May 3, 2024. A series of storms dropped 23 inches of rain on parts of southeast Texas.]()
Texas flooding brings new urgency to Houston home buyout program
The San Jacinto River is a national hotspot for ‘managed retreat,’ but recent floods show how far local officials still have to go.
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![A damaged home stands in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, more than nine months after Hurricane Ian.]()
![A damaged home stands in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, more than nine months after Hurricane Ian.]()
FEMA is making an example of this Florida boomtown. Locals call it ‘revenge politics.’
The Biden administration is trying to punish Lee County for rebuilding flood-prone homes. The state’s Republican politicians are fighting back.
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![A trash can floats through the Trent Court public housing project in New Bern, North Carolina after Hurricane Florence in September 2018.]()
![A trash can floats through the Trent Court public housing project in New Bern, North Carolina after Hurricane Florence in September 2018.]()
North Carolina tried to rebuild affordable housing after a hurricane. It took half a decade.
Documents show how federal paperwork delayed the state’s recovery from Hurricane Florence and left low-income renters in the lurch.
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![Illustration of Tik and his wife looking at their home with money flying around them]()
![Illustration of Tik and his wife looking at their home with money flying around them]()
They thought getting their home off fossil fuels would be straightforward. Chaos ensued.
Here’s what happened when two climate reporters tried to ditch natural gas.
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![Collage of fragmented photos, which include a mix of railyard scenes and lively community gatherings]()
![Collage of fragmented photos, which include a mix of railyard scenes and lively community gatherings]()
Industry poisoned a vibrant Black neighborhood in Houston. Is a buyout the solution?
“Do you have to lose your history, your culture, or your identity in that process?”
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![brick row houses on a south side chicago street]()
![brick row houses on a south side chicago street]()
A geothermal energy boom could be coming to Chicago’s South Side
The key to building low-carbon infrastructure in the city? Its trademark alleys.
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![An Amazon warehouse with shades of lighter and darker blue against a blue sky.]()
![An Amazon warehouse with shades of lighter and darker blue against a blue sky.]()
In New York, 1 in 4 residents now live within a half-mile of a mega-warehouse
The problem: The pollution from all the truck exhaust is mega-dangerous.
