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How to keep older adults safer during heat waves? Give them housemates.
In France, a deadly heat wave gave rise to an intergenerational housing movement.
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![Residents of Everson traverse chest-high water to leave their homes.]()
![Residents of Everson traverse chest-high water to leave their homes.]()
Displaced Washington flood survivors ‘in limbo’ while awaiting federal aid
Climate change is straining FEMA’s capacity to help people after a disaster.
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![In this aerial view, floodwater surrounds a house as the Kentucky National Guard fly a recon and rescue mission on July 30, 2022 in Breathitt County near Jackson, Kentucky. Flood waters have receded but still surround much of the area. At least 25 people have been killed in the state, with hundreds rescued, but many still unaccounted for amid flooding after heavy rainfall.]()
![In this aerial view, floodwater surrounds a house as the Kentucky National Guard fly a recon and rescue mission on July 30, 2022 in Breathitt County near Jackson, Kentucky. Flood waters have receded but still surround much of the area. At least 25 people have been killed in the state, with hundreds rescued, but many still unaccounted for amid flooding after heavy rainfall.]()
After FEMA overhaul, hundreds of thousands of Americans are forgoing federal flood insurance
The total number of National Flood Insurance Program policies has decreased nearly 9 percent since last fall.
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![Small houses connected by a glowing yellow line in the shape of a lightning bolt with lights flickering on in the windows]()
![Small houses connected by a glowing yellow line in the shape of a lightning bolt with lights flickering on in the windows]()
The plan to turn blighted houses into a new source of green power for the grid
A California nonprofit is retrofitting homes to make a "virtual power plant" — and fighting gentrification at the same time.
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![A photo of four men in hard hats on a rooftop, installing blue solar panels. They are bound by safety harnesses. Two men watch them from the ground.]()
![A photo of four men in hard hats on a rooftop, installing blue solar panels. They are bound by safety harnesses. Two men watch them from the ground.]()
Biden’s under-the-radar executive moves would make solar cheaper for low-income renters
Before the Manchin news broke, Biden announced a slate of climate measures.
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![Oscar Sanchez, a participant in the General Iron hunger strike, speaks during a protest of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021.]()
![Oscar Sanchez, a participant in the General Iron hunger strike, speaks during a protest of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021.]()
Chicago made its Southeast Side a polluter’s haven, violating civil rights
The city’s decision to relocate a scrapyard to a majority Black and Brown community is part of a pattern of environmental discrimination, according to a federal investigation.
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![Damage from Hurricane Ida in Louisiana in 2021]()
![Damage from Hurricane Ida in Louisiana in 2021]()
Louisiana’s insurance market is collapsing, just in time for hurricane season
At least seven companies have failed in the nine months since Hurricane Ida, sending homeowners into a panic.
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![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
Biden’s new vision for the National Flood Insurance Program
The administration's flood insurance reforms could improve transparency — and make some Americans more vulnerable.
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![House collapsed into the ocean with debris around it]()
North Carolina house that collapsed into the sea is a warning for millions of Americans
States and the federal government can do more to protect homebuyers, like reforming flood disclosure laws.
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Heat pumps do work in the cold — Americans just don’t know it yet
These heating/cooling systems have been called the "most overlooked climate solution." Now they can work in temperatures far below freezing.
