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Tribes help tribes after natural disasters. Helene is no different.
Tribal nations long ago learned to stitch together a patchwork of support to help each other cope with disasters like Hurricane Helene.
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What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland.
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores.
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The tiny potato at the heart of one tribe’s fight against climate change
Wetlands absorb carbon from the atmosphere. The Coeur d’Alene’s restoration would do more than just that.
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When hurricane evacuation isn’t an option
Not everyone rides out storms like Milton or Helene by choice. Some simply cannot afford to flee.
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Extreme Weather
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Wildfires are coming to the Southeast. Can landowners mitigate the risk in time?
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After Milton, Florida assesses damage from back-to-back climate disasters
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Amid multiple disasters, FEMA faces funding challenges, misinformation, and politicization
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Helene recovery: How to navigate everything from FEMA and flood cleanup to scams and evictions
Indigenous Affairs
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Indigenous voters worry a Harris presidency means endangering sacred lands
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What a second Trump presidency could mean for Indigenous peoples
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The Department of Energy promised this tribal nation a $32 million solar grant. It’s nearly impossible to access.
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Why aren’t tribal nations installing more green energy? Blame ‘white tape.’
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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The people who feed America are going hungry
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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As Helene’s immediate impacts recede, a public health threat rises
A shortage of potable water and the toxic stew of sewage and other pollutants the flood left behind has prompted a race to avert a public health crisis in North Carolina.
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Amazon’s inflatable plastic pillows are officially a thing of the past
Across the globe, Prime packages will now be cushioned by paper.
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UN report backs up Sámi claims that mining in Finland violates their rights to land and culture
"Sustainability is an empty word if you don't respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands."
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Who Walks With You
Ysolt awakes after a freak storm to find herself at the bottom of a ravine in the broken remains of the nomadic home that was supposed to protect her.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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Thinking of going solar? Wait until you need a new roof.
Solar panels typically last 25 years, while shingles are good for 20. Waiting until you need to re-roof is usually the best course when going solar.
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Water challenges — made worse by rising temperatures — are threatening the world’s crops
“We have to be smarter about what we grow, and we can be smarter about how we grow what we're growing.”
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To prepare for the climate of tomorrow, foresters are branching out
At a reforestation site in Washington, forest managers are experimenting with "assisted migration" — planting trees from warmer, drier regions — to boost the forest's resilience.
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Milton’s October surprise
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. I’m Jake Bittle, and today we’re talking about the political impact of Hurricane Milton, the second major storm to strike the United States in the last few weeks. I grew up in Tampa, Florida, less than 20 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricanes were never […]
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