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![Firefighters try to keep flames from burning home from spreading to a neighboring apartment complex as they battle the Camp Fire on November 9, 2018 in Paradise, California.]()
![Firefighters try to keep flames from burning home from spreading to a neighboring apartment complex as they battle the Camp Fire on November 9, 2018 in Paradise, California.]()
Climate impacts put insurance commissioner races in the spotlight
As premiums skyrocket, voters are starting to pay attention to one of the most obscure positions on the ballot.
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![A red rusting plant sits next to an electric line]()
![A red rusting plant sits next to an electric line]()
How J.D. Vance’s hometown has won millions in climate investment that he calls a ‘green scam’
Middletown, Ohio received funding through the Inflation Reduction Act to build one of the largest hydrogen fuel furnaces in the world.
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![A poll worker collects mail in ballots from a drop box for the New Jersey primary election on June 4, 2024, in Hoboken, New Jersey]()
![A poll worker collects mail in ballots from a drop box for the New Jersey primary election on June 4, 2024, in Hoboken, New Jersey]()
Has extreme weather made voters care more about climate change?
The answer depends on their political affiliation.
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![Photo of Kamala Harris speaking into a microphone with American flags in the background]()
![Photo of Kamala Harris speaking into a microphone with American flags in the background]()
Kamala Harris is making climate action patriotic. It just might work.
A new study suggests that framing the issue in terms of American values holds promise.
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![A large split screen shows Donald Trump on the left and Kamala Harris on the right during the 2024 presidential debate]()
![A large split screen shows Donald Trump on the left and Kamala Harris on the right during the 2024 presidential debate]()
At the presidential debate, fossil fuels and energy politics took center stage
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump sought to court swing state voters in gas-rich Pennsylvania in their first head-to-head match.
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![Collage of Daniel Aldrich photo, ballot, and hurricane map]()
![Collage of Daniel Aldrich photo, ballot, and hurricane map]()
Hurricanes are personal for this disaster researcher
Surviving Hurricane Katrina gave Daniel Aldrich's research a new focus: understanding how disasters shape the politics of a place.
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![A solar panel array is seen on a lawn near a school]()
![A solar panel array is seen on a lawn near a school]()
As Pennsylvania chooses the next president, its unions are choosing clean energy
A coalition of trade unions have launched a new advocacy group, Union Energy, to ensure that Pennsylvania's workers get a “just transition” to a fossil-fuel-free economy.
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![FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell looks on during a House of Representatives hearing in July of 2023.]()
![FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell looks on during a House of Representatives hearing in July of 2023.]()
Biden’s FEMA director tried to fix the agency. Did she succeed?
In an exclusive interview, Biden FEMA chief Deanne Criswell discusses her attempts to create a “very different” disaster agency.
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Can the US census keep up with climate-driven displacement?
Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move.
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![President Biden sits at a desk surrounded by other politicians and signs a bill]()
![President Biden sits at a desk surrounded by other politicians and signs a bill]()
GOP-run districts get 85% of the benefit of climate law. Some still hate it.
A new tally shows the overwhelming number of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump.
