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Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation.
As heavy rains overwhelm aging pipes, Boston and NYC are choosing very different paths forward.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
The powerful storm caught many people off guard as it drove through six states. As devastating as it was, did Helene truly change anything?
Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for fossil fuels.
Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.
Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped.
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people.
