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Collage of bar graphs; one with a wind turbine on top, one with a solar panel on top, and the third bar placed underneath a smokestack

Think climate action is expensive? Inaction could cost $178 trillion.

But zeroing out emissions could create a green Industrial Revolution, a new report says.

Kate Yoder Economics May 24, 2022

Smoke billows from smokestacks and a coal fired generator at a steel factory.

Coal isn’t dying yet. 2021 brought a record surge in use.

As much of the world emerged from lockdown, coal stepped in to meet energy needs.

María Paula Rubiano A. Climate & Energy December 17, 2021

Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image

California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it?

Climate change could submerge Stockton beneath 10 feet of water. The city's aging levees aren't prepared.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather January 19, 2023

Three containers filled with plastic waste

Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests

A watchdog group alleges "rampant" violations of international law.

Joseph Winters Accountability April 15, 2022

Expensive private weather forecast satellite

As private weather forecasting takes off, who is left behind?

As climate change intensifies extreme weather, cities and companies are paying for private forecasting. But what about the places that can't afford it?

Chad Small Extreme Weather May 31, 2022

How sunken basketball courts could protect New Yorkers from the next Superstorm Sandy

The city wants to use its public housing developments to soak up extreme rain.

Jake Bittle Cities October 26, 2022

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.

Zoya Teirstein Housing June 23, 2022

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Secret Powers

In land once claimed by Russia, a magical deer joins a young girl as she grows up and changes her land for the better.

Anya Markov Climate Fiction October 4, 2022

Natural gas refinery pipeline, tower, and smokestacks in front of a sunset

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has left a hole in the global energy market

Will countries fill it with more oil and gas, or with renewables?

Shannon Osaka Uncategorized February 28, 2022

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