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Developed countries have long been expected to pay up for their historical emissions. But now newly rich countries are stepping up, too.
Princeville, North Carolina, is relocating with help from a new federal grant. But much of its history has already been lost.
Natural disasters now cost the U.S. insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick up the tab?
Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Efficient appliances used to have bipartisan support. What happened?
Here are the types of extreme weather you may face — from tornadoes to floods to snow storms — and the officials who determine how severe it is and how financial assistance is distributed.
It would likely be complicated, messy and involve big lawsuits, according to experts and former officials.
Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso offer a devil’s bargain: new power lines for clean energy transmission at the cost of more fossil fuels.
Eating less beef, cheese, and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.
