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After the Texas floods, when is the right time to ask what went wrong?

The rare window to ask tough questions opens after a disaster. Too often, it closes before accurate answers can emerge.

Kate Yoder Extreme Weather August 18, 2025

A firefighter monitors a controlled burn at Bouverie Preserve on May 30, 2017 in Glen Ellen, California.

Controlled burns can provide years of protection against wildfires, new study shows

New research finds that "beneficial" fires can cut the risk of high intensity blazes by 64 percent.

Tik Root Wildfires November 10, 2023

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We’re in debt to the Earth. How can we repay it?

"Earth Overshoot Day" reminds us that humans consume more resources than the planet can provide. Correcting that requires reimagining human behavior.

Syris Valentine Economics August 12, 2024

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What happens when disaster recovery becomes a luxury good

As federal services deteriorate, a patchwork of private companies is taking their place — for better or for worse.

Rebecca Egan McCarthy Economics December 22, 2025

Activists demonstrate for climate adaptation financing on day eight at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

How do you define climate adaptation? Here are 10,000 ways.

At COP29, a decade-long effort to realize the ambitions of the Paris Agreement could give the world a way to measure the success of climate adaptation.

Jake Bittle International November 20, 2024

FIve offshore wind turbines in the ocean

Can unions save offshore wind from Trump?

Organized labor has a plan for how to keep New England’s renewable energy momentum going.

Gautama Mehta Labor November 19, 2024

A man stands on his balcony, which features two small solar panels that generate electricity for his apartment.

Balcony solar took off in Germany. Why not the US?

From breaker-masking to voltage mismatches, America’s grid isn’t ready for balcony solar — yet.

Akielly Hu Energy April 25, 2025

Three people bend over pile of collected plastic items, with trash in background

The more plastic companies make, the more they pollute

A new study, drawing on five years of data collected across 84 countries, proves what seems self-evident.

Joseph Winters Science April 24, 2024

Participants walk by an entrance of COP29, UN Climate Change Conference venue, an event held by UNFCCC in Baku Olympic Stadium.

The question bringing COP29 to a halt: Who’s rich enough to pay for climate change?

Trillions of dollars depend on whether major emerging economies like China will have to step up climate aid.

Jake Bittle International November 14, 2024

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