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The answer: try at least $500 million.
Despite health risks, Puerto Rico keeps tax incentives in place for cancer-causing chemical polluters.
A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people.
Unseasonably early blooms can wreak havoc on allergies, disease vectors, and agriculture.
As heavy rains overwhelm aging pipes, Boston and NYC are choosing very different paths forward.
US Magnesium, on the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, left a legacy of environmental problems.
As extreme weather becomes more frequent, so too have post-disaster contractor scams like excessive billing and shoddy repairs.
The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation.
