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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.
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.
Alachua County is preparing for a more dangerous future, even if the state government won't say "climate."
The study finds that, despite their cost and other drawbacks, such programs can help small cities reach their climate goals.
How the necessary work of cleaning up can make an even bigger mess.
The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation.
The answer: try at least $500 million.
Unseasonably early blooms can wreak havoc on allergies, disease vectors, and agriculture.
