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A plan to build badly needed housing — and prevent future fires — may soon go up in smoke.
The people who clean up the world's trash say some companies' statements of support are little more than lip service.
The good news is that prevention is possible.
The mandate from the people: work on the environment.
Many of the solutions are costly, putting them out of reach for small towns. But the region's most populous cities are getting innovative.
Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing.
Hydropower loss added 121 million metric tons of carbon emissions over 20 years — about the same as putting 1.3 million more cars on the road.
The Biden administration is trying to punish Lee County for rebuilding flood-prone homes. The state’s Republican politicians are fighting back.
Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts.
