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Can cities eliminate heat-related deaths in a warming world? Phoenix is trying.
Phoenix hopes a new Office of Heat Response can move fast enough to counter the impacts of deadly heat.
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The unexpected barrier preventing American small towns from accessing federal climate funds
How a little-known federal grant requirement could hinder climate resilience work.
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![Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image]()
![Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image]()
California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it?
Climate change could submerge Stockton beneath 10 feet of water. The city's aging levees aren't prepared.
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![Father son carried flooding Brentwood California]()
California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.
Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies.
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![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.
The new system follows in California’s footsteps — except when it doesn’t.
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![Smoke billows from smoke stacks at coal burning power plant.]()
![Smoke billows from smoke stacks at coal burning power plant.]()
EPA’s proposed air pollution standards for soot could save thousands of lives
Health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.
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![Smoke billows from Guayanilla Petrochemical plant in Puerto Rico.]()
![Smoke billows from Guayanilla Petrochemical plant in Puerto Rico.]()
5 climate questions for 2023
Alleged criminal conspiracies, water wars, quake-safe energy, and deforestation are among the biggest climate topics in the coming year.
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5 ways climate change made life more expensive in 2022
From grocery bills to insurance premiums, warming temperatures hit Americans' wallets hard this year.
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![Oil well and pump jacks in the City of Signal Hill with the City of Long Beach in the background.]()
![Oil well and pump jacks in the City of Signal Hill with the City of Long Beach in the background.]()
California passed a milestone law to stop neighborhood drilling. Now Big Oil has launched its counterattack.
A new fossil fuel-sponsored ballot initiative could reverse a major environmental justice victory.
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![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
After Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Ricans fled to Florida. Then Ian happened.
The state's affordable housing crisis has made it almost impossible for storm victims to get back on their feet.
