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![Surfers walk along a shrinking beach in San Clemente, California, south of Los Angeles.]()
![Surfers walk along a shrinking beach in San Clemente, California, south of Los Angeles.]()
As California attempts a ‘managed retreat,’ coastal homeowners sue to stay
A legal battle in Half Moon Bay could derail the state's climate adaptation push.
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![A man walks by shelves filled with heat pumps in an appliance store.]()
![A man walks by shelves filled with heat pumps in an appliance store.]()
Broken furnace? In the Bay Area, soon you’ll have to replace it with a heat pump
Regulators ban the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, starting in 2027.
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A gas utility’s astroturf campaign threatens Oregon’s first electrification ordinance
Environmental groups say there’s nothing grassroots about Eugene Residents for Energy Choice.
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![A damaged single story house with its front porch bent lies in a forested area in Eastern Kentucky after flooding in July 2022]()
![A damaged single story house with its front porch bent lies in a forested area in Eastern Kentucky after flooding in July 2022]()
A report on flood-ravaged communities in eastern Kentucky asks: What is the real cost of rebuilding?
The answer: try at least $500 million.
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How the ‘electrify everything’ movement went mainstream
One in five Americans now lives in an area that's trying to move buildings off fossil fuels.
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Homes in flood zones are overvalued by billions, study finds
Failure to account for climate change means low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge
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![People gather to look at logo of 2022 FIFA World Cup projected onto building.]()
![People gather to look at logo of 2022 FIFA World Cup projected onto building.]()
Qatar claims the 2022 FIFA World Cup is carbon neutral. It’s not.
A new report says stadium construction is largely to blame
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![Solar panels in Laudun L'ardoise, France]()
![Solar panels in Laudun L'ardoise, France]()
France to require all large parking lots to be covered by solar panels
The move could generate enough energy to power over 8 million homes.
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The ‘hurricane tax’: How Ian is pushing Florida’s home insurance market toward collapse
The storm is poised to be one of the largest insured loss events in U.S. history.
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![A hot water heater tank sticking out of an open garbage can that has the shape of California spray painted on its side]()
![A hot water heater tank sticking out of an open garbage can that has the shape of California spray painted on its side]()
California’s 2030 ban on gas heaters opens a new front in the war on fossil fuels
The first-of-its-kind plan will purge gas from existing buildings, not just new construction.
