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![A wire fence outside of a house with clothes drying on top.]()
![A wire fence outside of a house with clothes drying on top.]()
A community-led approach to prevent flooding expands in Illinois
In a region where communities of color are most impacted by flooding, RainReady is bringing together community members to create flood mitigation plans.
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![A back fire set by fire fighters burns a hillside near PG&E power lines during the 2019 Kincade Fire in Healdsburg, California.]()
![A back fire set by fire fighters burns a hillside near PG&E power lines during the 2019 Kincade Fire in Healdsburg, California.]()
Utilities are getting sued over wildfires. Who’s bearing the cost?
As power companies spend big on legal settlements and grid upgrades, customers are seeing higher prices.
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Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
While the inferno spread shockingly fast, it didn’t come out of nowhere.
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![Illustration of a man lighting an intentional, prescribed fire at the edge of a forest]()
![Illustration of a man lighting an intentional, prescribed fire at the edge of a forest]()
Why loving trees sometimes means cutting them down
An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.
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![a line of firefighters in dry territory]()
Thousands flee capital city of Northwest Territories in Canada as wildfires near
The 2023 wildfire season is the most destructive in Canada's recorded history.
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‘Where are they?’ With government aid still spotty, Maui locals funnel supplies to fire survivors.
People stuck in their homes are depending on the community for generator fuel, propane, and ice.
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![A voluntarily fallowed field stands next to an active wheat field at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation along the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border.]()
![A voluntarily fallowed field stands next to an active wheat field at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation along the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border.]()
Feds ease up on Colorado River restrictions — for now
This year’s wet winter helped save the river from collapse. But a reckoning is on the horizon.
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![Cows graze among olive trees on a farm in Texas.]()
![Cows graze among olive trees on a farm in Texas.]()
Livestock are dying in the heat. This little-known farming method offers a solution.
Silvopasture could make for healthier soil — and keep cattle alive during sweltering summers.
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![Two survivors search for belongings in wreckage in the historic town of Lahaina after wildfires broke out across Maui.]()
![Two survivors search for belongings in wreckage in the historic town of Lahaina after wildfires broke out across Maui.]()
How Maui’s wildfires became the country’s deadliest in more than a century
The grisly scenes are easy to understand "in the age of global warming," Hawaiʻi’s governor said.
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![A fishing boat is surrounded by a flock of birds on the sea beneath an orange sky at sunset]()
![A fishing boat is surrounded by a flock of birds on the sea beneath an orange sky at sunset]()
The ocean is shattering heat records. Here’s what that means for fisheries.
Marine heatwaves can "inject a lot of chaos" as they remake ecosystems and cost coastal economies billions.
