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![A group of people stand at a lectern during a press conference in St. James, Louisiana]()
![A group of people stand at a lectern during a press conference in St. James, Louisiana]()
Black residents in Cancer Alley try what may be a last legal defense to curb toxic pollution
In St. James Parish, a zoning ordinance divides industrial development along racial lines.
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![Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm, delivering severe wind and storm surge to rural towns along the coast before it moved inland.]()
![Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm, delivering severe wind and storm surge to rural towns along the coast before it moved inland.]()
For Floridians in mobile homes, Hurricane Helene was a disaster waiting to happen
Trailers and manufactured homes have long served as a lifeline for struggling families. A warming world has made them a perilous place to live.
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![Debris from a flood on the Rocky Broad River in Lake Lure, North Carolina, following Hurricane Helene.]()
![Debris from a flood on the Rocky Broad River in Lake Lure, North Carolina, following Hurricane Helene.]()
Flood-ravaged North Carolina races to restore voting access after Helene
With voting underway, election officials must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places.
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![A red tile roof is covered by solar panels and heat tanks and snaking cables]()
![A red tile roof is covered by solar panels and heat tanks and snaking cables]()
‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating
The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy.
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![Digital collage of smokestacks with large zero on top]()
![Digital collage of smokestacks with large zero on top]()
Net-zero targets are everywhere. But to be effective, they need accountability.
Without a single standard, countries and companies are promising a lot of different things.
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The secret ingredient in Biden’s climate law? City trees.
Planting trees in cities sounds simple. Here's why the Forest Service is spending $1.5 billion on it.
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![A group of elementary children wearing winter coats and backpacks stand on a street corner outside an elementary school waiting for crossing guards]()
![A group of elementary children wearing winter coats and backpacks stand on a street corner outside an elementary school waiting for crossing guards]()
London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids
Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect.
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![A man tends to a field of grains in Kansas]()
![A man tends to a field of grains in Kansas]()
Can we eat our way out of the climate crisis?
Curbing the carbon footprint of what we eat won’t require an agricultural revolution. It's already happening in farms and ranches across the country.
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In coal-rich Kentucky, a new green aluminum plant could bring jobs and clean energy
Labor and state leaders wants to land the first new U.S. smelter in 45 years. But the deal won’t happen unless Kentucky can furnish lots of clean energy.
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![UN Secretary General speaks at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga in 2024.]()
![UN Secretary General speaks at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga in 2024.]()
Climate change is drastically changing life for Indigenous peoples in the Pacific
A new U.N. report finds that the southwest Pacific region faced more extreme drought and rainfall than average last year, and dozens of disasters.
