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Jamaican Americans Mobilize After the Island’s Worst Hurricane in a Century
October 30, 2025
Much of Jamaica’s southern coast, its agricultural “breadbasket,” remains underwater after more than 2 feet of rain.
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Are We Prepared for Another Natural Disaster in Western North Carolina?
October 17, 2025
Twelve months after Helene, the voices of Latino leaders reveal a contrast: the experience brought lessons, but also the certainty that another hurricane would find the region vulnerable.
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New map brings Maine’s seaweed forests to the surface
October 10, 2025
In addition to seaweed harvesters, towns and regulators may use the high-definition map to help them manage the coastline and prepare for climate-related changes.
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Fires, floods and other disasters are multiplying. Schools are adding training for workers to combat them
September 29, 2025
High schools and community colleges are introducing or expanding classes in fire science, search and rescue and ecological sustainability
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When their spring failed, a Northfield family turned to a town spigot. Then it was shut off.
September 26, 2025
As of Thursday, almost 70% of the state, including Washington County, remains in a severe drought, and 24% of the state is in extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Analysis: 96.2% of Climate News Stories Don’t Cover Animal Agriculture as a Pollution Source
September 26, 2025
Sentient Media set out to analyze how often climate news reports animal agriculture as a cause of climate change.
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Hawaiʻi Will Soon Be Home To The World’s Biggest Land-Based Seaweed Farm
September 25, 2025
A Big Island aquaculture company is greatly expanding its seaweed farm in Kona to supercharge production of algae-based supplements that reduce planet-warming cow burps.
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Who pays for wildfire damage? In the West, utilities are shifting the risk to customers
September 19, 2025
Utah laws cap wildfire damages and let utilities pass the cost onto customers. Utility lobbyists are pushing the model in other states.
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Youth plaintiffs, experts ask court to halt Trump executive orders to ‘unleash’ American energy
September 16, 2025
The youth ages 11 to 20 described damage to their physical and mental health from climate change-related wildfires, flooding and hurricanes.
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How a Koch-funded campaign is trying to reverse climate action in Vermont
August 28, 2025
Americans for Prosperity claims its mission is to make Vermont more affordable. But its founding and financing by some of the world’s richest oil men and a history of spreading climate disinformation has raised doubts.
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Nearly a year after Helene, a private college in western NC is still recovering
August 28, 2025
As hurricane season approaches again, Warren Wilson is using Helene to prepare for future disasters.
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Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
August 12, 2025
A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.
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After Texas’ catastrophic floods, families face a daunting question: Rebuild or let go?
August 07, 2025
More than 2,000 structures were damaged by the July 4 floods in Kerr County, which suffered the brunt of the floods that devastated the Texas Hill Country, killing at least 138 people and causing an estimated $1.1 billion in damage.
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Moore County dealing with widespread damage a month after Chantal
August 04, 2025
When Tropical Depression Chantal struck Moore County in early July, the deluge of rain took out a food bank, a golf course, a cemetery, a shopping center, hiking trails, homes and major roads.
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Juneau get its first-ever heat advisory
July 28, 2025
Alaskans generally are not used to such high temperatures since they don’t happen very often. That can make it more dangerous for people with health issues and for pets.
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