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As sea levels rise at unprecedented rates in human history, glacier researchers are turning to cutting-edge technology to prevent what could become the largest climate migration crisis ever seen. According to current projections, approximately 300 million people will be forced…
Colorado's prestigious NCAR faces potential shutdown amid political pressure, while Trump's energy price promises meet reality as LNG exports push utility costs higher. Meanwhile, Spain launches nationwide climate shelter network and Chicago flood victims still await relief two years later.
As waters increasingly threaten his Hampton, Virginia neighborhood, Shelton Tucker has become part of an innovative approach to coastal flooding that’s turning heads in the environmental community. Rather than constructing expensive traditional infrastructure like billion-dollar floodwalls and surge barriers, Hampton…
Over 80 disaster survivors from 10 states oppose leaked plans to slash FEMA workforce in half, while Trump administration launches new US Wildland Fire Service consolidating federal firefighting operations. Meanwhile, Michigan lawmakers target data center tax breaks amid environmental concerns.
Chicago-area contamination accidentally blocks dangerous crustaceans from Lake Michigan, while archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape modification near Stonehenge. Meanwhile, climate summit progress in Brazil still falls short of global warming targets.
Massachusetts has unveiled a comprehensive coastal protection strategy designed to safeguard the state’s extensive 1,519-mile shoreline from the growing threats of sea level rise and increasingly severe storms. The ResilientCoasts Initiative represents years of planning and builds upon climate adaptation…
Rising temperatures create perfect conditions for ecosystem-damaging invasive species as EPA authority cuts threaten Charlotte with nearly 1,000 additional tons of annual air pollution. Meanwhile, Alabama Power delays rate hikes and Virginia postpones major gas plant decisions.
Bipartisan opposition emerges to massive coastal drilling plans as governors from both coasts push back. Meanwhile, COP30's revolutionary forest fund will directly pay communities for tree protection, and California's environmental justice disputes highlight carbon market tensions.
Along the industrial shores of San Francisco Bay, Luna Angulo surveys a landscape where decades of chemical manufacturing have left a dangerous legacy. Behind razor wire and warning signs, former chemical plants sit on contaminated marshlands—a toxic time bomb that…
Brazil authorizes offshore drilling near the Great Amazon Reef while hosting COP30, as the U.S. House votes to eliminate protections for millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness. Meanwhile, New Jersey activists push for a $50 billion climate superfund targeting fossil fuel companies.
