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Can This Cajun-Punk Musician Protect His Culture From Climate Change?
Louis Michot on the mutual aid efforts after Hurricane Ida, his plans to distribute solar power, and why some people would rather die than move away
Norway’s ‘Climate Election’ Showed Voters Want Change. But Are They Ready to Give Up Oil?
While Norway itself relies on renewable sources for energy production, it is the third largest exporter of natural gases in the world
As Wildfires Burn, Are U.S. Cities Spending Too Much on Their Fire Departments?
Federal firefighting is understaffed. Yet in cities, fire department budgets grow even as structure fires decline
75% of the Young People Around the World are Frightened of the Future Because of Climate Change
Growing up in the emerging reality of the climate crisis is taking its toll on young people’s mental health. According to a global survey and peer-reviewed study soon to be published in Lancet Planetary Health, a scientific journal, 75% of young people think the future is frightening and 45% say climate concern negatively impacts their…
Annalena Baerbock Wants to Radically Change Germany. She’ll Have to Win Voters’ Trust First
Green chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock is trying to bring voters around to her sweeping change platform ahead of Sept. 26 elections.
Why a Warming Arctic Has the U.S. Coast Guard Worried About the Rest of the Country
One of the perks of going out on a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker in the Arctic is something called Ice Liberty. Ports are few and far between when you’re north of the Arctic Circle, so instead of shore leave, Coastguardsmen and women will locate a large slab of floating ice, cordon off a safe area,…
Norway’s Fossil Fuel Reliance Is Going to the Ballot Box
Climate change is forcing Norway to consider giving up fossil fuel reliance in favor of its environmental ambitions
Cities Have Firefighters and Trash Collectors. As the Climate Breaks Down, Do They Also Need Resilience Corps?
When Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans in early September, Tonya Freeman-Brown made the difficult decision to stay in the city. The 53 year-old and her family sheltered in an old brick hotel in the downtown area, watching fierce winds of up to 150 mph pelt rainwater at the windows, and remembering the destruction wrought by…
Hurricane Ida Pounded Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley.’ Its Residents Need Help, and Demand Change
Rolling Stone speaks with St. James resident and environmental activist Sharon Lavigne: 'People keep calling me. They need generators. The sick and the elderly. I've given all our generators away.'
Emergency Medical Service Workers Battle a Hurricane, and COVID-19, To Bring Health Care To New Orleans
As Hurricane Ida pounded the coast of New Orleans with downpours and 150-mile-per-hour winds on the afternoon of Aug. 29, New Orleans Emergency Medical Services had to reverse course after spending 18 months running around the city at full speed battling COVID-19: staying put. For 13 hours and 41 minutes, as the storm’s worst shook…
A Climate Change-Induced Landslide Is Wreaking Havoc on Denali National Park
The landslide, which is the result of permafrost thawing below the earth's surface, is damaging the park's only road.
A Climate Solution Lies Deep Under the Ocean—But Accessing It Could Have Huge Environmental Costs
At the bottom of the pacific ocean lies a solution to the imminent battery shortage ... at a great potential cost to biodiversity and life on earth