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Hurricane Ida Raises the Question: How Can Cities Keep Subways Safe in an Era of Climate Crisis Flooding?
As the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed over the northeast Wednesday night, dumping a record-shattering 3.15 inches of rain on New York City in a single hour, water began to pour into the city’s subways. The system flooded in 46 locations and the MTA cut service across all lines overnight. Rescue operations had to be…
Our Summer From Hell
Cue the round of media wondering if this is the moment people "wake up" to the climate crisis. If this is what waking up looks like, we're screwed
U.S. Civil Engineers Bent the Rules to Give New Orleans Extra Protection from Hurricanes. Those Adjustments Might Have Saved the City During Ida
"We were making the decisions so it wouldn’t come back to haunt us.”
Rising Heat Is Making It Harder to Work in the U.S., and the Costs to the Economy Will Soar With Climate Change
By driving down productivity, extreme heat could cost the U.S. economy $500 billion by 2050, per an Aug. 31 report by the Atlantic Council
California’s Wildfire Problem Could Be Solved by a Few Legal Changes
Some aspects of the crisis might be fixed with a paper and pen
Villagers in Siberia, Facing Wildfires and a Warming Climate, Battle to Protect their Homes
Shovels, axes, and Soviet-era tractors make up much of their arsenal against the blazes
Sweden Risks Blackouts as It Runs Out of Space to Store Nuclear Waste
The Scandinavian country has less than a week to decide where to store its nuclear waste or risk having the lights go out
Wildfires Are Not a Seasonal Problem. The Trauma Is Year-Round
Lizzie Johnson's new book on the fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, California in 2018 reveals the human suffering at the heart of the climate crisis
UAE Unlikely to Set Net-Zero Emissions Target Before COP26
No major OPEC producer has announced a net-zero target, and the UAE was among the most likely to do so before the COP26 in Glasgow
Is This Giant Hydroponic Greenhouse in Kentucky the Future of Farming?
Inside AppHarvest's quest to be the world's biggest ag-tech company, save the Appalachian economy, and ensure the global food supply
China Is Planning to Build 43 New Coal-Fired Power Plants. Can It Still Keep Its Promises to Cut Emissions?
China built three times more new coal power capacity as all other countries in the world combined in 2020
Sebastian Perez Did Not Have to Die
The extreme-heat death of an Oregon farmworker and hundreds of others in late June could have been avoided. Climate negligence and lagging worker protections are killing people