Austin used to be cooler, literally.
People love to wax nostalgic about the Austin of decades past. The rents were cheaper, the traffic was lighter, the music was live-r. Some...
Globetrotter, stormchaser George Kourounis brings climate-change message to Edmonton.
George Kourounis stood on the precipice of a spitting lake of fire before rappelling down into the depths of the fiery inferno.
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Florida’s migrant farm workers struggle after hurricane damaged homes, crops.
Hurricane Irma knocked millions of dollars worth of oranges and grapefruits to the ground. Its high winds mowed down thousands of acres of sugarcane,...
Hurricanes keep coming, and our heads are stuck in the sand.
Twelve years ago, Hurricane Katrina killed 1,833 people in Louisiana and caused $160 billion in property damage. The federal government spent $120 billion to...
Iraq sends workers home as 'ungodly' heat grips Middle East.
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Power networks struggle in Baghdad and building work halted in Riyadh, while high humidity affects coastal cities
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People cool off under...
Air pollution, chemical and gas spills, dirty floodwater: Harvey is posing a unique threat...
At first, it was just another thing to worry about. Hurricane Harvey was headed straight toward the heart of America’s petrochemical industry, where dozens...
Mitch Landrieu pushes back on 'global warming' as cause for flooding.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu is already pushing back on Sewerage & Water Board Executive Director Cedric Grant's comments blaming weekend flooding on global warming. The...
Putting hurricanes and climate change into the same frame.
I have analyzed two weeks of broadcast news stories that appeared on America’s seven largest TV networks as well as Canada’s CTV network. In...
More than 40 sites released hazardous pollutants because of Hurricane Harvey.
Houston’s sprawling network of petrochemical plants and refineries released millions of pounds of pollutants...
Rendering plant overwhelmed by dead cows, causing crisis for farmers.
Farmers in Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties are disposing of hundreds of cows that died in the June heat wave, overwhelming the region’s largest...
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Barcelona to ban old cars from roads to tackle air pollution.
Motorists will be prohibited from driving vehicles older than 20 years on weekdays from 2019 in effort to cut emissions
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All choked up: A plan to clean up Britain’s toxic air
GAZING out over London’s chimneys, Liverpool’s docks or Edinburgh’s spires can cloud a tourist’s judgment. Air pollution “plagues” Britain, says one UN official. The...
A look at how Trump's moves on coal will affect the industry.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's move to roll back Obama-era regulations aimed at curbing climate change comes as the coal industry is...
Forecasting societies' adaptive capacities through a demographic metabolism model
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The religious case for caring about climate change
What makes a person decide if they want to take action on climate change? According to a Pew survey, Americans say they are most...