Stop talking right now about the threat of climate change. It’s here; it’s happening.
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Bill McKibben
Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, flash fires, droughts: all of them tell us one thing – we need to rethink how we live...
Warm Arctic fuels second-warmest April on record.
An unusually warm Arctic spring fueled the second-hottest April on record globally, with global warming and unusual weather conspiring to shrink sea ice and...
Scientists just found a surprising possible consequence from a very small amount of global...
A driver climbs out of a window of his car after driving onto a flooded road in Van Nuys, Calif., on Jan. 5,...
Hurricane Irma strengthens to Category 4, 'increasing chance' could affect Florida.
Hurricane Irma has strengthened to a Category 4 storm and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said there is an "increasing chance" that Florida and...
Former weather bureau chief says agency debilitated by climate deniers' attacks.
Climate change
Rob Vertessy says attacks such as the claim the bureau was ‘fabricating temperature records’ are dangerous and wrong
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A former director of the Bureau...
Conservationists guardedly optimistic about funding to restore forests, coasts and flood-prone areas.
Bipartisan. Unanimous. Two words not heard often in contemporary politics describe a pair of bills passed by a divided Washington Legislature to revitalize forests...
Explosions at flooded Texas chemical plant leave confusion over toxic risk.
Texas
Officials give conflicting accounts of whether to avoid emissions after it was flooded by waters from tropical storm Harvey
Texas flooding – live updates
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Arkansas toddler still missing after floodwaters swept through rural town.
By William Wan and Kristine Phillips,
William Wan The Washington Post
HUNTSVILLE, Ark. — They were moving to a new house, a new life.
Damien Wiggins, a...
Want to see emergency plan for your mom’s nursing home? Good luck.
To protect the elderly and disabled residents of Florida’s 683 nursing homes from the ravages of an Irma-like storm or other disaster, state law...
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