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Climate change denial cruel insult to storm victims.
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US Coast Guard, EPA cleaning up a dozen Texas chemical spills after Harvey.
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Delhi could become as hot as Sharjah by 2100.
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It wasn’t even a hurricane, but heavy rains flooded New Orleans as pumps faltered.
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Brett Duke NOLA.com/Times-Picayune/Associated Press
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Irma may force Florida insurers to turn to deeper pockets.
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Monster storms change coastlines, not minds on climate change.
Back-to-back hurricanes fueled by warm Atlantic waters may have altered the coasts of Texas and Florida, but there’s no indication they are shifting the...
Trump budget kills offshore oil revenue sharing for Louisiana, other Gulf states.
President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal year 2018 budget calls for repealing the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, which Louisiana officials have counted on...
Fires, heat waves, and hurricanes: Why this summer's extreme weather is here to stay.
This summer, the US has had several record-smashing natural disasters: over 110 large fires are burning throughout the country, especially in the West; California...
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