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America's coastal cities are a hidden time bomb

Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t.
Maine's itchy caterpillar plague is making summer worse
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Maine's itchy caterpillar plague is making summer worse

Climate change is keeping temperatures higher in the fall, setting up browntail-moth caterpillars to boom in summer. It's a significant health hazard.

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Urban density is not the problem

Despite ample evidence that urbanites live longer and healthier lives than their counterparts in rural areas, the spread of the coronavirus - and New York City's tragic experience in particular - has fueled a dubious association between population density and contagion.

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Climate change's damaging effects on American Democracy
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Climate change's damaging effects on American Democracy

Major disasters and challenging long-term weather conditions are weakening local governments, increasing racial and class inequality, and reducing trust in government.
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It’s (mostly) not FEMA’s fault
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It’s (mostly) not FEMA’s fault

The problems blamed on emergency managers are often caused by the shortcomings of other governmental bodies, both before and after disasters.
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Cape Town to set up disaster operations HQ for water crisis - ABC News
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Cape Town to set up disaster operations HQ for water crisis - ABC News

South Africa's police and military will help secure water collection sites in drought-stricken Cape Town if authorities must turn off most taps on what they call "Day Zero," a date currently projected to fall in the first half of April, the city said Sunday.

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Obama expected to address mayors' summit on climate change
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Obama expected to address mayors' summit on climate change

Former President Barack Obama is expected to address a gathering of mayors from around the globe convening in Chicago to discuss climate change after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will pull out of the Paris climate accord.

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The Paris climate goals falter as fossil fuels thrive

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Global treaty to curb plastic pollution faces final negotiations

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

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plastic industry’s covert PR greenwashing

Leaked documents expose plastic industry’s covert PR campaign

workplace safety and public health

Opinion: States must step up on workplace safety as federal protections erode