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Watershed managers keep your basement from flooding — extreme weather swings are making it harder

Watershed managers keep your basement from flooding — extreme weather swings are making it harder

Changing rainfall patterns and more extreme weather swings have made water managers’ jobs difficult. They moderate lake and creek levels to prevent flooding and pollution.
by Paul Huttner

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Congress is debating its biggest climate change bill ever. Here's what's at stake

Congress is debating its biggest climate change bill ever. Here's what's at stake

Climate measures in a massive $3.5 trillion economic plan would transform the U.S. energy system. They are crucial for meeting President Joe Biden's ambitious climate goals, but face powerful opposition.
by Jeff Brady

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Report: Climate change could move 200 million people by 2050

Report: Climate change could move 200 million people by 2050

The report published on Monday examines how long-term impacts of climate change such as water scarcity, decreasing crop productivity and rising sea levels could lead to millions of what the report describes as "climate migrants" by 2050.
by The Associated Press

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The federal government sells flood-prone homes to often unsuspecting buyers, NPR finds

The federal government sells flood-prone homes to often unsuspecting buyers, NPR finds

The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.
by Huo Jingnan, Rebecca Hersher, Tegan Wendland, Steve Newborn and Daniel Rivero

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Remnants of hurricane bring blizzard conditions to Greenland

Remnants of hurricane bring blizzard conditions to Greenland

Just a month after rainfall was recorded for the first time ever at Greenland's highest point, the island is expecting up to four feet of snow from the remnants of Hurricane Larry — the rare tropical storm to stay intact so far north.
by Becky Sullivan

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Climate change is making natural disasters worse — along with our mental health

Climate change is making natural disasters worse — along with our mental health

"We are burned out and our resilience is really down," Lise Van Susteren, a psychiatrist, author and environmental activist, told NPR. "It's making us raw to all of these new challenges that we face. They're coming too fast, too furious, and too many."
by Sharon Pruitt-Young

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Climate change is making some species of animals shape-shift

Climate change is making some species of animals shape-shift

Just like humans, researchers say animals also have to adapt to climate change. The shifts for some warm-blooded animals are occurring over a far shorter time period than would usually happen.
by Jonathan Franklin

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What's stopping weed growers from going greener?

What's stopping weed growers from going greener?

The legal cannabis industry is booming. So are greenhouse gas emissions from growers.
by Paul Huttner

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Report: Solar could power 40% of U.S. electricity by 2035

Report: Solar could power 40% of U.S. electricity by 2035

A new federal report say solar energy has the potential to power up to 40 percent of the nation's electricity within 15 years — a 10-fold increase over current solar output. But it would require massive changes in U.S. policy and billions of dollars in federal investment to modernize the nation's electric grid.
by The Associated Press

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