Resilience
The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.
The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate.

Houston’s Fifth Ward harnesses the sun to power homes and new beginnings for returning citizens as federal support for climate justice programs wavers.

Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers. What were the results?

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
As a warming climate intensifies storms, KFF Health News has identified more than 170 U.S. hospitals at risk of significant and potentially dangerous flooding. Climate experts warn that the Trump administration’s cuts leave the nation less prepared.

Arizona’s 2023 moratorium on new groundwater-reliant subdivisions has frozen massive master-planned projects on Phoenix’s fringes, sharpening a political fight that pits housing affordability against long-term water security.

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost about 992,000 hectares of tree cover in 2024, with more than 30% of losses inside protected areas.

Fossil fuel emissions need to be ‘curbed quickly’ to prevent millions of buildings from becoming a regular flood risk.

California once suppressed “controlled burns,” an Indigenous practice. Residents are now embracing it to reduce the growing threat of wildfire.

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
Gigawatts of clean energy are at stake as aging hydropower plants approach deadlines for relicensing — a yearslong, often extremely expensive process.
The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.
Hundreds of scientists worldwide are collaborating to combat misinformation by making accurate climate information widely available to the public.
Nearly half of Florida farmworkers’ bodies reached dangerous temperatures in one study — but short breaks pulled them back from the danger zone.

One year after Hurricane Helene, people in the hard-hit western region of North Carolina can no longer rely on a successful program that helped keep them afloat.

High in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, scientists and conservationists are working to restore rare peat-forming wetlands that store carbon, regulate water flow, and support unique ecosystems — but take centuries to rebuild once damaged.

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