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Making room for the river: Communities look at nature-based solutions
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Making room for the river: Communities look at nature-based solutions

Many communities are shifting away from traditional flood mitigation tactics to make room for the water instead.
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Norfolk faces criticism over flood-protection plan
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In danger of drowning, Norfolk faces criticism over flood-protection plan

Facing a greater degree of sea level rise than almost any other part of the country, Norfolk is on the verge of launching a $1.6 billion counterattack.
Politics
Mississippi River New Orleans flooding

Mississippi River drops below 'flood fight' level in New Orleans for first time in 172 days

The Mississippi River in New Orleans has dropped below 11 feet at the Carrollton Gauge for the first time in nearly six months, ending Army Corps of Engineers "flood fight"
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Aging levees, climate change and the challenge to hold back the Ohio River
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Aging levees, climate change and the challenge to hold back the Ohio River

When 78-year-old Jim Casto looks at the towering floodwalls that line downtown Huntington, West Virginia, he sees a dark history of generations past.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Person in a yellow vest installing a solar panel

DOE drops solar focus in revamp of student building competition

Offshore wind turbines in a line on a cloudy ocean horizon.

Offshore wind turbines may offer new habitat for key fish species

A large pipe emitting water into a dirty water source.

Texas water fight pits growing cities against each other over groundwater exports

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

CLIMATE
Firefighters in full gear fighting a barn fire.

Urban wildfires may expose firefighters to toxic metals like lead and mercury

a bridge that is lit up at night with wave breaking on a nearby lake shore in foreground.

Tribes exit pipeline negotiations in Michigan over lack of consultation