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Farmers Were Promised $400 Million in Drought Aid. Trump’s USDA Ghosted Them.

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For those coaxing thirsty crops like alfalfa from the parched fields and withered pasturelands in Eloy, Arizona, water is as good as gold—and just as scarce. “We’ve had nothing from the Colorado River for the last two or three years. I mean, […]

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Federal Program That Helps Cities Prep for Disaster Stays Frozen Despite Judge’s Order

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When it comes to adapting to the consequences of climate change, the federal government has relied heavily on one flagship program: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities. Administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), BRIC has doled out $4.5 billion in grants […]

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Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Kristi Noem faces intensifying public scrutiny over her leadership of the Department of Homeland Security. Criticism of the former South Dakota governor has focused on her handling of the killing of Alex Pretti by a federal immigration agent and her oversight of […]

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A Year Later, We’re All Paying for Trump’s Assault on the “Green New Scam”

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Village of Sauget in St. Clair County, Illinois, was founded in order to be polluted. Incorporated in 1926 by a group of Monsanto Chemical Company executives (and initially named “Monsanto”) it was and is an industry town: with deliberately lax manufacturing and […]

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In Helene’s Wake, Rural North Carolina Turns to Solar and Battery Hubs

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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Double Island Volunteer Fire Department in Yancey County, North Carolina, is the beating heart of this remote community in the shadow of Mount Mitchell, about 50 miles northeast of Asheville. Once home to a schoolhouse that doubled as a church, the red-roofed building […]

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A Flood-Plagued African City Sets Out to Reengineer Its Wetlands

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This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Maurice Manishimwe runs a small garage beside a fuel station in Musango village, just outside the Rwandan capital of Kigali, in a nation known as the land of a thousand hills. Sandwiched between one of those hills and the Nyabugogo […]

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LA Wildfire Victims Remain Stuck in Toxic Homes: “We Have Nowhere Else to Go”

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One year on from the Eaton Fire, long after the vicious winds that sent embers cascading from the San Gabriel mountains and the flames that swallowed entire streets, a shadow still hangs over Altadena. Construction on new properties is under way, and […]

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A Year After LA Fires, Don’t Forget How Trump and Musk’s Lies Hurt Recovery

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Powerful figures were “pouring rhetorical fuel on the flames of the very real fire,” says journalist Jacob Soboroff.

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Wildfire Smoke is Killing Tens of Thousands of Americans Every Year

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wildfire smoke is an emerging nationwide crisis for the United States. Supercharged by climate change, blazes are swelling into monsters that consume vast landscapes and entire towns. A growing body of evidence reveals that these conflagrations are killing far more people […]

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Trump Administration Makes Deep Cuts at FEMA as Climate Crisis Accelerates

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An ex-FEMA official said the agency can’t do disaster response and recovery without the staff that are being laid off.

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FEMA Downsizing Plan Is a Disaster, Survivors Say

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Flood, storm, and fire survivors gathered in Washington, DC, on Monday to express their alarm over a leaked report from the FEMA Review Council that proposes halving the agency’s workforce and scaling back federal disaster assistance.  Holding images of the devastation […]

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Gazans Face “Not Just a Humanitarian Catastrophe but an Ecological Collapse”

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every day when Rajaa Musleh wakes up and checks her phone, she fears she will see news that another member of her family has been killed in Gaza.  Musleh, a nurse and humanitarian worker who evacuated from Gaza […]

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