Most Expensive Climate Disasters In US Cities Since 1990
Ask Americans about the most severe climate disaster to strike a U.S. city this century, and almost everyone will…
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Cities That Hit or Topped 100 Degrees for the First Time Ever
July 2026 was the warmest month in the history of the continental United States. According to the National Oceanic…
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15 Million People are Under Extreme Heat Warnings This Weekend
A massive heat wave is sweeping across the Central Midwest and parts of the South, pushing temperatures into the…
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AI Applications for Oil and Gas Companies Worsen Climate Pollution
A new peer-reviewed study suggests that productivity for fossil fuel companies boosted by AI tools will increase global emissions…
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Communities Where Home Values Plummeted After Data Centers Arrived
The era of artificial intelligence has ushered in a data center construction boom. Effectively a warehouse for servers and…
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America’s Largest Environment Non-Profits, led by some familiar names
The role of grants and donations to environmental groups cannot be overstated. Groups like The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife…
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NYC Wants to Use Thermal Energy to Cool Subway Stations
The stations can become “underground saunas” in the summer. An $800,000 pilot study could help lower temperatures. By Lauren…
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11 States That are Trying – And Failing – to Ban Data Centers
Earlier this summer, New York became the first state in the country to impose a temporary ban on construction…
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Cities Sinking Under the Weight of Their Buildings
The Empire State Building, erected in 1931, weighs 365,000 tons — a relatively modest figure by today’s standards, since…
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The Entire List Of 100 Species $200 Million Is Meant To Save
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund, Leonardo DiCaprio, Age of Union and the Todd Graves Family Foundation…
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Global EV Sales Are Booming — Except in the US
The global EV industry looks nothing like what was expected back in 2020. China, by far the world’s largest…
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Counties with Plans to Build Heaviest polluting data centers
As artificial intelligence continues to proliferate in the workplace and everyday life, tech companies are racing to scale up…
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While Consumers Pay More, Big Oil Makes Millions Every Hour
The war between Iran and U.S.-Israeli coalition forces, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has resulted…
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The Heaviest Polluting Power Plants in the United States
Inexpensive and widely available, coal has been a primary driver of development and economic growth around the world for…
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States Where Electricity Prices Are Surging Most
Anxiety is spreading across the US that electricity rates will rise quickly and relentlessly — sometimes with little warning….
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The Largest Wildfires Burning In The US Today
In a typical year, wildfires in the US burn seven to eight million acres, with the annual number of…
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Hottest Cities Where the Most People Don’t Have Air Conditioning
Air conditioning has played an instrumental, and often under-appreciated, role in shaping the United States. The first modern, electrical…
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US Cities With The Most Rain In History
While the attention of the weather and climate world has been focused on wildfires across the West — specifically…
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The Countries Producing the Most Wildfire Pollution in 2026
Across much of the world, drought conditions and extreme heat have given way to a devastating 2026 wildfire season….
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The States Burning the Most in 2026, Ranked by Acres Lost
Widespread drought is fueling one of the worst wildfire seasons in recent memory. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor,…
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The Highest Gas Prices of the Last 50 Years
GasBuddy reports that gas prices are about to reach an all-time high. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis,…
