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They Fell Sick After Cleaning Up a TVA Toxic Disaster. A New Book Details Their Legal Battle

By James Bruggers

The Sunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards

By Wyatt Myskow

A person walks past downed power lines as South Carolina residents deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Oct. 5 in Greenwood, S.C. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Hurricane Helene Killed 49 in South Carolina’s Upstate Region as Costs of Damage and Response Exceed $370 Million

By Emmy Ribero

As Efforts on a Global Treaty Stall, Cities and States Are on the Front Lines of the Battle Over Plastic Pollution

By James Bruggers

Local Tax Breaks for LNG Plants Don’t Benefit Communities, Report Says

By Dylan Baddour

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

Endangered Bats Have Slowed, But Not Stopped, a Waterfront Mega-Development in Charleston. Could Flood Risk?

By Daniel Shailer

An aerial view of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along the French Broad River on Oct. 3 in Marshall, N.C. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images via Grist

Fact-Checking the Viral Conspiracies in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

By Zoya Teirstein, Grist

An aerial view of damaged houses after Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 28 in Horseshoe Beach, Fla. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Stronger Storms Like Helene Are More Likely as the Climate Warms

By Sean Sublette

Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Case Claiming Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley Zoning

By James Bruggers

A member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force searches a flood-damaged property in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on Friday in Asheville, N.C. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Why the 2024 Hurricane Season Could Finally Change the Conversation Around Climate Change

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Hurricane Helene Prompts Questions About Raising Animals in Increasingly Vulnerable Places

By Georgina Gustin

Workers, community members, and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Monday in Marshall, N.C. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

How Climate Change Intensified Helene and the Appalachian Floods

By Sean Sublette

‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Helene Makes Landfall in Florida, Menaces the Southeast

By Amy Green

Noah Devros, a graduate student and researcher at the University of Southern Mississippi, holds a female Pearl River map turtle as he collects data and tags the turtles for further research in September 2024. Credit: Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator

Can Mississippi Advocates Use a Turtle To Fight a Huge Pearl River Engineering Project?

By Illan Ireland, Mississippi Free Press and Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator

A house is surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Debby on Aug. 6 in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images

The Promise and Challenges of Managed Retreat

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

South Carolina Is Considered a Model for ‘Managed Retreat’ From Coastal Areas Threatened by Climate Change

By Daniel Shailer

Cleanup efforts at the Isom IGA store in East Kentucky after the flooding of July 2022. Credit: Malcolm Wilson

The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections

By Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder and Elizabeth Miller, Climate Central

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