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With New Jersey Still Reeling From Summer Storms, Fossil Fuel Interests Fight ‘Climate Superfund’ Bill

Similar to laws passed in Vermont and New York, the legislation would require major oil companies to pay for past greenhouse gas emissions. But New Jersey municipalities haven’t rallied around the bill, and the Trump administration is strongly opposed.

By Jon Hurdle

Atlantic Shore Towns Feel Hurricane Erin’s Sting Without It Ever Making Landfall

By Kiley Price

After a Drought Last Year, Ohio Farmers Wished for Rain. Now Downpours Are Destroying Their Crops

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Moving on From the Heartbreak Hotel

By Nina Sablan

Atmospheric Rivers May be Diminishing on the West Coast and Surging in the East, Study Finds

By Chad Small

Environmental Groups, EPA Spar In Court Over Trump’s Cancellation of Resiliency Funding

By Charles Paullin

As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By

By Kiley Bense

Texas Emergency Management Chief Raises Disaster Communication Concerns With State Lawmakers

By Martha Pskowski

Burn Scars Can Exacerbate Flooding, Posing Compounding Climate Hazards

By Kiley Price

Weather Extremes Caused by Climate Change Are Driving Up Food Prices, a New Report Says

By Georgina Gustin

Out in the Storm

By Audrey Gray

What Trump’s Budget Cuts Mean for Disaster Preparedness

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Before Tropical Depression Chantal Swamped Hillsborough, the Town Had Been Counting on FEMA

By Lisa Sorg

New Research Shows More Extreme Global Warming Impacts Looming for the Northeast

By Bob Berwyn

As Deadly Floods Hit America, a Meteorologist Looks Ahead

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

Why Calling the Texas Flooding ‘An Act of God’ Is a Dangerous Form of Political Denial

By Kiley Bense

Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Can Shoreline Restoration Rein in Rising Flood Insurance Prices?

By Sydney Cromwell, Southern Science

Texas Flooding Signals Growing Extreme Weather Threats to Summer Camps

By Kiley Price