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Flood-Prone Communities in Virginia May Lose a Lifeline if Governor Pulls State Out of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Aside from capping power plant emissions, the RGGI program sustains a state fund that helps coastal towns cope with recurring storms and rising tides.

By Emma Ricketts

A driver passes through a street flooded by rain from Hurricane Irene on Aug. 28, 2011 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
An aerial view of landslide damage in La Cañada Flintridge, California on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California, Battered by Atmospheric Rivers, Faces a Big Melt This Spring

By Bob Berwyn

A man tows a canoe through a flooded street of his neighborhood as a truck passes in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Sept. 30, 2022, after Hurricane Ian slammed the area. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Hurricanes Ian and Nicole Left Devastating Flooding in Central Florida. Will it Happen Again?

By Amy Green,  WMFE

As Flooding Increases, Chicago Looks To Make Basement Housing Safer

By Siri Chilukuri, Borderless Magazine

A home in Pilgrim's Knob, Virginia, sits empty after being lifted from its foundation by a recent flood. Credit: Chris Kenning, USA Today.

Can Appalachia Be Saved? Or Will ‘Worse and Worse’ Flooding Wash it Away?

By Chris Kenning, Connor Giffin and James Bruggers

In July, flooding in Karachi, Pakistan, after heavy monsoon rains. Credit: Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.

After Unprecedented Heatwaves,  Monsoon Rains and the Worst Floods in Over a Century Devastate South Asia

By Zoha Tunio

View from Pennsylvania to New Jersey over the Delaware River. Credit: Jumping Rocks/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

The Riverkeeper’s Quest to Protect the Delaware River Watershed as the Rains Fall and Sea Level Rises

By Daelin Brown

Megan Price (age 14) helps her dad Pat Price (a member of the The Seven Springs, Volunteer Fire Department) suit up as he was getting ready to take the rescue boat out to retrieve a propane tank seen floating through the flooded downtown street. in Seven Springs, North Carolina. Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

FEMA Knows a Lot About Climate-Driven Flooding. But It’s Not Pushing Homeowners Hard Enough to Buy Insurance

By James Bruggers

Honolulu is Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change

Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City

By David Hasemyer

Homes along a sand spit of land on Litchfield Beach, South Carolina. Credit: Jason Lee, McClatchy newspapers

South Carolina Has No Overall Plan to Fight Climate Change

By Sammy Fretwell, The State

After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created a Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning.

By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource and West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Remains of a washer/drier in a home demolished by a Ventura, California, wildfire. Credit: Visions of America/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Wildfires, Climate Policies Start to Shift Corporate Views on Risk

By LESLIE HOOK, FINANCIAL TIMES

Satellite images show the water vapor in atmospheric rivers, including one headed into the western United States and Mexico. Credit: NASA Worldview

Atmospheric Rivers Fuel Most Western U.S. Flooding. Climate Change Will Make Them Worse.

By Bob Berwyn

Flooding washed away a bridge near the proposed route of the Keystone Pipeline. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey

Midwest Flooding Exposes Another Oil Pipeline Risk — on Keystone XL’s Route

By Neela Banerjee

A photo of Mexico Beach looking east across the canal shows several of the properties where homes once lined the canal that FEMA's draft map moves from the high-risk 100-year floodplain to the lower-risk 500-year floodplain. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Image

Not Trusting FEMA’s Flood Maps, More Storm-Ravaged Cities Set Tougher Rules

By James Bruggers

In Miami Beach, high tides are creating street flooding problems as sea level rises. It isn't just during hurricanes any more. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

U.S. Coastal Flooding Breaks Records as Sea Level Rises, NOAA Report Shows

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Map of Tampa, Fla. if sea levels rose by 5 feet.

Superstorm Delivers Wake-Up Call for Florida

By Lisa Song

A flooded vegetable field at Hawthorne Valley Farm

Flooding Forces a Rethink on Farming

By Robert Krier, InsideClimate News

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Destroying Earth's Forests Carries Many Costs

By Lester R. Brown

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