marshall fire - Inside Climate News

Climate Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Common Bonds of Loss Into Action

U.S. disaster declarations totaled 108 last year, touching 137 million people. “Climate change is here, it’s impacting people, and it’s going to get more severe,” says one activist.

By Gabe Castro-Root

A family walks through what remains of their grandfather’s house in a neighborhood decimated by the Marshall Fire on Jan. 2, 2022, in Louisville, Colo. Credit: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

Plumes of smoke fill the sky as a brush fire burns on Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Credit: David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images

How Should You Clean Your House After It’s Engulfed in Wildfire Smoke?

By Anna Gibbs

Wildfire Rebuilds Are an Opportunity to Build More Resilient and Sustainable Homes. But That Comes With Controversy

By Wyatt Myskow

Sierra Crean, 16, holds her sister Colby, 15, outside their Louisville home. They lived in Louisville with their parents, Tim and Joanna, and two dogs, Ozzie and Jackson. Now, when Sierra has hard days, she misses home. She used to babysit kids in the neighborhood, but now she rarely sees them. "This is the only home I can remember," she said. Now "it's like a distant place you didn't know."

‘Stripped of Everything,’ Survivors of Colorado’s Most Destructive Fire Face Slow Recoveries and a Growing Climate Threat

Story and Photos by Melissa Bailey

Keep Environmental Journalism Alive

ICN provides award-winning climate coverage free of charge and advertising. We rely on donations from readers like you to keep going.