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Extreme Weather

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

 Blake Muir and his niece, Jennifer Sullivan, stand near a tank battery on his land in Gonzales County. Data shows it could come under nearly 15 feet of water in a 500-year flood. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’

By Kiley Bense
In Deer Park, Texas, flaring at plants near the Houston Ship Channel in below freezing temperatures on Monday, Jan. 26. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous
Kristi Noem is standing near screens with FEMA's name and logo

Disaster Survivors Want Kristi Noem Out of FEMA 

By Arcelia Martin
The aerial view shows a modest house and the American flag out front partially underwater.

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

By Keerti Gopal

As the Winter Olympics Stares Down a Warming Future, Organizers Must Adapt, Scientists Say

By Kiley Price
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to a briefing as he prepares for a winter storm at the State Operations Center in Austin. Credit: Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas’ Grid Holds Up During Winter Weather

By Arcelia Martin
Utility lines with ice stretch over a snowy scene with a plowed road.

A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg
Oil refineries off of the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas. According to the United Nations, "fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions." Credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images

Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals

By Ryan Krugman
What looks like hundreds of logs and tree branches are piled up in the village near damaged homes.

Indonesia Revokes Permit for Chinese-Built Dam Threatening Ape Species

By Nicholas Kusnetz
A street is inundated with floodwater during a King Tide event on Jan. 3 in Corte Madera, Calif. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow

By Claire Barber
A construction worker discards debris from the roof of a restaurant damaged during a storm ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall on Oct. 14, 2024, in Fort Myers, Fla. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Hurricane-Prone Florida, Legislators Reconsider New Growth and Development Law

By Amy Green
A construction worker cools off with water as a heatwave hits France in Nantes on June 19, 2025. Credit: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’

By Bob Berwyn
Boaters in a kayak off the coast of La Jolla Shores, California, in December 2025. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year

By Johnny Sturgeon

A Year After the LA Fires, Recovery Is Lagging, But Bright Spots Emerge

By Kiley Price
People walk through rain showers and cold temperatures in Philadelphia on Nov. 19. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)

The Real Pain of Climate Change Is Easy to Feel, but Increasingly Difficult to Study

By Chad Small
An adult and child look out over the bluebelt on a cloudy day.

Why New York City Is Spending Millions on ‘Bluebelts’

By Lauren Dalban
Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
An aerial view of Manville, N.J., after Hurricane Ida causes flash flooding in the area on Sept. 2, 2021. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

A New Jersey Buyout Program for Flood-Prone Homes Is a National Model

By Emilie Lounsberry

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