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Extreme Weather

Heavy industry lines the shores of Lavaca Bay, South Texas. Credit: Spike Johnson

A Sprawling Superfund Site Has Contaminated Lavaca Bay. Now, It’s Threatened by Climate Change

By LISE OLSEN, THE TEXAS OBSERVER, AND DAVID HASEMYER, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS

Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies

Battered, Flooded and Submerged: Many Superfund Sites are Dangerously Threatened by Climate Change

By DAVID HASEMYER, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND LISE OLSEN, TEXAS OBSERVER

A man wipes water away following floods in Anduze, France on Sept. 19, 2020

The Warming Climates of the Arctic and the Tropics Squeeze the Mid-latitudes, Where Most People Live

By Bob Berwyn

The Society of Professional Journalists Recognizes “American Climate” for Distinguished Reporting

By Vernon Loeb

Hickenlooper and Gardner

Senate 2020: In Colorado, Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper is Favored to Unseat Gardner

By Judy Fahys

The sun rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in a haze created by smoke from west coast wildfires in New York City on September 17, 2020.

Smoke From Western Wildfires Darkens the Skies of the East Coast and Europe

By Ilana Cohen

Rob Sinskey stands in his backyard vineyard, where he is experimenting with growing varieties of wine grapes considered more drought tolerant and resistant to climate change. Credit: Evelyn Nieves/InsideClimate News

A Most ‘Sustainable’ Vineyard in a ‘Completely Unsustainable’ Year

By Evelyn Nieves

In this aerial view from a drone, search and rescue vehicles from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office are seen in a mobile home park that was destroyed by wildfire on Sept. 11, 2020 in Ashland, Oregon. Credit: David Ryder/Getty Images

Text: Joe Biden on Climate Change, ‘a Global Crisis That Requires American Leadership’

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about climate change and the wildfires on the West Coast at the Delaware Museum of Natural History on Sept. 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Biden Puts Climate Change at Center of Presidential Campaign, Calling Trump a ‘Climate Arsonist’

By Marianne Lavelle

Mediterranean Sea. Credit: Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images

Changing Patterns of Ocean Salt Levels Give Scientists Clues to Extreme Weather on Land

By Bob Berwyn

In August 1910, hundreds of wildfires exploded over an area the size of Connecticut in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho and Montana. Credit: U.S. Forest Service

Huge Western Fires in 1910 Changed US Wildfire Policy. Will Today’s Conflagrations Do the Same?

By Michael Kodas

Smoky skies from the northern California wildfires turn the sky a glowing orange in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Credit: Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images

As Wildfire Smoke Blots Out the Sun in Northern California, Many Ask: ‘Where Are the Birds?’

By Deborah Petersen

Democrat Theresa Greenfield (left) is running against Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to represent Iowa in the Senate. Credit: Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call; Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Senate 2020: Iowa Farms Feel the Effects of Climate Change. Will That Make it Harder for Joni Ernst?

By Georgina Gustin

A firefighter douses flames as they push towards homes during the Creek fire in the Cascadel Woods area of unincorporated Madera County, California on September 7, 2020.

A Siege of 80 Large, Uncontained Wildfires Sweeps the Hot, Dry West

By Michael Kodas

A group of volunteer designers and staff from community organizations built benches with shades in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York to provide cool places for people to rest during heat waves. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

Video: As Covid-19 Hinders City Efforts to Protect Residents From the Heat, Community Groups Step In

By Anna Belle Peevey, Maddie Kornfeld

‘At the Forefront of Climate Change,’ Hoboken, New Jersey, Seeks Damages From ExxonMobil

By David Hasemyer

China's paramilitary police officers evacuate a resident on a flooded street following heavy rain in Meishan in China's southwestern Sichuan province. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

10 Days of Climate Extremes: From Record Heat to Wildfires to the One-Two Punch of Hurricane Laura

By Bob Berwyn

A street is seen strewn with debris and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through the area on August 27, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana . The hurricane hit with powerful winds causing extensive damage to the city.

Laura Rapidly Intensified Over a Super-Warm Gulf. Only the Storm Surge Faltered

By Bob Berwyn, James Bruggers

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