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Homeless Phoenix resident Michael Soes sits in his tent after missing the bus to a cooling center on July 14, 2023. Today marks the Phoenix area's 15th consecutive day of temperatures exceeding 110 degrees. Record-breaking temperatures continue soaring as prolonged heatwaves sweep across the Southwest. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Phoenix is Enduring its Hottest Month on Record, But Mitigations Could Make the City’s Heat Waves Less Unbearable

By Wyatt Myskow

Motorists navigate streets during a heavy rainfall on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, as thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of city.

Record-Breaking Rains in Chicago Underscore the Urgency of Flood Resiliency Projects, City Officials Say 

By Aydali Campa

In a file photo, a sign reads "Heat Alert" and warns drivers and pedestrians about excessive heat in Chicago. Credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images.

New York, LA, Chicago and Houston, the Nation’s Four Largest Cities, Are Among Those Hardest Hit by Heat Islands

By Aydali Campa

Aerial view of north Baltimore, where residents are eligible for assistance to cover cleanup costs after sewage backs up into homes under a 2017 modified consent decree signed by the city, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Baltimore Won’t Expand a Program to Help Residents Clean up After Sewage Backups

By Aman Azhar

A billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit during a record heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona on July 18, 2023. Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were under heat warnings or advisories, as relentless, record-breaking temperatures continued to bake western and southern states. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images.

This Summer’s Heatwaves Would Have Been ‘Almost Impossible’ Without Human-Caused Warming, a New Analysis Shows

By Bob Berwyn

The disastrous Pajaro flood made the home Emilio Vasquez rents with his family unlivable. He's still waiting to hear when he can move back in. Credit: Liza Gross

A Catastrophic Flood on California’s Central Coast Has Plunged Already Marginalized Indigenous Farmworkers Into Crisis

By Liza Gross

The Pleasant Village Community Garden, at Pleasant Avenue between 118th & 119th Streets in East Harlem, New York City. Credit: Kim Yim

As East Harlem Waits for Infrastructure Projects to Mitigate Flood Risk, Residents Are Creating Their Own Solutions

By Juanita Gordon

The sun sets behind power transmission lines, part of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's power grid. Credit: Nick Wagner/Xinhua via Getty Images.

As Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Lines Cause Renewable Power to Go to Waste

By Keaton Peters

Haze obscures the skyline in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on June 27, 2023. Smoke from wildfires in Canada caused low air quality and obscured visibility. Credit: Nick Rohlman / The Gazette

Midwest States, Often Billed as Climate Havens, Suffer Summer of Smoke, Drought, Heat

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Chloe Johnson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

A view of wildfires at Lebel-sur-Quevillon in Quebec, Canada on June 23, 2023. Credit: Frederic Chouinard/SOPFEU/ Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

June Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points

By Bob Berwyn

A man cools himself down with water from a water fountain during one of the hottest days of the third heat wave in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on June 12, 2023. Credit: Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images

Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid

By Gina Jiménez

A damaged house in the village of Saint-Martin-Vesubie, southeastern France, on Dec, 3, 2020, two months after heavy rains and brutal floods left areas cut off from the world in the French Alps. Credit: Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images

Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them

By Bob Berwyn

Glenn Youngkin speaks during an election-night rally at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on Nov. 2, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

As Youngkin Tries to Pull Virginia Out of RGGI, Experts Warn of Looming Consequences for Low-Income Residents and Threatened Communities

By Jake Bolster

An aerial view of the ENGIE Sun Valley Solar project in Hill County, Texas, on March 1, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Climate Change Made the Texas Heat Wave More Intense. Renewables Softened the Blow

By Kristoffer Tigue

A person rests in the shade on a playground set in the Hungry Hill neighborhood on June 20, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Extreme temperatures across the state have prompted the National Weather Service to issue excessive heat warnings and heat advisories that affect more than 40 million people. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave

By Dylan Baddour

Daniel Ellsberg speaking to reporters during a recess in his federal trial in Los Angeles in May 1973. Ellsberg was accused of illegally copying and distributing the Pentagon Papers relating to the Vietnam war. A judge dismissed the charges. Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images.

How Daniel Ellsberg Opened the Door to One of the Most Consequential Climate Stories of Our Time

By David Sassoon

As the Colorado River Declines, Water Scarcity and the Hunt for New Sources Drive up  Rates

By Wyatt Myskow and Emma Peterson

In a file photo, a five-year-old child is treated in a New York City emergency room after an asthma attack. A week ago, the city experienced its highest number of asthma-related ER visits so far in 2023. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images.

ER Visits for Asthma in New York City Soared as Wildfire Smoke Blanketed the Region

By Gina Jiménez

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