In the U.S., clean water is becoming a luxury
Running water is everything, which you don’t realize fully until you’re without.
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People trapped, 2.5M without power as hurricane Ian swamps Florida
Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, destroying the only bridge to Sanibel Island, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2.5 million people as it dumped rain across the peninsula on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
Ian almost a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Florida
Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified off Florida’s southwest coast on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, morning, gaining top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status. Damaging winds and rain lashed the state’s heavily populated Gulf Coast, with the Naples to Sarasota region at “highest risk” of a devastating storm surge.
Hurricane Ian hits Cuba, Florida braces for damage
Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane before it hits Florida on Wednesday.
Washington to send more aid to Pakistan post floods
The United States has boosted assistance to Pakistan’s flood relief efforts, announcing $10 million in aid, in addition to Washington's already announced financial assistance of $56.1 million, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, September 26, 2022.
Ian now a hurricane, headed for Cuba, Florida
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ian has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves closer to Cuba on a track expected to take it to Florida in the coming days.
California oil spill case settles for $230M
A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off California in 2015, lawyers announced on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
Outrage grows after Big Oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims
Fury as "explosive" files reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists.
Puerto Ricans desperate for water after Hurricane Fiona's rampage
More than a half million people in Puerto Rico remained without water service three days after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the U.S. territory, and many spent hours in lines on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, to fill jugs from water trucks while others scooped water from mountain runoff.
In Montana, hungry bears are getting desperate
A poor berry crop is driving black bears into Missoula. A hot summer might be to blame.
"Don't Look Up" director Adam McKay makes hefty donation to climate activists
In director Adam McKay's “Don't Look Up," a 2021 satire about two scientists who try in vain to warn the world about a planet-destroying comet, the scientists' desperate plea for action ultimately doesn't work.
Could America’s new green bank be a climate game-changer?
Long championed by climate activists, the green bank would provide funding to expand clean energy use across the United States.
California signs whopper climate bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of bills on Friday, September 16, 2022, to expand California's reliance on clean energy and reduce carbon emissions, moves he said further establish the state as a global climate leader.
Health care system vulnerable to climate change
Dr. Suzy Fitzgerald remembers looking out the windows as wildfire flames surrounded the hospital where she worked.