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An electrical truck drives through a street full of mud, surrounded by buildings.

Jessica Wakeman

Helene Shows How Badly We Need to Hurricane-Proof Running Water

Asheville residents still can’t drink the water from their faucets. And the Helene disaster isn't the first time this has happened.

Vance speaks as Walz listens.

Heather Souvaine Horn

The V.P. Candidates’ Terrible Responses to Hurricane Helene

One thing that needs to be said about this week's debate: Answers that bad, about devastation that severe, should be a scandal.

Helene Should Trigger a National Rethink of Home Insurance

A downtown street is seen covered in wreckage with standing water in the streets.

Helene Should Trigger a National Rethink of Home Insurance

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A woman stands on a flooded street in front of downed power lines.

Climate Change Does Not Care About Your Borders

Already we can draw two big lessons from Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic fallout.

Two nuclear cooling towers rise up from the ground at night with red lights on them and power lines in the foreground.

The Grim Truth Behind Microsoft’s Plan for Three Mile Island and A.I.

A demonstrator holds two replicas of dinosaur heads in his hands while wearing a sign reading "Don't Be a Fossil Fool!!"

Liza Featherstone

Climate Week and Coal Emissions, Brought to You by Meta

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Heather Souvaine Horn

How the GOP Became the Party of Pet Slaughter