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Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters.
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We’re dedicated to answering the questions that keep you up at night. This time, we mean it literally.
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We’re launching a community science project and we want you to participate!
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Disturbed by unrelenting heat waves, massive wildfires, disappearing beaches, and worsening droughts? Here’s what you need to know.
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Hikers, please don't get trapped by a wildfire. But if you do, here are some tips to help you survive.
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You have questions and we have years of experience answering them.
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It's how local weather forecasters tell you to be set to leave, if needed.
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Important to know: Containment does not mean a fire is out — or that the danger is over.
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Aid organizations say money is more helpful in the short-term than items or volunteering
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You may not know this, but oftentimes in newsrooms we write obituaries ahead of time so that they're ready to publish when the person passes away. But what if the obit wasn't for a person, but for a place that's been the home of magical memories for generations?
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It could be some of your favorite spots.
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We can’t think of many places you could see wild bears, parrots, mountain lions, whales and buffalo (yup!) all in the same day, but this is Southern California — and you totally could.
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"We strongly encourage people to plan as though no help is coming to get you."
Researchers found that in drier years, larger animals are more likely to head closer and closer to where people live.
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In Southeast L.A., as well as Boyle Heights and unincorporated East L.A., community members have organized against the stench of dead animals, and other environmental problems, for years.
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Everyone agrees it’s time to change the Clean Air act's exceptional events rule, but has different solutions
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The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine says putting equity at the center of climate and energy policy will help speed along necessary fossil fuel emission cuts
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Nearly 400 acres of Redwood forest is now protected from logging.
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California will have a new state animal in 2024.
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Officials expect the emergency-use vaccine to partially protect the critically endangered species from the deadly avian influenza virus.
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We're looking at another warm week — here's what you need to know.
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Across the US, local governments, lobbyists and industry have spent millions to get wildfire pollution excluded from the record. People like Robert Shobe pay the price
