Wildfires are once again claiming homes and lives in a Northern California city that has pushed into wildfire-prone areas.
Climate Change
How climate change affects the U.S. and the world, from drought and mass migration to food security and global conflicts
Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability
Built to burn
Do officials need to reconsider their approach to building where the risk of wildfire is highest?
Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Climate Change, Sustainability
Built to burn
Nearly 5,000 homes were destroyed or damaged when fires swept through Sonoma County. But fire had scorched a similar area of the county in 1964.
Posted inClimate Change, Environment
How has severe weather affected you?
Tell us about your experience with rising seas and climate change.
Posted inClimate Change, Sustainability
The tide is high
Reveal investigates government policies that let people build in harm’s way, make it difficult to move them to safety and fail to tally the dead.
Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Climate Change, Sustainability
In 6 aerial images: How California wine country was primed for disaster
The conditions for the unfolding catastrophe in the area were set long ago, both in wine country and throughout California.
Posted inClimate Change, Sustainability
The perfect storm
Hurricane Harvey has pummeled Texas, dumping a year’s worth of rain in just a few days and displacing thousands from their homes.
Posted inClimate Change, Sustainability
Houston suburb is magnet for growth and flooding – it’s not a coincidence
Houston suburbs have exploded in population in recent years. Scientists say that’s a big reason why some neighborhoods saw devastating floods.
Posted inClimate Change, Oil and Mining, Sustainability
As snow melts, Standing Rock tribes’ legal challenges dwindle
A new hearing calling for a halt in construction of the last leg of the Dakota Access Pipeline is scheduled for Feb. 27. Many believe it may be the tribes’ last legal hope.
Posted inClimate Change, Environment, Money and Politics, Oil and Mining, Sustainability, The Trump Era
Rick Perry’s energy legacy is more complicated than you think
Rick Perry left a nuanced energy legacy – including overseeing booms in fossil fuels and renewables – during his time in Texas politics.