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Indigenous peoples and climate
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Clean energy workers are desperately needed, but many don’t know these jobs exist

In a converted warehouse in the poorest zip code in Philadelphia, students are learning to work on older homes, improve the heating and cooling, and at the same time make them more climate-friendly.

Drought is parching the world’s largest man-made lake, stripping Zambia of its electricity

Climate change gave significant boost to Milton’s destructive rain, winds, scientists say

Colombia’s river guardians battle to protect the Atrato amid threats and abandonment

Milton by the numbers: At least 5 dead, at least 12 tornadoes, 3.4M without power

Indigenous peoples: adapting to and combatting climate change

The Amazon’s Ashaninka tribe restored their territory. Now they aim to change the region

As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing

Behind Upper Midwest tribal spearfishing is a long and violent history of denied treaty rights

More Indigenous youth are learning to spearfish, a connection to ancestors and the land

Spring rains destroyed a harvest important to the Oneida people. Farmers are working to adapt

Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over in a new town

For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running out

Climate and the Arctic

As warming threatens polar bear tourism, a Canadian town adapts and thrives

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble

How Churchill embraces its title as polar bear capital of the world

Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

Extreme weather and its impact on humans

Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Hotter summers are making high school football a fatal game for some players

Sweaty corn is making it even more humid

For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes

How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart

Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely

Cascading disasters push residents of a Nepalese valley to the brink

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In Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train

In Zimbabwe, schoolchildren face threats from animals. Now they are learning how to spot the dangers

The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters

In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation

Recovery of Brazil’s Spix’s macaw, popularized in animated ‘Rio’ films, threatened by climate change

Resigned to a fate of constant displacement, India’s river islanders return home in between floods

Gulf oil spill: Workers left behind

Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing

Takeaways from AP’s story on the BP oil spill medical settlement’s shortcomings

BP defeated thousands of suits by sick Gulf spill cleanup workers. But not one by a boat captain

Washington state’s landmark climate law hangs in the balance in November

Voters in Washington state are being asked this fall whether to repeal one of the most progressive climate policies ever passed by a state Legislature less than two years after it took effect.

Not exactly smooth sailing at the 52nd Albuquerque balloon fiesta after 4 incidents

A drone show and a flawless farewell mass ascension ended Sunday’s last day of the 52nd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene’s disaster zone

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene downed power lines and washed out roads all over North Carolina’s mountains, the roar of gas-powered generators is both unpleasant and essential.

Florida neighbors band together to recover after one-two punch from hurricanes Helene and Milton

The devastation of Hurricanes Helene and Milton is still being tallied as a swath of Florida comes to terms with damage from the unusual dual strike of storms in just two weeks.

Historic ocean liner could soon become the world’s largest artificial reef

The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute.

Powerful storm knocks out power to 1.4 million homes in Brazil’s largest city

Around 1.4 million homes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are without power almost 24 hours after a brief but powerful storm swept through South America’s largest city.

Planned nuclear plant in a Kenyan top tourist hub and home to endangered species sparks protest

Dozens have rallied against a proposal to build Kenya’s first nuclear power plant in one of the country’s top coastal tourist hubs which also houses a forest on the tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage site.

Trail cams near an Alaska neighborhood catch the magical and violent world of wildlife

Alaska is known for its abundant wildlife, but you don’t have to travel far from Anchorage to see it.

Far from where Hurricane Milton’s eye hit, tornadoes wrought unexpected damage

Tony Brazzale expected Hurricane Milton would be a “nonevent” for his family. It was forecast to hit Florida’s west coast and track across the state well to the north of their home in Wellington, near West Palm Beach.

Floridians cleaning up from Hurricane Milton are hampered by a widespread fuel shortage

Many Floridians spent much of Saturday either waiting hours in line for gas, trying to get home or beginning the arduous work of cleaning up after Hurricane Milton. Gov.

Oregon’s most populous county adds gas utility to $51B climate suit against fossil fuel companies

Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state’s largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.

“Should we be worried?”: Another well blowout in West Texas has a town smelling of rotten eggs

TOYAH, Texas (AP) — After a restless night of sleep, Elida Machuca texted her neighbor, searching for answers.

Tampa Bay Times keeps publishing despite a Milton crane collapse cutting off access to newsroom

The editor of the Tampa Bay Times says his news operation didn’t miss a beat despite a crane collapse during Hurricane Milton that gouged a hole in the St.

Experts warn ‘crazy busy’ Atlantic hurricane season is far from over

Although the Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30, scientists say there is still the possibility for more named storms this year.

Avian enthusiasts try to counter the deadly risk of Chicago high-rises for migrating birds

Each fall and spring, volunteers dedicated to rescuing injured birds find hundreds on the streets of Chicago that have crashed into buildings.

Residents slog through flooded streets, clear debris after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida

Florida residents are repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Milton and cleaning up debris. The storm smashed through coastal communities, tore homes to pieces, flooded streets and spawned a barrage of deadly tornadoes.

Utah candidates for Mitt Romney’s open US Senate seat debate approaches to climate change

The Republican and Democratic candidates vying for Mitt Romney’s open U.S. Senate seat are aiming to convince Utah voters that they have the better blueprint to tackle climate change and protect the state’s vast natural resources.

New Zealand ship didn’t sink because its captain was a woman, the ‘appalled’ defense minister says

New Zealand’s Defense Minister Judith Collins has decried what she called misogynistic online comments about the woman commander of a navy ship which ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa on Sunday.

Why Milton’s ‘reverse surge’ sucked water away from flood-fearing Tampa

In the days before Hurricane Milton hit Florida, forecasters worried it could send as much as 15 feet of water rushing onto the heavily populated shores of Tampa Bay.

A hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into Milton’s eye

Peter Dodge flew hundreds of missions into hurricanes as a radar specialist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.