Hell hath no fury like Mother Earth scorned
You can’t attribute any given weather event to climate change, but human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events stronger and more frequent, more costly, more deadly.
As hurricanes bear down, tribes act quickly to build resilience plans
After Hurricane Rita, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw and Houma Nation in Louisiana had to be entirely relocated. Now, 24 tribes are building plans to mitigate climate disaster.
1,200 dead, 41 million affected by flooding in India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Although the monsoon is an annual event, this year’s rains have been considered far worse than usual, and people are blaming climate change for making things much worse.
Hurricane Harvey isn’t a “natural” disaster. Politics created the chaos
Don’t blame climate change for Houston’s vulnerability. A hurricane need not become a disaster.
Houston furniture store opens its doors to flood victims
McIngvale has done this before, including during floods last year and during Hurricane Katrina.
How Exxon used the New York Times to make you question climate science
These oil companies were not as naive or uncertain as they long pretended to be.
Dr. Robert Bullard: Houston’s “unrestrained capitalism” made Harvey “catastrophe waiting to happen”
While the National Hurricane Center is now calling Harvey the biggest rainstorm on record, scientists have been predicting for years that climate change would result in massive storms like Harvey.
5 amazing ways people are aiding Hurricane Harvey evacuees
Here are 5 ways that the world is helping Houston in their time of need.
Activists demand climate refugees be recognized
Campaign for legal recognition of climate refugees would be a long struggle.
Americans who live far from coasts should also be worried about flooding
This alarming trend points to a need for more awareness, education and communication about flood risk.