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Lessons from Houston’s Katrina response
Hello everyone, and welcome back to State of Emergency. I’m Jake Bittle, and today we’re going to be talking about the lasting political impact of one of the worst natural disasters in American history. When we talk about the impacts of climate change in the United States, and in particular the racial dimension of those […]
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![An evacuee from Hurricane Katrina sits on his cot while on the floor of the Reliant Astrodome September 7, 2005 in Houston, Texas.]()
![An evacuee from Hurricane Katrina sits on his cot while on the floor of the Reliant Astrodome September 7, 2005 in Houston, Texas.]()
They settled in Houston after Katrina — and then faced a political storm
The backlash against an effort to resettle 200,000 evacuees holds lessons for future disasters.
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Scientists want to build a ‘doomsday’ vault on the moon
Climate change is threatening Earth's biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to "back up" lifeforms?
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Thawing Alaskan permafrost is unleashing more mercury, confirming scientists’ worst fears
"It has that sense of a bomb that's going to go off."
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How climate change is making us sick
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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The right to repair electronics is now law in 3 states. Is Big Tech complying?
You're legally entitled to fix your own gadgets in California, Minnesota, and New York — but not all tech companies have gotten the memo.
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Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites
Avangrid Renewables said it plans to review comments from tribal nations and private landowners.
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Ecuador voted to keep oil in the ground. Will it happen?
More than 10 million Ecuadorians voted last year to ban oil operations in part of the Amazon rainforest. But heavy crude has continued to flow from the region, which is home to uncontacted Indigenous families.
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Federal judge rolls back key civil rights protections in Louisiana’s ‘sacrifice zones’
The decision could open the door for other industry-friendly states to follow suit.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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What climate policies work best? A new study has answers.
Out of 1,500 policies in 41 countries, a small fraction had a big impact.
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Mississippi officials saw the Jackson water crisis coming — and did nothing
A new report from the EPA inspector general found the state’s health department saw evidence of elevated lead levels as early as 2015.
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Why Puerto Rico remains a tax haven for polluters
Despite health risks, Puerto Rico keeps tax incentives in place for cancer-causing chemical polluters.
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Why the EPA is relying on unproven technology to stop cancer-causing emissions
Regulators hope sealed enclosures can keep a dangerous chemical from getting loose. Experts think they’re wrong.
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