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Hurricane Harvey

With Full Impact Still Hidden From Public, Report Details 'Environmental Assault' Unleashed by Hurricane Harvey

As Climate Crisis Intensifies, $300+ Billion in Damages Makes 2017 Costliest Year Ever

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Harvey rescue operation

Experts say this "historic and unprecedented year of disastrous extremes" reinforces "the fact that climate change is a threat to our health, and also a threat to our economy."

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Ignoring Public Opinion and Pentagon, Trump Denies Climate Crisis a National Security Threat

Julia Conley, staff writer

"If we want to keep our country safe, Trump should take military advice from...

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Chiding Trump's Inaction, GAO Shows Climate to Cost US Taxpayers Trillions

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Whittier Fire

Federal watchdog's report serves as indictment of Trump administration's...

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flooding in Texas

"Absolutely Unconscionable': In Post-Harvey Texas, No Relief Funds for Critics of Israel

Harvey Recovery Should Serve Vulnerable Victims, Not Corporate Polluters

Experts 'Running Out Of Adjectives' as Hurricane Maria Slams Puerto Rico

Corporate Media Called Out for Whiffing on 'Most Important Story in the World'

A resident of Orange, Texas

After Harvey, Texas Left With Toxic Soup of Sewage, Spilled Fuel, Pesticides, and More

A night-time image of Hurricane Irma over the Leeward Islands on Sept. 6 at 1:35am EDT. (Photo: NOAA/NASA Goddard Rapid Response Team/flickr/cc)

Elizabeth Kolbert: An Honest Conversation About Climate Change Is Needed in Wake of Irma & Harvey

Amid Food Shortage and Slow Relief Efforts, Post-Irma 'Survival' Is Not 'Looting'

Pope Francis

Humanity Must Turn Back from Climate Abyss, Says Pope, or 'We Will Go Down'

Hurricane Irma, seen in a NOAA satellite image, was rapidly approaching South Florida on Friday.

Trump's Anti-Climate Budget Would Be Disaster for Combating Future Disasters

Immediately upon being exposed to the fumes from the explosion, and one by one, the police officers and first responders began to fall ill in the middle of the road

First Responders Sue Texas Chemical Plant for 'Gross Negligence' After Fire and Explosions

Satellite image of Hurricane Irma

As Planet Rages With Fires and Storms, Ire Aimed at Murderous Climate Denialism

As Irma Intensifies, "You've Never Experienced a Hurricane Like This"

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Jubilee USA Network

New Law Provides Disaster Relief and Medicaid Funds for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands

350.org

Hurricane Survivors Occupy Senator McConnell’s Office, Demand Action on Climate Change

GAIA

130+ Organizations Demand A Just Harvey Relief Effort Without Subsidies for Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Companies

350.org

#ClimateSilence Trends, Pushing TV News to Talk Climate Change When Covering Disasters

National Nurses United

RN Response Network to Deploy Additional Nurse Volunteers to Houston Post-Hurricane Harvey

Center for Biological Diversity

Analysis: Majority of Flooded Texas Superfund Sites in Low-income Neighborhoods, Communities of Color

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Jill Richardson

The Sad State of Disaster Relief

Harvey Wasserman

Nuclear Plants Plus Hurricanes: Disasters Waiting to Happen

Basav Sen

The Brutal Racial Politics of Climate Change and Pollution

Cain Burdeau

Don't Expect the Insurance Industry To Protect You From Climate Change

Michael T. Klare

Beyond Harvey and Irma: Militarizing Homeland Security in the Climate-Change Era

Adam Johnson

Murdoch-Owned Media’s Radical Climate Denial in the Face of Disaster

Sonali Kolhatkar

Demanding Climate Justice in the Wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

Sarah van Gelder

90 Companies Helped Cause the Climate Crisis—They Should Pay For It

Bill Quigley

Warning Letter to Harvey and Irma Survivors from Katrina Survivor

Dr Jason von Meding, Heidi Harmon

Show Up, Stand Up and Step Up: Bold Action in the Wake of Storms

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