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To prepare for threats like sea-level rise and intense storms, Montauk is considering relocating homes and businesses to higher ground.
A new device will allow the same sheet of paper to be erased and reprinted 10 times, cutting waste and carbon emissions.
Tree trimming and brush clearing around a home can improve its chances of making it through a blaze — but those services can be costly.
Some businesses are rebounding after historic flooding in the region. But others are still struggling.
Fires are unpredictable. They can spark anywhere, grow to any size and move in any direction, says Caroline Mimbs Nyce of The Atlantic.
The bill incentivizes clean energy but doesn’t vilify fossil fuels. Traditional oil companies can access some of the benefits as well.
New warehouses can sometimes replace green space, which has climate implications.
Nationwide, only 4 in 100 homes are covered, a FEMA official says. Without it, victims are pretty much on their own.
The government also boosts funding for a FEMA program to help communities prepare for extreme heat and other climate-related disasters.
A start-up in Finland unveils the world’s first commercial heat storage system using sand to solve the problem of the variability of solar and wind power.