REWIND: Firefight: How to Live in the Pyrocene

July 8, 2022

We’re on track for yet another year of record wildfires in the western U.S., endangering lives, displacing communities, and sending unhealthy smoke

Managed Retreat: When Climate Hits Home

December 23, 2021

When it comes to rising seas and other climate threats, how do we figure out when to stay and when to go?  The concept of managed retreat –

Firefight: How to Live in the Pyrocene

October 8, 2021

We’ve experienced yet another summer of record wildfires in the western U.S., endangering lives, displacing communities, and sending unhealthy smoke

Living with Climate Disruption

April 22, 2021

We’ve been living with the impacts of a changing climate for years, but those impacts don’t all hit the same way. A wildfire amplified by drought may

Living With Fire

September 11, 2020

“Wildfires have historically been a natural part of California's ecology,” says Wade Crowfoot, California’s Secretary of Natural Resources.  “Meaning

How Climate Broke California’s Biggest Utility

April 19, 2019

PG&E has had a bad few years. A series of record-breaking wildfires culminating with 2018’s devastating Camp Fire propelled the California utility

The Big Climate Stories of 2018

December 21, 2018

We’re making a list (and checking it twice) of 2018’s biggest climate stories, with the help of Vox reporter David Roberts. Roberts notes that while

Fire and Water: A Year of Climate Conversations

December 7, 2018

From fires and floods to hurricanes and hot temperatures, 2018 put climate on the front page in ways it hadn’t been before. Yet amidst the disruption

The World on Fire

September 5, 2018

Wildfires have always been part of the landscape in the western states. But the size and intensity of fires over the last several years is something

Weathering the Storm: Mayors of Houston, Miami and Columbia

February 8, 2018

2017 brought a raft of extreme weather disasters costing the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, including hurricanes Harvey, Irma and