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A tree stump is engulfed in flames in the Bravo Bravo section of the Bootleg Fire on July 21, 2021 in the Fremont National Forest of Oregon. The Bootleg Fire, which started on July 6th near Beatty, Oregon, has burned over 395,000 acres and is currently 38% contained. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Oregon tried to inform residents about wildfire risk. The backlash was explosive

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(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

A decade after Sandy, Manhattan’s flood barrier is finally in sight — sort of

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People take photos of water filling the entrance of The Plaza Shops in Battery Park in New York on October 30, 2012 as New Yorkers cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The storm left large parts of New York City without power and transportation. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

How sunken basketball courts could protect New Yorkers from the next Superstorm Sandy

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Storm clouds in Arizona. (Getty Images / John Sirlin / EyeEm)

The Cochise County groundwater wars

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A United Airlines passenger jet prepares to land at Reagan National Airport on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

UN countries adopt ‘aspirational’ net-zero goal for aviation

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Satellite view of the eye of a tropical storm, hurricane (Getty Images/Naeblys)

This year’s hurricane season has been eerily quiet. Will it last?

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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts (Getty Images)

Is Nebraska building a $500 million “canal to nowhere” just to own the libs?

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A view of flood damaged buildings are seen as US President Joe Biden (not pictured) inspects the damage from Hurricane Ida onboard Marine One during an aerial tour of communities in Laffite, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, September 3, 2021. (JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

US flood risk is about to explode — but not for the reasons you think

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