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Andrew Freedman

New report highlights the steep costs of climate inaction

A wildfire burns down a home in a coastal area south of Los Angeles in May 2022.
Firefighters battle the Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, Calif. on May 11, 2022. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Andrew Freedman

Study: Climate change made India, Pakistan heat wave 30 times more likely

A villager walking through the cracked bottom of a dried-out pond on a hot summer day at Bandai village, India.
Shivaram, a villager walking through the cracked bottom of a dried-out pond on a hot summer day at Bandai village in Pali district, India, during a heat wave on May 11, 2022. Photo: Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Freedman

Extreme weather plagues U.S., from Colorado snowstorm to East Coast heat

Computer model depiction of forecast highs and records along the East Coast for May 21, 2022.
National Weather Service forecast highs for Saturday, May 21, 2022. The boxes indicate record-setting temperatures. (Weatherbell.com)
Andrew Freedman

Wild weather includes "critical" fire risk, incoming Colorado snowstorm

Andrew Freedman

Studies show climate change is increasingly driving extreme weather risks

Computer model depiction of high temperatures on May 19, 2022.
Computer model depiction of high temperatures on May 19, 2022. (Weatherbell.com)
Andrew Freedman

New Mexico Calf Canyon Fire becomes largest in state history

The Calf Canyon Wildfire seen from space on May 11, 2022.
The Calf Canyon Fire seen by a Maxar Technologies satellite on May 11. Photo: ©2022 Maxar Technologies
Andrew Freedman

Where homes will face the most wildfire risk in next 30 years

Andrew Freedman

Southwest "megadrought" leads to wildfires and new homicide evidence

Rebecca Falconer

Growing wildfire engulfs homes in drought-stricken Southern California

Firefighters battle the Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, CA, on Wednesday, May 11.
Firefighters battle the Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, Calif., some 50 miles from Los Angeles, on May 11. Photo: Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images
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