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Avery Ellfeldt

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Kristi Noem, Trump’s Nominee for Leader of the Department of Homeland Security, Has Rejected Climate Science

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security and its disaster agency has said people aren’t driving temperature increases and declined to accept federal climate money for disaster preparedness as governor of South Dakota

1 year agobyAvery Ellfeldt Thomas Frank

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Wildfires Are Moving Faster and Causing More Damage

A small number of fast-moving wildfires cause almost all the property damage by forcing firefighters to focus on saving lives

1 year agobyAvery Ellfeldt

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Hurricane Helene Survivors Face a Second Disaster—Insurance Woes

Only 2 percent of households in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Hurricane Helene can get insurance payments

1 year agobyAvery Ellfeldt