Climate Change Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/climate-change/ A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:01:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Climate Change Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/climate-change/ 32 32 229054741 Urban wildfires shouldn’t surprise us https://www.hcn.org/articles/urban-wildfires-shouldnt-surprise-us/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331703

Southern California is jolted into a new reality.

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]]> 331703 Los incendios urbanos no deberían sorprendernos https://www.hcn.org/articles/los-incendios-urbanos-no-deberian-sorprendernos/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 08:59:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331705

El sur de California se ve sacudido a una nueva realidad.

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]]> 331705 The possibilities of climate grief https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-possibilities-of-climate-grief/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:01:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331562

A journey through the heart of despair to find what’s on the other side.

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]]> 331562 A veteran transforms a legacy of violence into a campaign for restoration https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/a-veteran-transforms-a-legacy-of-violence-into-a-campaign-for-restoration/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:55:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331326

How a former Marine found a road to repair.

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]]> 331326 The climate fight endures https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/the-climate-fight-endures/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:51:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331249 California Proposition 4 will continue to help fund projects related to climate change, including beach restoration projects like this one in San Clemente.

Despite a hostile administration, local governments in the West recognize the need to
continue the energy transition, and they have plans.

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]]> 331249 Bringing black abalone back from the brink https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/bringing-black-abalone-back-from-the-brink/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:45:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331258 Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz and NOAA Fisheries search for black abalone along the Dangermond Preserve coastline in central California in October.

To save the species, researchers translocated the endangered California mollusk.

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]]> 331258 AI on public lands and Biden’s environmental legacy https://www.hcn.org/articles/ai-on-public-lands-and-bidens-environmental-legacy/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331401

The 46th president finished his term in customary contradictory style.

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]]> 331401 With so many displaced by fires, Los Angeles County can’t accurately measure homelessness https://www.hcn.org/articles/with-so-many-displaced-by-fires-los-angeles-county-cant-accurately-measure-homelessness/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331101

The county was supposed to conduct an annual tally of people experiencing homelessness this month. Then disaster struck.

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]]> 331101 The American Climate Corps fades away https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-american-climate-corps-fades-away/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:59:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331056 Two AmeriCorps NCCC Forest Corps members participate in field training in California last summer.

After just 8 months, Biden’s green jobs program shut down before Trump took office. What did it do?

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]]> 331056 How to solve local opposition to green development https://www.hcn.org/articles/how-to-solve-local-opposition-to-green-development/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331032

Bespoke community benefits agreements can offer residents tangible gains in return for the disturbance of development.

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