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Hello and welcome to week three of State of Emergency, a limited-run newsletter about how disasters are reshaping our politics. I’m Jake Bittle. Hurricane Michael tore across the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 storm less than four weeks before the pivotal 2018 midterm elections, killing dozens of people and destroying more than 1,000 structures. […]

Organizers want the 50,000 attendees to pitch in toward solutions.

How to cast your ballot, in person or by mail, if extreme weather disrupts your life.

How to pack a go-bag, get emergency alerts, and find disaster aid.

First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils — using underground critter concerts.

Here's a look at all the charges that make up a typical monthly electricity bill for many Georgia residents.

Supreme Court rulings limiting federal authority have upended the legal landscape — and could discourage bold climate policies.

People don't need "climate emergency" or "global boiling" to make them worried. They're already worried.

A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities.

North America’s only barrier reef is withering from heat and disease. Can efforts to preserve and propagate the corals at land-based facilities save them?

A third Atlantic hurricane usually doesn't form until three weeks from now. Yet here's Ernesto, bearing down on Bermuda.

In a reversal, the Biden administration will back production limits as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty.

Next-generation cheese makers are using precision fermentation and AI to pursue the final frontier in plant-based foods.

The distinction is given to people who are incarcerated for their politics, religion, or ethnicity, as well as other personal and protected statuses.

As the regulatory fight over toxic sterilization facilities continues, the health of more than 14 million people may hang in the balance.

Two years on, the Inflation Reduction Act is seeing results — but not name recognition.

If emissions aren’t curbed, extreme wildfires could become six to 11 times more likely by the end of the century.

With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the world’s ocean floor.

Airport, retail, and agricultural workers in 13 cities are demanding elected officials enact heat protections.

Redistributing food before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger — it also fights climate change.