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  As Wildfires Intensify, Communities Have a Bigger Role to Play

  As France confronts increasingly destructive wildfires, researchers say its largely top-down approach leaves residents with little role in preparing for them. In parts of the U.S., communities are experimenting with a different approach.By Alissa de Chassey On July 22, Aurélie Filleau and her husband were given 10 minutes to get their children and a few possessions into the car before evacuating their house in Le Porge, a town near Bordeaux, France.

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  Texas Land Commissioner Treads Carefully as Trump Border Wall Advances on State Property

  Dawn Buckingham has long supported President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But now the federal government plans to build a wall on cherished state land.By Martha Pskowski Border wall construction in the Big Bend region puts Republican Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham in a bind: back President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda or respond to growing bipartisan opposition to the wall.

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  Regenerative Growers in Florida Aim to Improve Soil for Health of Food, Environment, Consumers and Workers

  The broad set of practices is becoming more popular at a time when climate change is stressing the state’s land—and the people who work on it.By Sara Pepitone Blueberries, green beans, yellow squash, red onions, purple cabbage, oranges. At markets across Florida, colorful produce signals freshness and nutrition and attracts consumers.

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• IInside Climate News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Isaias Made It To Birmingham. The Consequences Were Deadly

  Devolin “Bobo” Webster was killed by a falling tree as the remnants of Hurricane Isaias swept through Alabama. His death illustrates the dangers tropical systems pose far inland.By Lee Hedgepeth BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—It’s hard to forget Uncle Bobo.

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  New York Candidates for Governor Clash Over Energy Policy

  High utility bills, the state’s clean energy transition and data centers’ growing electricity needs emerged as flashpoints during a gubernatorial debate.By Lauren Dalban Incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman clashed over high energy costs in the state’s only gubernatorial debate, offering sharply different visions for how to keep electricity affordable as demand rises.

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  How Rewilding Could Help Atoll Islands Keep Pace With Rising Seas

  Healthy ecosystems may give some of the world’s most vulnerable islands a better shot at survival, new research shows.By Bob Berwyn Coral-fringed tropical atolls are among the landforms most threatened by global warming, but many have a potential superpower: Healthy ecosystems may help them keep pace with rising seas.

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  Climate Change Is Increasing Simultaneous Exposure to Heat Waves and Wildfire Smoke

  Heat and wildfire smoke are dangerous on their own. A new study says more people are facing both at once.By Katie Surma More than 1 billion people per year were exposed to heat waves and fire pollution at the same time from 2010-2019, a sharp jump from the decade before it, according to a new study that highlights the growing public health crisis caused by global warming.

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  New Study Reveals Clues About the Origins of Nepal’s Deadly Flood

  Using seismic data from Nepal and China, researchers identified dozens of small seismic events in the weeks before the August rock-and-ice collapse and ensuing flood.By Alissa de Chassey A new study in the journal Seismica presents the first comprehensive seismic analysis of what happened during the disastrous flood in Nepal on Aug. 26. But exactly what triggered the mountainside to give way remains unclear.

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  The Fire Retardant in the Seafood Chain

  A chemical additive helped stop fishmeal from catching fire on ships, but it carried a downstream carcinogenic risk to modern food systems.By Ian Urbina This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here.

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• IInside Climate News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Momentum for Measuring Water Lost in Wyoming’s Portion of the Colorado River Dries Up

  Wyoming may resume collecting data in the Green River and Little Snake River basins as part of a future Upper Colorado River Basin project.By Jake Bolster Wyoming has shelved a state-funded project to measure water use in the Green River and Little Snake River basins after it could not get enough data to create a basin-wide estimate of water lost during irrigation.

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  Inside Ohio’s Revolt Against Data Centers

  A colorful crew of activists helped spur moratorium votes in 10 communities next month. Now, they’re aiming for a statewide ban.By Dan Gearino COLUMBUS, Ohio—A four-hour legislative committee hearing in June, punctuated by applause and anger, offered a window into the growing backlash against data centers.

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• IInside Climate News2026-10-13✓ Read

  What Happened to Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hubs?

  Backed by the federal government and bipartisan leadership, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo.By Rebecca McCarthy Three years ago, hydrogen seemed poised for a long-awaited breakthrough. The Biden administration announced $7 billion in federal funding for seven hubs to produce the fuel across the country, and Pennsylvania was set to be a major player in the emerging industry.

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• IInside Climate News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Food for Feed

  This week, co-host Jake Bolster takes a deep dive into the global seafood industry with reporter Johnny Sturgeon and the Outlaw Ocean Project.By Jake Bolster, Johnny Sturgeon

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  How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster

  What started as a novel plan to build a desalination plant supplying plentiful water to the oil and gas industry has landed the Texas city in a financial and political quagmire.By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija This story is a partnership between Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News and Neena Satija of The Texas Newsroom.

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  The Fishfeed Trap

  The livestock industry’s search for more sustainable alternatives to fishmeal has gone nowhere.By Ian Urbina This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here.

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• IInside Climate News2026-10-11✓ Read

  The Greek National Park Suffocated by Fish Farming

  Greece’s $900 million aquaculture industry is sacrificing sea life as it slowly strangles one of Europe’s most important marine sanctuaries.By Johnny Sturgeon This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here.

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