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Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Our goal is to use the power of storytelling to illuminate the way toward a better world, inspire millions of people to walk that path with us, and show that the time for action is now.

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New data shows just how bad the climate insurance crisis has become

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Two congressional reports make clear that, with increasingly frequent hurricanes, floods and fires, ‘the model of insurance as it stands right now isn’t working.’

Thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors from New Orleans were bussed to refuge at this Red Cross shelter in the Houston Astrodome.
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They settled in Houston after Katrina — and then faced a political storm

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Industrial facilities in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley" are shown in this photograph.
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Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected

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Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.

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Interstate transmission plan in doubt after Entergy raises concerns

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Why ‘climate havens’ might be closer to home than you’d think

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Louisiana’s landmark climate adaptation program is running out of time

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