Rare storms in Arizona prove West Coast rain is a warning
A storm bringing flood watches to 7 million people signals a volatile winter that turns burn scars into death traps across the West.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Climate — Lorien Times
UN warns of El Niño but wealthy nations owe climate reparations
The UN warns of an unprecedented El Niño that threatens 50 million people with hunger, proving that wealthy nations' climate delay is a death sentence for the Global South.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Trump signs Chiricahua National Park Act to mask a gutted agency
President Trump elevated Chiricahua to national park status to score a political win, but the move ignores a starving workforce and a $24 billion maintenance backlog.
By Maya Ellison ·
Donald Trump pours petrol on the fire as warming surges
A new UN report reveals U.S. emissions surged most in the G20 under Donald Trump, proving that political delay and fossil greed doom our planetary future.
By Sophie Naimi ·
N.C. 12 closures prove the Outer Banks cannot hold the tide
A slow nor'easter has closed miles of N.C. 12 and eroded dunes, proving that the Outer Banks coastline is failing against long storms.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Gavin Newsom and San Jose leave California to drown in storms
As a historic El Niño brings record storms and heat to California, state and local leaders cut climate programs and rely on manual floodgates.
By Imani Sutton ·
Ten fires burn California as offshore winds fuel the new normal
Fierce winds and dry brush drive ten fires across California, destroying homes and proving that seasonal offshore winds turn predictable weather into recurring catastrophe.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Norte Fire destroys homes that Orange County cannot shield
As the Norte Fire burns homes and injures firefighters in Orange County, the rapid spread proves that California must stop treating predictable Santa Ana winds as surprises.
By Daniel Okafor ·
A super El Niño winter is coming and the first official forecast is in
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts a powerful El Niño that threatens the southern United States with floods, proving that record rainfall on dry soil brings disaster instead of relief.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Southern California Edison cuts power while the public pays
As Santa Ana winds trigger preventative blackouts across Southern California, Southern California Edison shifts the burden of its fragile grid and deferred maintenance onto the public.
By Imani Sutton ·
Thousands more North Bay customers face potential PG&E power shutoffs
By Imani Sutton ·
Gavin Newsom's readiness posture fails the victims of LA fires
As Santa Ana winds spark fires in Brentwood and Palos, Governor Gavin Newsom's emergency response ignores the systemic neglect that leaves working families to absorb the ruinous costs.
By Maya Ellison ·
Mexico must evacuate before Trudy strikes like Hurricane Otis
As Tropical Storm Trudy intensifies in the Pacific, the Mexican government must order immediate evacuations along the coast rather than issuing suggestions that repeat the failure of Hurricane Otis.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Mexico counts the dead as climate breakdown fuels Hurricane Simon
Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel leave five dead in Mexico, exposing the violent human cost of an unprecedented fossil-fueled El Niño.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Long Beach pays for Rachel's ruins while renters lose their homes
As Tropical Storm Rachel battered Long Beach, city leaders tapped emergency reserves to patch private bulkheads, leaving displaced renters and broken budgets to shoulder the cost of coastal collapse.
By Imani Sutton ·
Rachel exposes the flood failures of Las Vegas and Long Beach
Tropical Storm Rachel broke rainfall records in Las Vegas and shattered coastal homes, revealing a dangerous gap between urban infrastructure and the reality of tropical remnants.
By Daniel Okafor ·