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Zuha Hameed

George Washington University

A suburban street flooded with water.
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Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Floods, hurricanes, and heatwaves: Climate change will intensify extreme weather in Illinois, report finds
Heat, smoke, pandemic: Dangers multiply for farmworkers in 2020
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Arizona State University

Heat, smoke, pandemic: Dangers multiply for farmworkers in 2020
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Frank Sesno

Founding Director | Planet Forward

Peril & Promise: Life after the wildfires
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Emma Page

George Washington University

The bridge in Ellicott City among debris after the flooding in 2016.
California’s wildfires break records, again
Lily Young

George Washington University

Smoke plume and evacuation from the 2018 Woolsey Fire
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Deepti Bansal Gage

Beveridge & Diamond

Opinion | Environmentalism is a new fad in the Western world, but we can make it last
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Ella Copiatti

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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Matilda Kreider

George Washington University

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Jake Meyers

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Charlie Olsen

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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Katie Loos

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Kevin Bjarnason

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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Matthew Lauster

SUNY College at Brockport

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Evan Barnard

Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | American University

Fossil fuel industry begins moving on climate change
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