The annual festival started as an impromptu bonfire, but now attracts tens of thousands of revelers a year. How did it get here?
Category: Global Warming
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Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open.
Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings.
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Hawaii Wildfires Spur Insurers to Reassess the State’s Risk
Hawaii has long been a low-risk and profitable market for insurers, but the Maui disaster could change that, and even have a global ripple effect.
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Is Ice the Ultimate Luxury?
Americans, in particular, tend to think of frozen water as essential. But this seemingly ubiquitous commodity is no longer something we can take for granted.
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Can a New Genre of Eco-Thrillers Inspire Climate Action?
Fighting the apocalypse is a timeworn movie trope. But in an era of environmental catastrophe, some filmmakers are creating more down-to-earth heroes.
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Hawaiian Electric Was Warned of System Fragility Before Maui Wildfire
The utility knew it needed to upgrade its equipment but did not make changes that could have reduced risks of fires, energy experts said.
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With TikTok and Lawsuits, Gen Z Takes on Climate Change
‘We’re the last resort,’ one young activist said.
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Maui Fires Come at a Moment of Turmoil for the Insurance Industry
Hawaii has the nation’s lowest rates for homeowner coverage because it has not suffered many natural disasters. That may change.
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First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers
As the war in Ukraine disrupts the global grain market, a volatile climate leaves Kansas on track to harvest its smallest wheat crop in decades.