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A search and rescue worker, looking for Camp Fire victims, carries Susie Q. to safety after the cadaver dog fell through rubble at the Holly Hills Mobile Estates on Wednesday in Paradise, Calif. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Downtown Houston flooded by rain from Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 29, 2017. The buildings in the region exacerbated rainfall from the storm, according to a new study. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Houston Got Hammered By Hurricane Harvey — And Its Buildings Are Partly To Blame
Sheriff deputies walk through a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire near Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 10. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Chris and Nancy Brown embrace Monday while looking over the remains of their burned residence after the Camp Fire tore through the region in Paradise, Calif. Dozens of people have been killed in the latest fires to hit the state. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Megafires More Frequent Because Of Climate Change And Forest Management
A California man and his girlfriend return to his burned-out home in Malibu on Saturday. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption
Keystone XL pipeline sections sit on a train near Glendive, Mont. Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio hide caption
As Construction Of Keystone XL Is Paused, Tribes Brace For What's Next
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As Construction Of Keystone XL Is Paused, Tribes Brace For What's Next
Shawnee Rae, age 8, among a group of Native American activists from the Sisseton-Wahpeton tribe protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline in Watertown, S.D. in 2015. Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Swordfish like this one, sunning itself off the coast of Ventura, Calif. have traditionally been caught in drift gillnets. But ocean activists say the method is unsustainable because it captures too many other sea creatures. Douglas Klug/Getty Images hide caption
Kristy Taylor baits her hook while fishing on the Two Hearted River in Michigan. She's part of a steelhead fishing class put on by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in an effort to inspire more women to fish. Morgan Springer/Interlochen Public Radio hide caption
Rancher Dave Creveling believes the cost of a new Washington state carbon fee would be passed along to rural people like him if voters approve it. Ashley Ahearn for NPR hide caption
Washington State Could Become The First To Charge A Carbon Fee
One of the BillerudKorsnäs packaging redesign projects replaced the plastic casing around camping gear with cardboard. Cassandra Profita/OPB hide caption
Beyond Plastic Bans: Creating Products To Replace It
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The climate change lawsuit inspired this rally in Seattle, along with ones in Portland and Eugene, Ore. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
Rock Islands in Palau, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a popular dive location. Retailers who break the "reef-toxic" sunscreen ban will face fines of $1,000. Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images hide caption
Arkansas farmer David Wildy inspects a field of soybeans that were damaged by dicamba in 2017. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption
In New Mexico, an elected Land Commissioner oversees oil and gas leases on millions of acres of state land. The race is drawing big money from fossil fuel interests and environmental groups. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Butterflies swarm a flowering plant at the National Butterfly Center, a 100-acre wildlife center and botanical garden in Hidalgo County, Texas. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
A year after Hurricane Maria touched down in September 2017, the island is still recovering. On Tuesday lawyers for the government admitted they had not yet overhauled the island's emergency response plans for the next major hurricane. Angel Valentin/Getty Images hide caption
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People walk in a flooded Saint Mark Square in Venice, Italy. Manuel Silvestri/Reuters hide caption