Stories by Daniel Cusick

Climate change could cost municipalities $2 billion in damages through 2025

Experts also say low-income people, communities of color and Indigenous peoples have fewer options

More tree cover would lower disproportionately high levels of heat and pollution

New Belgium Brewing is selling a smoke-flavored brew as a sensory warning about agriculture’s troubles to come

Controversy surrounds the plan to cut the river’s massive levee in an attempt to save disappearing wetlands

Engineers will tap river sediment to try to create wetlands faster than they are disappearing

Puerto Rico was identified as suffering the greatest climate impacts over that time period

“Seasteader” housing built on platforms would rise and fall with the tides, but practical challenges are huge

Michael Regan has said the agency will work quickly on addressing climate change, water pollution and environmental inequities

Such housing is often already in poor repair, and residents are already struggling to make ends meet

Torrential rains deluged the southern part of the state, with the storm set to hit the Gulf Coast this weekend

Sea level rise, river floods and wildfires have destroyed some settlements and forced others to relocate

Coastal areas of the state are national leaders in adopting a standard that protects roofs

The storm’s torrential rain and life-threatening storm surge are causing major flooding along the Gulf Coast

Communities in fire-prone areas are facing tough decisions on whether to stay and rebuild or move

There are concerns, though, about the time it will take to build the network of sea walls, surge gates and other infrastructure

With rising seas threatening coastal communities, federal watchdog warns the government’s scattershot approach needs revising

The city was initially slow to change after the disaster killed 739 people, but is now a model for heat preparedness

Mussels in the lakes, themselves invasive species, may not be able to outcompete Asian carp for food, as previously thought

Such a system could bypass the fiber-optic cables that can be severed when storms down utility poles

The new analysis could help property owners, municipalities and financial institutions better prepare for future inundation

A new report advocates for governments to increase funding for projects like floodplain restoration

Experts and affected communities say environmental justice must be a key component of efforts to address climate change

Yields of native wild rice have shrunk due to temperature rise, shoreline erosion and other environmental problems