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‘Not enough firefighters’: Historic wildfires rage unabated in Southern California

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

A damaged administrative building of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, in a handout picture released on Friday. Credit: Energoatom/Via New York Times

Russian forces damage and seize Ukrainian nuclear power plant; no indication of elevated radiation levels

By John Mecklin, Susan D’Agostino, Jessica McKenzie | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Fighting fire with fire

By Jessica Leigh Hester | Climate Change

Climate scientist: I witnessed Australia on fire. Climate change is already here.

By Michael E. Mann | Climate Change, Opinion