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Climate change in the US: the dangers and the solutions

A Guardian US series of articles and films on climate change. It will focus on people already impacted, displaced or threatened by sea level rise, and will examine how the threat can be tackled, including with clean energy

  • John Booth (L) sits with Angela Latiolais's (2L) family while helping them save belongings after flooding on August 16, 2016 in Gonzales, Louisiana.
As many as 30,000 people have been rescued following unprecedented floods in the southern US state of Louisiana, including a 78-year-old woman who spent a night stranded in a tree, police said late Monday. Residents awoke Tuesday to find their homes and businesses still surrounded by muddy water, without clear answers about when the epic flooding that has killed at least seven is expected to recede.
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    The Cajun Army: how a community fought the Louisiana floods – video

    Torrential downpours in Louisiana led to catastrophic flooding in August 2016, submerging entire communities and displacing thousands of residents. In their own words, volunteers with the self-styled ‘Cajun army’ tell the inspirational story of how a natural disaster made their community stronger
  • The Block Island wind farm in Rhode Island has opened up the way for further developments along the coast.

    Offshore wind, clever concrete and fake meat: the top climate change innovations

    Trump’s climate plans have sparked anger and upset – but businesses are finding alternative solutions. Oliver Milman runs down today’s best climate innovations
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    Meet the globetrotting cyclist collecting 1,001 climate change stories

    On Saturday, Devi Lockwood will be at the People’s Climate march in Washington, DC, hoping to add to the 600 interviews she’s done in the US and beyond, about how people’s lives have been impacted by climate change and water
  • A rooftop is covered with solar panels at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York.

    Sunshine state shuns solar as overcast New York basks in clean energy boom

    Despite its natural advantages, disincentives mean Florida has few solar panels but the Empire state’s policies have boosted installed solar capacity by 800%
  • Miami, FL

    Sea level rise: Miami and Atlantic City fight to stay above water – video

  • A resident walks through the flooded streets of Miami Beach in 2015.

    Atlantic City and Miami Beach: two takes on tackling the rising waters

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    How to switch to solar power in your home and why now is the time – video

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    How to install solar panels at home – to save the Earth and your bank account

  • A ranch in Sweetwater, Texas, which has embraced clean energy

    Climate change in the US: the dangers and the solutions – about this series

    This Guardian US series of articles and films on climate change will focus on people already impacted, displaced or threatened by sea level rise, and will examine how the threat can be tackled, including with clean energy and other solutions
  • Louis Brooks says that initially he was very resistant to the idea of adding wind turbines to his ranch in Sweetwater, Texas.

    'The wild west of wind': Republicans push Texas as unlikely green energy leader

    The most oil-rich and fracking-friendly of states has found itself with the improbable status of being a national leader in a wind energy boom
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