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  • 1 week ago | mprnews.org | Julia Simon |Ryan Kellman

    Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. At the edge of a wide, grassy park in Vienna, there's a modern building with lots of windows and a sleek wood facade.

  • 3 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Nate Perez |Ryan Kellman

    Robert Taylor built his two-story brick house in St. John the Baptist Parish, La., in 1969. He and his neighbors turned pastures for dairy cows into what's now Reserve, an unincorporated area in between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. "It's a beautiful community, man," Taylor, who is 85-years-old, says. "It started off quite naturally."St. John runs along the Mississippi River where it is also home to a synthetic rubber plant run by Denka Performance Elastomer.

  • Jan 25, 2025 | npr.org | Emma Bowman |Ryan Kellman

    The Eaton Fire destroyed more than 9,000 homes and buildings across Altadena and Pasadena. For many, the fire was unexpected and choices about what possessions to take while evacuating was rushed — or in some cases, not made at all. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR More than two weeks after a fire ripped through Altadena, devastating the northeast Los Angeles community, most residents don't have homes to return to.

  • Jan 15, 2025 | npr.org | Elise Hu |Ryan Kellman

    On Jan. 12, Best Friends Animal Society received cats and dogs from Pasadena Humane. Employees and volunteers spent the day intaking animals and donated supplies in an effort.  Here, Best Friends' Nina Lewis holds a dog before its medical examination. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR From cats and birds to tortoises and horses, a network of rescue groups is caring for animals affected by wildfires still burning throughout the Los Angeles area.

  • Oct 26, 2024 | kpbs.org | Lauren Sommer |Ryan Kellman

    When Hurricane Douglas came barreling toward Oahu in 2020, David Sischo quickly packed up and drove to higher ground. But he wasn’t evacuating his family. He was evacuating snails. Sischo works with some of the rarest endangered species on the planet, kāhuli — Hawaii’s native tree snails. The colorful, jewel-like snails were once so abundant, it’s said they were like Christmas ornaments covering the trees. Almost all of the 750 different species were found only in Hawaii.

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