This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Shortly after deadly wildfires ignited in Los Angeles County in January, California lawmakers introduced bills to ...

By building hard rail around the 22-mile Atlanta Beltline, local leaders will be embracing urbanism and building the city of the future.

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There are countless architectural masterpieces that leave us in awe, and then there are the ones that leave us utterly confused. We’re talking about architecture, construction, and design fails that ...

Many of the casualties and damage from disasters in the Philippines stem from weak houses and poorly built structures that ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are just ...

New research from the University of Colorado Denver shows many communities fail to take historic preservation into account when planning for natural disasters, risking a loss of heritage and critical ...

For decades, the Alaska Legislature has ignored requests by Alaskans to establish a climate disaster preparedness and response fund, with revenues from a nominal tax on oil production (which has ...