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![View of Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA.]()
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Why Biden’s new protections don’t eliminate threats to the Tongass National Forest
The Agriculture Department just restored the so-called Roadless Rule, but federal land swaps could still open forest lands to logging.
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![side by side collage of book cover of The Deluge and headshot of author Stephen Markley]()
‘The Deluge’ is a climate nightmare — and it’s based on reality
Stephen Markley explains how he wrote a dystopia that feels a little too real.
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![Gas drill near Arlington, Texas.]()
![Gas drill near Arlington, Texas.]()
As fracking increases in Texas, city leaders avoid scrutiny
With demand for natural gas surging during the Russia-Ukraine war, Texans say their homes are on the frontlines of new drilling.
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![Illustration of a hand holding a gavel, wrapped in leaves]()
What Seattle’s Green New Deal reveals about creating inclusive, regenerative, just communities
"The green revolution will not be won by presidential proclamation or congressional decree. It will be won city by city, neighborhood by neighborhood, day by day."
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California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it?
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California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.
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Will California’s ‘atmospheric river’ storms end the drought?
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Europe kicks off 2023 with a record-setting heat wave
Indigenous Affairs
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Brazil’s new president faces ‘scorched earth scenario’ left behind by Bolsonaro
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Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon effectively protect forests. Why is deforestation increasing?
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Avatar: The Way of Water or how not to make Indigenous futurism movies
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Countries reach sweeping deal to protect nature
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![Demonstrators protest the death of environmental activist Tortuguita on January 21 in Atlanta, Georgia.]()
![Demonstrators protest the death of environmental activist Tortuguita on January 21 in Atlanta, Georgia.]()
Documents show how 19 ‘Cop City’ activists got charged with terrorism
Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing.
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How Pittsburgh found a secret climate weapon in ‘the thrilling world of municipal budgeting’
Even cash-strapped cities have money for climate action. They just need to spend it better.
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![The Phillips 66 oil refinery in Wilmington, California sends pollution into the air]()
![The Phillips 66 oil refinery in Wilmington, California sends pollution into the air]()
Oil refineries are polluting US waterways. Too often, it’s legal.
Facilities release a "witches' brew" of toxins in their wastewater.
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![Overhead shot of a narrow river winding through sprawling green forest]()
![Overhead shot of a narrow river winding through sprawling green forest]()
The best way to save forests? Legally recognize Indigenous lands.
A new report says the key to saving Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is recognizing Indigenous territory.
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Utilities use customer dollars to pay for their lobbying. Here’s how lawmakers can stop it.
A report outlines a strategy to rein in corruption and carbon emissions from utilities.
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![Illustration of four hands piecing together a tree, like a puzzle]()
![Illustration of four hands piecing together a tree, like a puzzle]()
Tired of being told to ‘adapt,’ an Indigenous community wrote its own climate action plan
On the Flathead Reservation, a "living document" speaks to thousands of years of history while facing new challenges.
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![Illustration of a scale balancing two homes, one with smoke coming out of the chimney and the other with a heart]()
![Illustration of a scale balancing two homes, one with smoke coming out of the chimney and the other with a heart]()
Ann Arbor’s big decarbonization bet
The Michigan city has ambitions to go carbon neutral, and they begin in one of its most frontline neighborhoods.
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![Woodland path with tree trunk in the foreground and beech trees with bright green leaves forming a canopy]()
![Woodland path with tree trunk in the foreground and beech trees with bright green leaves forming a canopy]()
Britain’s protected natural areas are failing to stop biodiversity loss
A new study offers insight into how to better protect biodiversity.
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