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EPA finalizes new standards for deadly particulate matter
The restrictions on soot pollution will prevent thousands of premature deaths every year. Industry groups say it will hurt local economies.
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From fiction to reality: How resilience hubs could help people weather disasters — and build community
“What would it look like to support trusted community spaces and almost create a microcosm of the world that we want to live in?”
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Top 5 takeaways of our investigation into state trust lands
A Grist investigation reveals how 14 public universities continue to benefit from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land.
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How we investigated the land-grant university system
A methodology of our efforts to reveal how land-grant universities continue to profit from stolen Indigenous resources.
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Biden protected the lands surrounding the Grand Canyon. Uranium mining is happening there anyway.
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Norway to pay Sámi reindeer herders millions for violating their human rights
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Why more than 60 Indigenous nations oppose the Line 5 oil pipeline
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En la Amazonía ecuatoriana, el petróleo amenaza décadas de esfuerzos de conservación liderados por indígenas
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
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How to conduct your own reporting and research on state trust lands
A guide to using Grist's database.
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Category 6-level hurricanes are already here, a new study says
But what would change if we added a number to the hurricane scale?
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As states slash rooftop solar incentives, Puerto Rico extends them
A year after California gutted how much households are paid for excess solar power, Puerto Rico is preserving its net metering program to foster clean energy and resilience.
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New study says the world blew past 1.5 degrees of warming 4 years ago
How scientists are using an unexpected organism — sea sponges — to refine climate projections.
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In New York, 1 in 4 residents now live within a half-mile of a mega-warehouse
The problem: The pollution from all the truck exhaust is mega-dangerous.
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The promise and the perils of Hawaiʻi’s renewable energy revolution
The closer the state gets to reaching its groundbreaking clean energy goals, the harder it will be to achieve them.
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Why a natural gas storage climate ‘disaster’ could happen again
A year after a major methane leak from underground gas storage, a new study identifies potentially thousands of similarly risky wells across the United States.
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John Podesta is a DC veteran. Can he make climate deals on the world stage?
Podesta takes over for John Kerry at a critical moment for global climate diplomacy.
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