How schools, hospitals, and prisons in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations
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No one should be surprised that South America is burning
Climate scientists have been saying this would happen for years. It will only get worse from here.
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The potential merger of two steel industry titans has environmentalists worried
It’s already possible to produce steel in a more climate-friendly way, but neither U.S. Steel nor Nippon Steel seems ready to adapt.
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Request for Support: Hot Mamas Garage
A funding proposal for an EV retrofit shop opens old wounds between a mother and son as they reexamine their troubled family history.
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The Gulf Coast is sinking, making hurricanes like Francine even more dangerous
Hurricane Francine hits low-lying Louisiana. Subsidence could make the storm surge worse.
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Thawing Alaskan permafrost is unleashing more mercury, confirming scientists’ worst fears
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Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites
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Canada’s first ‘prisoner of conscience’ is an Indigenous land defender
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Indigenous youth are at the center of major climate lawsuits. Here’s why they’re suing.
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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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What if nature had a voice in legislation? A ‘planetary parliament’ could give it one.
The Planetary Democrats, a European legal association, wants to create a global parliament that would represent the interests of the nonhuman world.
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Michigan’s ambitious clean energy laws face a peninsula-sized hurdle
Natural gas power plants put in place just five years ago to replace coal in the state's Upper Peninsula are now a conundrum for regulators.
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At the presidential debate, fossil fuels and energy politics took center stage
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump sought to court swing state voters in gas-rich Pennsylvania in their first head-to-head match.
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The disaster effect
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. There is quite a bit of research on the politics of disasters and how extreme weather shapes voter behavior. We’ve cited some of it in this newsletter. Today, you’ll hear about that research through a different lens: from a researcher whose career, […]
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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Hurricanes are personal for this disaster researcher
Surviving Hurricane Katrina gave Daniel Aldrich's research a new focus: understanding how disasters shape the politics of a place.
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Nearly 200 people were killed last year protecting the environment
Most were Black or Indigenous.
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A new ‘green bank’ could bring solar power and electric buses to Appalachia
$500 million from the EPA will support small lenders to invest in renewable energy.
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How to sell an ‘ugly’ vegetable? Give it googly eyes.
Giving irregular-looking fruits and vegetables a personality could make them more appealing to consumers — and curb food waste.
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