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![A man stands amid blackened aearth and ashes by a torched porch swing after a wildfire destroyed his home.]()
![A man stands amid blackened aearth and ashes by a torched porch swing after a wildfire destroyed his home.]()
Wildfires have burned nearly 1 million acres in western Canada
The flames are fueled by the same weather phenomenon that caused the 2019 bushfires in Australia.
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![Maya Lilly photo with blue border]()
![Maya Lilly photo with blue border]()
A theater kid who decided to take climate stories mainstream
Maya Lilly had achieved the theater dream: studying at Juilliard. But when her environmental passion didn’t find a home there, it set her on a mission to bring climate storytelling to Hollywood.
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![A white polystyrene food container]()
![A white polystyrene food container]()
Oregon bans plastic foam and PFAS in food containers, promotes reusable alternatives
Lawmakers say the legislation was “a long time coming.”
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![Grist + Center for Rural Strategies]()
![Grist + Center for Rural Strategies]()
Up to $100,000 in grants available for reporting on the rural US
In April, Grist and the Center for Rural Strategies launched the Rural Newswire, which includes funding for newsrooms and freelancers.
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![A woman dressed in black pants and an olive green blouse addresses people in the yard of a home in rural Alabama with a failing sanitation septic system.]()
![A woman dressed in black pants and an olive green blouse addresses people in the yard of a home in rural Alabama with a failing sanitation septic system.]()
A landmark investigation brings environmental justice to rural Alabama
Federal investigators found that Alabama neglected a Black community's sewage and sanitation needs — then punished them for the results.
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![The view of some sparse trees, a road, and a mountain gutted by coal mining.]()
![The view of some sparse trees, a road, and a mountain gutted by coal mining.]()
How bankruptcy helps the coal industry avoid environmental liability
Jeff Hoops built Blackjewel into the nation’s sixth largest coal company by acquiring bankrupt mines. When it declared bankruptcy, he pivoted to other ventures, leaving polluted streams and mud-shrouded roads in his wake.
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![A man with a bun and a black hoodie installs a heat pump on the side of a gray house.]()
![A man with a bun and a black hoodie installs a heat pump on the side of a gray house.]()
Airbnb will help some hosts pay for new heat pumps
A pilot program in Massachusetts will give Airbnb vacation-rental owners $2,500 to install air-source heat pumps and make their properties more energy-efficient.
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![The stacks of the Salt River Project generating station near Randolph, Arizona.]()
![The stacks of the Salt River Project generating station near Randolph, Arizona.]()
A historic Black community fights to block Arizona utility’s expansion plan
The town of Randolph is is now virtually surrounded by gas plants, pipelines, a hazardous waste site and a steel company contracted to manufacture the former president’s border wall.
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![A Nebraska farmer holds two ears of corn in his hand]()
![A Nebraska farmer holds two ears of corn in his hand]()
Despite what you may think, ethanol isn’t dead yet
The biofuel's bipartisan support isn't about science, but politics.
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![A Navajo man, shown in silhouette, fills a water tank in the back of his truck.]()
![A Navajo man, shown in silhouette, fills a water tank in the back of his truck.]()
The EPA extends federal protection to tribal waters
The proposed rule will ensure more than 500,000 tribal citizens enjoy clean water protections.
