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![A group of people in front of a building. Many of the people are in traditional Indigenous outfits.]()
![A group of people in front of a building. Many of the people are in traditional Indigenous outfits.]()
At UN conference, Indigenous peoples say little has changed after promises made a decade ago
Now, climate change is adding urgency to those pledges.
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![A person in a red baseball cap and draped in a red traditional Maasai cloth walks in the middle of a city street as white clouds of gas billow around him]()
![A person in a red baseball cap and draped in a red traditional Maasai cloth walks in the middle of a city street as white clouds of gas billow around him]()
UN puts spotlight on attacks against Indigenous land defenders
Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act?
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![A hand reaches into a large pile of cell phones and other small electronic devices, many of them cracked or missing batteries]()
![A hand reaches into a large pile of cell phones and other small electronic devices, many of them cracked or missing batteries]()
Staggering quantities of energy transition metals are winding up in the garbage bin
Recycling more of the copper, aluminum, and other minerals in our old electronics could reduce the need for mining.
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![A raised fist of a person wearing a blue and silver bracelet in front of a crowd in front of the white house]()
![A raised fist of a person wearing a blue and silver bracelet in front of a crowd in front of the white house]()
At UN, Indigenous leaders fight for application of rights
"It does continuously feel like that you are trying to prove that you are worthy of life."
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![A coal miner wearing coveralls sits on a piece of mining equipment while eating his lunch.]()
![A coal miner wearing coveralls sits on a piece of mining equipment while eating his lunch.]()
A new federal rule aims to protect miners from black lung disease
Miners say the "overdue" regulation's success will depend upon upon effective enforcement.
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![A dry irrigation canal runs between almond orchards in Chowchilla, California. The state's landmark groundwater law will force farmers to fallow tens of thousands of acres.]()
![A dry irrigation canal runs between almond orchards in Chowchilla, California. The state's landmark groundwater law will force farmers to fallow tens of thousands of acres.]()
In a first, California cracks down on farms guzzling groundwater
Regulators just imposed unprecedented fees on water usage in the state's agricultural heartland.
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![Power transmission lines span toward San Antonio, Texas, the United States, on July 18, 2022.]()
![Power transmission lines span toward San Antonio, Texas, the United States, on July 18, 2022.]()
Who’s afraid of a 300-mile transmission line that could help decarbonize the Southeast?
Louisiana lawmakers and local utilities.
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![A view of bleached coral reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia.]()
![A view of bleached coral reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia.]()
The world’s 4th coral bleaching event has officially arrived
Scientists say it's shaping up to be the worst one yet.
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![A damaged home stands in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, more than nine months after Hurricane Ian.]()
![A damaged home stands in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, more than nine months after Hurricane Ian.]()
FEMA is making an example of this Florida boomtown. Locals call it ‘revenge politics.’
The Biden administration is trying to punish Lee County for rebuilding flood-prone homes. The state’s Republican politicians are fighting back.
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![cars and trucks in traffic jam in urban setting]()
![cars and trucks in traffic jam in urban setting]()
Monitoring a ‘sea of trucks’ in Chicago
Activists found more than 5,000 trucks and buses passing through a single neighborhood in a day.
