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![Collage of various climate protests]()
Climate activists’ new, confrontational tactics aren’t popular. That’s kind of the point.
You're not supposed to like it when protesters throw soup on a van Gogh.
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![Screenshot from Avatar 2 of Māori inspired blue people]()
![Screenshot from Avatar 2 of Māori inspired blue people]()
Avatar: The Way of Water or how not to make Indigenous futurism movies
There's a reason Indigenous groups are calling for a boycott of the film.
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![Collage: a smashed piggy bank with a stack of wrapped gifts on top of it]()
![Collage: a smashed piggy bank with a stack of wrapped gifts on top of it]()
The case for spending less money on holiday gifts
Here’s why you feel pressured into buying unnecessary gifts — and how to resist
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![a diver looks at bleached coral]()
Countries reach sweeping deal to protect nature
Now, can they actually implement it?
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![Oil well and pump jacks in the City of Signal Hill with the City of Long Beach in the background.]()
![Oil well and pump jacks in the City of Signal Hill with the City of Long Beach in the background.]()
California passed a milestone law to stop neighborhood drilling. Now Big Oil has launched its counterattack.
A new fossil fuel-sponsored ballot initiative could reverse a major environmental justice victory.
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Heatflation, overshoot, soup throwers: Grist’s picks for words of the year
10 terms and phrases that defined our sweltering climate in 2022.
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![Heavily damaged mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida a month after Hurricane Ian.]()
![Heavily damaged mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida a month after Hurricane Ian.]()
Why Republicans are coughing up billions of dollars to save Florida’s insurance market
The state's insurance companies are struggling to survive an onslaught of hurricanes and litigation.
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![Black is oil seen in and around a creek and on top of brown, dry grass.]()
![Black is oil seen in and around a creek and on top of brown, dry grass.]()
Cleanup is underway for the US’s second-largest tar sands oil spill. Experts say it’ll be harder than past leaks.
It's all about the kind of oil that gets spilled.
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![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
After Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Ricans fled to Florida. Then Ian happened.
The state's affordable housing crisis has made it almost impossible for storm victims to get back on their feet.
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A rare Nevada flower gets ‘endangered’ status, raising questions for a proposed lithium mine
Can the Biden administration protect Tiehm’s buckwheat while supporting production of a green energy mineral?
