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This Fixer wrote the book on addressing poverty, wastewater, and climate change in rural America
A conversation with Catherine Flowers, author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.
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Another victim of global warming: ‘The Great British Baking Show’
“It’s like Satan’s kitchen in here.”
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What is the Indigenous landback movement — and can it help the climate?
Indigenous leaders on the growing 'landback' movement and their fight for climate justice.
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Will the Biden administration take action to stop water shutoffs during the pandemic?
More than 120 social justice organizations have asked the CDC to issue a moratorium on water shutoffs by utilities.
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What’s behind this Colombian band’s latest dance beat? The sounds of nature.
Simón Mejía, the founder of Bomba Estéreo, has a passion for environmental justice.
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The pandemic’s effect on emissions was ‘just a tiny blip’
To the atmosphere, this year’s “return to nature” — a silver lining for some amid a deadly virus — was virtually meaningless.
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Catching up with Andrew Simon, host of Grist’s Temperature Check
Grist’s director of programming explains how, and why, he decided to combine climate, race, and culture in a podcast he calls his “most exciting -- and terrifying -- project.”
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![US Secretary of State John Kerry holds his granddaughter, Isabelle Dobbs-Higginson, during the signature ceremony for the Paris Agreement at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in April 2016.]()
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Biden’s latest appointment, John Kerry, signals how the new administration will handle the climate crisis
Joe Biden names John Kerry to a cabinet-level post focused on climate.
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We need a global leader on plastics. Could it be Biden?
Trump isolated the U.S. from global climate efforts, but Biden can move quickly to collaborate, especially on the plastic problem.
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He’s bringing solar power to Puerto Rico — and political power to its people
In its latest project, Arturo Massol-Deyá’s nonprofit is helping small businesses produce their own energy and rebuild the local economy on their own terms.
