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Data centers, drought, and dispossession: The real nightmares in Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’
In the new horror-tinged Western, a fictional Pueblo tribe and a fractured town reveal how pandemic politics and AI infrastructure deepen old patterns of violence.
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This Indian rapper is spitting bars about climate justice, caste, and Indigenous rights
In her latest single, Mahi G spotlights the outdoor workers vulnerable to extreme heat.
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![digital collage of Billie Eilish, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews, and Chris Martin, with a tree, music notes, and a nalgene water bottle]()
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How musicians and concert venues are upping the tempo on climate action
As sustainability initiatives in other industries stall out, big acts like Coldplay, Dave Matthews, and Billie Eilish are pushing live music to go green.
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Rising seas, vanishing voices: An Indigenous story from Martha’s Vineyard
In "Nothing More of This Land," writer Joseph Lee reflects on being Wampanoag in a place shaped by colonization.
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A year after Helene, river guides in Appalachia are navigating a new world
The first tourist season since the storm reveals how much the river and livelihoods have changed.
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Want to try lab-grown salmon? The US just approved it.
Despite a growing number of state bans, advocates of cultivated seafood say it can protect waterways from overfishing.
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How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored
A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change.
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What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.
Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. "Murderland" asks what role polluters played.
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The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again
A federal judge in Phoenix provides a reprieve for Oak Flat.
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![Josh Norris a Yurok planner and tribal member lands a redwood canoe on the lower Klamath River on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Klamath, Calif. As the salmon of the Klamath have dwindled the Yurok tribe has turned to alternative revenue like eco tourism and canoe tours in an effort to support their people.]()
![Josh Norris a Yurok planner and tribal member lands a redwood canoe on the lower Klamath River on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Klamath, Calif. As the salmon of the Klamath have dwindled the Yurok tribe has turned to alternative revenue like eco tourism and canoe tours in an effort to support their people.]()
In California’s largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River
"It's our job, our inherent right, to take care of the Klamath Basin and its river.”
