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Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony and the credibility of a woman scientist
Ford's testimony was a remarkable feat in a time when science itself is undergoing aggressive interrogation.
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Fuming residents are fighting back against a neighboring oil refinery
According to a new report, nearly 40 percent of the country lives within three miles of at least one high-risk chemical facility.
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Weathering the next Florence
How should we prepare for a future filled with dangerous storms? Grist talked to experts for ideas on building resilient communities.
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Keystone XL construction to begin next year, but indigenous activists vow to keep fighting
The contentious decade-long battle between indigenous communities and TransCanada continues.
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One year after Maria, the Puerto Rican diaspora charts a new path forward
At one memorial, a call for Puerto Rican independence. At another, demands that the U.S. government not turn its back on the island.
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Some displaced Puerto Ricans face homelessness after FEMA stops paying for hotels
Other Hurricane Maria evacuees who’ve since managed to get their own place are teetering on the brink of homelessness.
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The Puerto Rican diaspora gets ready to flex its political power
On the anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s landfall, the Puerto Rican diaspora is hitting the streets -- and getting people to the polls.
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The private intelligence firm keeping tabs on environmentalists
When big oil companies want to monitor activists, they turn to Welund.
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One of the populations most vulnerable to climate change is locked up in the path of Hurricane Florence
At the Global Climate Action Summit, advocates speak up for inmates facing Hurricane Florence
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Coal ash and hog manure could flood vulnerable communities in Hurricane Florence’s path
Spills from coal ash pits and hog-manure ponds in North Carolina would hurt low-income people of color.
