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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.
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Climate summit protesters want to save the world without screwing over people
Stopping climate change isn’t enough, if vulnerable communities are left behind, say activists protesting the San Francisco gathering.
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The U.N.’s watchdog on indigenous rights has her eye on climate change initiatives
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz talks about the opportunities and risks that need to be navigated in the transition towards a fossil fuel-free future.
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A more inclusive Global Climate Action Summit can stop us from ‘losing Earth’
To defeat climate change, people of color and low-income communities should have a seat at the table.
