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Vive la résistance: 10 ways people stood up for the planet in 2017
Fighting pipeline construction, reaffirming commitments to the Paris accord, and suing the EPA were among many acts of defiance.
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How New York City is tackling a mental health crisis spurred by Hurricane Sandy
Years after the storm pummeled the coast of Queens, psychiatric hospitalizations in the area are soaring.
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Puerto Rico’s mental health crisis is an American disaster
Watch our video on the connection between big storms and mental health.
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Miles away from the U.N. climate talks, local movements demonstrate what’s really at stake
Activists accuse the conference of 'greenwashing' environmental injustices just outside its doors.
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Washington state gets another shot at the nation’s first carbon tax
“2018 is the year we’re going to push for something big in Washington.”
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Fiji leads U.N. climate talks that warming kept it from hosting
Though COP23 is in Germany, the island chain -- one of the countries with the most at stake -- is leading its agenda.
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Climate change–fueled wildfires pollute the air and make people sick
The West's big wildfires are undermining decades of progress in cleaning the air.
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5 years after Sandy, this woman still worries about being left behind because of her disability
A court ruling after Hurricane Sandy forced New York City to develop a more inclusive emergency plan. Advocates say it hasn't happened.
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Hurricane Maria crushed Puerto Rico farms. This activist wants to grow resilience through food.
"We need to grow our own food to be able to get out of this," Tara Rodríguez Besosa says.
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The U.S. could have avoided Puerto Rico’s water crisis
There are international standards for disaster relief. The government isn't meeting them.
