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Bills banning critical race theory also threaten climate education
More than two dozen bills seek to ban critical race theory from public school curricula. That is a direct threat to climate education and justice.
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Engine 1’s Exxon insurgency suggests the bottom line is the key to a Big Oil revolution
The upstart hedge fund's successful push to add three climate-conscious directors to the oil giant's board is only the beginning.
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Watch: ‘How We’re Fixin’ It: A Data-Driven Story of Air, People, and Science’Fix convened an expert panel to break down how data can be harnessed to implement community-led solutions to improve air quality at the local level.
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From Paris to Phoenix: Why this U.N. climate expert ran for city council
After helping deliver the Paris Agreement, Yassamin Ansari is bringing its goals to her hometown in the desert.
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From Paris to Phoenix: Why this U.N. climate expert ran for city council
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A more sustainable skyscraper? Imagine a ‘spaceship designed by Jenga.’
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Too many clean energy programs leave the poor behind. Enter the ‘equity map.’
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The pandemic changed our cities. VR could revolutionize them.
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Biden’s big conservation plan must include cities
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Gulf Coast communities are solving their own flooding crisis. It could be a model for cities nationwide.
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Shift Happens: ‘The World We Need’ and a conversation with Michelle Nijhuis
“One person’s ‘nature’ is another person’s vacant lot.”
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A more sustainable skyscraper? Imagine a ‘spaceship designed by Jenga.’
Two architects dreamed up a high-rise they think could inspire the next generation of climate-friendly buildings.
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The climate crisis needs a feminist response, not a military one
Climate is being defined as a national security issue, but ‘security’ doesn’t have to mean violence.
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These environmental justice leaders are creating the spaces they wish they’d had
Wawa Gatheru and Ki’Amber Thompson both came to environmentalism by accident. Now they’re making sure more people can find their way.
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As the nation prepares to burn again, Indigenous fire practices are a hot topic
On the Yurok Reservation in Northern California, Rick O’Rourke fights fire with fire — and teaches others to do the same.
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A leaky pipeline operates illegally on tribal land. Will the White House please speak up?
Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline is threatening the Great Lakes and treaty-protected land. Biden needs to back his promises to Indigenous communities.
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Pacific Islanders have been fighting environmental crises for centuries, if only the world would notice
The 10 million residents of Oceania are among the most frontline of frontline communities — and they have much to teach the rest of us.
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To rein in fast fashion, the U.S. needs to rebuild its textile industry
Sustainable clothing labels can’t compete with fast fashion unless we scale up organic textile manufacturing and regulate polluting fibers.
