Climate Policy
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Young people can do more than organize. We can also help make climate policy.
Youth climate councils give activists a way to influence the policies that their generation will be tapped to implement.
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What do Biden’s cabinet picks show about his plans to act on climate?
Four leaders offer their insights on the incoming administration’s climate cred.
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They’re turning churches into climate-resilience centers
Creation Justice Ministries wants to help congregations prepare for floods, droughts, and other disasters — while making their communities more sustainable.
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He helps former inmates find firefighting jobs — and defend California against climate disasters
Brandon Smith cofounded the Forestry and Fire Protection Service to help formerly incarcerated firefighters like himself get the training and resources they need to find fire jobs.
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What is the Indigenous landback movement — and can it help the climate?
Four Indigenous leaders share insights about the growing landback movement and what it means for the planet.
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He’s bringing solar power to Puerto Rico — and political power to its people
In its latest project, Arturo Massol-Deyá’s nonprofit is helping small businesses produce their own energy and rebuild the local economy on their own terms.
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The election is over. 5 climate leaders share what should happen next.
5 leaders point the way forward for a divided nation.
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This rising lawmaker wants a Green New Deal for Boston
Boundary-busting mayoral candidate Michelle Wu hopes to usher in an era of diverse, bottom-up leadership.
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These youth climate activists are voting — and think you should, too
First-time voters Jerome Foster II, Delaney Reynolds, and Jamie Margolin on why the youth climate vote could help decide the presidential election.
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He helped pass a historic EJ bill. But he’s just getting started.
An architect of anti-polluting policies on why New Jersey’s latest law is important — and why it’s still not enough.