Voices
In This Series
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![Valencia Gunder and Zelalem Adefris]()
![Valencia Gunder and Zelalem Adefris]()
Why the Movement for Black Lives is taking on climate change
Two leaders in Miami discuss their work on poverty, climate disasters, and racial justice.
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![Wild beaver in Wyoming]()
![Wild beaver in Wyoming]()
It’s International Beaver Day — and dam time we celebrate it
Beavers could protect us from wildfires, but only if we better protect them.
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![Jet airplane landing at dusk]()
![Jet airplane landing at dusk]()
It should be tougher to fly first class
Premium airline seats are so carbon intensive, they should be reserved for people with legit medical needs.
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![Trans-Alaska Pipeline]()
![Trans-Alaska Pipeline]()
To protect federal lands, the burden of proof is on conservationists. It should be on extractors.
Fossil fuel companies with land leases don’t need to make a case for drilling, digging, or fracking, but a lot would change if they did.
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![Indian Ocean]()
![Indian Ocean]()
The world is rushing to protect our oceans. Let’s make sure we’re doing it right.
Marine Protected Areas sink carbon and protect coastlines, but too many countries claim them on paper without regulation or enforcement.
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![Investor-Owned Utilities]()
![Investor-Owned Utilities]()
The key to passing climate policy? Rein in (or win over) utilities monopolies.
Investor-owned utilities — yes, IOUs — dominate the system and wield enormous political power. Only the feds can change that.
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![Illustration of polluted lungs]()
![Illustration of polluted lungs]()
Air pollution kills. Making that official can help us tackle it.
The U.K. set a precedent for listing toxic pollution as a cause of death. It’s the catalyst we need to hold polluters accountable.
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![Liability roadmap for suing fossil fuel companies]()
![Liability roadmap for suing fossil fuel companies]()
The key to beating fossil fuel corps? Global collaboration.
As lawsuits by U.S. cities and states mount against industry for its climate impacts, litigants need to model the strategy that brought down Big Tobacco: Share everything.
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![Hands holding the earth]()
![Hands holding the earth]()
Science — especially climate research — needs a ‘sunshine’ law
Disclosures of financial conflicts are now required in medical research, but we need them in all sciences.
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![A caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA]()
![A caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA]()
The case for conservation leasing
Federal rules make it illegal for environmentalists to lease oil- and gas-rich lands in order to protect them. It’s time for that to change.
