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![Farmworkers and their advocates wave pickets on the steps of the Capitol in Olympia, Washington]()
![Farmworkers and their advocates wave pickets on the steps of the Capitol in Olympia, Washington]()
How farmworkers in Washington state got lawmakers’ attention
An annual tribunal where farmworkers share their experiences and needs has spurred laws guaranteeing overtime pay and heat protection.
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![Reindeer herder holding a rope among a hundred reindeer.]()
Sámi need better legal protections to save their homelands
Indigenous territories are sacrificed for global climate goals.
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Bison, not prison: Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land
A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.
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In Wyoming, tribal protests prevent land transfer — for now
A GOP-led Congress could resuscitate the effort to transfer roughly 2 acres within the Wind River Indian Reservation to a local irrigation district.
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In Florida, officials and communities clash over where to build the nation’s largest trash incinerator
Residents argue the project will disproportionately impact majority-Black and -Hispanic communities in the Miami-Dade area.
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![A man in a blue suit with shell necklace smiles in front of the Hague]()
![A man in a blue suit with shell necklace smiles in front of the Hague]()
This Indigenous attorney is fighting for climate justice in the world’s highest court
Growing up on Guam, Julian Aguon saw the law used against Indigenous peoples. Now he's fighting back.
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![A woman wearing a blazer stands next to a water well with a farmhouse in the background]()
![A woman wearing a blazer stands next to a water well with a farmhouse in the background]()
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources
PFAS chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural farmland, far from any industrial areas, airports, or military bases.
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![a group of people in red and white clothing standing near a sign that says 'oceanagold human rights violator!']()
The Philippines is going all-in on transition minerals and endangering Indigenous lands
A new report reveals the violent cost of the green transition.
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Some of the world’s biggest cities are so polluted they’re warming slower
But this surprising effect of pollution should hardly be taken as a good sign.
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![The Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands]()
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The world’s biggest climate case begins in The Hague
An international court will decide what nations owe to future generations.
