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From Australia to the Arctic, young Indigenous changemakers speak out
"When we listen to the land, the land will listen to us. It's a language. Climate change is creating a language barrier."
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Indigenous advocates at the UN say the green transition is neither clean nor just
Their message isn't new, but it is gaining urgency as funding for green energy projects grows.
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Biden’s ‘Solar for All’ awards $7B to bring affordable energy to low-income families
The program is designed to reduce greenhouse emissions and energy inequity.
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Acre by acre, the Prairie Band Potawatomi bought back their land
After almost two centuries, the Indigenous nation is reestablishing the only reservation in Illinois.
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Extreme Weather
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The world’s 4th coral bleaching event has officially arrived
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FEMA is making an example of this Florida boomtown. Locals call it ‘revenge politics.’
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Water from arsenic-laced wells could protect the Pine Ridge reservation from wildfires
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North Carolina tried to rebuild affordable housing after a hurricane. It took half a decade.
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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Indigenous peoples rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of next international climate meeting
COP29 could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders are calling for a moratorium before it's too late.
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A gigantic green energy transmission project will cut through Indigenous lands in the Southwest
After a federal court rejected their lawsuit, tribes are turning to the U.N. for help.
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California communities are fighting the last battery recycling plant in the West — and its toxic legacy
Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.
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How to investigate toxic lead lurking in your community’s soil
New resources from the Center for Public Integrity and Grist aim to teach residents and reporters how to conduct their own research.
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Rural Georgia community battles railroad trying to take their land
An officer with the Georgia Public Service Commission says a private company can take land from 18 property owners in Sparta.
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Drilling for oil on public land in the US is about to get more expensive
The long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates.
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The EPA is cracking down on PFAS — but not in fertilizer
Farmers spread treated human waste on their crops. It's full of forever chemicals.
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Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
Are fossil fuel companies guilty of actual murder?
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