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Tribal lands in Oklahoma are 5 times more likely to flood than rest of state
When Indigenous peoples were forced off their lands, they were boxed into flood-prone areas.
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The problematic chemicals fueling America’s EV revolution
Ramped-up production of toxins used in the batteries has communities worried.
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The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves
Laws require landlords to provide heat. It’s not the same for AC.
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Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land
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To save the Amazon, what if we listened to those living within It?
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A Biden effort to conserve oceans is leaving out Indigenous peoples, report finds
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The Tule River Tribe of California recruits an old ally in its fight against wildfires: Beavers
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How climate change is making us sick
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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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One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management
Tackling plastic’s entire lifespan, from production to disposal, could eliminate most of the pollution it generates. But a vast expansion of waste management is a “crucial prerequisite.”
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The state senator leading efforts to return land to tribal nations
"We can't sit back anymore and not participate."
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In a first, rising seas drove an entire species to extinction in the US
Sea level rise has eradicated a U.S. species for the first time. What's next?
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How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet
When the maritime sector slashed sulfur emissions, it became an accidental experiment in geoengineering.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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Canada makes an unprecedented push for multifamily housing
To tap billions in new infrastructure funds, provinces must require cities to abandon zoning laws that favor single-family homes and encourage climate-friendlier fourplexes.
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Amazingly, forests are still sucking up as much carbon as they were 30 years ago. But there’s a catch.
Besieged by logging, fires, and pests, this global balancing act might not last long.
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The people who feed America are going hungry
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
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Tribes in Minnesota are paying the steepest price for the steel industry’s mercury pollution
Steel companies that process taconite release a slew of pollutants — and they're suing the EPA over new regulations.
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