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Here’s why Congress is recognizing Hazel M. Johnson, the ‘mother of environmental justice’
Proposed legislation would posthumously award Johnson the Congressional Gold Medal — and her own postage stamp.
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After a Trump-length pause, the EPA is relaunching a major climate change report
Drawing on data from 50 government agencies, the EPA has published 54 indicators of global warming.
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What do voting restrictions and anti-protest laws have in common?
Both have sponsors funded by fossil fuel companies.
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Hackers found America’s energy weak spot
Cyber attackers forced the Colonial Pipeline — the U.S.'s biggest pipeline — offline. Wind and solar farms could be next.
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Biden wants to balance infrastructure and conservation goals. But it won’t be easy.
The Biden administration wants to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and water by 2030. But can it do that and significantly expand renewable energy?
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Western tribes already lacked water access. Now there’s a megadrought.
Why some tribal advocates and water experts are feeling hopeful.
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The conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change? It’s wrong.
Faith Kearns’ new book offers insights from conversations IRL.
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How Arizona’s attorney general is weaponizing climate fears to keep out immigrants
As the right grapples with what comes after climate denial, a Copper State lawsuit suggests creeping ‘eco-fascism’ in Europe may be a model.
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Countries are getting serious about climate change. And then there’s Australia.
How Australia fudged the numbers at Biden's climate summit.
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Montana, Kansas, and Arkansas enter the arms race to criminalize protest
The Republican push to criminalize pipeline protests is expanding beyond fossil fuel-producing states.
