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![Painting in the folk art style of Grandma Moses of a valley between mountains, with buildings and homes, a river and road winding between them; the mountain on the left has an area of mountaintop removal and a pile of coal]()
![Painting in the folk art style of Grandma Moses of a valley between mountains, with buildings and homes, a river and road winding between them; the mountain on the left has an area of mountaintop removal and a pile of coal]()
What happened to the ‘war on coal’ in West Virginia?
The activism spotlight has left the Coal River Valley. But when the battlefield is your home, you don’t give up the fight.
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Where have all the climate activists gone?
With legislation stalled, a mass protest movement is struggling to find its place.
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Across the Midwest, an ‘unlikely alliance’ forms to stop carbon pipelines
Farmers, tribes, and environmentalists have rallied against the potential use of eminent domain to build the Midwest Carbon Express.
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![Collage: a bulldozer with abstract flames behind it, two hands in handcuffs, and a black line representing a pipeline below]()
![Collage: a bulldozer with abstract flames behind it, two hands in handcuffs, and a black line representing a pipeline below]()
Jessica Reznicek set fire to Dakota Access Pipeline construction. Is she a terrorist?
Amid tightening protest laws, the activist is appealing a district court’s ruling applying a “terrorism enhancement” to her sentence.
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Ohio residents fight to get radioactive oil and gas waste off their roads
At least 13 states allow drilling waste to be used for road de-icing, dust suppression, and maintenance.
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![A steward reacts after a protester ties himself to the net during the Premier League match between Everton and Newcastle United at Goodison Park on March 17, 2022 in Liverpool, England.]()
![A steward reacts after a protester ties himself to the net during the Premier League match between Everton and Newcastle United at Goodison Park on March 17, 2022 in Liverpool, England.]()
Inside Just Stop Oil, the youth climate group blocking UK refineries
A band of 20-year-olds have made headlines disrupting football games, the Baftas, and now oil facilities across the UK. But what do they want?
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‘We are unstoppable’: Youth climate strikes return in full force
Students march for their future in 750 cities across the globe
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Deep-sea mining could begin next year. Here’s why ocean experts are calling for a moratorium.
The risks vastly outweigh the potential benefits, they argue.
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The campus divestment movement has a sophisticated new legal strategy
Students at five universities have launched a coordinated legal campaign against fossil fuel investments.
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Interest in civil disobedience has reached a mini climate tipping point
Non-violent protest for the planet? “Definitely,” say 5 percent of Americans in Yale study.
