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Data centers, drought, and dispossession: The real nightmares in Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’

In the new horror-tinged Western, a fictional Pueblo tribe and a fractured town reveal how pandemic politics and AI infrastructure deepen old patterns of violence.

Miacel Spotted Elk Indigenous Affairs July 31, 2025

Construction on the Golden Pass LNG export terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, in June 2023.

The unlikely coalition behind Biden’s liquefied natural gas pivot

Climate activists led the charge against LNG exports, but they’re not the only ones celebrating Biden’s pause.

Naveena Sadasivam, Zoya Teirstein, & Jake Bittle Energy February 7, 2024

Lower half of a woman carrying a sign that reads water > data centers

How to make data centers less thirsty

There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: Build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy.

Naveena Sadasivam Energy November 23, 2025

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What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?

From deep-sea mining to climate change, this Indigenous woman sees a better future for the world's oceans.

Anita Hofschneider Global Indigenous Affairs Desk September 25, 2025

A man stands on sandbags next to a building as waves lap behind him

A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view

Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation.

Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360 Oceans April 18, 2026

An illustration of a pink hand crushing an oil installation in the middle of the desert as water seeps underneath

In arid New Mexico, a debate over reusing oil-industry wastewater

The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.

Sara Van Note, Undark Drought October 6, 2024

Aerial view of refineries and storage tanks adjacent to a neighborhood of houses

Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected

A new study finds levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the EPA’s models.

Naveena Sadasivam Science June 11, 2024

Two people on a canoe holding a long stick

The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.

Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.

Miacel Spotted Elk Indigenous Affairs November 6, 2025

A photo shows downed power lines and wrecked buildings in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.

No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse

An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”

Matt Simon Climate November 5, 2025

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