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With Alaska's wildlife numbers declining, agencies are blaming — and culling — predators. The true threat is much more complex.
From California to the Congo, policymakers have long sacrificed Indigenous peoples in the name of conservation.
“There is not a house in this community that has not had a person who has suffered from some type of cancer or kidney failure.”
A new study in New York found that hospital visits from alcohol-related disorders spike along with temperatures.
With a little art, a little science, and a lot of luck, the niche well-plugging industry is hoping to pick up steam.
A rule proposed by the Bureau of Land Management would cut leasing fees for those projects by 80 percent.
New changes “ended up making the program less focused on people of color than it originally was,” one advocate said.
Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help.
Cement production has an enormous carbon footprint. That can be curbed with plug-and-play solutions, but eliminating emissions entirely will require big, ambitious action.
