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![Photo of a Santa Ana parent walking her son to school near a vacant dirt lot]()
![Photo of a Santa Ana parent walking her son to school near a vacant dirt lot]()
How to investigate toxic lead lurking in your community’s soil
New resources from the Center for Public Integrity and Grist aim to teach residents and reporters how to conduct their own research.
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![A raised fist of a person wearing a blue and silver bracelet in front of a crowd in front of the white house]()
![A raised fist of a person wearing a blue and silver bracelet in front of a crowd in front of the white house]()
At UN, Indigenous leaders fight for application of rights
"It does continuously feel like that you are trying to prove that you are worthy of life."
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![Illustration of the number 100 with confetti falling around it]()
Climate solutions, by the hundred
In honor of our 100th issue of Looking Forward, here are some of the most surprising, most actionable, and most fun solutions we've explored together.
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![Hindreds of youth climate activists hold banners during a demonstration demanding action to address climate change on March 15, 2019 in Paris.]()
![Hindreds of youth climate activists hold banners during a demonstration demanding action to address climate change on March 15, 2019 in Paris.]()
Bloomberg funds youth-led climate action in 100 cities worldwide
The grants will ensure young activists can shape local climate actions.
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![Illustration of Jane Goodall]()
![Illustration of Jane Goodall]()
Jane Goodall’s legacy of empathy, curiosity, and courage
As the iconic scientist and activist celebrates her 90th birthday, her message for younger generations is one of hope — and not fearing the next adventure.
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![A woman in a baseball cap pours liquid from a bucket into a large container as another woman watches from her side.]()
![A woman in a baseball cap pours liquid from a bucket into a large container as another woman watches from her side.]()
Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record warm winter, uncertainty as climate changes
Human-caused climate change is having varied and unpredictable effects on maple harvests in Wisconsin, Iowa, and elsewhere, experts say.
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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts
Museums are reckoning with their own carbon footprints as they work to safeguard their collections from heat and storms.
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![Groups of people surround green tables with star-shaped cages in the water off the coast of an island]()
![Groups of people surround green tables with star-shaped cages in the water off the coast of an island]()
‘Reef stars’ restored Indonesia’s blast-damaged corals in just 4 years
A community-based approach to restoration combined with an ingenious device can bring back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing.
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![A silver SUV sits in several feet of water below a highway and a city skyline.]()
![A silver SUV sits in several feet of water below a highway and a city skyline.]()
How Biden’s infrastructure plan created a ‘climate time bomb’ in Black neighborhoods
Half of the projects funded through the law have been allocated to expanding highways.
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![Woman riding an electric bike in Denver]()
![Woman riding an electric bike in Denver]()
In Denver, e-bike vouchers run out as fast as Taylor Swift tickets
The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles traveled per week.
