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Finding Relief from Alaska’s Changing Climate in the Sonoran Desert
If life can flourish here, I find myself thinking, then there must be hope for us during the climate upheaval only beginning to unfold.
Tim Lydon
“Let’s Not Blow Up a Mountain and Call It Green”
Anti-mine protests and lawsuits pick up the pace at Nevada’s Thacker Pass, the site of the largest known lithium deposit in the United States.
Austin Price
Chicago Hunger Strike Against Recycling Plant Grows: “We’re Starving Ourselves to Save People’s Lives”
Activists oppose metal shredder moving to East Side, a low-income Latino community reeling from the effects of industrial pollution.
Taylor MooreThe Guardian
Change Meatpacking Plant Policies that Encourage Workers to Show Up Sick
Meat- and poultry-processing facilities are deadly Covid-19 hotspots, yet punitive employee attendance policies are still in place.
Ruqaiijah Yearby
Swimming to Heal
Laura Owen Sanderson swims the waterways of the United Kingdom on a mission to heal herself and the surrounding environment.
Josh Bennett
Older Black Farmers See Little Hope in Biden’s Agriculture Pick
Black farmers have been disregarded by the USDA for years. Will anything change in Tom Vilsack’s second stint?
Summer SewellThe Guardian
From Cradle to Grave
To get to a healthier pattern of consumption, to complete the cycle and close the loop, we’ve got to get used to passing things on again.
Sandra Goldmark
Wildfire, Landslides Threaten California’s Endangered Black Abalone
In the wake of a record-breaking wildfire season and an intensifying rainy season, debris flows wreak havoc on Big Sur's rocky intertidal habitats.
Anne Marshall-Chalmers
Her First Ski Home
Our child may not remember individual moments in the Alaskan backcountry, but they will wire her mind to the outside world.
Tim Lydon
Not Another Brick in the Seawall
In a beach village in Japan, surfers and scientists oppose a proposed seawall that would threaten an important coastal ecosystem.
Kim Feldmann
No, Frozen Wind Turbines Aren’t the Main Culprit for Texas’ Power Outages
Lost wind power makes up only a fraction of the reduction in power-generating capacity that has brought outages to millions of Texans across the state during a major winter storm.
Erin DouglasRoss RamseyThe Texas Tribune
Finding Carbon Sinks in Unlikely Places
Scientists are discovering new carbon sinks in volcanic forearcs and desert aquifers, and adding to the story of Earth’s carbon cycle.
Rachel Sturges
The Extinction Crisis: Coming to a Dinner Table Near You?
Wild plants related to our main agricultural crops are important to future food security. But more than half are endangered, a new study finds.
Tara Lohan
Work Can Be a Violent Experience for Zimbabwe’s Forest Rangers
In Africa's protected areas, nearby communities and rangers are victims of a military approach to conservation.
Tafadzwa Mushonga
Kashmir’s Trout Fishery in Troubled Waters
Ignoring local environmental regulations, the Indian government has approved a spate of gravel- and boulder-mining projects in the valley’s streams.
Riyaz Wani
Celebrities Call on Biden and Harris to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
Indigenous leaders, environmental groups, and stars including Cher and Robert Downey Jr. urge White House in letter.