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Not to be outdone, the EU commits $270 billion to its own Green New Deal
No one wants to be left behind in the growing green economy.
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![Gas pipes come out through the walls of a ditch and a bright orange flame vents out natural gas. Drilling equipment sits in the background.]()
![Gas pipes come out through the walls of a ditch and a bright orange flame vents out natural gas. Drilling equipment sits in the background.]()
Report: Burning gas in oil fields cost tribes $22 million
How poor methane rules are costing tribes and taxpayers.
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Exxon reports record profits, doubles down on fossil fuels
The White House responds with renewed calls to boost production.
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![The dried-up Colorado River Delta near the Sea of Cortez.]()
There’s a deal to save the Colorado River — if California doesn’t blow it up
The plan would cut water use on the river by roughly a quarter, drying up farms and subdivisions across the Southwest.
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California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it?
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California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.
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Will California’s ‘atmospheric river’ storms end the drought?
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Europe kicks off 2023 with a record-setting heat wave
Indigenous Affairs
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In this Swedish bestseller, a young Sámi woman fights for survival
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Brazil’s new president faces ‘scorched earth scenario’ left behind by Bolsonaro
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Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon effectively protect forests. Why is deforestation increasing?
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Avatar: The Way of Water or how not to make Indigenous futurism movies
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![Protestors gather in Dillingham, Alaska for a rally against Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay.]()
![Protestors gather in Dillingham, Alaska for a rally against Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay.]()
EPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine
Mining waste would have jeopardized the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.
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How a defunct Trump policy still threatens Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp
The short-lived rule is helping the mining industry from beyond the grave.
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Auckland drenched by New Zealand’s wettest month on record
The nation’s prime minister attributes the torrential rain and flooding to climate change.
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![View of Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA.]()
![View of Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA.]()
Why Biden’s new protections don’t eliminate threats to the Tongass National Forest
The Agriculture Department just restored the so-called Roadless Rule, but federal land swaps could still open forest lands to logging.
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![side by side collage of book cover of The Deluge and headshot of author Stephen Markley]()
‘The Deluge’ is a climate nightmare — and it’s based on reality
Stephen Markley explains how he wrote a dystopia that feels a little too real.
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![Gas drill near Arlington, Texas.]()
![Gas drill near Arlington, Texas.]()
As fracking increases in Texas, city leaders avoid scrutiny
With demand for natural gas surging during the Russia-Ukraine war, Texans say their homes are on the frontlines of new drilling.
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![Demonstrators protest the death of environmental activist Tortuguita on January 21 in Atlanta, Georgia.]()
![Demonstrators protest the death of environmental activist Tortuguita on January 21 in Atlanta, Georgia.]()
Documents show how 19 ‘Cop City’ activists got charged with terrorism
Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing.
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How Pittsburgh found a secret climate weapon in ‘the thrilling world of municipal budgeting’
Even cash-strapped cities have money for climate action. They just need to spend it better.
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