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A mural depicts climate activist Greta Thunberg underwater near a melting glacier.
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The Climate Movement Must Reimagine Its Relationship With Art

Art raises awareness, but environmental organizations too often fail to engage with artists or their own creativity.
February 10, 2023
by
Neha Misra नेहा मिश्रा
Art raises awareness, but environmental organizations too often fail to engage with artists or their own creativity.
Dozens of horseshoe crabs crowd a beach
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New Hope for Horseshoe Crabs — and the Shorebirds That Depend on Them

Thousands of people stood up for these at-risk species, proof that we must combine science with an ethic of restraint enforced by public outcry.
December 16, 2022
by
Abigail Costigan
Thousands of people stood up for these at-risk species, proof that we must combine science with an ethic of restraint enforced by public outcry.
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‘Free Water’ Was Never Free, Writes a Historian of the American West

Subsidized water cultivated the West, but this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.
November 28, 2022
by
Nate Housley
Subsidized water cultivated the West, but this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.
sewer pipe outfall on beach
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New Law Could Help Fund Water Upgrades For Communities That Need it Most

Disadvantaged communities have suffered disproportionately from underinvestment in clean and affordable water. That could change with legislation passed last year.
November 4, 2022
by
Andrian Lee and Melissa Scanlan
Disadvantaged communities have suffered disproportionately from underinvestment in clean and affordable water. That could change with legislation passed last year.
A beaver chews on a twig.
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The Free Agent Beaver

Environmentalists and journalists tend to describe beavers in the ways they benefit humans. It’s time to change that perception of nature.
October 24, 2022
by
Adam Burnett and Debra Merskin
Environmentalists and journalists tend to describe beavers in the ways they benefit humans. It’s time to change that perception of nature.
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Reform Our Elections to Secure a Sustainable Future

Both approval and ranked choice voting put fire under the feet of elected officials to do the right thing for the environment — or risk being voted out.
October 5, 2022
by
Kaleb Nyquist
Both approval and ranked choice voting put fire under the feet of elected officials to do the right thing for the environment — or risk being voted out.
Two women paddle a canoe
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Latinos Face Challenges Accessing the Outdoors — and Climate Change Is Adding to Those Barriers

But there are steps we can take to bring nature to our communities and empower them to protect it.
August 5, 2022
by
Shanna Edberg
But there are steps we can take to bring nature to our communities and empower them to protect it.
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Polluters: Pick Up the Pace Cleaning Up Your Toxic Waste

The Biden administration’s new “polluter pays” tax offers a welcome boost for Superfund cleanup efforts, but it leaves out one key industry.
July 22, 2022
by
Emily Rogers
The Biden administration’s new “polluter pays” tax offers a welcome boost for Superfund cleanup efforts, but it leaves out one key industry.
boat with nets in the sea and birds flying around nets
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WTO Agreement Boosts Efforts for a Sustainable Ocean

Fishing subsidies threaten ocean health and food security. The World Trade Organization has a plan to address that, but implementation must come quickly.
July 15, 2022
by
Steve Trent
Fishing subsidies threaten ocean health and food security. The World Trade Organization has a plan to address that, but implementation must come quickly.
Pipeline sits in clearing of dirt with trees on the sides
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Regulators Have a Big Chance to Advance Energy Equity

A small circle of industry insiders controls crucial decisions about energy projects. New changes — if done right — can offer communities a seat at the table.
June 29, 2022
by
Shelley Welton and James Goodwin
A small circle of industry insiders controls crucial decisions about energy projects. New changes — if done right — can offer communities a seat at the table.

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