Climate Justice
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![Farmers hoeing between diagonal rows of broccoli.]()
![Farmers hoeing between diagonal rows of broccoli.]()
Farmworker advocates celebrate rare EPA ban of toxic pesticide
The immediate suspension of DCPA will spare workers' children "lifelong harm."
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![A handpainted sign in yellow, red and green reads]()
A year after the worst wildfire in modern US history, the people of Maui try to heal
Lāhainā residents are skeptical a proposed $4 billion settlement will restore their community.
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![The outside of a white warehouse building with trucks bearing Amazon Prime's branding and logo lined to load from it]()
![The outside of a white warehouse building with trucks bearing Amazon Prime's branding and logo lined to load from it]()
Deal of the day: New study links online shopping to air pollution
Nitrogen dioxide levels near e-commerce warehouses are 20 percent higher than in other neighborhoods. It can even be measured from space.
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![A group of young people holding signs in Spanish with their arms raised walk down a dusty road.]()
![A group of young people holding signs in Spanish with their arms raised walk down a dusty road.]()
To save the Amazon, what if we listened to those living within It?
Aiming to prevent “climate and ecological collapse,” rainforest inhabitants release a detailed plan to save their home, honing in on ending fossil fuel subsidies and securing Indigenous land rights.
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A group of young people just forced Hawaiʻi to take major climate action
The historic agreement comes two years after 13 youth plaintiffs sued the state Department of Transportation.
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![A black and white photo of two women posed looking to the side and forward in front of a patterned curtain]()
![A black and white photo of two women posed looking to the side and forward in front of a patterned curtain]()
What is LaToya Ruby Frazier trying to show us?
The photographer’s fight against environmental injustice and historical erasure, one frame at a time.
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![Fog threads through green and brown mountain ranges.]()
![Fog threads through green and brown mountain ranges.]()
What’s the difference between Indigenous nations co-managing or co-stewarding their land? A lot.
Being a "steward" of the land isn't enough for Native peoples.
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A pot of unspent federal money could have prevented Jackson’s water crisis
A new report surfaces a trail of red flags that the EPA didn’t raise.
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Small island nations get big climate victory in international maritime court
Advocates say the ruling makes clear that complying with the Paris Agreement is not enough.
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![red-roofed lighthouse stands in rolling blue water with white waves against blue-gray sky]()
![red-roofed lighthouse stands in rolling blue water with white waves against blue-gray sky]()
Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
