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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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The Metropolitan Club

Latest NewsMelissa Wright
A new urban program aims to curb emissions nationwide—starting with innovative energy-efficiency strategies in 10 of America’s biggest cities.

Greening Houston

DispatchHouston, Texas
The U.S. capital of the oil industry could teach other cities a thing or two about fighting climate change—in a politically inhospitable climate.

Rogue Elephant

DispatchIndiana
What happened when the Republican mayor of Carmel, Indiana, bucked his party and embraced sustainability? He got reelected—four times.

Gloomy Days Ahead

Latest NewsJason Bittel
Those aren’t tree zits. They’re an epidemic of tiny tree-sapping insects spread by climate change.

Tastes Great, Less Drilling

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Craft brewers unite to save beer's most important ingredient: water.

The Tar Sands Bubble

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Without KXL, tar sands are a bad investment. By fighting the pipeline, activists have disrupted the industry’s bottom line.

Don’t Drink the Farm

Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Agriculture runoff is choking Lake Erie. Are lawmakers finally ready to tell farmers to knock it off?

So You Want to Be a Rockefeller...

Latest NewsUnited States
Divesting from fossil fuels isn't just classy—it also sends a strong message about fighting climate change. Here’s how to do it.

Saving a Sea of Strange

Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel
The Endangered Species Act now protects 22 species of coral. Here are the four freakiest.