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A Small Town’s Battle Against Radioactive Fracking Waste
After an illegal dumping of close to 2,000 tons of dangerous sludge and contaminated materials across the street from two schools, a Kentucky community struggles with what to do next.
Week 100: May Threatened Species Be Forgot . . .
Trump denies protection to imperiled wildlife, censors more climate change web pages, and stalls on a ban of a deadly chemical.
Trump Is Trying to Pull the Wool Over Our Eyes About Climate Change—These Knitters Aren’t Having It
The Tempestry Project invites you to spin a colorful yarn about rising temperatures.
The United States Embarrassed Itself at the Climate Summit in Poland
COP24 attendees mocked the Trump administration for its “clean coal” fantasies—while a shadow delegation of climate-conscious Americans quietly worked the room, mending fences.
Week 99: Trump Waters Down Wetlands Protections
Plus, hawking coal at a climate summit and selling out polar bears to Big Oil.
Learning to Love the Lamprey
In their native habitat in the Pacific Northwest, these imperiled fish are important ecosystem engineers and food web heroes—despite their bloodsucking lifestyle.
Week 98: Trump Tries Again (and Fails Again) to Save the Coal Industry
Plus, the president looks to autocrats for anti-climate allies, and the Atlantic coastline is about to get really noisy.