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The planet is our beat.
As Sea Level Rise Threatens Their Ancestral Village, a Louisiana Tribe Fights to Stay Put
They survived the BP oil disaster, Hurricane Katrina, and decades of industry spoiling their wetlands. Whatever their future holds, the people of Grand Bayou want to decide it for themselves.
We Need a Just Transition—Because We Should Abandon Coal, Not Coal Workers
Taking care of those communities distressed by the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is an economic and ethical imperative.
Week 142: President Trump Honors Science Denial. Again.
And sticks it to California. Again.
Some of the Country’s Biggest Supporters of Climate Action? Latinos.
But since the larger climate movement has done a poor job of engaging them, the community is mobilizing itself.
The World’s Beauty and Destruction—Bound Together
With thread, plastic, and reams of climate data, textile artist Tali Weinberg displays our dangerous entanglement with the fossil fuel industry.
Week 141: Bernhardt Moves to Make a Big Dam Bigger—and His Old Clients Richer
Plus, the Trump administration dodges Senate hearings, and loses to environmentalists in two big court cases.
As the Amazon Burns, Jaguars Burn With It
How Brazil’s blazes are devastating for these big cats—and for so, so, so much more.