Five years after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona has killed at least four people, caused widespread flooding and left hundreds of thousands of residents without water or power. Maria caused extensive
Environment
By elevating Traditional Ecological Knowledge, a forestry center in Minnesota works to restore ecosystems and Indigenous sovereignty.
Eco-friendly tiny houses offer safety, stability, and savings.
Dennis Hutson wants to recreate a Black farming paradise in California. First he has to adapt to the climate crisis.
The Supreme Court curbed the EPA’s ability to restrict emissions, so states are looking to enshrine rights to “healthful environments” in their constitutions.
Climate-resilient public transportation is crucial to meeting our climate goals and ensuring mobility for vulnerable communities.
The endorsement and buy-in of critical stakeholders, like fishers, can make or break a conservation project. So fishers were invited to the table as the project took shape.
Black and other farmers of color are seeing a restoration of land that was stolen or cheated from them as a key step to strengthening their economic power.
The UN declaration is more than moral posturing. Resolutions like this one have led to effective treaties and national laws.
Repurposing water (with treatment, of course) is a safe way to help communities build water resilience in the face of growth and climate change.
For the author of a new memoir, North Dakota was a place of beauty and danger.
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Environmental and labor activists have found success collaborating at the local and state levels. Now they have their eyes on federal policy.
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Late summer and fall offer a bounty of berries bursting with flavor—and healing potential.
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Home. The thought of it conjures up a tangle of images, of safeness and permanence and comfortable refuge. Home is also tenuous shelter under a busy overpass, in a neighborhood
Climate action, racial justice, and economic reform ultimately all have the same end goal. Our movements should unite behind it.
Near San Francisco, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is attempting to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.
Wildfires and the destruction they cause have become a societal problem. Addressing this issue comprehensively should include both short-term and long-term solutions.
The generation’s organizing experience, voter turnout, and spending power make them a powerful force for change.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, ecological architecture and depaving as climate justice.
Rewilding a farm to bring back threatened species.
Methane pollution is poorly tracked, so Diné activists are monitoring it themselves.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, community fundraising and climate.
Terracing has been used for centuries to help prevent fire, moderate temperatures, and make farming possible even when water is scarce.
The modern food system has a huge carbon footprint. These Indian cafés want to change that.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, joining, organizing, and building a climate community.
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