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Why labor leader Tefere Gebre has brought his organizing talents to Greenpeace

'Here’s the core of it. There ain’t going to be any jobs on a dead planet.'

An Amazon defender stands up for her land and her people

Amazon Indigenous leader Juma Xipaia has fought against massive dam projects and the incursion of illegal loggers and miners onto her community’s lands. She explains why what’s at stake is the survival of her people and their millennia-old way of life.

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A D.C. area environmental group drops name of John Audubon, naturalist who was an enslaver and Indigenous grave robber

The Audubon Naturalist Society is the first of the 11 original Audubon societies to rebuke its namesake and his racist past. “Once you know it, you can’t unknow it,” its director said.

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Facing floods and fires, undocumented immigrants have nowhere to turn for help

Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for aid after disasters like Hurricane Ida and wildfires. Some people are trying to change that.

Solutions

A legendary Black environmental group is back and advising Joe Biden

Inside the racist nightmare that led to the founding of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, the devastating death of its first leader Damu Smith, and the political shifts that brought the network back and made it more relevant than ever.

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For a day, scientists pause science to confront racism

Scholars said they would not hold classes or lectures on Wednesday, and leading journals and scientific associations said they would not announce most breakthroughs.

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Destiny Thomas: ‘Safe streets’ are not safe for black lives

A transportation planner warns pedestrian-friendly street redesigns that happen without diverse public input can end up harming the communities they serve.

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Why labor leader Tefere Gebre has brought his organizing talents to Greenpeace

An Amazon defender stands up for her land and her people

A D.C. area environmental group drops name of John Audubon, naturalist who was an enslaver and Indigenous grave robber

Facing floods and fires, undocumented immigrants have nowhere to turn for help

A legendary Black environmental group is back and advising Joe Biden

For a day, scientists pause science to confront racism

Fossil fuel cuts, not just renewables, needed to avoid climate disaster

Funding bill includes $100B for disasters but leaves out conservation funds

Climate change leaves homeowners without insurance

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Petrochemical plants send millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year: Report

Montana Supreme Court declares youth-led climate victory