The National Climate Assessment affirms that Indigenous peoples bear both the weight of climate change’s impacts and carry knowledge that may help lessen its burden.
Climate
Watercolor renditions of orchids, rhododendrons, and other Indigenous blooms help protect the region’s floral biodiversity in the face of climate change.
A coalition of churches has achieved some successes in resisting and mitigating against rent gouging and displacement after Hurricane Ian.
Wetlands and mangrove forests absorb water, waves, and salt to provide economic security for coastal communities.
New York is the first state to mandate renewable energy in a way that explicitly rejects the neoliberal obligation to put corporate profits first.
The climate emergency is here. Our political system isn’t responding at scale, so climate activists are stepping up their game.
The people of Lāhainā are helping each other recover and design a future that is more sustainable for the land and its people.
Urban waterways have many benefits—but they’re not accessible to all communities.
Frontline communities from California to Puerto Rico lead the fight for energy democracy.
From The Current Issue
Long touted as an environmental panacea, mass tree planting can actually do more harm than good.
Dogged by flooding from Lake Michigan, South Side residents have finally drawn attention from city and state officials.
A Montana judge rules in favor of 16 young plaintiffs in the US’s first constitutional climate trial.
The Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin’s successful logging operation follows one rule: Let the healthy trees keep growing.
Talking about climate change is more important than you may think.
As compounding crises have plunged Puerto Rico into darkness, local artists bring light back to the island.
After a decade of resistance, Ecuadorians will finally vote to preserve Yasuní National Park or allow oil exploitation.
A lo largo de estos últimos 10 años, Yasunidos se ha caracterizado por la resiliencia, el aprendizaje constante y el compromiso inquebrantable.
What can stories of witches tell us about solving the plastics problem?
FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis
Yes, even when the fire is hundreds of miles away.
Devon Parfait, 25, knows climate change may wipe out his people's lands, but he’s not willing to lose their culture, too.
When record-setting rain fell in Brazil, responses varied between communities—and so did the number of lives lost.
With climate-fueled hurricanes in their past and future, Puerto Ricans are taking back their power.
The author and attorney believes we can overcome by leaning into relations—human and nonhuman alike.
Queer ecology embraces the plurality and paradox of nature, rather than forcing it into the binaries and categories that our society craves.
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