Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.
Water
A new podcast explores the rights of nature movement and its potential to shift Western legal doctrine around environmental protection.
“Lawmakers need to figure out better ways to balance the interests of industry with protecting people’s health.”
Indigenous communities and conservationists around the world are challenging the long-held view of water as a human commodity. Can the same approach work in the United States’ arid Southwest?
The first Native-owned and Native-led land trust is working to empower and equip young Natives to successfully farm kelp.
“It’s not only about wildlife, or birds and trees. It’s also about the people.”
What equitable resource distribution looks like.
Two decades in to the world’s largest seagrass restoration project, Virginia's coastal waters are once again vibrant and healthy ecosystems.
Experts agree that cities need diverse water supplies, but desalination plants remain controversial.
When a winter storm knocked out water service to tens of thousands of Mississippi residents, it was Black families that were hit hardest—and who organized their own relief efforts.
A California farm is making sure wastewater no longer goes to waste.
A new children’s book centers Native culture and our relationship with Earth.
How one small stretch of coastline went from a hotbed of drug smuggling to a model of ecological restoration.
Cultivating algae empowers coastal communities while storing CO2 deep underwater.
As Californians shelter at home amid the COVID-19 outbreak, an estimated 1 million of them lack access to clean drinking water, one of the most fundamental resources for maintaining health and hygiene.
Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked. This was evident in 2019 during Swedish teen climate activist Greta
An inspiring collaboration on the Pacific Coast blew fishery conservation goals out of the water.
From southern Nevada to New York City, the climate crisis is causing ongoing water problems. The Water Utility Climate Alliance is working hard to ensure cities are prepared.
The city exhibits all of the problems the framework is meant to heal.
In the face of the climate crisis imperiling endangered species, some activists and governments are turning to a radical, rights-based approach to protect nature.
Composting toilets keep waste out of the water cycle. But have you heard about the phosphorus cycle?
As entire islands disappear in Chesapeake Bay, the oyster is enlisted as a first line of climate defense.
An 11-year-old social media celebrity collects thousands of encouraging letters from around the globe to remind her Flint schoolmates they are not forgotten.
Plastic manufacturers are not responsible for the disposal of their products, so the burden is placed on people in the Philippines.
Climate change will impact agriculture and food supplies. That’s why this digital classroom is teaching food literacy.
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