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What Solar Energy Policies Can Do for Low-Income Households
Two words: energy justice.
The Positive Climate Tipping Point We Don’t Talk About
Typically, we read about tipping points with dread. But they’re not all negative.
Queer Latinx Youth Amplify Their Voices Using Telenovelas
A new digital telenovela aims to put queer Latinx youth in charge of telling their own stories.
Life Is Abundant, Even as the Climate Is Changing
Climate change is dangerous and disorienting. But building new relationships with the landscapes around us will allow us to survive—and give the other species we still share this planet with the chance to thrive.
10 Examples of Environmental Racism and How It Works
Here’s what to know about the unexpected effects of discriminatory environmental policies.
The Queer-Led Groups Modeling a New Form of Land Access
Changing ownership and wealth distribution, even at a small scale, presents a model for how to ultimately address the climate crisis.
How Recycled Glass Could Help Restore Louisiana’s Eroding Coastline
A Louisiana nonprofit is working to turn empty bottles into free sandbags for residents to protect their homes from floods and, eventually, to mitigate coastal erosion.
How a North Carolina Pastor Uses Faith to Mobilize Climate Action
Hardin-Nieri believes scripture can help religious communities better comprehend the unfolding environmental catastrophes happening around them—and do something about it.
Replacing Fossil Fuels with Community-Led Clean Energy
“We must move funds to frontline communities for clean energy projects and stop fossil fuel developers from perpetuating conventional investments in dirty energy and injustice.”
How Native Communities on the Front Line of Climate Change Are Feeling the Heat
For Indigenous people threatened by climate change, the choice is not an easy one: Move away from a place to which families have been tied for centuries, or stay and remain at risk.
The Yurok Tribe Is Using California’s Carbon Offset Program to Buy Back Its Land
With income from sequestering carbon in its forests, the tribe has supported youth programming, housing, road improvement, and businesses development.
Black Writers and Poets Are Upending Stereotypes About Appalachia
Affrilachian artistry and identity allows Appalachia to be fully seen as the diverse and culturally rich region that it is.
The Wildlife Refuge Helping a Community Fight for Environmental Justice
Can this New Mexico community get green space without the gentrification that usually follows?
How Many More Times Must We Say the Same Thing?
No more reforms. It’s time for true transformation.
Two Climate Migrants Recount Radically Different Experiences Seeking Sanctuary in the US
The United States has done more to fuel climate migration than any other country on Earth, but it does not always welcome climate migrants equally.
The 18-Year-Old Climate Protester Now Advising Biden on Climate Policy
After a year of school striking for Fridays for Future outside the White House, Jerome Foster has been ushered in to help advise the president.
Climate Visualizations That Really Stick
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, I can see clearly now the vague is gone.
Race-Related Violence in the U.S. Stems From White Supremacy
And White supremacy does not require a White person to perpetuate it.
There’s More to the American Jobs Plan Than Jobs
Biden’s infrastructure plans promise not just to boost the economy, but to fundamentally redefine the role of government.
Why California Should Expand Health Coverage to Undocumented Seniors
If the state extends Medi-Cal to all undocumented immigrants, they would be eligible to receive potentially life-saving health care.
Building Bridges Without a Foundation for Peace Won’t Work
We shouldn’t reach out to the other side just for the sake of talk or “unity.” We need to build a safe and just society for all of us.
What Other States Can Learn from Georgia’s Historic Elections
Organization, outreach, money, and meeting people where they are is the key to changing political winds.
To Counter Domestic Violence, Some Native Americans Embrace Tradition
“Tradition and culture are really at the core of who we are… It’s how we heal.”
Mississippi Failed its Residents During a Crisis, So They Helped Themselves
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.
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