Climate & Environment

277 posts

California misleadingly markets farm-generated methane as environmentally friendly—a falsehood now exported nationwide 

How the state invested millions in technology that wreaks havoc on farming communities

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7 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

‘We’re not dumb Mexicans’: In the Central Valley, residents fight against California policies that incentivize pollution marketed as renewable energy   

California is actively building more infrastructure to support the transport and sale of methane, further entrenching fossil fuel’s predominance in the U.S.

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11 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Dairies in California’s Central Valley not only pollute with impunity, but with state support

Framed by state officials as a source for renewable energy, methane digesters actually create a market for pollution

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10 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

‘No detention on stolen land’: Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades

The proposed development, adjacent to federally protected lands that are sacred to Indigenous groups, would be Florida’s largest immigration detention center

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8 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Powered by renewable energy, Alaska growers envision the future of food

The Gulf of Alaska has become one of the world’s most economically productive commercial fisheries. But in Kodiak, Indigenous leaders, community growers, and grassroots food cooperatives are helping neighbors value homegrown produce

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13 Min
By: Christian Thorsberg

Saving Iraq’s seeds, one garden at a time

The U.S.-based Iraqi Seed Collective is working to bring extinct Iraqi vegetables back to life

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9 Min
By: Lala Thaddeus

The U.S. food system needs more than ‘doomsday vaults’ for seeds

Seed keepers are maintaining foodways and building cultural reverence through community networks

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8 Min
By: Annie Faye Cheng

For New York canners, a dime could make all the difference

While the cost of living in New York has soared, the deposit on a bottle remains just 5 cents. The “Bottle Bill” could change that—and reshape conditions for canners, many of whom are immigrants and people of color

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8 Min
By: Gaea Cabico

Decision on unlawful permitting of Elon Musk’s supercomputer in Memphis expected this month

The Shelby County Health Department is set to decide if Colossus can continue to pollute the air without lawful permits

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4 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Despite global repression, Indigenous-led environmental movements fight on

Under the guise of national security and economic growth, governments and corporations worldwide are escalating legal strategies to suppress Indigenous activists and organizers

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9 Min
By: Lorena Bally

Miami’s last sacred spring faces bulldozers as community fights to save the Well of Ancient Mysteries

Tucked behind skyscrapers, a lush quarter-acre site with Indigenous, ecological, and archaeological significance is at risk of destruction. Locals, spiritual leaders, and preservationists rally to protect the spring-fed sanctuary

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8 Min
By: Kat Grimmett

Drowning: New Orleans’ water utility is under attack from all sides—and within

The Sewerage and Water Board has been at the center of multiple scandals and crises—none of which are more alarming than the utility’s inability to prevent rainwater from wreaking havoc

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11 Min
By: Brian Fairbanks

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