Climate & Environment

277 posts

The smallest city in Massachusetts is taking on a big fight: protecting forests in a changing climate

Massachusetts loses nearly 5,000 acres of forest every year. A proposed 70-acre “climate-smart” demonstration forest is sparking debates in North Adams about climate resilience

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17 Min
By: Kate Abbott

Redlining shaped the power grid. Communities of color are still paying the price

The clean energy transition is moving forward, but the legacy of segregation leaves many urban neighborhoods locked out

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7 Min
By: Mario Ariza, Floodlight

In New York City, one group is shifting the narrative on street vendors and environmental harm

Elected officials and news outlets have painted street vendors as environmentally irresponsible. The Street Vendor Project decided to flip the script and help support a workforce that is among the most vulnerable to climate change

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7 Min
By: Costa Beavin Pappas

Six Michigan tribes to stop participating in pipeline consultations with the federal government

Tribes say the Army Corps of Engineers has for years merely placated tribes while undercutting relevant expertise and treaty obligations.

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4 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

A stalled detention pond in Houston illustrates much of what’s wrong with region’s flood mitigation efforts

The impasse of the Ruffino Hills Redevelopment Project is a microcosm of the city’s convoluted path to outpace climate disasters

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11 Min
By: Saba Khonsari

NYC march for migrants and the climate unites with pro-democracy protesters

Organizers aimed to connect the climate crisis, a major immigration driver, to attacks on immigrants by the Trump administration

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4 Min
By: Jill Webb

Groundbreaking bill to protect manoomin incorporates Indigenous lifeways and teachings into Western legal framework

After seeing limited success this legislative session, advocates in Minnesota vow to work toward full protections for manoomin, or wild rice, until they’re won

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

SCOTUS case will determine the fate of bedrock environmental regulation

At the center of Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County is the National Environmental Protection Act, a primary vehicle in litigation aimed at curbing fossil fuel and extraction projects

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Elon Musk has built the world’s largest supercomputer in Memphis. Residents are fighting back against the exploitation of the city’s resources

Local organizers say they have less of a chance at making climate reforms in the majority Black city than Musk does at imposing environmental harms

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18 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

After a decade of government opposition, a groundbreaking, youth-led climate suit comes to a close

In a Q&A with Prism, Juliana v. United States plaintiff and college student Sahara Valentine discusses the lawsuit they joined at age 10, and why various administrations fought to silence it

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

In North Carolina, Trump administration’s anti-climate deregulation agenda comes to a head

The federal agency in charge of pipeline permitting and approvals is fast-tracking the expansion of the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, a pipeline sure to cause cataclysmic environmental harm

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Worker safety activists secure major victory in Miami’s largest redevelopment deal

The developer of the $3 billion project committed to implementing stringent heat protections for construction workers, among other measures

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7 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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