environmental activism

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Red flags in the air: Louisiana communities take on pollution

Federal and state laws are making it more challenging for communities to protect themselves against life-threatening toxins

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7 Min
By: Yasmin Garaad

Israel’s national water company sets its sights on Argentina

Known for water apartheid in Palestine, Mekorot is growing its global footprint across the U.S. and Latin America—including in Argentina, where the company aims to privatize water

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10 Min
By: Ignacio Conese

Important climate stories you may have overlooked this year

Trump’s dismantling of bedrock environmental protections is just one facet of the administration’s wide-ranging attacks on the planet

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

The Yukon River is “a living being”: The fight to protect the longest salmon run in the world

A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border

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9 Min
By: Alyssa Choiniere

‘River of Grass’ isn’t your typical environmental documentary

The “liquid heart” of Florida is the Everglades, says filmmaker Sasha Wortzel, and colonial violence is killing it

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4 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Hawai‘i residents challenge U.S. military over leases on sacred lands

The coalition of Native Hawaiians and local residents organizing against the government’s operations has only grown since 2021, when a military-owned bunker spilled jet fuel into an aquifer, poisoning thousands of families

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10 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

St. Louis residents fight expansion of Israeli minerals company tied to Gaza genocide

ICL Group, whose North American headquarters are in St. Louis, is tied to the manufacturing of white phosphorus, which the Israeli military has reportedly used against Palestinians. Now, the company wants to expand into a historically Black neighborhood

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

‘History is echoing’: Miccosukee Tribe challenges secrecy and environmental harm at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The tribe, whose territory is adjacent to the immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, joined a lawsuit against the state and federal governments on July 14

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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

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