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On the Front Lines of a Changing Arctic: How Inuit Bear Guards Are Keeping Communities Safe NUNATSIAVUT — After retiring from a long and dedicated career as a conservation officer…
California Embraces ‘Balcony Solar’ in Landmark Move to Cut Energy Costs and Ease Grid Strain
As free and abundant as sunlight may be, harnessing its power has historically remained stubbornly difficult for everyday homeowners and apartment dwellers alike. While the cost of solar energy has…
California’s Climate Rules Stand as Last Defense After Trump Administration Dismantles Federal Vehicle Emissions Standards
The Trump administration has moved to dismantle nearly all federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, announcing a final plan to ease fuel-efficiency requirements. This latest regulatory shift…
Colorado Ranchers Push Back Against Big Oil as High Court Weighs Landmark Climate Lawsuit
For Deirdre Macnab, the realization hit while she was flipping through her local newspaper this spring. She learned that Rio Blanco County, her home in the rugged and windswept expanse…
Indigenous Leadership is the Key to Global Climate Resilience, New Report Argues
From the rugged mountain ranges of Nepal to the dense forests of Canada and the tropical basins of Ecuador, Indigenous lands are increasingly bearing the brunt of catastrophic climate impacts.…
The Hidden Threat of Nighttime Heat: How Rising Lows are Pressuring Nebraska’s People, Crops, and Grid
OMAHA, Neb. — During a punishing early September heat wave that pushed afternoon temperatures into the mid-90s Fahrenheit and trapped overnight lows stubbornly in the 70s, Pat Wilson-Johnson sought refuge…
States Vow to Press Ahead With Climate Superfund Laws Despite Legal Setbacks and Looming Supreme Court Test
Last week, another federal judge blocked New York’s landmark “climate superfund law,” marking a significant legal setback for the state’s bold attempt to force fossil fuel companies to pay for…
Prospectors Rush to Stake Mining Claims as Soon as Bears Ears National Monument Shrinks
It did not take long for prospectors to capitalize on newly opened public lands in southeast Utah. On September 11, the very first day that 1.2 million acres previously protected…
Tom Cruise Transforms Into an Oil Tycoon in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Heavy-Handed Climate Satire Digger
If you scroll down far enough on the list of “Carbon Majors”—the 178 corporate producers collectively responsible for the vast majority of the world’s historical fossil fuel emissions—you will eventually…
How Decades of Corporate Funding Softened Universities for the Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Higher Education
When President Donald Trump returned to the White House last January, his administration made it abundantly clear to the leadership of America’s premier universities that federal funding would no longer…