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![Painting in the folk art style of Grandma Moses of a valley between mountains, with buildings and homes, a river and road winding between them; the mountain on the left has an area of mountaintop removal and a pile of coal]()
![Painting in the folk art style of Grandma Moses of a valley between mountains, with buildings and homes, a river and road winding between them; the mountain on the left has an area of mountaintop removal and a pile of coal]()
What happened to the ‘war on coal’ in West Virginia?
The activism spotlight has left the Coal River Valley. But when the battlefield is your home, you don’t give up the fight.
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Toxic algal blooms are driving up water costs in the Great Lakes
In Toledo, Ohio, monitoring and treating algae-contaminated water from Lake Erie costs $100 per family per year.
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![Repsol employees work filling buckets with contaminated sand during the cleanup in the shore of Cavero Beach on January 20, 2022 in Ventanilla, Peru.]()
![Repsol employees work filling buckets with contaminated sand during the cleanup in the shore of Cavero Beach on January 20, 2022 in Ventanilla, Peru.]()
Five months later, the Ancón oil spill’s effects linger
Out of work and short on cash and food, a fishing community in Peru is simultaneously paralyzed by exhaustion and ready to boil over.
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![a woman in a car drives by a refinery]()
One family, three generations of cancer, and the largest concentration of oil refineries in California
A new community survey exposes widespread cancer, asthma, anxiety, and depression in Wilmington, California.
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![train passes in front of apartment buildings with industrial facilities and a river in the background]()
![train passes in front of apartment buildings with industrial facilities and a river in the background]()
New Jersey releases blueprint for landmark environmental justice law
'We need to actually say no to industry when it hurts communities.'
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![Illustrated portrait of a Black man in his thirties with a small afro, goatee, red beaded necklace and black shirt; a square of orange watercolor brushstrokes is behind him]()
![Illustrated portrait of a Black man in his thirties with a small afro, goatee, red beaded necklace and black shirt; a square of orange watercolor brushstrokes is behind him]()
Olúfémi O. Táíwò’s theory of everything
One of America’s most prominent philosophers argues that climate change calls us to rethink world history.
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In New Jersey, Ford faces lawsuit over polluting tribal land
The company is accused of dumping thousands of tons of toxic paint sludge and other pollutants where Ramapough Lenape Nation members live.
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![people sit at picnic tables under a shaded pavilion in a park]()
As a heat wave grips the US, lessons from the hottest city in America
Summer is becoming unbearable. Phoenix holds solutions on how to cope.
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The world’s climate plans overlook people with disabilities
The failure to consider their needs can be a matter of life and death.
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Puerto Ricans are powering their own rooftop solar boom
Residents and shop owners are installing solar-plus-battery systems in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Will the government get on board?
