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Western tribes already lacked water access. Now there’s a megadrought.
Why some tribal advocates and water experts are feeling hopeful.
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The conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change? It’s wrong.
Faith Kearns’ new book offers insights from conversations IRL.
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How Arizona’s attorney general is weaponizing climate fears to keep out immigrants
As the right grapples with what comes after climate denial, a Copper State lawsuit suggests creeping ‘eco-fascism’ in Europe may be a model.
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Countries are getting serious about climate change. And then there’s Australia.
How Australia fudged the numbers at Biden's climate summit.
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Montana, Kansas, and Arkansas enter the arms race to criminalize protest
The Republican push to criminalize pipeline protests is expanding beyond fossil fuel-producing states.
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“Long overdue”: The Senate just passed $35 billion for clean drinking water.
America's water systems are aging and underfunded. This bipartisan bill might change that.
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2 years after passing a landmark climate law, New York has no plan to fund it
Governor Cuomo just approved the largest budget in New York history — and it has virtually no new funding to help meet the state's emissions goals.
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‘Climate emergency’: Hawaii is the first state to call it like it is
The 50th state is making history.
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Biden’s climate mantra? ‘Jobs, jobs, jobs.’
In his first address to Congress, Biden frames climate work as an economic opportunity.
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The fossil fuel industry isn’t sweating Biden’s climate plan … yet
Biden promised to hold polluters accountable. Here's how his actions stack up.
