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Can this year’s U.N. meeting on gender equality make a difference on climate change?

Feminists and environmental activists the world over have continually expressed disappointment in the failure of the U.N. system to stop climate change—or acknowledge it as a human rights or gender equality issue.

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“Respect Us, or Expect Us”: Indigenous women continue to fight against Pipeline 3

Resistance efforts, largely led by Indigenous women and two-spirit individuals, have been fighting the tar sands pipeline for the last seven years. And many are looking to hold President Joe Biden accountable for promises made and broken.

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Care infrastructure is key to an equitable, green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis

As federal policymakers confront the parallel crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and racial injustice, a significant investment in our nation's care infrastructure - and the workforce and green jobs that power it—presents an urgent opportunity to address all three.

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Lowered meat production leads to decline in pollution, waste and greenhouse gases

The coronavirus has sent the U.S. reeling into an economic recession, resulting in consumer-facing industries combating unique challenges - especially meat production. What effect will lowered meat production have on our overall environment?

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Opposition to climate action and reproductive rights is a public health failure

Can this year’s U.N. meeting on gender equality make a difference on climate change?

“Respect Us, or Expect Us”: Indigenous women continue to fight against Pipeline 3

Care infrastructure is key to an equitable, green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis

Lowered meat production leads to decline in pollution, waste and greenhouse gases

California struggles to electrify trucks as Trump administration blocks state rules

The hidden cost of powering your phone might be someone else’s cancer

Toxic mine runoff cleanup revives West Virginia waterways and extracts rare earth elements

Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

China ramps up solar and wind power as clean energy output shatters global records

Melting ice and microplastics signal deepening disruption in Antarctica’s climate system