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Native American tribes to co-manage Bears Ears national monument
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Native American tribes to co-manage Bears Ears national monument

The federal government on Saturday signed a historic agreement with five Native American tribes to co-manage Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
Causes
city-building games reckon with climate change

Indie city-building games finally reckon with climate change

City- and empire-builders like 'Cities: Skylines' totally simplify the climate crisis, if they address it at all. A new wave of titles are far more complex.
Black on the Bay, then and now
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Black on the Bay, then and now

Black Marylanders have always been integral to the Chesapeake Bay community, despite discriminatory laws that tried to hold them back. In this issue, we examine that history in seafood entrepreneurship, sailmaking, aquaculture, oystering, and captaining their own vessels.
Causes
Who killed this Indigenous family in the Peruvian Amazon? And why?
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Who killed this Indigenous family in the Peruvian Amazon? And why?

The killings of members of a once “uncontacted” tribe are tragic—and show how perilous the journey out of isolation can be.
Opinion
Erik Nordman, Jason Reblando: In the face of a looming climate crisis, the late Elinor Ostrom gives me hope
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Erik Nordman, Jason Reblando: In the face of a looming climate crisis, the late Elinor Ostrom gives me hope

By proving that humans can sustainably manage shared resources, this Nobel Prize–winning economist's work shines light on a path that just might get us out of this mess.

Impacts
A blooming problem
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A blooming problem

The Chesapeake contains some 700 species of algae. Most don’t cause problems. But when algae does bloom, and creates toxins, it can devastate water bodies as well as economies. With warmer waters coming, could the blooms that happened in Florida in the summer of 2018 happen here?
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Smithville tries to stem the tide
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Smithville tries to stem the tide

Economic pressures took their toll on the African-American community established around the time of the Civil War; now, a marsh threatens its historic church and cemetery. With the water coming, can Smithville hold on to its past?

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Gray heron standing in body of water amid water plants.

EPA moves to further limit protections for wetlands

Burned foundation of a home next to burned out car and trees.

Wildfire survivors face hidden risks from lingering toxic pollution

A hand places pennies in a glass jar with an image of a house roof covered in solar panels in background.

Solar power surges ahead despite political opposition

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Gloved hands holding a globe of the earth with a small plant growing from the top.

Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

The torso and legs of a farmer holding beetroots during daytime.

Farmers face funding cuts as Trump administration reconsiders climate-linked grants

CLIMATE
Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Facade of the Environmental Protection Agency with blue sky and clouds behind.

EPA faces legal pushback over canceled climate grants