Powered by RebelMouse

thefern org

Top Tweets
Britain shuts down its last coal power plant, ending an era
Flooding in Nepal leaves over 190 dead
Trump targets Biden and Harris over hurricane response in Georgia visit
Leonard Leo’s group criticizes efforts to educate judges on climate issues
EXPLORE
Copyright © RebelMouse 2017
Newsletter
kelp seaweed
Photo by Oleksandr Sushko on Unsplash

Climate savior or ‘Monsanto of the sea’?

The nascent transformation of seaweed farming — from small-scale, coastal operations to a large, increasingly offshore industry — is raising a host of scientific and ethical questions as well as worries about the environmental and social effects of growing vast amounts of seaweed.

Newsletter
bayou louisiana water trees dock
Photo by Michael Sanchez on Unsplash

As climate change erodes land and health, one Louisiana tribe fights back

The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw serve as a harbinger of a climate crisis that threatens more intense high-tide floods on every U.S. coast by the mid-2030s. Rising waters could displace up to 13 million Americans by century’s end.

Newsletter
Facing the floodwaters in California’s San Joaquin Valley
Photo by Justin Wilkens on Unsplash

Facing the floodwaters in California’s San Joaquin Valley

The historically Black town of Allensworth tries to overcome a legacy of racist water policies and prevent a deluge from washing away their community.

Causes
How food became a weapon in America’s culture war
commons.wikimedia.org

How food became a weapon in America’s culture war

First came the politics of right-wing grievance. Then came the new foodie culture. Together, they combined to create one toxic food fight.

Impacts
san luis canal california aqueduct water
commons.wikimedia.org

How California’s drought upended a powerful farming district

For years, Westlands Water District fought for endless supplies of water — until the water started running out.

Impacts
For one historically Black California town, a century of water access denied
commons.wikimedia.org

For one historically Black California town, a century of water access denied

As the Central Valley became an agricultural powerhouse, Black migrants flocked to it for a piece of the California dream. But more established local farmers, almost all of whom were white, sought to control as much of the state’s water as possible.

Impacts
Alaska’s herring row
flickr.com

Alaska’s herring row

The tiny fish is central to Tlingit culture and to sustainable ecosystems. Overfishing threatens both.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE
Britain shuts down its last coal power plant, ending an era

Britain shuts down its last coal power plant, ending an era

Flooding in Nepal leaves over 190 dead

Flooding in Nepal leaves over 190 dead