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In Colombia, Indigenous lands are ground zero for a wind energy boom
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In Colombia, Indigenous lands are ground zero for a wind energy boom

The northernmost tip of South America, home to the Indigenous Wayúu people, is the epicenter of Colombia's nascent wind energy industry. But Wayúu leaders are concerned that the government and wind companies are not dealing fairly with them.

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Alia Sunderji: Colombia’s indigenous children are the casualties of climate change

Colombia should ensure that communities such as the Wayuu, heavily impacted by climate change, are able to adapt to the harms that droughts and warming will cause, and secure their rights to water, food and shelter. The lives of many children depend on it.

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This sacred bean saved an indigenous clan from climate calamity
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This sacred bean saved an indigenous clan from climate calamity

Years after coal mining and a prolonged drought sapped their water and food supplies, an indigenous community in Colombia’s Guajira desert is rebounding thanks to a resilient legume.
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More than 200 environmental activists and land defenders murdered in 2019
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More than 200 environmental activists and land defenders murdered in 2019

That's the highest number of such killings on record for a single year.

Causes
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In Colombia’s La Guajira, the native Wayuu are forgotten in the dust

Synonymous in Colombia with extreme poverty and abandonment, the peninsula of La Guajira faces drought and coal dust pollution from one the world's biggest coal mines.

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Indigenous groups isolated by coronavirus face another threat: hunger
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Indigenous groups isolated by coronavirus face another threat: hunger

Indigenous people across the Americas are trying to defend their communities from the pandemic. But for many, isolation can quickly turn into deprivation.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Wildfire survivors face hidden risks from lingering toxic pollution

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Solar power surges ahead despite political opposition

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Reno’s battle with rising heat: How citizen scientists are mapping the crisis

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

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

CLIMATE
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EPA faces legal pushback over canceled climate grants

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Bill Gates' climate group cuts staff as focus shifts under Trump