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I paddle Boston’s Mystic River as Sackett v. EPA threatens to roll back critical protections
Fifty Years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, the future of America’s waterways hangs in the balance.
A growing movement to reclaim water rights for Indigenous people
Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.
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Enough for everyone
Given the current climate emergency and the broader ecological breakdown that looms, there are few issues more pressing than that expressed by the single word: enough. Yet, it is possible to satisfy humanity’s universal needs fairly—and keep the world livable.
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In California’s drier future, what's the best investment for securing water?
Experts agree that cities need diverse water supplies, but desalination plants remain controversial.
A reset for unprecedented times
Buen Vivir is both a philosophy and a lived practice that puts Earth at the center of “the Good Life.”
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Heather Houser: Should you have kids despite climate change?
This decision comes with the privileges of race, class, and citizenship status—which is why reproductive justice needs to be part of the climate conversation.
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Generation Z is voting on climate change in 2020
Young voters are intimately aware that they will be forced to bear the full effects of climate change—and they’re voting with that in mind.
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