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Indigenous Peoples

Aerial view of dam blocking river and water coming out spillway below.
Oceans & Clean Water

Could California’s Next Dam Removal Take Place on This Endangered River?

Removing two aging Eel River dams known as the Potter Valley Project would benefit salmon, lamprey and people, but what happens next remains unclear.
April 19, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
Removing two aging Eel River dams known as the Potter Valley Project would benefit salmon, lamprey and people, but what happens next remains unclear.
Dam stretching across wide river with wind turbines on hillsides.
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

When Renewable Energy Threatens Irreplaceable Tribal Culture

A pumped hydro facility is just one of many proposed clean energy projects that threaten cultural property of the Yakama Nation.
March 17, 2023
by
B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster, High Country News
A pumped hydro facility is just one of many proposed clean energy projects that threaten cultural property of the Yakama Nation.
Oceans & Clean Water

Restoring the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta: Reversing a Century of Colombian Tragedy

Can science and tradition finally help heal the region’s peoples and bring balance to its biodiversity-rich waters and mangrove forests?
February 16, 2023
by
Daniel Henryk Rasolt
Can science and tradition finally help heal the region’s peoples and bring balance to its biodiversity-rich waters and mangrove forests?
Condors spread their wings
Wildlife

Newest Flock of Wild California Condors Faces an Old Threat: Lead Poisoning

As one of the world’s most endangered birds returns to its ancestral skies, partners work to eliminate a persistent threat on the ground.
February 6, 2023
by
Juliet Grable
As one of the world’s most endangered birds returns to its ancestral skies, partners work to eliminate a persistent threat on the ground.
People kneeling and bending over to light vegetation on fire.
The Ask

Rekindling the Practice of Cultural Burning: An Act of Climate Hope

Indigenous-led prescribed fire is helping to restore depleted lands and long-suppressed cultural practices.
January 23, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
Indigenous-led prescribed fire is helping to restore depleted lands and long-suppressed cultural practices.
Water rushes between two shores.
Climate Change

One River Dies, Another Is Born

In north Brazil, the combined effects of a hydroelectric dam and earth-shifting livestock have altered the landscape — and upended peoples’ lives.
January 17, 2023
by
Daniel Grossman
In north Brazil, the combined effects of a hydroelectric dam and earth-shifting livestock have altered the landscape — and upended peoples’ lives.
Sunset over the ocean
Editorials

Our Best Articles of 2022

Looking back at environmental loss — and more than a few successes — helps us look ahead to healing the planet.
December 28, 2022
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John R. Platt and Tara Lohan
Looking back at environmental loss — and more than a few successes — helps us look ahead to healing the planet.
Snail on green leaf
The Ask

What Snails Can Teach Us About the Extinction Crisis

A new book about efforts to save endangered snails in Hawai‘i provides valuable insight into threats to global biodiversity.
October 17, 2022
by
Tara Lohan
A new book about efforts to save endangered snails in Hawai‘i provides valuable insight into threats to global biodiversity.
Cedarlands Scout Reservation
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Developers Loom As Boy Scouts Sell Thousands of Acres to Compensate Sexual Assault Victims

Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the United States as some properties sell to the highest bidder. Will they succeed?
October 10, 2022
by
Jordan Gass-Poore’
Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the United States as some properties sell to the highest bidder. Will they succeed?
A person uses binoculars to look out at a sunset
Climate Change

Back the Frack Off, ‘We Can’t Advertise the Meats’ and Other Links From the Brink

Don’t miss these environmental news stories about innovative laws, rising renewables and a “climate king.”
September 21, 2022
by
John R. Platt
Don’t miss these environmental news stories about innovative laws, rising renewables and a “climate king.”

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