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Connecting Communities of Color to the National Parks
Teresa Baker, the founder of the African American National Parks Event, talks to Earthjustice about what national parks can do to welcome communities of color.
Read MoreThe Hidden Costs of Food
Conservative estimates suggest that the real cost of our food could be roughly double the apparent cost.
Read MoreReforming our Energy Grid in the Face of Severe Weather
Severe weather striking the Southwest highlights the need to reform our energy grid.
Read MoreGambling with House Money
Go inside the trial of Tesoro-Savage, a crude oil shipping terminal proposed for the banks of the Columbia River.
Read MoreFrom Acadia to Glacier Bay, this National Parks Traveler Has Seen it All
Kurt Repanshek hasn’t just visited about 90 National Park Service areas—he’s been reporting on the nation’s parks, monuments, seashores and battlefields for more than a decade.
Read MoreReimaging Swampland: Untold Stories of the Everglades
Photographer Mac Stone wants to change the way we look at America’s “fragile” swamps and wetlands, starting with the Everglades.
Read MoreClimate Change Isn’t Child’s Play
At a Washington, D.C., event, parents and advocates from around the country played with their children for a good cause.
Read MoreNation’s Largest Utility Has North Carolina Neutralized
North Carolina just passed a bill to let Duke Energy off the hook for cleaning up toxic coal ash lagoons at seven coal-fired power plants.
Read MoreCleaning Up California’s Dirty Freight System
California asserts its commitment to a strong economy and a healthy environment in its new Sustainable Freight Action Plan, but the state can do even more to clean up the polluting freight system.
Read MoreThe Death of World Heritage Sites
The future of priceless World Heritage sites depends on the immediate reduction of climate-change-inducing greenhouse-gas emissions, but many of the governments responsible for protecting these sites are failing to take strong climate action and are actively pursuing dirty energy projects.
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