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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Flood-ravaged North Carolina races to restore voting access after Helene
October 02, 2024
With voting underway, election officials must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places.
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After battering coastal towns, Hurricane Helene causes deadly flooding across five states
September 27, 2024
“This is not a fluke. We should expect to see more rapidly intensifying hurricanes in a warming climate.”
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In Montana, 911 calls reveal impact of heat waves on rural seniors
September 21, 2024
Montana’s population is among the oldest in the country, and those over 65 are especially vulnerable to heat-related illness.
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A Biden effort to conserve oceans is leaving out Indigenous peoples, report finds
July 03, 2024
U.S. Pacific territories bear the burden of marine protected areas while missing out on economic benefits.
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This coal-heavy rural co-op utility is buying its first solar plants
June 22, 2024
Colorado-based Tri-State will soon serve half its customers’ electricity needs with renewable energy, thanks to new Inflation Reduction Act policies.
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Coming soon to a lake near you: Floating solar panels
June 13, 2024
New research finds that “floatovoltaics” could generate a substantial amount of energy worldwide.
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Rivers are the West’s largest source of clean energy. What happens when drought strikes?
April 26, 2024
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
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The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom
March 19, 2024
To fight climate change, the world needs copper. The third largest deposit on the planet is in Arizona, a site the San Carlos Apache say is “like Mount Sinai to us.”
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FBI sent several informants to Standing Rock protests, court documents show
March 15, 2024
Up to 10 informants managed by the FBI were embedded in anti-pipeline resistance camps near the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation at the height of mass protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016. Until now, the existence of only one other federal informant in the camps had been confirmed.
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With limited resources, an Oregon town plans for climate change
February 18, 2024
Among rural communities, Grants Pass, Oregon, has notched an unlikely win: a sustainability plan. But lack of dedicated staff and resources to secure federal grant funds threaten its success.
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Misplaced Trust
February 07, 2024
Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.
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Top 5 takeaways of our investigation into state trust lands
February 07, 2024
A Grist investigation reveals how 14 public universities continue to benefit from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land.
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Inside the last-ditch effort to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline
January 16, 2024
The project is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Its opponents hope that makes fossil fuel companies think twice about building the next one.
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A huge EV factory is coming to west Tennessee. Here’s how locals are ensuring they benefit.
December 18, 2023
Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing.
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The best forest managers? Indigenous peoples, study says.
December 04, 2023
Scientists suggest that long term, local governance is the best way to save forests.
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