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Brazil supreme court rules in favor of Indigenous land rights in historic win

Court voted against agribusiness-backed attempt to prevent communities claiming land they did not physically occupy in 1988

Tom Phillips · September 22, 2023
Mother Jones

“We keep people alive”: As summers get deadlier, a tiny church is fighting back

In a South Phoenix neighborhood struggling with homelessness, addiction, and environmental racism, climate change is just the latest crisis.

Audrey Gray · September 21, 2023
Inside Climate News

Protecting Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett, Bama and the fiight to save the manatee

The singer grew up in Mobile and had a huge following in Alabama, even if many in the state were less than thrilled by his liberal politics.

Lee Hedgepeth · September 19, 2023
YaleEnvironment360

From carbon sink to source: the stark changes in Arctic lakes

Scientists believe these lakes could be turning into sources of carbon, which would have important consequences for the world’s climate.

Cheryl Katz · September 19, 2023

Guardian

Climate activists block Federal Reserve bank, calling for end to fossil fuel funding

Action came as world leaders begin arriving in New York for the UN general assembly and after Sunday’s march to end fossil fuels

Dharna Noor · September 19, 2023
Wired

A billion-dollar plan to fix farm emissions might make things worse

griculture is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, so the US is getting serious about reform. But some scientists say current efforts are misguided.

Matt Reynolds · September 15, 2023
Guardian

Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean

Countries threatened by rising sea levels are asking a tribunal to decide on responsibility for pollution of the marine environment

Karen McVeigh · September 15, 2023
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Betting against worst-case climate scenarios is risky business

How much change can human systems tolerate before society collapses?

David Spratt · September 15, 2023

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Grist

In 2022, a land defender was killed every two days

A new report finds that Indigenous peoples made up more than a third of those deaths.

Lyric Aquino · September 15, 2023
Mother Jones

We need to talk about roadkill

It’s the environmental problem no one is paying attention to, argues Ben Goldfarb in his new book “Crossings.”

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · September 14, 2023
Guardian

Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies

Claimants to argue lack of adequate action is breach of human rights, in largest climate legal action to date

Sandra Laville · September 14, 2023
Undark

In search of safer refuge: the challenges of replicating nature

Human-made shelters don’t always keep creatures out of harm’s way. Can technology help design a better birdhouse?

Marta Zaraska · September 13, 2023