Indigenous peoples’ traditional food systems are among the most sustainable in the world, but are coming under threat from climate change, biodiversity collapse, and economic pressures, a new report from the UN
Native communities across North America face heart-wrenching choices over whether to relocate in the face of mounting climate-driven risks, or remain in locations to which their families have been tied for hundreds
More than 300 businesses, including major tech, retail, and food brands are calling on the Biden administration to commit to cutting U.S. greenhouse gas pollution to at least half of 2005 levels
Lakes and reservoirs are drying up as 85% of Mexico is in drought, with Mexico City in its worst drought in 30 years. Major reservoirs that supply the capital's 9 million residents
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as the head of the Department of the Interior. If confirmed, Haaland, a "35th-generation New Mexican," and a member of Pueblo of
Category 5 Cyclone Yasa laid waste to Vanua Levu, Fiji's second-largest island, killing two and forcing thousands to seek shelter. Though Yasa moved relatively quickly, causing less immediate damage than had been
Medical students at Emory University pushed for climate change to be added to their curriculum — and won. After studying the health impacts and realizing the correlation was not being taught, students
Climate change, activities that contribute to it, and dams pose grave threats to America's rivers, according to American Rivers. The annual report ranks the county's 10 rivers most endangered by human activity
Texans with disabilities and chronic illnesses were hit especially hard by the massive grid failure that caused widespread blackouts across Texas, The Verge reports. Failure to account for the needs of those
Nurnahar and her family have seen the climate crisis take everything. They live in Bangladesh, a country where two-thirds of the land is less than 5 meters above sea level and increasingly
Fikile Ntshangase, a South African environmental activist at the forefront of an effort to stop the expansion of a massive open pit coal mine, was shot dead in her home last week.
President Biden on Thursday ordered agencies across the federal government to prepare for risks to the American economy posed by climate change. The harms inflicted by human-caused global warming are already being
Climate change poses significant dangers to global food supplies as rising temperatures make storage more difficult, the AP reports. Food around the world is stored outside after harvest, before processing, but rising
The neighborhoods hit hardest by the novel coronavirus pandemic are virtually the same neighborhoods hit hardest by extreme heat, Politico reports. The overlap is a striking illustration of the compounding harms of
Hunger strikers in Chicago are fighting the relocation of a metal shredding facility from a white North Side neighborhood to a predominantly Black and Latinx community on the Southeast Side already plagued
A restrengthening Tropical Storm Eta hit Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida Sunday night. Officials warn it could strengthen into a hurricane and dump six to 12 inches of rain by Tuesday evening with
A community development corporation is hoping to leverage solar energy, energy efficiency, and other renter-equity tools to provide stable, affordable housing and build wealth for tenants around Highland Park in Detroit, Energy
Typhoon Vamco hit Vietnam with 150 mph winds yesterday after killing at least 80 people and submerging entire towns in the Philippines. Vamco was the fifth major storm to hit the Philippines,
Nory Yamileth Hernández lost nearly everything when Hurricanes Eta and Iota flooded her home in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. She and her three teenage children live in a tent under a bridge
Black and Hispanic students are harmed by hotter summer temperatures, according to a new study published in the Nature Human Behavior Monday. Across 58 countries, the researchers found that standardized test scores
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