Police dispersed hundreds of protestors rallying to save a tiny village from demolition.
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Why Climate Activists Use Confrontational Tactics
Grist Mar 5, 2023
Throwing soup on a van Gogh. Blocking roads. Deflating SUV tires. Here’s why climate protests are getting so confrontational.
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The Solution to Plastic Waste? Stop Making New Plastic.
Grist Mar 4, 2023A panel of experts last week made a simple, common-sense recommendation for dealing with the U.S.’s plastic pollution problem: Stop making so much plastic. “Not producing waste in the first…
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Why the Humble City Bus is the Key to Improving US Public Transit
The Conversation Mar 4, 2023High-quality bus service is the fastest route to rapid, comprehensive public transit in the United States. This country was once a leader in bus transit, and with adequate funding, it could be again.
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A Pipeline Company Paid Minnesota to Police Line 3 Protests
Grist Mar 4, 2023From riot gear to PR to Dairy Queen, public records show every expense Enbridge reimbursed after the Line 3 protests.
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The Violence Facing Water Defenders in Honduras
Al Jazeera Mar 4, 2023President Xiomara Castro’s government must do more to protect those fighting for environmental rights, critics say.
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Neurotoxins in the Environment are Damaging Human Brain Health – and More Frequent Fires and Floods May Make the Problem Worse
The Conversation Mar 3, 2023In the summer of 2021, a toxic, smoky haze stemming from Western wildfires wafted across large parts of the United States, while hurricanes wrought extensive flooding in the southern and…
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Extreme Heat Linked to Increased Deaths in US Prisons
Grist Mar 3, 2023A new study is the first epidemiological evidence of the link between the climate crisis and prison mortality in the United States.
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How Does State Policy Impact Gun Violence and Deaths?
RAND Corporation Mar 2, 2023Part of RAND’s Gun Policy in America project, this tool provides users with information about the distribution of firearms deaths across states and demographic subgroups, and how those deaths might be affected by the implementation of a set of common state firearm laws.
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Which State You Live in Matters for How Well Environmental Laws Protect Your Health
The Conversation Mar 2, 2023An environmental health lawyer explains why some states have weaker rules than others, and how you can make your concerns heard.
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Utilizing Indigenous Knowledge to Save Endangered Salmon
Grist Mar 2, 2023Tribes say the decision to reduce water flow “has more to do with potatoes than it does fish.”…
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How Social Innovation Can Reduce Inequality
Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 1, 2023Three key cross-sector reforms can ensure innovation and equality are never at odds.
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