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city planning
Earth Focus
Students Offer Holistic Solutions to Bay Area Climate Change Challenges
Post date:Students from all backgrounds offer their ideas on how to address sea level rise in their own communities throughout the Bay Area.
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this is what green looks like
Earth Focus
She Lost Her Breath to Asthma but Found Her Passion in Environmental Justice
Post date:This environmental activist discusses environmental racism and cap-and-trade's failure to address marginalized communities.
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environmental justice
Earth Focus
James Cromwell on His Recent Jail Time
Post date:Academy Award-winning actor James Oliver Cromwell shares his experience going to jail in light of refusing to pay an environmental protest fine.
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honduras
Democracy Now!
Berta Cáceres's Daughter Speaks Out After Surviving Assassination Attempt in Honduras
Post date:Last week, there was an attempted assassination on the life of Bertita Zúñiga Cáceres, the daughter of murdered Honduran indigenous and environmental leader Berta Cáceres.
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climate change
Earth Focus
Climate Change Is Already Killing Farm Workers Around The World
Post date:Kidney failure in agriculture workers around the globe is a symptom of a warming planet.
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california coast
Earth Focus
In California, Going to the Beach Can Break the Bank
Post date:Expensive lodging means many Californians must choose between going to the beach and putting food on their tables.
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Dakota Access Pipeline
Earth Focus
Plains Tribes Versus Big Energy
Post date:It's not just pipelines: Native people are disproportionately affected by energy development of all kinds. And they're fighting back.
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Dakota Access Pipeline
Earth Focus
Who's at Risk from a Dakota Access Pipeline Accident? All of Us.
Post date:All pipelines leak eventually. When they do, living things downstream are in trouble.
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this is what green looks like
Earth Focus
Working Together as a Community: the Activism of Fernando Cázares
Post date:You don’t just show up to a community and pretend that you know what the people there need. You listen.
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worse than roundup
Earth Focus
Did Your Fries Give Farmworkers Cancer?
Post date:If your potatoes aren't organic, they were probably grown using this cancer-causing fumigant.
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this is what green looks like
Earth Focus
Why are Green Groups So White? A Talk With George Sánchez-Tello
Post date:Environmental groups could be just as diverse as the society they work in. But the groups have to want it first.
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environmental justice
Earth Focus
State to List Monsanto's Weed Killer as a Carcinogen
Post date:The state gets legal clearance to declare that its most commonly used weed killer causes cancer.
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environment
Democracy Now!
The EPA Official Who Quit to Protest Pruitt and Trump
Post date:Mustafa Ali helped launch the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice in 1992 but resigned in protest of a Trump administration proposal.
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environmental justice
Earth Focus
What Environmental Justice Means in Indian Country
Post date:Native peoples in the U.S. are often citizens of both the United States and of autonomous Native nations. That makes Native environmental justice issues more complex.
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National Parks
Redefine
Getting Young People To Our Desert National Parks
Post date:If we're counting on future generations to protect our desert treasures, they need to get to know them now.
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this is what green looks like
Redefine
Making a More Powerful Movement: Activist Luis Olmedo
Post date:Making the Imperial Valley a safer place to breathe.
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beach access
Redefine
Access for All: An Interactive Report on Challenges to Coastal Access
Post date:Explore why Californians like visiting the beach, and what prevents them from doing so.
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tending the wild
Tending the Wild
'We Are Part of A Living Culture'
Post date:If we see Native people as expert colleagues instead of historical figures, we all stand a greater chance of working together.
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borderlands
Redefine
Stagnant Air: The Politics of Breathing at the Border
Post date:Idling traffic at the San Ysidro border crossing pollutes the air. One group is trying to find out how much.
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Renewable Energy
Redefine
Energy Companies Threaten Native Culture
Post date:Non-Native environmentalists are lending support to the Standing Rock Sioux. Tribes in the California Desert could use some of that help.