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'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' weighs whether environmental extremists are revolutionaries or terrorists
Director Daniel Goldhaber's latest heist thriller, "How to Blow Up a Pipeline," explores the moral …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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There's a reason 'highways do not go in straight lines.' How racism is built into American infrastructure.
Pete Buttigieg was right, racism is built into American infrastructure. Highway construction destro…
Irene Jiang
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EU to make large companies disclose their environmental impacts much more extensively; will other nations follow suit?
The Committee will adopt the first set of standards by June 2023, requiring large-scale businesses …
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Patagonia says its new 'vote the a--holes out' clothing tag is a call to action on climate change
The phrase been used by the outdoor brand's founder, Yvon Chouinard, to refer to politicians "who d…
Catherine LeClair
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Supreme Court restricts — but does not end — Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions
The Clean Air Act will still allow the EPA to regulate the greenhouse-gas emissions driving our cli…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An Indigenous patrol in the Amazon won a 'Green Nobel' after they took gold miners operating on their land to court — and won
The Cofán's Indigenous patrol hunts for signs of trespassing gold miners, and has ultimately put th…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The Great Salt Lake in Utah is disappearing, leaving behind a toxic bowl of dust and potentially one of the greatest environmental disasters in US history
Scientists warned Utah lawmakers the state would face "unprecedented" danger if the Great Salt Lake…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket site expansion coincides with a decline in bird numbers in the local area, investigators say
Death from SpaceX's rocket explosions and displacement due to noise may have caused a drop in bird …
Kate Duffy
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Sedona Prince is tackling coffee's 'dirty not-so-little secret' and extending their advocacy to the environment
The Oregon Ducks star and famous TikToker is now the Chief Community Officer for Riff, the brand re…
Meredith Cash
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How to make your Disney vacation more environmentally friendly, according to a sustainable tourism expert
Insider spoke with Kelly Bricker, a professor of nature-based tourism and sustainability at Arizona…
Amanda Krause
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Elizabeth Warren calls for a crackdown on 'environmentally wasteful cryptocurrencies' to fight the climate crisis
Elizabeth Warren said it's time to crack down on environmentally wasteful cryptocurrencies like bit…
Will Daniel
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Carl Icahn slams McDonald's for putting out 'hollow' responses to 'animal welfare violations'
In a letter to other shareholders, Carl Icahn wrote that McDonald's corporate leadership acting in …
Áine Cain
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There are 200 more active viruses, bacteria in the air, thanks to climate change
As the world grapples with Covid-19 and monkeypox, a significant study has revealed that more than …
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Google changed its Google Flights carbon calculator in a way that has 'airbrushed' the real environmental impact of aviation, experts say
Since July, the Google Flights tool only shows the CO2 emissions of flights, excluding up to two-th…
Stephen Jones
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McDonald's goes on the defense against activist investor Carl Icahn in escalating battle over pork production
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a majority owner of a meat packaging company and has not called …
Yoonji Han
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn slams McDonald's over allowing the 'unnecessary suffering' of pregnant pigs in its supply chain
Back in 2012, McDonald's agreed to ask suppliers to phase out gestation crates over the course of a…
Áine Cain
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227 environmental activists were murdered last year, a new report found. That's more than 4 people per week.
Many killings were linked to logging, mining, and agriculture. Indigenous people were heavily targe…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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This CEO is making climate-solution tools more accessible with an app that tracks and personalizes your carbon footprint
Sanchali Pal wanted to simplify climate-accountability measures. So she founded Joro, an app that a…
Brea Cubit
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Ketanji Brown Jackson took the Supreme Court bench for the first time, quickly settling into her new role with lengthy questioning in high-stakes environmental case
Jackson's addition to the bench did not change the court's 6-3 conservative majority, but maintaine…
Oma Seddiq
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing an environmental crisis, and experts say it could take years to fully realize the impact
The invasion could bring short-term environmental emergencies but also weaken environmental governa…