The Pine Ridge Reservation, surrounded by gentle rolling hills and the famous Badlands, is home to the Oglala Lakota Nation. It’s here that you’ll find an abundance—abundance of community, resilience, … Read more
Lindsay Kuczera
Katrina: 20 Years Later, Disasters are Worsening
Twenty years ago, meteorologists at the National Weather Service (NWS) issued an ominous warning of Hurricane Katrina’s impending destruction to New Orleans and surrounding areas. Parts of that bulletin, issued … Read more
Tell the Environmental Protection Agency to Protect Our Climate and Our Health
The federal government is about to abandon its duty to keep our air clean—and we need your help fighting back. You can tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to keep … Read more
The Heat That’s Here to Stay
You may have found yourself trying to stave off the staggering heat last summer, and you’re not alone. Over 75 million people in the U.S. were under heat advisories by … Read more
The Truth About Clean Energy
1. Renewable energy is reliable Fossil fuels are the leading cause of energy grid blackouts. As the climate crisis worsens, America’s rising energy demand and increasingly frequent extreme weather events … Read more
Sacrificing Miners’ Health for a Dying Industry
“Beautiful, clean coal.” At least that’s what the current administration is saying to help justify a recent series of executive orders aimed at boosting coal production. In reality, there’s nothing … Read more
The Future of Clean Energy is at Risk
Across the United States, federal funding for clean energy and climate projects has been paused, frozen, or cancelled entirely. This comes at a time when the country’s energy grid is … Read more
Top Issues to Watch at COP28
What is the COP? Since 1995, world leaders, negotiators, and thousands of other participants have converged for the COP, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention … Read more
5 Climate Week Themes to Know
It’s Climate Week! From our vast lands to our deep oceans, the more we know about our ecosystems, the better we can respond to climate change. It’s hard to believe, … Read more
How Climate Disasters are Shaping Our Everyday Lives, and What We Can Do About It
More than nine inches of rain inundated Vermont communities with catastrophic flooding and mudslides across the state and sent rivers to their second-highest levels ever recorded. This is the second … Read more
