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Essay | Home is where the harm is: Perseverance in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Ashley Gainard is a lifelong resident of Louisiana's "Cancer Alley." Battling health impacts in her community, she advocates for people over polluters. Keep reading

Essay | Home is where the harm is: Perseverance in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

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In Texas, new technologies transform crop irrigation

Steve Norman, a cotton farmer in Graza County, Texas, discusses sub-surface irrigation as a method for growing crops in a region faced with a depleted aquifer. Keep reading

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Climate education in Washington, D.C.

Forty years ago, there was no climate education in primary schools. Catharine Ferguson, a volunteer at the D.C. chapter of the Sierra Club, set out to change that. Keep reading

Climate education in Washington, D.C.

Wetland restoration: How one researcher is enhancing biodiversity in the Chicago suburbs

In Chicago's suburbs, wetland restoration efforts from researchers and volunteers are underway to enhance biodiversity in the area and help native species thrive. Keep reading

Wetland restoration: How one researcher is enhancing biodiversity in the Chicago suburbs

Wetland restoration: How one researcher is enhancing biodiversity in the Chicago suburbs

Concrete objects shelter sea life and New Yorkers

Erosion along New York City coastlines is a huge problem the local ecology. Brooklyn and Hong Kong based company Object Territories, is engineering a nature-inspired solution. Keep reading

Concrete objects shelter sea life and New Yorkers

Concrete objects shelter sea life and New Yorkers

Heat, Fury, and… Hope? A Planet Forward conversation with author Peter Schwartzstein

How is climate change impacting conflicts around the world? Author Peter Schwartzstein discusses his new book on the subject with Planet Forward intern Dre Pedemonte. Keep reading

Heat, Fury, and… Hope? A Planet Forward conversation with author Peter Schwartzstein

Representative Suzanne Bonamici on environmental bipartisanship

Can a shared love of seafood bring the United States together? According to this United States Representative, strategic language and appealing to shared concerns can go a long way. Keep reading

Representative Suzanne Bonamici on environmental bipartisanship