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Mercury-free mining: The Peruvian women who are rewriting gold’s environmental story
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

Mercury-free mining: The Peruvian women who are rewriting gold’s environmental story
The first plant responder: How a first responder is healing with nature
Mykah Scott

Planet Forward Correspondent | Tuskegee University

The first plant responder: How a first responder is healing with nature
Essay | Home is where the harm is: Perseverance in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
Ciara Thomas

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Tuskegee University

Essay | Home is where the harm is: Perseverance in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
Overfed, undernourished
Sophia Vacanti

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Falling limbs: Herbicide drift and quiet destruction
Sophia Beem

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Falling limbs: Herbicide drift and quiet destruction
NO2, No Grazie!: The fight for clean air in Italy’s fashion capital
Maximilian Garibay-Deasy

University of Southern California, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Bocconi University

NO2, <em>No Grazie!</em>: The fight for clean air in Italy’s fashion capital
Elders of Manitoba
Justin Langan

Yale School of the Environment

Elders of Manitoba
Embracing fire: Integrating tradition and innovation in wildland fire management on Indian reservations
Joshua Massey

Arizona State University, Ilíiaitchik: Indigenous Correspondents Program (ICP)

Embracing fire: Integrating tradition and innovation in wildland fire management on Indian reservations

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Ianne Salvosa

George Washington University

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Bee Kavanaugh

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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Abbey Leibert

Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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Alexia Nastasia

Boston University

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Medill News Service

Northwestern University

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Joy Reeves

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