This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. Summer afternoons on Florida Bay are a wonder. The sky, bright blue and dotted with clouds, meets the glassy water in a blur of blue that melts away any sign of the […]
Indigenous peoples are largely being excluded from trillions in global spending to mitigate climate change with governments doing little to ensure that climate funding not only respects Indigenous rights, but supports Indigenous-led green projects. That’s according to a new report focused on green financing by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous […]
For decades, communities living in the shadows of the nation’s petroleum refineries were in the dark about the quality of the air that they breathed. Residents in places like Port Arthur, Texas, and Artesia, New Mexico, could sense their exposure to toxic pollution on days when the air was thick with the sweet smell of […]
This story was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat and is republished with permission. Hawaii maintains a network of firebreaks to keep wildfire from spreading, but that system includes hundreds of miles of gaps that need to be filled to protect communities around the state. Public and private land managers dealing with the danger face […]