For Indigenous communities, AI brings peril — and promise
When the United Nations marked the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples last week, it signaled a growing recognition
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Health was supposed to be central to the UN plastics treaty. Now it’s up for debate.
Since negotiations for a United Nations treaty to address plastic pollution began more than three years ago, protecting human health
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Plastic pollution is toxic and everywhere. Now, legal experts say it’s a human rights violation.
Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is
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How climate change endangers mothers and children
This story is a collaboration between Vox and Grist and builds on Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis, a
Read MoreA hidden fuel source beneath the Midwest? Scientists are investigating.
About a billion years ago, the United States was nearly ripped in half. Magma bubbled up as the Earth’s crust
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The art of a plastics treaty: How sculptures, collages, and poetry have influenced global talks
Nearly every day since July 31, Benjamin Von Wong has been surrounding his 20-foot-tall art installation, The Thinker’s Burden, with
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Homeowners affected by the 2023 Maui wildfires: Here’s how to keep and rebuild your home
Two years after the devastating 2023 Maui wildfires, homeowners may be facing the prospect of repaying mortgage loans previously in
Read MoreA look at the growing ‘disaster economy’ turning crisis into cash
In early July, as the torrential rain that unleashed deadly flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country started to abate,
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Illegal price-gouging is rampant after disasters. Can it be stopped?
Last January, a series of massive wildfires broke out across the Los Angeles area, fueled by high winds and dry
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Tribal nations scramble to save clean energy projects as federal support vanishes
Cody Two Bear, who is Standing Rock Sioux, served on his tribal council during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in
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