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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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Each storm season brings increased stress and fear for the people of Kivalina, a tiny Native village of some 400 Inupiaq people that sits on a small barrier island on the shore of the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. Meanwhile, the island is rapidly eroding out from under the village. Credit: Suzanne Tennant.

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

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Henderson Island is situated in the South Pacific, lying halfway between Chile and New Zealand. This island and the surrounding ocean are one of the world’s largest marine reserves and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here, the ocean acts as a vortex engulfing enough trash to measure three times the size of France.

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Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition

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This article by Sierra is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. They were headed for the massive floating construction site of an offshore wind farm 35 miles from the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. .” In other words, climate change.