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Wildlife advocates and the National Park Service are at odds over a spike in elk mortality

A racist system that values some lives over others helps to fuel the climate crisis

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A visual record of how extreme weather impacts fossil fuel infrastructure

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Whatcom County is the first in the US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure

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Universities can’t yet reach carbon-zero, so some buy the title “carbon-neutral”

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