What’s next for Indigenous groups working to reclaim the ... - Grist
Jan 13, 2022 · The Black Hills — Paha Sapa in Lakota — is the geographical heart of the United States and also the site of one of the nation’s oldest land disputes. The federal government granted the land ...
‘The Giving Tree’: How a children’s book became a parable ... - Grist
Aug 26, 2021 · The children’s tale begins with a happy friendship between a boy and a tree. But as the boy gets older, he outgrows climbing the tree, swinging on its branches, and munching on its apples, and ...
What is a green job? - Grist
Dec 12, 2008 · Uncategorized. Share/Republish. Green jobs are living-wage, career-track jobs that contribute to preserving or enhancing environmental quality. They have some important characteristics: Green jobs ...
America’s first ‘enhanced’ geothermal plant just got up and running
Dec 3, 2023 · The pilot project’s completion is a meaningful step in the growing global effort to harness the Earth’s heat. In the United States, geothermal energy supplies only about 3,700 megawatts (3.7 ...
The truth about renewable energy: Inexpensive, reliable, and
May 29, 2012 · The only remaining barriers to achieving such massive increases in renewable energy use are a lack of understanding and a lack of political will. We are overcoming the former as we discover the ...
What we know about the link between climate change and …
Aug 9, 2022 · In one sense, the climate change link seems obvious. Since 1850, global temperatures have climbed 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit); in areas of the U.S. hit hardest by drought, the ...
The legacy of "An Inconvenient Truth," explained by 16 really …
May 20, 2016 · Annie Leonard, executive director, Greenpeace USA. I started learning about climate change in college in 1985, but it wasn’t until An Inconvenient Truth that the issue tipped over into popular ...
Here are 17 things we need to do to fix the world | Grist
Sep 25, 2015 · Here are the 17 goals: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. Ensure healthy lives and promote well ...
Study shows Indigenous lost 99% of land to colonization | Grist
Oct 28, 2021 · In the continental U.S., Indigenous tribes lost close to 99 percent of their combined historical land bases through European colonization and the expansion of the United States. Justin Farrell, a ...
‘There’s no alternative’: Louisiana’s ambitious plan to ... - Grist
Mar 16, 2021 · But the benefits of the project outweigh the negatives. “There’s no alternative,” Andy Sternad, head of resilience practice at the Louisiana-based architecture firm Waggonner and Ball, told ...