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    ‘Into the Thaw’: Jon Waterman on a Changing Alaska

    ‘Into the Thaw’: Jon Waterman on a Changing Alaska

    With each new federal administration, energy priorities shift. With the election of Donald Trump in 2024, one of his administration’s key promises, enforced by an executive order on January 20 this year and as promised in Project 2025, was to try to ramp up oil and gas drilling in the continental U.S. A key location […]

    ‘Wild Concerto’ by Former Police Drummer Stewart Copeland Blends Nature Sounds With Music

    ‘Wild Concerto’ by Former Police Drummer Stewart Copeland Blends Nature Sounds With Music

    In a new collaboration between former Police drummer Stewart Copeland and British naturalist Martyn Stewart — titled Wild Concerto — the chirps of Arctic terns blend with other wildlife calls and orchestral music to create a multi-layered soundscape. The unique composition by Copeland, a seven-time Grammy award-winner, drew on Stewart’s field recordings, reported The Guardian. […]

    A Flood of Ash: The Fight for Justice in Kingston, Tennessee

    A Flood of Ash: The Fight for Justice in Kingston, Tennessee

    Just before Christmas in 2008 in the Tennessee town of Kingston, a pile of coal ash located near the Kingston Fossil Plant broke free and spread into the 300 acres surrounding the plant and eventually into the Emory River Channel. The six-story high pile of coal ash – residue from burning coal – had accumulated […]

    World Water Film Festival Opens in New York, Aims to Inspire

    World Water Film Festival Opens in New York, Aims to Inspire

    Right now across the U.S., drought persists, particularly in the northeast, where wildfires are burning because of the dry conditions. At the same time, some communities are still recovering from the catastrophic effects of hurricane season and the wind and water mash-up they wrought. In either case, water – both as a source of life […]

    Climate Fiction 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Climate Fiction 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts What Is ‘Climate Fiction’? Climate fiction is a genre of fiction that emerged in the first decades of the 21st century in response to growing awareness of the climate crisis caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels. It is often abbreviated as “cli-fi.”  As the term “cli-fi” suggests, climate fiction was […]

    ‘My Cheerfulness Around Work’: Speaking With Environmental Justice Attorney and Graphic Novelist Eddie Ahn

    ‘My Cheerfulness Around Work’: Speaking With Environmental Justice Attorney and Graphic Novelist Eddie Ahn

    Eddie Ahn has been an environmental justice attorney for more than 15 years. In his work as the executive director of Brightline Defense, he and his group have ensured that the offshore wind, building decarbonization and increase in electric vehicles happening in California will benefit underserved and low-income communities in the region. In recognition of […]