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In New Mexico, a Walk Commemorates the Nuclear Disaster Few Outside the Navajo Nation Remember

By Noel Lyn Smith — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 09:10:00 +0000

The Church Rock spill released more radioactive material than the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island four months earlier. Last week’s walk highlights the continuing cleanup and the ongoing hazards uranium mining poses to tribal lands.

By Noel Lyn Smith

RED WATER POND ROAD, New Mexico—As Tony Hood walked along New Mexico Highway 566 last Saturday, he thought about where he was 45 years earlier, when an earthen dam broke at the site of a uranium mill operated by the United Nuclear Corp., releasing 94 million gallons of radioactive water and 1,100 tons of uranium waste across portions of New Mexico, Arizona and the Navajo Nation.

Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon

By Noel Lyn Smith — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Activists hope to shut down an existing mine within a new national monument and to prevent the transportation of uranium on state and federal roads across Navajo Nation lands.

By Noel Lyn Smith

PHOENIX—Members of environmental groups stood together in the lobby of the Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower late last month to deliver a petition to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, requesting that she stop uranium mining activities near the Grand Canyon National Park.

New York’s Green Amendment Guarantees the Right to a ‘Healthful Environment.’ Activists Want the State to Enforce It

By Peter Mantius — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:45:00 +0000

"Our environmental rights are not discretionary": In a march at the state Capitol, advocates call for more action.

By Peter Mantius

This article previously appeared in WaterFront.

Jaguars, Macaws and Tropical Dry Forest Have a Right To Exist, a Colombian Court Is Told

By Katie Surma — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:10:00 +0000

The “rights of nature” lawsuit follows at least eight Colombian court rulings that have recognized the rights of ecosystems, including the country’s portion of the Amazon rainforest. But enforcement of those decisions has been lagging, and some activists face retaliation.

By Katie Surma

A new lawsuit asks Colombia to recognize that jaguars, military macaws and the nation’s tropical dry forest have legal rights to “life, health and integrity.”

Following Cancer Alley Decision, States Pit Themselves Against Environmental Justice Efforts

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000

A Louisiana lawsuit against the EPA said its bid to address environmental racism was itself a form of “reverse discrimination.”

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, aninterview by managing producer Jenni Doering with Monique Harden of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice.

Montana’s High Court Considers a Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Najifa Farhat — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:10:00 +0000

The state’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments on an appeal of a decision that struck down a law supporting fossil fuel development. The ruling centered on a constitutional right to a healthy environment.

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Najifa Farhat

A landmark climate change lawsuit reached Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, with the justices hearing arguments that a state law promoting fossil fuel development violated Montanans’ constitutional rights.

Sen. Britt of Alabama Confronted on Her Ties to ‘Big Oil’

By Lee Hedgepeth — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 22:46:14 +0000

A Sunrise movement activist approached the senator in the halls of Congress and asked about her campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry. Britt later thanked the activist for helping promote her bedrock belief in “energy dominance.”

By Lee Hedgepeth

Amalia Hochman isn’t from Alabama, but she’s willing to fight for it anyway.

Texas Leaders Worry That Bitcoin Mines Threaten to Crash the State Power Grid

By Keaton Peters — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Residents in the small town of Granbury are raising alarms over noise from a local Bitcoin mine, while state lawmakers warn that the energy-hungry facilities risk “crashing” the electrical grid.

By Keaton Peters

GRANBURY, TEXAS — Cheryl Shadden cannot sleep. The 61-year-old nurse, who works at hospitals giving patients anesthesia, says she is kept up at night by the nonstop mechanical whir of fans spinning to cool tens of thousands of computers.

Attacked on All Sides: Wading Birds Nest in New York’s Harbor Islands

By Lauren Dalban — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 10:52:41 +0000

The migratory birds face habitat loss due to development, predation, human disturbance and climate change.

By Lauren Dalban

For bird enthusiasts and average residents alike, the sight of wild, colorful migratory birds like the great egret or the black-crowned night heron, in a dense and loud city like New York is something to behold.

This Proxy Season, Companies’ Success Against Activist Investors Surged

By Mathilde Augustin — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Climate investors have long used shareholder proposals to voice their demands on emissions reductions and renewable energy. But this year, they didn’t fare all that well before the SEC.

By Mathilde Augustin

Shareholder proposals are a critical tool for activist investors fighting climate change, allowing them to formally bring up issues like emissions goals during a company’s annual meeting by submitting them to a vote.