Explainers
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Voting Rights and Environmental Justice
Disenfranchisement through voter suppression and gerrymandering prevents overburdened communities from fighting back against threats to their well-being.
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Sustainable Agriculture Practices
Here are four key methods 21st-century farmers are adopting to take better care of the land that they—and we—depend on.
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Climate Change and Agriculture
Industrial agriculture makes farms more vulnerable to climate impacts.
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CO2 and Ocean Acidification
Rising CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are changing the chemistry of the ocean, and putting marine life in danger.
Features
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Killer Heat: Congressional Districts
District-specific fact sheets for all 433 Congressional districts in the contiguous United States.
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Killer Heat Interactive Tool
How much heat can you endure? Our tool shows what to expect in every region of the country.
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Killer Heat: GIS Map
This interactive mapping tool shows the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat projected to occur across the United States.
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Shopping for Change
Under the slick supermarket packaging lies a food system that’s failing us. The good news is, we know how to build a better one.
Videos
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Ten Minutes to Decide the Fate of the World
The current nuclear launch policy gives the President of the United States sole authority to launch nuclear weapons within 10 minutes of learning of a possible nuclear attack. America needs an updated common-sense launch policy.
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Why We Need a Safer Nuclear Launch Policy
Our current policy puts the decision to launch our nuclear weapons in the hands of a single person.
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Where Do the 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand on Nuclear War?
What is the plan for the 2020 presidential candidates to keep Americans safe from nuclear war and what will they do about the current nuclear policies?
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Jeffery Darensbourg
Jeffery U. Darensbourg is a tribal councilperson of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation of Indians and a freelance writer, speaker, and editor. He is Editor-Who’s-not-a-Chief of the zine Bulbancha Is Still a Place: Indigenous Culture from New Orleans.
Podcasts
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Stressed-Out Fish and Ocean Acidification
Dr. Sarah Cooley explains how changes in ocean chemistry are having a ripple effect on sea life and our economy.
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Why Trust Science?
Science Historian Naomi Oreskes explains why science's social character makes it trustworthy, and what we can learn from science's past.
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From H-Bomb to the iPhone
Dr. Dick Garwin discusses advocacy and his work developing the hydrogen bomb, GPS, and touch screens.
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Scaling Mountains to Ban Toxic Chemicals in Pajamas
Arlene Blum discusses her research on cancer-causing chemicals in kid’s pajamas in the 70s and chemical safety today.