Green Energy Is Coming for the Desert
Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is pushing to aggressively expand solar farms into the Mojave Desert, which advocates say would decimate its vast biodiversity.
Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is pushing to aggressively expand solar farms into the Mojave Desert, which advocates say would decimate its vast biodiversity.
The U.S. militarization of Guam has left its residents living with a legacy of pollution, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. Other Pacific islands may be next.
Targeting Iran
The U.S.–Israeli war has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
The War on Immigrants
As the G20 descends on Asheville, the communities that helped rebuild after Hurricane Helene live in fear of Trump’s immigration regime.
Voices
A single tree sit grew into a cross-border continuous protest to defend the Arizona borderland ecology. So far, activists are succeeding.
The Intercept Briefing
From Utah to Georgia, communities are demanding data center moratoriums as concerns move from local zoning fights into national politics.
The War on Immigrants
DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.
Amoco, now part of BP, never cleaned up after its failed oil prospecting mission. Rural Kenyans are suing for a right to a clean environment.
A top official told colleagues that a change to a National Park Service employee policy was part of a “reign of terror.”
Climate Crimes
Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”
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