Climate crisis
Climate change driving demand for predatory loans, research shows (The Guardian)
Gas pipeline expansion could fuel Pacific Northwest climate emergencies (The Guardian)
When will EVs become mainstream in the US? (Al Jazeera)
What’s slowing down America’s clean energy transition? It’s not the cost (Al Jazeera)
Insurance crisis leaves homeowners vulnerable in hurricane-prone Louisiana (Al Jazeera)
Communities on US LNG front line ask Biden to reject export terminal (Al Jazeera)
Officers in ‘Cop City’ raid shot pepperball gun into activist’s tent first (The Guardian)
‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance (The Guardian)
Biden administration sides with climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies (The Guardian)
Oil wells guzzle precious California water. Next door, residents can’t use the tap (The Guardian)
Will California’s new oil and gas laws protect people from toxic pollution? (EHN)
Alaska Native community relocates as climate crisis ravages homes (Al Jazeera)
How US climate lawsuits could hold Big Oil accountable (Al Jazeera)
How a high-risk California town learned to live with fire (Al Jazeera)
Biden could unlock new powers by declaring a ‘climate emergency’ (Al Jazeera)
How the US is hindering global climate financing (Al Jazeera)
California declares unprecedented water restrictions amid drought (Al Jazeera)
How toxic wildfire smoke affects pregnant people (EHN)
How prisons in a US state botched wildfire evacuations (Al Jazeera)
Flames, smoke and heat: California grape workers push for change (Al Jazeera)
‘Ashes, twisted metal’: California residents reel amid wildfires (Al Jazeera)
Indigenous rights
How solar geoengineering is clouding issues of tribal consent (High Country News)
Indigenous advocacy leads to largest dam removal project in US history (Al Jazeera)
‘Healing process’: Indigenous people welcome Tulare Lake return (Al Jazeera)
Nevada lithium mine breaks ground despite Indigenous opposition (Al Jazeera)
‘Historical pattern of disregard’: inside one of the last remaining US Indigenous boarding schools (The Guardian)
‘We’re still here’: past and present collide at a Native American boarding school (The Guardian)
US gov’t: at least 53 burial sites at Indigenous boarding schools (Al Jazeera)
Inside the US push to uncover Indigenous boarding school graves (Al Jazeera)
New California law affirms Indigenous right to controlled burns (Al Jazeera)
The activists sabotaging railways in solidarity with Indigenous people (The Guardian)
Sexual violence along pipeline route follows Indigenous women’s warnings (The Guardian)
‘Reclaiming the land’: Indigenous fight against Line 3 ramps up (Al Jazeera)
People at the front lines of Standing Rock tell us the toll it has taken (VICE)
Women from Papua New Guinea bring rape complaints to mining company’s door (VICE)
Immigration
‘It doesn’t work’: Migrants struggle with US immigration app (Al Jazeera)
As Title 42 ends in US, asylum seekers wait for relief on border (Al Jazeera)
Virtual wall: how the US plans to boost surveillance at the southern border (The Guardian)
‘Never sleeps, never even blinks’: the high-tech Anduril towers spreading along the US border (The Guardian)
Refugees decry Title 42 as ‘absurd excuse’ as it stays in place (Al Jazeera)
As Title 42 winds down, aid groups prepare for shift at US border (Al Jazeera)
The Anguish of Watching the Election From the Purgatory of a Border Camp (The New Republic)
The Ghoulish, Bipartisan Tradition of Death at the Southern Border (The New Republic)
US politics
How much will the Supreme Court shape the 2024 presidential election? (Al Jazeera)
Canada and Mexico prepare to accept Americans seeking abortions (The Guardian)
Roe v Wade: What happens when people are denied abortions? (Al Jazeera)
Amid US abortion crackdown, California seeks to be a ‘sanctuary’ (Al Jazeera)
How Biden flipped battleground Pennsylvania (Al Jazeera)
Trump campaign sues to stop Pennsylvania certifying Biden win (Al Jazeera)
Republican poll-watchers not excluded from Michigan count: witnesses (Al Jazeera)
US postal worker and vote ‘whistle blower’ recants allegations (Al Jazeera)
Primary wins give Joe Biden commanding edge in U.S. Democratic race (Al Jazeera)
‘Big Tuesday primary’: Michigan Muslims rally around Bernie Sanders (Al Jazeera)
COVID
As the US reaches one million COVID deaths, how are Americans coping? (Al Jazeera)
Coronavirus sheds light on Canada’s poor treatment of migrant workers (The Guardian)
Nearly 800 Line 3 pipeline workers tested positive for COVID-19 (Al Jazeera)
COVID jabs bring relief for vulnerable California farmworkers (Al Jazeera)