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A brightly colored illustration showing a green hydrogen hub. A container ship on a waterway and a hydrogen production and storage facility are in the foreground, a solar panel array and wind turbines are in the mid-ground, and a city and sunset sky are in the distance.

Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.
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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.

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Quebec: Boreal Caribou Protections Will Have to Wait…Again

Expert BlogJennifer Skene
Boreal caribou face unprecedented declines, and the science is clear that the province needs to immediately stem industrial development’s erosion of their habitat. Yet yesterday, Quebec once again delayed concrete action, gifting logging and other industries at least several more…

Charmin’s “Soft” Sell to Consumers

Expert BlogJennifer Skene
Behind many packages of toilet paper covered in bears and babies lies an untold tale of clearcut forests and carbon emissions.

Unrolling Charmin’s Sustainability Claims

Expert BlogCanadaShelley Vinyard, Jennifer Skene

The toilet paper giant, Charmin, makes a lot of claims about its environmental impact and commitments on its website, but how are they really doing?

The Atikamkew of Opitciwan Assert Land Rights in Court

Expert BlogJennifer Skene
The Atikamekw of Opitciwan never ceded their land to another government. They never relinquished title to their territory, Opitciwan Iriniw Otaskiwaw, which lies in the heart of the boreal forest, over 400 miles northwest of Montreal. Yet today the community…

Indigenous Land Rights as a Climate Solution

Expert BlogJennifer Skene
In Canada’s boreal forest, which is particularly carbon-rich, promoting Indigenous-led protection is not only necessary to safeguard communities’ ways of life, but to prevent potentially devastating global climate impacts.

Canadian Government Report: Caribou Habitat Unprotected

Expert BlogAnthony Swift, Jennifer Skene
A greatly anticipated Canadian federal government report released today paints a dire picture for the future of boreal caribou, showing that provinces and territories have almost entirely failed to protect the threatened species.

The Waswanipi Cree Tirelessly Defend Their Boreal Homeland

Expert BlogAnthony Swift, Jennifer Skene
The Waswanipi Cree are locked in a decades long struggle to protect the last intact portion of their tradition territory in the boreal forest - and their very way of life - from the continued encroachment of industrial logging.