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  Climate Change and Conflict Are Wreaking Havoc in Somalia

  The Intercept - Nick Turse

  Al-Hidaya Camp for Displaced Persons, MOGADISHU, Somalia — Nurta Hassan Ebow held her hand over her daughter’s face, shielding her from the sun. As …

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  In a Gift to Polluting Industries, Supreme Court Rolls Back Clean Water Act Protections

  The Intercept - Amy Westervelt

  The vast majority of wetlands in the United States — more than 100 million acres — are no longer protected by the Clean Water Act, the Supreme Court …

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  A Massachusetts Town Is Suing Monsanto for Its Cancer-Causing PCBs

  The Intercept - Eoin Higgins

  Clare Lahey has lived with her husband in the home he grew up in, just up the street from the Housatonic River in the town of Lee, Massachusetts, for …

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  Pipeline Company Spent Big on Police Gear to Use Against Standing Rock Protesters

  The Intercept - Alleen Brown

  Their protest encampment razed, the Indigenous-led environmental movement at North Dakota’s Standing Rock reservation was searching for a new tactic. …

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  The “Electrify Everything” Movement’s Consumption Problem

  The Intercept - Amy Westervelt

  In 2019, Thea Riofrancos was splitting her time between researching the social and environmental impacts of lithium mining in Chile and organizing …

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  The “Electrify Everything” Movement’s Consumption Problem

  The Intercept - Amy Westervelt

  Electrification offers an opportunity to rethink how we use energy. Will we squander it? In 2019, Thea Riofrancos was splitting her time between …