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The Frontline

The Frontline

The Frontline

Greetings from The Frontline, where Climate Director Yessenia Funes is ready to remind you that the warming of the world is unjust, and that protecting the planet must include its people.

Colorado River: The Navajo Nation’s ‘Forever Home’ Is in Crisis

Colorado River: The Navajo Nation’s ‘Forever Home’ Is in Crisis

Colorado River: The Navajo Nation’s ‘Forever Home’ Is in Crisis As the Supreme Court examines the Navajo Nation’s water rights to the Colorado River, The Frontline explores the issue through a personal historic lens.

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This IPCC Report Will Be the Last for Several Years

This IPCC Report Will Be the Last for Several Years

This IPCC Report Will Be the Last for Several Years The final report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is out. The Frontline sheds light on the work that remains until we hear from these scientists again.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

Salt of the Earth: Preserving the Great Salt Lake

Salt of the Earth: Preserving the Great Salt Lake

Salt of the Earth: Preserving the Great Salt Lake The Frontline dives into the history of Indigenous people harvesting salt from the drying Great Salt Lake.

The Frontline Indigeneity

Why Cop City Goes Against Jewish Values

Why Cop City Goes Against Jewish Values

Why Cop City Goes Against Jewish Values Two Jewish advocates argue that the Jewish community should stand against Atlanta’s proposed police training facility on The Frontline.

The Frontline Movement Building

What’s the Real Cost of Mezcal?

What’s the Real Cost of Mezcal?

What’s the Real Cost of Mezcal? The Frontline talks to communities in Oaxaca, Mexico, striving to produce mezcal sustainably—but soaring demand from across the border makes it tough.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

The Willow Project Would Be a Public Health Crisis for Alaska

The Willow Project Would Be a Public Health Crisis for Alaska

The Willow Project Would Be a Public Health Crisis for Alaska The Willow project proposal would expand oil infrastructure on Alaska’s North Slope. The Frontline talks to an Iñupiaq leader who shares their public health concerns.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

The Ohio Train Derailment: Tracing the Origins of Disaster

The Ohio Train Derailment: Tracing the Origins of Disaster

The Ohio Train Derailment: Tracing the Origins of Disaster The Frontline zooms into the St. Louis region where the Ohio train that derailed last month started its journey.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

The Angels of the Nile Are Dying

The Angels of the Nile Are Dying

The Angels of the Nile Are Dying The Nile River has already witnessed the displacement of Nubians in Egypt. The Frontline explores how climate change threatens their cultural connections to the river even more.

The Frontline Identity & Community

How Prisons and Jails Can Go Green

How Prisons and Jails Can Go Green

How Prisons and Jails Can Go Green A formerly incarcerated writer argues for The Frontline that, as long as prisons exist, they should reduce their environmental impact.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

Where’s the End of Hawai’i’s Water Crisis?

Where’s the End of Hawai’i’s Water Crisis?

Where’s the End of Hawai’i’s Water Crisis? The Frontline talks to water protectors in O’ahu, Hawai’i, who are sounding the alarm over growing threats to their precious water.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

Jacqueline Patterson: Honoring Legacy in the Environmental Movement

Jacqueline Patterson: Honoring Legacy in the Environmental Movement

Jacqueline Patterson: Honoring Legacy in the Environmental Movement The Frontline talks to environmental and climate justice leader Jacqueline Patterson on the legacies of the present and past.

The Frontline Changemakers

Smoke flows over a hand with a beige wall behind

Smoke flows over a hand with a beige wall behind

Gas Stoves Are Hazardous. Are Induction Stoves Better? Among the voices speaking out against gas stoves is a group worried about induction stove radiation. The Frontline investigates what the science says.

The Frontline Well Being

Carbon Removals: The Danger of Desperation

Carbon Removals: The Danger of Desperation

Carbon Removals: The Danger of Desperation Since the Inflation Reduction Act passed last year, more U.S. dollars are headed toward carbon removal technologies—but are they really a solution? For The Frontline, writer and researcher Nathan Thanki argues absolutely not.

The Frontline Climate Solutions

Three pill bugs sit on a pink and white flower

Three pill bugs sit on a pink and white flower

What the Tenebrous Roly-Poly Taught Me About Black Futurity For The Frontline, writer Ashia Ajani ruminates on the parallels between roly-polys and Black people: both forced to filter out the bad from their environments.

The Frontline Deep Ecology

A tree whose trunk is broken, forcing the tree to fall backward

A tree whose trunk is broken, forcing the tree to fall backward

How Climate Change Is Forcing Therapists to Mend Their Field The Frontline talks with the Climate Psychology Alliance about the challenges of addressing eco-distress in our current mental health paradigm.

The Frontline Well Being

A forest defender dressed in camouflage sits on a log near their treehouse, which is the site of a protest occupation to defend the forest near Atlanta

A forest defender dressed in camouflage sits on a log near their treehouse, which is the site of a protest occupation to defend the forest near Atlanta

The Environmental Movement’s Silence on Cop City Police Killing Police killed environmental activist Manuel Esteban Páez Terán last week. The Frontline reminds us that police violence is an environmental issue.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

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