How a billionaire’s plan to export East Texas groundwater sparked a rural uprising
As fast-growing cities and suburbs scramble for new water sources, farmers in East Texas are turning to government regulation to keep their wells from running dry.
Bekah Stolhandske McNeel, Grist
The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
Miacel Spotted Elk, Grist
Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.
As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
Miacel Spotted Elk, Grist
Trump officials say Alaska is ‘open for business.’ So far, no one’s buying.
Despite the administration’s enthusiasm for developing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, oil companies have shown little interest — leaving the state to spend millions propping up the idea.
Lois Parshley, Grist
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