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Is the Southwest too dry for a mining boom?

9 months 3 weeks ago
Critical minerals for the clean energy transition are abundant in the Southwest, but the dozens of mines proposed to access them will require vast sums of water, something in short supply in the desert.
Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News

To Labor for the Hive

9 months 4 weeks ago
A beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose and community after helping to develop a warning system for floods.
Jamie Liu

The Last Almond

9 months 4 weeks ago
As California prepares to destroy a levee and sacrifice its last remaining almond farm, its caretaker remembers the toll floodwaters have taken on his family.
Zoe Young

A Seder in Siberia

9 months 4 weeks ago
The arrival of a surprise visitor at a family’s Passover celebration reveals the true story of how they came to be climate exiles.
Louis Evans

Accensa Domo Proximi

9 months 4 weeks ago
At a live art show in the bustling city, a cook grapples with the coastal home he lost.
Cameron Neil Ishee

The Blossoming

9 months 4 weeks ago
A student seeking his purpose in life makes a discovery that could revive a friend’s vital research.
Guglielmo Miccolupi and Laura C Zanetti-Domingues