Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they’re disappearing. Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help. grist.org/indigenous/i... #Indigenous #Tribes #Canada #Climate #Trucking #Ice #Climate #Roads #Transportation

Two years after the wildfires in Lāhainā, Hawai‘i, residents who lost their homes are struggling to remain local despite alternative housing rental costs, mortgage limbo, and investors looking to gentrify the neighborhood. By @ahofschneider.bsky.social for Grist…

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This is *excellent* reporting by @gristnews.bsky.social on the long and winding road toward the largest dam removal in history. grist.org/project/indi...

Co-published with @gristnews.bsky.social: @ahofschneider.bsky.social & Jake Bittle's excellent in-depth 5-part series, 'How the Klamath Dams Came Down,' with illustrations by Jackie Fawn.

The story is important in itself, but it also seems like a striking lesson in how things get done. The Klamath, Karuk, Yurok, etc. worked relentlessly for decades. They were always there, always organizing. No matter the odds, they always showed up. And they ended up changing their world.

Good on Grist. I've been reporting on the amazing dam removals on the Klamath River--the biggest in world history, a huge precedent--for several years, and there was lots of stuff in this comprehensive report that was new to me. If you're at all interested in the North American West, read this.

Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off. As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week. It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/

ICYMI, here’s @ahofschneider.bsky.social with Deb Haaland’s exit interview for @gristnews.bsky.social: grist.org/indigenous/d... One under-appreciated point: “COVID really worked against the preservation of Native languages, because so many elders passed away during the pandemic.”

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Here's a Twitter thread breaking down the article about Julian Aguon and his fight for climate justice: Julian Aguon, an Indigenous attorney from Guam, is leading the charge for climate justice at the highest level. ⚖️🌍 A thread;