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As LA looks to rebuild from its most destructive conflagration, Colorado communities impacted by the 2021 Marshall Fire offer insights into how to rebuild with climate and wildfire in mind, and how to reduce concerns over costs and delays.

After Colorado’s most costly wildfire, hundreds of residents in Louisville—one of the communities that burned—protested in front of city hall over building codes meant to make new homes more green and sustainable, arguing they would make the rebuilding process longer and more expensive.

Wildfire Rebuilds Are an Opportunity to Build More Resilient and Sustainable Homes. But That Comes With Controversy

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Courts’ Fight Over ‘Cop City’ Protests Raises Questions About Terrorism Laws and Environmental Activism 

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A years-long legal fight tied to protests over Atlanta’s Public Safety Training Center could shape how states wield terrorism laws against environmental protest movements.

ATLANTA—On a recent March morning, a large monitor at the front of a DeKalb County courtroom flickered to life as Superior Court Judge David B. Irwin appeared over Zoom. The hearing—with attorneys and out-of-state defendants joining remotely—centered on a question with national implications: Can activists who protested Atlanta’s controversial police training center be prosecuted as domestic terrorists?

Courts’ Fight Over ‘Cop City’ Protests Raises Questions About Terrorism Laws and Environmental Activism 

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Interior Department in Turmoil

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Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins, data journalist Peter Aldhous and reporter Jake Bolster as they discuss an exclusive ICN analysis of workforce chaos at the Department of the Interior.

One year into President Donald Trump’s second term, the Department of the Interior is in turmoil, hobbling many of the agencies overseeing the country’s public lands and waters.

Interior Department in Turmoil

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In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science

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In the copper-rich mountains of southeastern Ecuador, Shuar people are combining ancestral knowledge and modern science to protect their forest from a Canadian mining giant.

MAIKIUANTS, Ecuador—By the time Olger Kitiar reached the ridge, his shirt was wet with sweat, clinging to his back. Built with the solid frame of a linebacker, he moved through the rainforest with a quick, even rhythm that defied the steep, slick climb.

In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science

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