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Arizona Governor Moves to Rein in Groundwater-Guzzling Saudi Megafarms

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has taken a major step to stabilize water use in the state’s rural desert, where a Saudi-owned company established a massive farming operation more than a decade ago. During her State of the State Address earlier this month, Hobbs announced she was placing the Saudi alfalfa farm within an “active management […]

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The Long Arc of Donald Trump’s Obsession With Iran

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Devastating images and videos have come out of Iran since December 28, when a wave of protests began sweeping the country: dozens of body bags outside a medical center and security forces firing into crowds.  At the time, shopkeepers in Tehran’s central market closed their stores in a movement that grew to hundreds of thousands […]

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What Does a 1964 Student Protest Tell Us About the Future of the Panama Canal?

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As the Trump administration deepens its involvement in Venezuela, critics warn the US is slipping back into an old pattern of intervention in Latin America. Few places better illustrate what can follow than the history of the Panama Canal. Shortly after returning to office, President Donald Trump said the US would be “reclaiming” the Panama […]

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Trump Abruptly Drops His Threat of Economic Warfare Over Greenland

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After previewing his plans to acquire Greenland through economic warfare, President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he would not impose tariffs he had scheduled to take effect next month, citing work on a future deal regarding Greenland with NATO’s secretary general, Mark Rutte.  That move came despite the unmistakable warning embedded in Trump’s rambling, complaint-heavy […]

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The Canadian PM’s Davos Speech Is Unmissable in a Time of “Rupture”

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President Donald Trump famously doesn’t like to read. And if his increasingly frequent public naps are any indication, his attention span is only getting shorter. But he did claim to watch what one historian praised as a “riveting, extraordinary and brutally honest” speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada yesterday in Davos, Switzerland. And […]

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She Fought for Indigenous Voices at the UN. Now She’s in a Russian Jail Cell.

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.  Daria Egereva, an Indigenous Selkup woman from the city […]

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A Flood-Plagued African City Sets Out to Reengineer Its Wetlands

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This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Maurice Manishimwe runs a small garage beside a fuel station in Musango village, just outside the Rwandan capital of Kigali, in a nation known as the land of a thousand hills. Sandwiched between one of those hills and the Nyabugogo […]

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“Utter Buffoonery”: Trump Slaps NATO Allies With Tariffs over Greenland, Even as More Republicans Revolt

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Donald Trump promised on Saturday to issue a series of increasing tariffs on European NATO allies until he is permitted to buy Greenland, the latest escalation in his already feverish threats to take over the Arctic country, which is part of Denmark. Trump announced on Truth Social that starting next month, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, […]

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A Dictator Deposed—What Now for Venezuela?

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Journalist Mariana Zúñiga woke up in the middle of the night to the sounds of explosions and military planes in Caracas, Venezuela. Her WhatsApp chats flashed the news: The ruling dictator, Nicholás Maduro, had just been captured by the US military. She was surprised and felt uneasy about what was to come. In the days […]

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These Finnish Homes Are Being Heated by a Surprising Source: Bitcoin Mining

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For someone who cares about climate change, Matt Carlsson had what seemed like a dream job: teaching clients how to decarbonize buildings. But he was frustrated. He could give customers the tools to improve energy efficiency and phase out fossil […]

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Trump Jeopardizes NATO Over a Lie

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Trump’s pursuit of Greenland is becoming increasingly unpopular: Denmark, Greenland, many NATO allies, and even some Republican lawmakers are in direct opposition. Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said there is a “fundamental disagreement” with the Trump administration after he and his Greenland counterpart met with JD Vance and Marco Rubio at the White House […]

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The Evangelicals Who Think Iran’s Protests Mean Jesus Is Returning

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In Iran, millions of protesters have taken to the streets to protest the repressive religious regime that has ruled the country for more than four decades. The response of the government, led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been swift and brutal, with thousands of protesters reportedly killed. All over the world, onlookers are cheering the […]

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