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This page brings together 2024 news from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across the US. After the end of this year US news pages will no longer be maintained so that available resources can be directed at instead improving US local news pages. Latest US community action news items will still be included towards the top of our United States community action page. A series of archive articles of US community action news covering the period 2010-2024 will be maintained for a limited time depending on the interest shown by numbers of page views. Philralph (talk) 16:26, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
10m trees to be planted in US to replace ones destroyed by hurricanes, theguardian.com (Dec 31, 2024)
‘The dead zone is real’: why US farmers are embracing wildflowers, theguardian.com (Dec 26, 2024)
‘Solo Aging Doesn’t Mean Aging Alone’, reasonstobecheerful.world (Dec 12, 2024)
A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 05, 2024)
Massachusetts farmers turn cranberry bogs back to wetlands in $6m initiative, theguardian.com (Nov 28, 2024)
In a Push to Protect Public Lands in Colorado, Outdoor Recreation Gets a Seat at the Table, insideclimatenews.org (Nov 22, 2024)
The US’s Easternmost City Could Be a Model for the Country’s Renewable Future, insideclimatenews.org (Nov 18, 2024)
The environmental campaigners fighting against data centres, BBC News (Nov 04, 2024)
US approves first-ever tribal marine sanctuary: ‘Our community’s hard work has come to fruition’, theguardian.com (Oct 19, 2024)
Veterans of Alaska’s Oil Industry Look to Blaze a Renewable Energy Pathway in the State, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 07, 2024)
From Asphalt to Inspiration: The Student-Led Transformation of America’s Schoolyards, reasonstobecheerful.world (Oct 04, 2024)
The Californians Rescuing Surplus Produce to Fight Hunger, reasonstobecheerful.world (Oct 01, 2024)
‘Fear and intimidation’: how peaceful anti-pipeline protesters were hit with criminal and civil charges, theguardian.com (Sep 27, 2024)
“Attorney General Bonta is leading the way to corporate accountability and a cleaner and healthier world", news.mongabay.com (Sep 24, 2024) — "This lawsuit will set an invaluable precedent for others to follow,” Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics
The Farmers Abandoning Big Ag to Grow Mushrooms and Herbs, reasonstobecheerful.world (Sep 17, 2024)
‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train, theguardian.com (Sep 03, 2024)
Hurricane blackouts: New Orleans' 'lighthouse' solution to keep the power on through floods and high winds, bbc.co.uk (Aug 07, 2024)
July 2024[edit | edit source]
Life at 115F: a sweltering summer pushes Las Vegas to the brink, theguardian.com (Jul 25, 2024)
Why Diversity Is Not Enough, Alternative Editorial (Jul 21, 2024)
Millions of Californians live near oil and gas wells that are in the path of wildfires, latimes.com (Jul 21, 2024)
This LA Restaurant Serves Up Empowerment for Refugees, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jul 12, 2024)
California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum, insideclimatenews.org (Jul 01, 2024)
June 2024[edit | edit source]
I saw first-hand just how much fracking destroys the earth, Rebecca Solnit, theguardian.com (Jun 30, 2024)
‘Groundbreaking’: How children in Hawaii won landmark climate case, aljazeera.com (Jun 21, 2024)
‘A sanctuary’: how neglected Native American communities are organizing their own food hubs, theguardian.com (Jun 06, 2024)
May 2024[edit | edit source]
‘Game-changing’: Vermont becomes first state to require big oil to pay for climate damages, theguardian.com (May 31, 2024)
Electricity cooperatives have served rural America since 30s. In this renewable era, it's time to update and strengthen them, Daily Alternative (May 25, 2024)
Young Alaskans sue state over fossil fuel project they claim violates their rights, theguardian.com (May 23, 2024)
April 2024[edit | edit source]
Top Human Rights Court Urged to Tackle Corporate Climate Crimes, desmog.com (Apr 30, 2024)
Public Lands Rule will help conserve wildlife habitat, restore places impacted by wildfire and drought, expand outdoor recreation, and guide thoughtful development, blm.gov (Apr 18, 2024)
‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need, theguardian.com (Apr 17, 2024)
‘A roof over our people’s heads’: the Indigenous US tribe building hempcrete homes, theguardian.com (Apr 16, 2024)
The Towns Outsmarting Airbnb, reasonstobecheerful.world (Apr 02, 2024)
March 2024[edit | edit source]
‘Climate-smart’ acres to expand via new U.S. agroforestry project, news.mongabay.com (Mar 25, 2024) — Agroforestry practices are effective at capturing carbon while providing additional commodities and land benefits to farmers
Why Europe is dismantling its dams, BBC Future (Mar 05, 2024)
February 2024[edit | edit source]
How traditional Hawaiian food is playing a key role in wildfire recovery, theguardian.com (Feb 21, 2024)
University of Florida student senate passes ‘green new deal’, theguardian.com (Feb 21, 2024)
California proposes fracking phaseout, making good on Newsom’s pledge, thehill.com (Feb 19, 2024)
To save its coastal rail line, California will need to move it away from the ocean, Editorial, latimes.com (Feb 09, 2024)
These Are the Climate Grannies. They’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Protect Their Grandchildren, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 03, 2024)
January 2024[edit | edit source]
Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 31, 2024)
The sinking Louisiana town of Isle de Jean Charles was forced to pack up and move to safer ground. Many more US towns may soon need to follow in their footsteps, bbc.com/future (Jan 30, 2024)
California's first ever U.S. Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area declared, Liz Kimbrough, news.mongabay.com (Jan 29, 2024)
Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 24, 2024)
Inside the DIY Movement to Fight Coastal Erosion, wired.co.uk (Jan 16, 2024)
Once Known for Its Pollution, Pittsburgh Becomes a Poster Child for Climate Consciousness, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 08, 2024)
Climate change could slash Colorado stream flows, with effects across the US West: report, thehill.com (Jan 08, 2024)
It’s 2024. Time to start acting like climate change actually matters, Sammy Roth, latimes.com (Jan 04, 2024)
Judge Sends Landmark Youth Climate Case to Trial, theenergymix.com (Jan 01, 2024)
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- United States community action
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