Author: Miranda Green
‘Fear on top of fear’: Why anti-gun Americans joined the wave of new gun owners
Pandemic, police violence, calls to ‘defund the police’ fuel surge of first-time buyers All his life, Jabril Battle was anti-gun. Then came the pandemic, the lockdown, the shortages and a feeling that at any moment, things could blow. Battle bought a Beretta. Drawn to last summer’s protests against police violence, Savannah Grace found herself face-to-face […]
Continue ReadingKQED: Californians in Fire Prone Areas Struggle to Find Insurance
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Continue ReadingActivists fear Biden’s climate pledges are falling apart: ‘We aren’t seeing grit’
The president took swift action upon entering the White House, but recent developments raise concern his agenda has stalled On his first day at the White House, Joe Biden earned praise for following through on several campaign promises, committing the US to strict climate goals and a greener future. Now, nearly six months into his […]
Continue ReadingCan Biden’s Justice40 plan deliver a fairer environment for people of color?
Administration is pledging to route 40% of the benefits of climate and environment spending to disadvantaged communities, but getting it right will be difficult Indigenous farmers in the Isleta Pueblo, south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, have long relied on crops of corn and green chiles fed by the Rio Grande river, but amid a water […]
Continue ReadingTortoise: The White Gold Rush
The story of a dying lake, a forgotten community and the hunt for a green future. Host Basia Cummings is joined by reporters Miranda Green and Lucy Sherriff to investigate.
Continue ReadingMiracle in the desert
The hunt for lithium and environmental justice on the shores of a dying lake tanding on the banks of the lakeshore, Darlene Berber’s view of her former neighbourhood was both familiar and strangely altered. “That’s where the marina used to be,” she said, as she guided us round what remains of Vista Del Mar. “There […]
Continue ReadingA California county, despite the state’s climate goals, further embraces fossil fuels
WASCO, Calif. — The long shadows cast here in the San Joaquin Valley come from oil derricks, not palm trees. Two hours inland from the Pacific Ocean, the arid terrain is peppered with petroleum and gas wells. The black gold that lies underground became the region’s lifeblood after it was discovered in 1899, and Kern […]
Continue ReadingPolice seek answers in Southern California shooting that left four dead, including a 9-year-old
ORANGE, Calif. — The gunman who killed at least four people, including a 9-year-old boy who died in the arms of a fatally wounded woman, locked his targets into the office compound just before closing time as he set off on his rampage, police said. The early details that emerged Thursday suggested that the motive […]
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