A rainbow coalition of Texas Coastal Bend residents tried every tool in the regulatory process to stop the crude oil export industry. Did they ever have agency?

A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies turned sleepy Ingleside on the Bay, Texas, into the Crude Oil Export Terminal of the United States, and did local residents in. 

Three export terminals that captured half of the U.S. crude oil export industry have formed around Ingleside on the Bay, turning the Texas Coastal Bend town into an unlikely fenceline community.

My parents are from Taiwan, but I was born and raised in the U.S. and am an American passport holder. Not that it mattered. In these situations, there is nothing one can do to reshape rooted perceptions. 

In Jakarta, community-led urban farming is not only a solution for citizens to reclaim food sovereignty, but it also increases the megacity's climate resiliency.

Bread has traditionally been Sudan’s primary food source, but sweet potatoes have replaced it due to disruptions around the Sudan civil war.

“Whenever I hear a sudden noise from the blast, the shock won't leave until 40 minutes after I rest and wake up.”

The Xylom's reporters covered the Stand Up for Science protests from Atlanta, New York City, and Seattle.

“This is deepening the pollution hazard, and making a mockery of local green-transition efforts.”

Thousands of Maasai were violently evicted in Tanzania as part of governmental deals with foreign companies under the guise of conservation.