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It’s Not Just “Cop City”: Young Indians Revolt Over Forest Clearing, Police Crackdown
Hyderabad is just one example of a growing global wave of resistance against the perceived twin threats of militarized deforestation and democratic backsliding. Unlike Atlanta, the development process seems to have stalled: the Supreme Court of India has sided with students against the state government, granting a moratorium on forest-clearing.

Bhaskar Basava
Jul 39 min read


Georgia Power Poised To Freeze Base Rates Until 2028 — With a Catch
Unlike the 2022 plan, the proposed extension doesn’t include any pre-approved rate hikes, but there’s a catch. Georgia Power signaled it will file a separate rate case in 2026 to recover an estimated $860 million in storm costs, mostly due to Hurricane Helene, from its 2.7 million customers. It will also file a case to recover fuel costs from customers by February 2026. If the PSC agrees, that could further raise consumers’ power bills.

Alex Ip
Jun 284 min read


Saving Iraq’s Seeds, One Garden at a Time
Comprising a diverse range of backgrounds and ages, the collective fosters a space for voices of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian seed stewards from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region and beyond to preserve the “genetic legacy” of Iraqi crops.

Lala Thaddeus, Prism
Jun 259 min read


Crowdfunding is Nigeria’s Newest ‘Health Insurance’ Scheme
Fueled by social media, crowdfunding is now the unofficial health insurance scheme for Nigerians.

Tijani Abdulkabeer
Jun 204 min read


No Bull: Nepal’s Biogas Revolution Reaches a Turning Point
As people migrate to urban areas in search of a better lifestyle, cattle-rearing, prevalent in rural Nepal, is declining. As a result, three decades in, biogas’s impact on the country remains up in the air.

Manish Koirala
Jun 86 min read


कृषि प्रधान देश नेपालमा किन बायोग्यास बल्न संघर्ष गरिरहेको छ ?
गुणस्तरीय जीवनको खोजीमा मानिसहरू शहरी क्षेत्रतर्फ पलायन हुँदै गर्दा नेपालका ग्रामिण भेगमा भने पशुपालन कार्य क्रमस: कम हुँदै गएको छ ।यसको परिणामस्वरूप, तीन दशक बितिसक्दा पनि, बायोग्यासको प्रभाव देशमा अझै अनिश्चित अवस्थामा छ।

Manish Koirala
Jun 86 min read


الحرب في السودان تُهدد الآن تقاليد الطهي في البلاد
رغم أن الخبز(محليا يسمى "العيش") تقليديا هو المصدر الرئيسي للكربوهيدرات في السودان، إلا أن البطاطا الحلوة (تسمى محليا بالبامبي) أصبحت بديلا غير مرغوب فيه بسبب الحرب الأهلية السودانية التي تهدد سلة خبز الأمة.

The Xylom
Jun 48 min read


“You Need To Air Out Your Dirty Laundry”: An Anatomy of a TCEQ Public Hearing
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?

Alex Ip
May 3014 min read


“I Was Having a Good Time”: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?
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.

Alex Ip
May 2613 min read
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