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Lynzy Billing Wins a 2024 Izzy for Environmental Reporting on Afghanistan

A year after America’s withdrawal from the country following 20 years of war, Billing spent weeks on the ground interviewing Afghan villagers whose air and water were poisoned by massive U.S. military installations.

By ICN Editors

Freelance journalist Lynzy Billing won the 2024 Izzy Award for “outstanding achievement in independent media.” Credit: Courtesy of Lynzy Billing

Global Warming Could Drive Locust Outbreaks into New Regions, Study Warns

By Bob Berwyn

How Climate Change Drives Conflict and War Crimes Around the Globe

By Katie Surma

A farmer from Khoshob village walks near his water reservoir near Kandahar airfield, in southern Afghanistan. Credit: Kern Hendricks

Q&A: America’s 20-Year War in Afghanistan Is Over, but Some of the U.S. Military’s Waste May Last Forever

Interview by Jenni Doering, “Living on Earth”

An Afghan scientist gathers water and soil samples at a water outflow from Bagram Airfield, formerly America's largest military base in Afghanistan. Credit: Kern Hendricks

America’s War in Afghanistan Devastated the Country’s Environment in Ways That May Never Be Cleaned Up

By Lynzy Billing

Warming Trends: A Delay in Autumn Leaves, More Bad News for Corals and the Vicious Cycle of War and Eco-Destruction

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Veterans Launch Powerful Clean Energy Ad Tying Foreign Oil to Troop Deaths

By SolveClimate Staff

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