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South Dakota

How the Rush to Mine the Metal of the Future Echoes America’s Colonial Past

Companies have staked claims for more than 100 lithium-mine projects. Tribes are among the most affected.

By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow

Graves mark the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where U.S. troops killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children. Credit: Carla Samon Ros/CJI
A view of the Valero Houston Refinery in Houston on Aug. 29. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State

By Lisa Sorg

California voters cast their ballots at the Joslyn Park voting center on Tuesday in Santa Monica. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

National Guard soldiers walk back by a water pump on a flooded street in Waterville, Minnesota on June 25. Credit: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images

Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns

By Nina B. Elkadi

The Oglala Sioux Tribe could use old wells with elevated levels of arsenic to combat future wildfires. Credit: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images and Grist

Water From Arsenic-Laced Wells Could Protect the Pine Ridge Reservation From Wildfires

By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist

Wind turbines spin above corn fields near Carroll, Iowa on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Credit: Bill Clark/Getty Images

These Small- and Medium-Sized States Punch Above Their Weight in Renewable Energy Generation

By Dan Gearino

Credit: David McNew/AFP via Getty Images)

Inside Clean Energy: An Energy Snapshot in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino

Construction of the first Keystone pipeline in South Dakota

Few Keystone XL Jobs Would Go to Locals

By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News

Welcome to South Dakota highway sign

Is Keystone XL Impervious to Lawsuits?

By Elizabeth McGowan

Rural Montana

Bad Faith in Negotiations over Oil Sands Pipe?

By Elizabeth McGowan

Utilities Drop Plans for Big Stone II Coal Plant, Clearing Way for Wind

By Guest Writer

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