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Video & Toolkit: Red Natural History and the New Red Scare

Among our current crises: a new Red Scare—targeted, calculated, and accelerating fast. The Trump regime has moved quickly to strip federal funding from research on racism, gender, and environmental justice

The End of Green Capitalism?: Video & Highlights

Green capitalism is in crisis. In the US, Trump has pledged to kill the Green New Deal and freeze federal climate spending. In Europe, sustainability policies are being rolled back.

What Comes After the Wilderness Act: Video & Highlights

As conservation groups across the United States celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, we took a moment to explore another layer of the story: understanding how our so-called

vent graphic with B&W photo of a pipeline, red illustrated beavers, and red river.

Aquifer Defenders: Video & Highlights

How can Indigenous knowledge and Western science be mobilized in combination to halt the destruction caused by pipelines and other toxic infrastructure, stop future projects, and protect the land and

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Video & Toolkit: Red Natural History and the New Red Scare

The End of Green Capitalism?: Video & Highlights

Green capitalism is in crisis. In the US, Trump has pledged to kill the Green New Deal and freeze federal climate spending. In Europe, sustainability policies are being rolled back.

An Open Letter on the Fight for History

This is not about bureaucratic efficiency—it’s about erasure. We write in defense of libraries and museums—but more than that, in defense of history itself.

2024 Highlights from the Red Natural History Fellows

Over the course of the past week, deadly wildfires rapidly spread through Los Angeles, destroying thousands of structures and upending everyday life across the second largest city in the United

No False Solutions: Open Letter from the Red Natural History Fellows

Carbon offsets don’t reduce emissions—they just shift responsibility. As global leaders meet at UN COP16 in Colombia, the Red Natural History Fellows cohort penned an Open Letter calling for an end to these ineffective and harmful practices. Read it, and take action.