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Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?

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#Climate #Trump #Disaster #Weather #GoFundMe

Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?

On a dusty, warm day last October, nearly a month after Hurricane Helene tore across the southeastern United States, Donald Trump stood behind a podium in Swannanoa, North Carolina, to pledge funding ...

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Grist @grist.org · 2h

Breast cancer, dizziness, headaches: El Paso residents ask if a warehouse’s toxic emissions are to blame.

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#Cancer #Health #Chemicals #Texas #TX #Environment

Breast cancer, dizziness, headaches: El Paso residents ask if a warehouse's toxic emissions are to blame

After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling questions about their health.

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Grist @grist.org · 4h

This climate fiction romance story is so good!

Meet Me Under the Molokhia

A seed researcher meets a mysterious spirit in the field, leaving both with a choice about where they will call home.

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#Fiction #Climate #Beirut #Romance #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction

Meet Me Under the Molokhia

Climate fiction: A seed researcher meets a mysterious spirit in the field, leaving both with a choice about where they will call home.

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Grist @grist.org · 4h

The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.

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#Heat #Oceans #Science #Climate #Seas #Poop

The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that heat waves are disrupting that flushing.

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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source.

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#Water #Chile #Batteries #Lithium #Atacama

Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life.

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Grist @grist.org · 9h

Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative.

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#Michigan #MI #AI #Policy #Politics

A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative

Local officials see millions of dollars in tax revenue, but more than 950 residents who signed ballot petitions fear endless noise, pollution and higher electric rates.

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Grist @grist.org · 9h

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’.

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.

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#Ocean #Coral #Heat #Science #Environment

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

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Grist @grist.org · 9h

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.

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#FossileFuel #Climate #Oil #Gas #Policy

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

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New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule.

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

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#Coal #Energy #Solar #Wind #Climate

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

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Grist @grist.org · 9h

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy.

Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.

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#Solar #Wind #Policy #Climate #Renewables

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy

Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two reports published this week.

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source.

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#Water #Chile #Batteries #Lithium #Atacama

Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life.

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure.

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#Maui #Hawaii #Wildfire #Homes #Housing

Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure

A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

The surprising reasons floods and other disasters are deadlier at night.

It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role.

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#Floods #Disaster #Climate #Weather #Night

The surprising reasons floods and other disasters are deadlier at night

It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role.

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Grist @grist.org · 2d

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy.

Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.

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#Solar #Wind #Climate #Renewables #Energy

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy

Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two reports published this week.

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles.

Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.

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#China #Indonesia #Energy #PengusahaIndonesia #EV #Cars

Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles

Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.

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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.

What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

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#PublicHealth #Health #Fever #AZ #Arizona

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies

What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.

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#Coral #Ocean #Climate #Science #GreenSky

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

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Grist @grist.org · 3d

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.

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#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule.

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

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#Coal #Energy #Solar #Wind #Climate

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.

grist.org/oceans/coral...

#Coral #Ocean #Climate #Science #GreenSky

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

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Grist @grist.org · 2d

Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.

Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.

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#Health #Pipes #Lead #Chicago #Illinois

Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped

Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.

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Grist @grist.org · 3d

The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.

grist.org/climate/the-...

#Ocean #Climate #Heat #Science #Environment

The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that heat waves are disrupting that flushing.

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Grist @grist.org · 2d

Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.

Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.

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#Health #Pipes #Lead #Chicago #Illinois

Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped

Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.

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Grist @grist.org · 2d

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.

What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

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#PublicHealth #Health #Fever #AZ #Arizona

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies

What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

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Grist @grist.org · 2d

The ambitious plan to protect Northern California’s Plumas National Forest from wildfires.

To shield the forest and its communities from the next megafire, the Forest Service plans to burn it — intentionally.

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#CA #California #Wildfire #Fire #Science

The ambitious plan to protect Northern California's Plumas National Forest from wildfires

To shield the forest and its communities from the next megafire, the Forest Service plans to burn it — intentionally.

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