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A weekly Grist newsletter ... January 14, 2020
Peter Burgess
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‘I’ve quit drinking the water’: What it’s like to live next to America’s largest coal plant As the U.S.'s largest coal plant still hums in Georgia, neighbors worry about what its waste is doing to their water
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Photos: What D.C. really looked like when the White House was tweeting about snow Whoever was in charge of the White House Twitter account could only have been one of three things: mistaken, lying, or hallucinating.
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Is climate change showing up in the daily weather forecast? It’s complicated. Averaged across the whole planet, climate and weather have become more aligned, but locally the two are still very much two separate things.
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Seeking Environmental Justice in California’s “Diesel Death Zones” A plan to reroute diesel trucks out of a low-income community will help residents breathe easier
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Climate change fueled the Australia fires. Now those fires are fueling climate change. The fires, which have been burning for months and could rage on for months to come, are impacting the earth’s climate in several ways.
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Puerto Rico wasn’t ready for earthquakes — especially not after Hurricane Maria Will the island where I grew up ever be prepared for the next natural disaster?
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Bernie Sanders inspired the Sunrise Movement, now has its endorsement The youth climate activist group started the process of endorsing a candidate last November.
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Gas and oil will save us all, say oil and gas companies Surprise! The industry is rebranding — again.
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Surprise! You already own the world’s most eco-friendly phone Now you just have to keep it alive.
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Trump says the U.S. doesn’t need Middle Eastern oil. For once, he’s right. Trump tells the truth: When it comes to oil and gas, the U.S. is number 1.
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Oil and gas emissions are reversing progress from coal’s decline A new report projects U.S. oil and gas emissions will rise to a billion tons per year by 2025
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It’s not just Australia — Indonesia is facing its own climate disaster The communities most vulnerable to flooding are those living in poor neighborhoods, especially slums located near wastewater, which can spread pathogens when combined with flooding.
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The climate policy milestone that was buried in the 2020 budget This is the first time the government has funded research into schemes to engineer the climate.
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The cost of Germany turning off nuclear power: Thousands of lives Shutting down nuclear plants makes way for a silent killer: Air pollution.
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Impossible Foods unveils its latest plant-based creation: Fake pork Impossible Foods is adding plant-based pork to its roster of imitation meats
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Despite everything, U.S. emissions dipped in 2019 The U.S. just got its climate report card for the year, and it's kinda OK.
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To safeguard their future, Pacific Islanders look to the past With waters rising around them, Pacific Islanders are marrying Space Age technology with ancestral wisdom.
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The biggest star at the Golden Globes this year was climate change “Make no mistake,” Aniston said, reading Crowe’s statement. “The tragedy unfolding in Australia is climate change based.”