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Whole, skim, or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches.
Offering kids nondairy milk could be a climate solution. No one's talking about it that way.
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How baby chickens became America’s hottest commodity
Soaring egg prices have people flocking to buy chickens, creating a nationwide shortage of chicks.
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![Farmers plant rice seedlings by hand in the terraced paddy fields]()
The ‘king of poisons’ is building up in rice
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.
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![A series of tanks and towers at a petrochemical plant.]()
In Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Black communities get all of the pollution, few of the jobs
A new study confirms what many have long suspected.
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Scientists predict a brutal hurricane season while Trump takes aim at NOAA’s budget
Extra-hot oceans could spawn monster storms. Researchers worry that cuts at the agency will interrupt the flow of data for forecasts.
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El eslabón no regulado de una cadena de suministro tóxica
De El Paso, Texas, a Richmond, Virginia, los almacenes están liberando óxido de etileno, una sustancia química cancerígena. Casi nadie lo sabe.
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Meet the DJs spinning Earth Day into nightlife
At Earth "Night" celebrations, you can dance, vibe, and get involved with local climate action.
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¿Su comunidad está en riesgo? Cómo acceder a la información y contar historias sobre el EtO
Las periodistas de Grist comparten cómo investigamos esta historia y cómo aprender más sobre las emisiones de óxido de etileno en su zona.
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Why the shipping industry’s new carbon tax is a big deal — and still not enough
Modeling suggests it will only reduce emissions up to 10 percent by 2030.
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![A worker wearing a hard hat and safety vest walks past the cooling towers of a power plant under construction.]()
![A worker wearing a hard hat and safety vest walks past the cooling towers of a power plant under construction.]()
The obscure policy that financed many of the last decade’s riskiest energy investments is back
Who pays for the risk that a power plant goes over budget or fails? In states with CWIP laws, it’s not utility companies — but their customers
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![People stand in protest with backs to camera, wearing capes that have slogans painted on them.]()
A Chicago law could shift where heavy industry operates — and who bears the burden of pollution
As Trump dismantles protections, the ordinance is a test case for environmental justice.
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![Aerial shot of Seattle, Washington on a sunny afternoon in summer, taken from above residential streets in West Seattle and looking across the bay towards the port and the downtown skyline]()
Looking to create effective climate change policy? Ask the community.
In Seattle, community assemblies are gathering frontline community members to set their own policies around extreme weather.
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