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![An illustration with a soft color palette. A Black man in the water wrestles with a sturgeon fish in a net. A white man looks on from a boat.]()
![An illustration with a soft color palette. A Black man in the water wrestles with a sturgeon fish in a net. A white man looks on from a boat.]()
You Only Love Rivers That Kill You
Two young men navigate grief and rivers in a Kansas City that is showing signs of healing from climate change, toxic contamination, and racism.
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![Nelson McCourry sees his boat in a pile of detritus in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.]()
![Nelson McCourry sees his boat in a pile of detritus in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.]()
Why Florida’s home insurance crisis isn’t going away
Even if the market recovers from Hurricane Ian, climate change will likely keep prices high.
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![A field of green corn under a blue sky.]()
![A field of green corn under a blue sky.]()
The Biden administration bets big on ‘climate smart’ agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated more than $3 billion to help farmers transition to practices that sequester carbon and reduce emissions. But some researchers claim the program can’t measure emissions accurately and is unlikely to achieve its climate goals.
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How climate change is making us sick
Animals, bugs, algae, and even fungi are shifting to accommodate an ever-hotter planet — and they’re bringing dangerous diseases with them.
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![UE workers hold signs reading 'on strike' and 'fighting for the future']()
![UE workers hold signs reading 'on strike' and 'fighting for the future']()
Pennsylvania locomotive manufacturing workers are striking for greener jobs
A 1,400-worker strike at a locomotive plant is part of a larger trend of national labor organizing and calls for a just transition.
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![A graphic of a hand and a brain that says AP and Grist.]()
![A graphic of a hand and a brain that says AP and Grist.]()
Grist and AP launch reporting collaboration on climate and disease
The two newsrooms will publish six stories together in July and August.
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![A young woman carrying a parasol walks past an electric fan blowing cool mist over a sidewalk in Rome as temperatures reach 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit).]()
![A young woman carrying a parasol walks past an electric fan blowing cool mist over a sidewalk in Rome as temperatures reach 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit).]()
Heat storms turn Southern Europe into ‘giant pizza oven’
Millions brace for more record-setting heat as temperatures climb further into the triple digits.
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![A line of UPS workers in brown uniforms walking along a sidewalk, holding signs that say]()
340,000 UPS drivers poised to strike over extreme heat, safe working conditions
The largest single-employer strike in U.S. history could frame worker power as a climate solution.
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![Book cover for Blight beside photo of Emily Monosson]()
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The author of ‘Blight’ explains how humans supercharged fungal pathogens
Fungal diseases have come for frogs, bats, and bananas, and they're coming for us, too.
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![Dozens of oranges, though they range in color from dark orange to light orange to green.]()
![Dozens of oranges, though they range in color from dark orange to light orange to green.]()
There’s no cure for citrus greening. California growers have no choice but to keep going.
The bacteria is fatal to citrus trees and has decimated citrus groves in Florida and Texas. Now, California growers are holding the line to keep producing the vital crops. As temperatures rise, that gets more difficult.
