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A power company’s quiet land-buying spree could shield it from coal ash cleanup costs
Georgia Power paid top dollar to buy land from residents living near waste sites at its power plants. Environmentalists fear it’s a tactic to forestall the cleanup bill from new regulations for coal ash.
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Listen: Giving Thanks for Nikole Hannah-Jones
This Thanksgiving holiday, we're publishing a special episode—a podcast version of the Grist and Town Hall Seattle chat between New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones and Bloomberg CityLab writer and editor Brentin Mock. This summer, the two sat down to talk about the New York Times 1619 Project, which sheds light on the consequences of slavery in the U.S.
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Is it wrong to want ‘happy holidays’ in 2020?
All I want for Christmas is an emotional escape!
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‘How do they treat wastewater when they go into outer space?’
This Thanksgiving, here's a recipe for change.
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This Fixer wrote the book on addressing poverty, wastewater, and climate change in rural America
A conversation with Catherine Flowers, author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.
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Another victim of global warming: ‘The Great British Baking Show’
“It’s like Satan’s kitchen in here.”
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What is the Indigenous landback movement — and can it help the climate?
Indigenous leaders on the growing 'landback' movement and their fight for climate justice.
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Will the Biden administration take action to stop water shutoffs during the pandemic?
More than 120 social justice organizations have asked the CDC to issue a moratorium on water shutoffs by utilities.
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What’s behind this Colombian band’s latest dance beat? The sounds of nature.
Simón Mejía, the founder of Bomba Estéreo, has a passion for environmental justice.
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The pandemic’s effect on emissions was ‘just a tiny blip’
To the atmosphere, this year’s “return to nature” — a silver lining for some amid a deadly virus — was virtually meaningless.
