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![Two children and two adults in a recycling facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bags of shredded plastic fill the room, with some spilling their contents.]()
![Two children and two adults in a recycling facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bags of shredded plastic fill the room, with some spilling their contents.]()
This commonly used plastic chemical caused 350,000 heart disease-related deaths in 1 year
People in Asia are exposed to levels up to six times higher than their counterparts in the West.
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Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy
In a field of muddy results, it's among the clearest findings that one cognitive scientist has seen in his career.
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At UN, mining groups tout protections for Indigenous people
Even as Oak Flat moves ahead, the mining industry commits to voluntary guidelines to consult with communities.
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Interactive: Warehouses storing products sterilized with ethylene oxide
Warehouses storing products sterilized with ethylene oxide Grist assembled a list of U.S. warehouses that have reported storing products sterilized with ethylene oxide and others used by major medical device manufacturers and distributors. Search Confirmed Potential Loading map data… 🔄 Source: Grist analysis Map: Lylla Younes / Clayton Aldern / Parker Ziegler / Grist A […]
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USAID cuts are hitting global conservation projects hard
The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has done more than cut off life-saving humanitarian assistance. It has also eliminated funding for environmental protection and conservation work in dozens of countries, with many programs now being forced to shut down.
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Is Georgia Power quietly planning a massive buildout of fossil gas?
Watchdog groups and tech giants want more clean energy. But some fear the utility is pursuing a big fossil-gas expansion plan outside of public scrutiny instead.
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Trump promised to help Big Oil. Its revenues plummeted.
“I have never felt more uncertainty about our business in my entire 40-plus-year career.”
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Trump radically remade the US food system in just 100 days
The people who grow and sell America's food no longer trust the USDA. We made a timeline to show you what happened.
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![A downed utility pole and other debris are piled outside the post office in Bat Cove, North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.]()
![A downed utility pole and other debris are piled outside the post office in Bat Cove, North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.]()
Why hasn’t Trump taken down the government’s climate adaptation plans?
The plans, created to protect government assets from climate change and save taxpayers money, remain online. It's unclear what Trump will do with them.
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![Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney waves to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 29, 2025.]()
![Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney waves to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 29, 2025.]()
‘Build, baby, build’: Canada’s new prime minister wants to make the country into an ‘energy superpower’
Mark Carney has promised to partner with Indigenous peoples. He's also promised to fast-track extractive energy projects.
