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From hotumn to meatmares: The words that defined our planet this year
Did 2017 leave you lost for words? Here are some new ones.
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Let’s hold off on praising China’s new carbon-pricing market
The world’s most populous nation announced it will cap its emissions, but the details on how it'll do it are still fuzzy.
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Interested in the Grist fellowship? You now have an extra week to apply!
Early-career journalists, now's your chance to hop on Team Grist. The new deadline to apply is January 5.
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How New York City is tackling a mental health crisis spurred by Hurricane Sandy
Years after the storm pummeled the coast of Queens, psychiatric hospitalizations in the area are soaring.
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Puerto Rico’s mental health crisis is an American disaster
Watch our video on the connection between big storms and mental health.
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Holidays, happiness, and the post-consumerist gospel of KonMari
“Almost every single client will tell me, at some point in the process, that they’re just not buying things anymore."
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Let it go: The Arctic will never be frozen again
There’s new evidence that an unprecedented transformation is underway at the North Pole.
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The EPA tries to turn a blind eye to carbon emissions. The courts can stop it.
Legal hurdles stand in the way of the Trump administration's controversial effort to repeal President Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
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Fracking harms the health of babies, study shows
For mothers who lived close to a fracking site, the probability of having a baby with low infant birthweight went up 25 percent.
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How should communities cope with the end of coal? Advice from the frontlines.
"If there's no more coal left, then there's no more mining. And that's going to happen in my lifetime."
