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![Farmers plant rice seedlings by hand in the terraced paddy fields]()
![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.]()
![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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![a row of trucks and warehouse within a short distance of a neighborhood]()
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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![Collage of magnifying glass revealing green color emitting from warehouse]()
![Collage of magnifying glass revealing green color emitting from warehouse]()
Is your community at risk? How to access data and tell stories about EtO.
Grist journalists share how we investigated this story and how to learn more about ethylene oxide emissions in your area.
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![Collage of magnifying glass revealing green color emitting from warehouse]()
![Collage of magnifying glass revealing green color emitting from warehouse]()
¿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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![An aerial view of a neighborhood right next to a facility warehouse with lots of trucks]()
The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain
From El Paso, Texas, to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.
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![A large freight ship in background, with people walking on the beach in foreground, with hazy air.]()
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.]()
![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.
