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![A sign displays a hurricane warning along a roadside as preparations are made for the arrival of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Florida on September 25, 2024.]()
![A sign displays a hurricane warning along a roadside as preparations are made for the arrival of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Florida on September 25, 2024.]()
The National Weather Service is once again translating lifesaving alerts. What happened?
Political pressures may have driven the federal agency to backtrack on its decision to suspend automated weather translations.
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![Photo of two people, facing away from the camera, surveying a damaged building]()
Millions of Americans don’t speak English. Now they won’t be warned before weather disasters.
An internal memo reviewed by Grist showed the National Weather Service has stopped translating radio alerts in the southern region, a move that has enraged workers in the local offices.
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![Photo of the mostly empty BlackRock building on a rainy night with orange light glowing from inside]()
Companies used to tout their climate plans. Under Trump, they’ve gone quiet.
Mentions of environmental concerns on S&P 500 earnings calls have plunged.
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The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues
Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life.
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In Trump’s new purge of climate language, even ‘resilience’ isn’t safe
"You really cannot address a problem that you can’t identify."
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Forget about your carbon footprint. Try ‘climatemaxxing.’
Climate action is a guilt trip. Let’s make it aspirational instead.
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Can solar power avoid Trump’s culture wars?
The industry is rebranding itself as a symbol of American "energy dominance."
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Was the world’s most influential climate target doomed from the start?
As the world passes 1.5 degrees C of warming, a Cambridge scholar argues that putting a deadline on climate action was the wrong way to frame it.
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![digital collage of smokestacks, Donald Trump, a coal miner, and oil pumpjacks]()
Trump’s quest for ‘energy dominance’ is all about the vibes
The phrase taps into a cultural vein that runs as deep as America's fossil fuels.
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Alert fatigue: The phrase that defined our climate in 2024
From "carbon cowboys" to "snow loss cliff," these 10 terms captured the spirit of the hottest year yet.
