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How outdoor programs are adapting to the challenge of extreme weather
This organization helps young people heal through outdoor experiences. It's working around the sweltering Texas summer.
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Spying from space: How satellites can help identify and rein in a potent climate pollutant
Methane levels in the atmosphere are rising. An armada of satellites could help identify leaks from oil fields, landfills, and animal feed operations.
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New fossils reveal an ice-free Greenland. It’s bad news for sea level rise.
“We’re creating a world where these ice sheets are going to melt.”
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Rez dogs are feeling the heat from climate change
A lack of infrastructure and extreme weather are putting unhoused pets on reservations in danger.
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Indigenous Affairs
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Tribal lands in Oklahoma are 5 times more likely to flood than rest of state
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The state senator leading efforts to return land to tribal nations
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How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining
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Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land
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How climate change is making us sick
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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The climate vice president? What Tim Walz brings to the Harris ticket.
A progressive with a penchant for coalition building, Walz boasts state climate experience.
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Can chief heat officers protect US cities from extreme heat?
Appointed officials have the life-saving solutions the public needs to stay safe from rising temperatures. But they don’t have political power.
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Disaster on the ballot
H Hello, and welcome to the first issue of State of Emergency, a limited-run newsletter from Grist. My name is Zoya Teirstein, and I’ll be co-reporting this project with my colleague Jake Bittle. We’re glad you’re here. Data shows that while some voters rank climate change among their top political priorities, it rarely factors into […]
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The delight — and power — of your neighborhood’s unplanned green spaces
Just like an impromptu hangout can be as fun as a formal gala, even an informal green space can provide the benefits you’d get from an official park.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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The lost history of what Americans knew about climate change in the 1960s
It wasn't just scientists who were worried, but Congress, the White House, and even Sports Illustrated.
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A year after the worst wildfire in modern US history, the people of Maui try to heal
Lāhainā residents are skeptical a proposed $4 billion settlement will restore their community.
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Wildfires will put even more pressure on the country’s housing crisis
California’s Park Fire displaced thousands of people. What will happen to them?
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Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harder
Rising temperatures mean dehydrated, exhausted kids, and teachers who have to focus on heat safety instead of instruction.
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