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A visual guide to this year’s heat domes, hurricanes, and wildfires
It was a crazy weather year. So we turned to a cartoonist to explain.
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This coastal town needs federal aid for climate adaptation. Instead it’ll get a military truck.
Cities are getting surplus military equipment instead of much-needed infrastructure.
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December’s tornadoes show a country desperately in need of disaster reform
You can't stop tornadoes, but you can stop them from being so deadly. Here's how.
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What happened to Biden’s climate policy plans? A visual guide.
RIP Build Back Better (probably)
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Grist reports on topics like COP26, Politics, Energy, Equity, and how they intersect with climate. All topics.
Accountability
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The Biden administration said its drilling-lease spree in the Gulf was court-ordered. It wasn’t.
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A Missouri gas company figured out how to keep its illegal pipeline running
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Who gets help after a hurricane or flood? FEMA will start tracking it by race
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Toxic Tides: Climate change expected to cause 400 toxic California sites to flood by 2100
Politics
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Beyond reusing and recycling: How the US could actually reduce plastic production
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The U.S. has officially stopped financing new coal plants abroad
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In a red-state first, Nebraska plans to decarbonize power sector by mid-century
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Virginia’s governor-elect wants to get rid of cap-and-trade. There’s just one problem.
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22 Predictions for 2022
Featured Stories
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School or be schooled: How Gen Z is mentoring their elders on climate action
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Revitalizing Indigenous knowledge means reimagining mentorship
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Resilience, community, and other lessons I’ve learned from my plants
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What happens when communities and academics teach each other? ‘Communiversity.’
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5 unexpected places to find your climate mentor
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As temperatures rise, crossing into the US will become even more deadly
Crossing the US-Mexico border is already lethal. A new study says climate change could make it much worse.
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European regulators propose ‘dramatic’ new regulation for BPA
Their new recommendation would slash daily exposure limits by a factor of 100,000.
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EPA cuts through the smog with the strongest-ever clean car standards
While Build Back Better stalls, Biden tightens emissions on US cars.
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Think apartment-hunting is frustrating? Try doing it with an electric car.
As the US switches to EVs, apartment-dwellers struggle to plug in.
Watch This
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Coal isn’t dying yet. 2021 brought a record surge in use.
As much of the world emerged from lockdown, coal stepped in to meet energy needs.
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Build Back Better is stalled, and so are Biden’s ambitious climate plans
Americans were supposed to get clean energy tax credits for Christmas. Instead they're getting another shelved climate bill.
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Did we figure out how to make good ‘climate pop’ songs in 2021?
The creep of climate anxiety onto the Top 40 has been a long time coming.
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Indigenous and environmental activists say they were illegally spied on
A lawsuit alleges the Oregon Department of Justice ran a "spy agency."
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Temperature Check
In the last episode of Temperature Check before the new year, host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Justin Worland look back on the biggest climate stories of 2020 and look ahead to what’s in store for the holiday season.
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