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What does the Green New Deal mean for workers?
Grist recently partnered with the Peoples Climate Movement to host the second in a series of live webinars to discuss what the Green New Deal means for workers. The panel was moderated by Grist news writer, Zoya Teirstein, and featured Matt Schlobohm, Executive Director of Maine AFL-CIO, and Alison Hirsh, Political Director of 32BJ SEIU, […]
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Louisiana has a new plan to prevent flood disasters
Louisiana has a new climate plan, but this time, it's not on coastal restoration. It's about helping people get out of the way when disaster inevitably strikes.
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With Game of Thrones finale, sewage finally gets the primetime treatment
Season 8 of Game of Thrones might stink -- but its capital city won't for much longer.
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Disney World’s literal nuclear option, explained
“I don’t think Disney would ever [build a nuclear plant], I don’t foresee that, but I just want to prevent anything like that from occurring -- period.”
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5G networks could throw weather forecasting into chaos
Is it worth it to push our forecasting abilities back 40 years, just for faster cell service?
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This casino’s microgrid might be the future of energy
Blue Lake Rancheria could serve as a model for other remote communities seeking to establish energy independence.
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Scientists are baffled by a giant spike in this greenhouse gas (it’s not CO2)
Whoever smelt it dealt it, right?
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Bureau of Land Management scrubs stewardship language from news releases
“In [President Trump and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's] world, our lands are only here for exploitation and financial gain, not protection and preservation.”
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The plastic industry is on track to produce as many emissions as 600 coal-fired power plants
The global plastic industry is on track to produce enough emissions to put the world on track for a catastrophic warming scenario.
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Carbon dioxide levels just hit 415 ppm. Who saw this coming? Exxon Mobil.
While the rest of the world is reeling from the newest greenhouse gas emissions data, Exxon Mobil projections from almost 40 years ago have accurately predicted these levels.