Climate Language
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![a national park sign on an a-frame stand reads 'acadia is changing, so are we']()
![a national park sign on an a-frame stand reads 'acadia is changing, so are we']()
Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change
National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.
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![Open dictionary with blank silhouettes of leaf and flower]()
![Open dictionary with blank silhouettes of leaf and flower]()
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
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![A colorful gradient-filled image of the United States with a warm-colored bar on the bottom in the same gradient. The image moves and slowly fades away, representing the concept of climate data erasure]()
![A colorful gradient-filled image of the United States with a warm-colored bar on the bottom in the same gradient. The image moves and slowly fades away, representing the concept of climate data erasure]()
Why the federal government is making climate data disappear
Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.
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![a large cylindrical piece of equipment with pipes behind a chain link fence]()
![a large cylindrical piece of equipment with pipes behind a chain link fence]()
Louisiana is the latest state to greenwash gas
A new state law that redefines natural gas as a “green” energy source was adapted from language written by a right-wing think tank.
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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]()
![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]()
![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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![digital collage of the words "climate change" with black marker drawn on top as if redacted]()
![digital collage of the words "climate change" with black marker drawn on top as if redacted]()
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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![digital collage of hands holding a phone showing a social media post of a heat pump]()
![digital collage of hands holding a phone showing a social media post of a heat pump]()
Forget about your carbon footprint. Try ‘climatemaxxing.’
Climate action is a guilt trip. Let’s make it aspirational instead.
