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Mother Jones

The problematic chemicals fueling America’s EV revolution

Ramped-up production of toxic "forever chemicals" used in lithium-ion batteries has communities worried.

Craig Welch, Jana Cholakovska, Pooja Sarkar, Alec Gitelman, Emilie Rosso, and Clare Fieseler · July 12, 2024
Vox.com

The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves

Laws require landlords to provide heat. It’s not the same for cooling.

Li Zhou · July 12, 2024
Grist

Extreme heat is coming for your rail commute

How “sun kinks” in train tracks can create derailment risks and disrupt operations.

Matt Simon · July 9, 2024
Inside Climate News

Plagued by developers and rising seas, a historic Black haven embraces conservation

The Ten Mile community near Charleston, South Carolina, is navigating tricky tides.

Daniel Shailer · July 7, 2024

Guardian

“It’s nonsensical:” how Trump is making climate the latest culture war

The ex-president is ranting about low water pressure and attacking mundane rules and technologies—and Republicans in Congress are following his lead.

Oliver Milman · July 3, 2024
Mother Jones

Supreme Court conservatives just dealt a massive blow to the administrative state

By overturning Chevron deference, the justices took power away from agencies regulating everything from health care to pollution.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · June 28, 2024
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

“Things are moving so quickly” as scientists study a “very scary” climate strategy

The controversial field of solar geoengineering is hitting its stride.

Jessica McKenzie · June 27, 2024
Grist

G7 nations are ignoring the “cow in the room”: Beef and dairy emissions

It was also a missing topic at the Bonn climate conference.

Ayurella Horn-Muller · June 25, 2024

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Climate change is fueling an affordability crisis. It may not let up.

Intensifying hurricanes, floods, and heat waves are wreaking havoc across the country—and on all of our bank accounts.

Nitish Pahwa · June 23, 2024
Mother Jones

Fish, toads, and John Eastman: Inside the conservative project to undo federal environmental laws

And how SCOTUS could help it come to fruition.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · June 19, 2024
Wired

The big-tech clean energy crunch is here

Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are racing to set up new data centers in Europe, but behind the scenes there's concern about how to provide them enough power to meet AI's demands.

Morgan Meaker · June 16, 2024
Undark

A biologist, a blog, and a mosquito control dispute

Products touted as effective at killing the bloodsuckers seem too good to be true—and most of them are.

Brooke Borel · June 13, 2024