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Guardian

’We can’t escape’: climate crisis is driving up cost of living in the US west

Extreme weather, fueled by global heating, is affecting energy, water, insurance premiums and food and housing costs

Maanvi Singh · July 21, 2023
Mother Jones

The problem with calling Vermont’s storms a “100-year-flood”

Thanks to climate change, these deluges are occurring much more often.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · July 21, 2023
Mother Jones

After the deluge

A letter from washed out, soggy, and fearful Vermont.

Nina Fisher · July 19, 2023
Canada's National Observer

‘Enough is enough’: Native Hawaiians slam Canada for supporting telescope on sacred land

Opponents are calling out Canada over its role in the development of a controversial telescope on Hawaii’s tallest volcano, Mauna Kea, citing human rights abuses.

Matteo Cimellaro · July 18, 2023

Guardian

US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis

Chris Gloninger wove the reality of global heating into his forecasts in the conservative heartland of Iowa. Not everyone was receptive

Oliver Milman · July 18, 2023
High Country News

How northern Mexico became a climate migration destination

U.S. and Central American immigrants are converging in Baja California after disasters.

Caroline Tracey · July 17, 2023
Grist

The ocean is turning green. Yes, it’s climate change.

Over the last 20 years, more than half of the planet's oceans experienced color change.

Lyric Aquino · July 17, 2023
Guardian

El Niño brewing in Pacific raises prospect of record-breaking heat

Climactic event will almost certainly strengthen throughout the year, US climate scientists predict

Oliver Milman · July 17, 2023

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Can we mine the world’s deep ocean without destroying it?

Ecologist Lisa Levin worries that in the rush for key minerals, a pristine and important ecosystem will be lost.

Richard Schiffman · July 17, 2023
Grist

Extreme heat prompts first-ever Amazon delivery driver strike

Keeping drivers safe could require fundamentally changing the company's business model.

Tushar Khurana · July 14, 2023
Inside Climate News

The affirmative action ruling could hamper Biden’s environmental justice agenda

After the high court ruled it unconstitutional to consider race in college admissions, some experts say programs like Justice40 could face legal challenges.

Kristoffer Tigue · July 12, 2023
Mother Jones

The secret to preventing the next pandemic might be in our poop

Covid revealed a powerful tool in fighting outbreaks: wastewater surveillance.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · July 11, 2023