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Grist

Wait … Chevron Said ‘Black Lives Matter’?

Big Oil’s promises to take on racism and climate change ignore the bigger picture.

Kate Yoder · June 12, 2020
Mother Jones

Arizona’s Emergency Responders Face a Roaring Wildfire Amid a Worsening Pandemic

And fire season has only just begun.

Rebecca Leber · June 12, 2020
Wired

Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain

Researchers find that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic fall on 11 protected areas in the US annually, equivalent to over 120 million plastic water bottles.

Matt Simon · June 11, 2020
Slate

As a Virus Does, So Too a Fire

Because of the coronavirus, the U.S. Forest Service has instituted a new approach to wildfires—one that could end up injecting even more uncertainty and risk into the equation.

Stephen D. Fillmore · June 10, 2020

High Country News

What Really is Antifa?

Effie Baum, an ‘everyday anti-fascist,’ talks about President Trump’s threat to designate the movement as a terrorist organization, and corrects the record.

Leah Sottile · June 5, 2020
Grist

Hurricanes Disproportionately Harm Communities of Color. TV News Ignores That Fact.

Zero out of 669 news segments on major networks reported on the disproportionate impact of hurricanes on poor communities and communities of color.

Emily Pontecorvo · June 5, 2020
Guardian

Trump Orders Agencies Cut Environment Reviews, Citing ‘Economic Emergency’

Changes could hurt communities of color, which are more likely to live with pollution due to decades of environmental racism.

Emily Holden · June 4, 2020
Guardian

Coal—Free First for Electricity in Great Britain

Coronavirus slump and sunniest spring on record send green energy soaring in England, Wales and Scotland.

Jullian Ambrose · June 2, 2020

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Bay Area Towns Need to Address Sea-Level Rise. Will They?

‘It’s not natural for them to cooperate.’

Robin Meadows · June 2, 2020
HuffPost

The Extinction Crisis Is Accelerating, New Study Finds

Look no further than the COVID-19 pandemic for proof.

Chris D'Angelo · June 1, 2020
Wired

‘Oumuamua Might Be a Giant Interstellar Hydrogen Iceberg

It isn’t an alien spaceship, but new research suggests the first known interstellar object to grace our solar system could be something even stranger.

Daniel Oberhaus · May 29, 2020
HuffPost

Louisiana Bill Would Mandate 3-Year Minimum Sentence For Trespassing On Fossil Fuel Sites

The legislation could inflict harsh new punishments on Black protesters opposing a massive complex of plastics plants on what are likely slave burial grounds.

Alexander C. Kaufman · May 29, 2020