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Extreme weather events are chaotic and scary. Prepare yourself for any natural disasters with Grist's new guide. grist.org/extreme-weather/di…

Disaster 101: Your guide to extreme weather preparation, relief, and recovery

From packing an emergency kit to navigating FEMA aid to finding legal services and mental health resources, this is a comprehensive guide to surviving and coping with natural disasters.

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The record-breaking oceanic phenomenon isn't just raising global temperatures — it's also canceling Atlantic tropical cyclones. bit.ly/4rzLu3B

Why haven't we had an Atlantic hurricane yet? Thank El Niño.

The record-breaking oceanic phenomenon isn't just raising global temperatures — it's also canceling Atlantic tropical cyclones.

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Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport weighs in on overcoming a generational clash when it comes to sustainable consumption. bit.ly/4dxn70s

My boomer mom's cheap online shopping habit drives me nuts

Dear Leslie, I’ve noticed a real divide between my mindset and my mom’s. She’s a boomer, I’m a millennial. When she furnished her house through Amazon and Wayfair, the thing she was proudest of was...

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In the coming months, the world will get a glimpse of life on an even hotter planet. bit.ly/3V2BsMb

Whether it’s ‘super’ or ‘Godzilla,’ El Niño is already breaking records

In the coming months, the world will get a glimpse of life on an even hotter planet.

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Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport weighs in on overcoming a generational clash when it comes to sustainable consumption. bit.ly/3V2Brb5

My boomer mom's cheap online shopping habit drives me nuts

Dear Leslie, I’ve noticed a real divide between my mindset and my mom’s. She’s a boomer, I’m a millennial. When she furnished her house through Amazon and Wayfair, the thing she was proudest of was...

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Permitting reform is popular in Washington, but facilitating data centers is "toxic" with voters. bit.ly/4hqZYOA

Gas, solar, and tech companies all want this bill. Will Congress pass it?

Permitting reform is popular in Washington, but facilitating data centers is "toxic" with voters.

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The world, including the U.S., agreed that rising seas will not change national borders even as small islands disappear. bit.ly/47lLZVi

UN passes first declaration on sea level rise, protecting island nations' sovereignty

The world, including the U.S., agreed that rising seas will not change national borders even as small islands disappear.

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The U.S. militarization of Guam has left its residents living with a legacy of pollution, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. Other Pacific islands may be next. bit.ly/4jlK5LC

As the Pentagon expands across the Pacific, Guam offers a warning

The U.S. militarization of Guam has left its residents living with a legacy of pollution, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. Other Pacific islands may be next.

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Climate Reserve is quietly building a lifeline for America's lost climate workforce, one job at a time. bit.ly/4rvvRtU

Trump cut their climate jobs. This secretive network found them new ones.

Climate Reserve has been quietly building a lifeline for America's lost climate workforce, one job at a time.

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Indigenous communities are confronting mounting climate threats even as inadequate funding, scant legal recognition, and little support for self-governance limit their ability to respond. bit.ly/46JT4Po

As climate disasters multiply, Indigenous governance offers a way forward

Indigenous peoples are confronting mounting threats even as inadequate funding and scant legal recognition limit their ability to respond.

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For centuries, the Arbëreshë of Sicily have maintained a culture rooted in farming and the land. Drought, wildfires and emigration are testing whether it can endure. bit.ly/4Au1IPx

This Sicilian community has endured for centuries. Can it survive a changing climate?

Drought and wildfires are driving people from Piana degli Albanesi, threatening a culture that has endured for 500 years.

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Only 2 percent of the ocean appears to benefit substantially from marine conservation areas, challenging a key metric of the 30x30 campaign. bit.ly/4AtiMp0

Marine protected areas aren't as protected as you think

Only 2 percent of the ocean appears to benefit substantially from marine conservation areas, challenging a key metric of the 30x30 campaign.

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The U.S. ships millions of barrels of diesel fuel overseas each day even as Americans face unprecedented prices at home. bit.ly/3V1wqQ1

Trump is backing a diesel export ban. How much would that do?

The U.S. ships millions of barrels of diesel fuel overseas each day even as Americans face unprecedented prices at home.

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With a new platform called Who Eats Whom, citizen scientists reveal the fascinating, sometimes shocking interactions between species. bit.ly/4hFlQH0

Why scientists want your photos of wildlife eating lunch

With a new platform called Who Eats Whom, citizen scientists reveal the fascinating, sometimes shocking interactions between species.

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Workforce programs are trying to ride out the legal, administrative, and economic headwinds of the Trump administration. bit.ly/3Vt0sfw

Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust

Workforce programs are trying to ride out the legal, administrative and economic headwinds of the Trump administration.

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Geothermal companies face tough tradeoffs over water as they aim to power the data center buildout in Western states. bit.ly/4AG4vWa

A clean energy source is buried under the desert, but it takes water to use it

Geothermal companies face tough tradeoffs over water as they aim to power the data center buildout in Western states

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The Forest Service is proposing to allow motorized vehicles on all trails, two-tracks, and roads unless it explicitly designates otherwise. bit.ly/4dt6Idm

Trump wants to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs

The Forest Service is proposing to allow motorized vehicles on all trails, two-tracks, and roads unless it explicitly designates otherwise.

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The state’s largest utility was already expanding power plants to serve data centers. bit.ly/4yQiaIo

How Trump’s repeal of the greenhouse gas rule could double new emissions from Georgia

The state’s largest utility was already expanding power plants to serve data centers.

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What was once a bipartisan slam dunk has now become a hyper-politicized game of chicken, with hunger, nutrition, and conservation programs on the line. bit.ly/478wwI6

Has the farm bill hit a dead end?

What was once a bipartisan slam dunk has now become a hyper-politicized game of chicken, with hunger, nutrition, and conservation programs on the line.

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While tech oligarchs grandstand about the existential danger AI superintelligence poses to humanity, former EPA officials say we should be worried about a more immediate threat to our health: the data centers that power those AI models. (via @MotherJones) bit.ly/4ADOjEX

Former EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make people sick

“Families shouldn’t have to pay for the AI boom with their health.”

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Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.” (via @CapitalBNews) grist.org/equity/federal-cou…

Federal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking water

Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.”

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