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The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought
May 24, 2024 · The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought Miles of seawater are flowing under Thwaites Glacier, undermining an Antarctic ice sheet and threatening rapid sea level rise.
What a second Trump presidency could mean for Indigenous …
Oct 3, 2024 · She was right. On January 24, 2017, just four days after his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump signed an executive order to speed up the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline and pave ...
Georgia's Vogtle plant starts a new nuclear era - Grist
Apr 8, 2024 · Few issues are as divisive among American environmentalists as nuclear energy. Concerns about nuclear waste storage and safety, particularly in the wake of the 1979 Three Mile Island reactor ...
How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by …
Nov 14, 2023 · The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released on Tuesday by the Biden administration, is unique for its focus on the present.Like previous versions, it looks at how rising temperatures will ...
First commercial CCS plant is in Illinois. It leaks. | Grist
Oct 21, 2024 · The nation’s first commercial carbon sequestration plant is in Illinois. It leaks. The locals are worried: “Just because CO2 sequestration can be done doesn't mean it should be done."
The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election | Grist
Oct 23, 2024 · The next administration will be decisive for the country’s progress on critical climate goals. By 2030, just a year after the next president would leave office, the U.S. has committed to reduce ...
How pesticides intensify global warming | Grist
Jan 23, 2023 · California uses nearly 20 percent of the pesticides applied annually across the United States. The state grows fewer commodity crops than other regions, but supplies a third of the country’s ...
As a COP29 deal on fossil fuels falters, the blame game begins
Nov 21, 2024 · Editor’s note: Grist is hosting a free virtual event on January 9, 2025, at 2 pm EST / 11 am PST to analyze the progress and challenges seen at the U.N. climate conference known as COP29. Join ...
Flood-ravaged North Carolina races to restore voting access after ...
Oct 2, 2024 · Flood-ravaged North Carolina races to restore voting access after Helene With voting underway, election officials must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places.