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Selling a Mirage

June 21, 2024

Selling a Mirage The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic. Don’t be fooled. LAST YEAR, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it […]

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The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”

May 2, 2024

The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What” The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway. This article is an excerpt from the book “On The Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America,” about climate migration in the U.S. For more, see abrahm.com. Another great American migration is now underway, this […]

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Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New Rule Says. But It Won’t Be Enough.

April 23, 2024

Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New Rule Says. But It Won’t Be Enough. For the first time in more than 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside more money to guarantee they plug old wells, preventing them from leaking oil, […]

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New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States

February 24, 2021

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States According to new data from the Rhodium Group analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures and changing rainfall will drive agriculture and temperate climates northward, while sea level rise will consume coastlines and dangerous levels of humidity will swamp the Mississippi River valley. […]

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Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus

December 25, 2020

Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus As the coronavirus spread in China, the government stage-managed what appeared on the domestic internet to make the virus look less severe and the authorities more capable, according to thousands of leaked directives and other files. In the early hours of […]

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Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic

April 16, 2020

Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic The next several months could bring hurricanes, floods and fire, on top of the pandemic currently raging through the country. How do you shelter in place during an evacuation? SERIES: CORONAVIRUS Is the United States Prepared for COVID-19? ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. […]

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5 Things You Should Know About the FCC’s Proposed Privacy Rules

March 15, 2016

5 Things You Should Know About the FCC’s Proposed Privacy Rules It stops Verizon’s zombie cookie in its tracks, but allows AT&T to keep charging customers extra if they want privacy. Federal Communications Commisison Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies at a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in March 2015. (Lauren Victoria Burke/AP Photo) Last week, the […]

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