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Election Day Was a Win for the Climate

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tuesday was a great day at the ballot box for the planet, with climate-friendly initiatives and candidates winning nationwide.  In races from New York to Georgia to Washington, voters backed funding renewables, reining in energy costs, and building out mass […]

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Devastated by Israel, Gaza Faces an Environmental Crisis “Above Imagination”

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Over two years of nearly incessant bombardment, Israeli forces have killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, at least a third of whom are children. The human toll has been called genocide by human rights organizations around the world and by a UN commission, but a new […]

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A Tornado Destroyed Their Home. Then the “Vultures” Showed Up.

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a mile-wide tornado hit St. Louis on May 16, DeAmon White hopped in his car and rushed home. As he navigated downed trees and power lines, turning his 10-minute commute into a three-hour slog, he worried whether his family, neighbors, and […]

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The Unlikely Coalition Fighting to Keep Energy Star Labels on Your Appliances

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to eliminate the Energy Star program became public, pushback from environmental groups was expected. The government-funded labeling system helps consumers identify energy-efficient products and practices, saving them $40 billion annually in energy costs. Since its founding in 1992, […]

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Red States, Defying Reality, Are Reclassifying Gas as a “Green” Fuel

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In Louisiana, natural gas—a planet-heating fossil fuel—is now, by law, considered “green energy” that can compete with solar and wind projects for clean energy funding. The law, signed by Republican Governor Jeff Landry last month, comes on the heels of similar bills […]

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How a Shadowy Online Blacklist Became a Legal Threat to Pro-Palestinian Activists

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On March 25, six people in masks approached Rümeysa Öztürk on a Somerville, Massachusetts street. The group surrounded the Tufts PhD student, and claimed they were “the police.” As Öztürk began to call her sister, they escorted her away. Unable to contact her lawyer, Öztürk was shipped across several state lines. She was never charged with […]

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Most People Support Taxing Carbon Even If It Costs Them, Global Survey Shows

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. People in affluent countries around the world are willing to tax themselves to address climate change and ease poverty. That idea defies conventional political wisdom, which typically holds that people hate taxes. It emerged in a survey of 40,680 people in […]

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This Jewish Woman’s Attack by a Pro-Israel Mob Went Viral. Now She’s Speaking Out.

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On Thursday, April 24, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was halfway through a tour of the East Coast, speaking to large audiences about his plans to starve the people of Gaza. That night, he was scheduled to speak at 770 Eastern Parkway, the headquarters of the Chabad Lubavich Hasidic Jewish movement, in Crown Heights, […]

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Mohsen Mahdawi Has Been Released from Federal Custody

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Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested on April 14 at his naturalization interview in Vermont, was released on bail from federal custody on Wednesday. He is the first student to be released in the Trump administration’s widening crackdown on foreign students and academics who have been involved in Palestine advocacy […]

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Noem to Ban Harvard International Students if Trump’s Demands Not Met

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On April 11, the Trump administration sent Harvard University a sweeping set of demands—among them that the university report international students to the federal government for violation of student conduct policies—ostensibly to curb antisemitism on campus. Three days later, Harvard president Alan Garber announced that the school would “continue to follow the law”; Harvard, he […]

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Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

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A Louisiana immigration judge ruled Friday that recent Columbia graduate and Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported—even though Khalil has a green card, is a lawful permanent resident, and has not been charged with any crimes. The judge gave Khalil’s attorneys until April 23 to ask for a stay of the deportation. There is […]

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