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Hero of 2025: Plucky Pigeons

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The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent, or curiosity. Happy holidays. About a month ago, a clip of Sarah Paulson found its way into my Instagram feed, […]

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Trump Administration to Dismantle Key Climate Research Center in Colorado

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change. Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget, said the National Center […]

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FEMA Downsizing Plan Is a Disaster, Survivors Say

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Flood, storm, and fire survivors gathered in Washington, DC, on Monday to express their alarm over a leaked report from the FEMA Review Council that proposes halving the agency’s workforce and scaling back federal disaster assistance.  Holding images of the devastation […]

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Why Trump Deemed Basic Sanitation Illegal DEI

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For many Americans, proper sanitation and clean water seem like issues for developing countries. But much of rural America—and even parts of US cities—still struggles to provide the basics we all need to survive. And as infrastructure ages and strains under the threat of climate change, the problems will likely get worse. Environmental justice activist […]

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Gazans Face “Not Just a Humanitarian Catastrophe but an Ecological Collapse”

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every day when Rajaa Musleh wakes up and checks her phone, she fears she will see news that another member of her family has been killed in Gaza.  Musleh, a nurse and humanitarian worker who evacuated from Gaza […]

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A Dozen Ways You (Yes, You) Can Help Fight Climate Change

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This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you’re reading this, chances are you care a lot about fighting climate change, and that’s great. The climate emergency threatens all of humanity. And although the world has started to make some progress on it, our global response is still extremely lacking. […]

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Scientists Find Polar Bear Genes Behave Differently According to Climate

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have been detected by researchers, in a study thought to be the first time a statistically significant link has been found between rising temperatures and […]

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The Man Who Broke Offshore Wind

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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. David Stevenson stood in a circle of friends and colleagues in an Orlando, Florida, hotel lobby. Everyone but him wore a lapel pin that read ​“I ♥ Fossil Fuels.”  “You want one?” asked a conference attendee, offering me the […]

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States That Cut Environmental Agencies Face Crisis as Trump Deregulation Unfolds

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Budget slashing and staff cuts have made states vulnerable to Trump’s efforts to dismantle the EPA.

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Trump’s Energy Secretary Wants to Bigfoot Tribes’ Stewardship of Their Land

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The mesa’s steep drop offered ideal terrain for gravity-based energy storage, and the […]

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FEMA’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As 2025 draws to a close, the departure of the beleaguered acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Richardson, caps a tumultuous year for FEMA. In January, President Donald Trump took office and vowed to abolish the department. Though the […]

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“Climate Smart” Beef Was Never More Than a Marketing Fantasy

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Shoppers have long sought ways to make more sustainable choices at the supermarket—and for good reason: Our food system is responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The vast majority of emissions from agriculture come from raising cows on industrial […]

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