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Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Ban Cookware With “Forever Chemicals”

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Gavin Newsom vetoed a California bill that was set to ban the sale of cookware and other consumer goods manufactured with PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” human-made compounds linked to a range of health issues. The governor’s decision on Monday followed months […]

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The Shutdown Will Worsen Hunger—Which the Trump Administration Just Stopped Tracking

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The federal government shutdown is stretching into a second week with no end in sight. As Democrats and Republicans in Congress face a politically charged funding impasse, nutrition experts warn that women and children reliant on federal food assistance funding […]

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Immigrants on the Line

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Mackenson Remy didn’t plan to bypass security when he drove into the parking lot of a factory in Greeley, Colorado. He’d never been there before. All he knew was this place had jobs—lots of jobs.  Remy is originally from Haiti, and in 2023, he’d been making TikTok videos about job openings in the area for […]

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A 90-Second Crash Course in Trump’s Betrayal of American Soy Farmers

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Tomorrow, Donald Trump is expected to announce a significant aid package for soy farmers hurt by his trade war with China, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. China is the world’s largest soybean importer and typically buys about half of the US crop—last year, that came to $12.6 billion dollars. This summer, China has purchased […]

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If You Want to Stay Healthy and Care About Humanity, Here’s What to Eat

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This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Adoption of a plant-rich “planetary health diet” could prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, according to a landmark report. The diet—which allows moderate meat consumption—and related measures would also slash the food-related emissions driving global heating by […]

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Can We Feed 10 Billion People Without Destroying the Planet in the Process?

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This story was originally published by Grist in partnership with the Chicago public radio station WBEZ. It is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. . When veteran journalist Michael Grunwald set out to write his third book, he was determined not to produce a “Debbie Downer.” And he hasn’t. That’s surprising considering his latest book, We’re Eating the […]

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Legalizing Wolf Hunting in the US West Does Little to Prevent Livestock Loss

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Legalized wolf hunting in the western US has had only a minimal impact on preventing livestock loss, a new study led by the University of Michigan suggests. The research, published in Science Advances, compared data from Montana and Idaho, two states […]

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Trump’s USDA Eliminates Support for Renewable Energy, a Lifeline for Farmers

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will stop funding wind and solar energy on American farmland, a move that continues the Trump administration’s attempts to kill incentives for renewables while it boosts support for fossil […]

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Chemical Pollution Is a Rampant Threat to Humanity, Science Group Warns

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned. The industrial economy has created more […]

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Gazans Are Starving. It’s a Manmade Catastrophe.

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United Nations-backed food security experts say the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in the Gaza Strip, home to roughly 2 million Palestinians. One of the few organizations still on the ground trying to feed Palestinians at risk of famine is the Gaza Soup Kitchen. Abe Ajrami is one of the Gaza Soup […]

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RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Is on a Collision Course with Trump’s EPA

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This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a Friday evening this July, the Trump administration announced it would lay off all of the health research scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency. Hundreds of investigators who try to understand how toxic pollution affects the human body would be gone. That […]

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These New England Fishermen Made Peace With Offshore Wind. Trump Wants to End It.

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This story was produced by the independent, nonprofit newsroom Canary Media and co-published by Mother Jones. Gary Yerman, 75, sat nervously in a noisy ballroom in Virginia Beach, Virginia, counting down the minutes until he could shed his ill-fitting double-breasted suit for a sun shirt and blue jeans. He introduced himself as a fisherman of […]

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