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‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show.

Oil and car companies funded the early work of Charles Keeling, of the famous 'Keeling curve' CO2 measurement

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I'm gearing up to go on parental leave and looking for a part-time contract editor to work with my amazing reporters. Interested? Have questions? Let's talk.
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Big oil ‘fully owned the villain role’ in 2023, the hottest year ever recorded
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For so long I've been wondering why I waste so much time on my phone, and why I can't stop.

So for the last year I've worked with Jessica Reed to create a series and newsletter to help anyone who wants to stop mindlessly scrolling so much. It launched today – check it out!

Take a minute to read this excellent piece by 𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗 about how utilities are trying to keep gas flowing to US homes -- at the expense of the climate and public health

🚨Hey journos - grist has three job openings for 2024! ▶️Reporter, food and agriculture
▶️Staff writer, food and agriculture
▶️Senior editor, accountability

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18 California children are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency over its role in the climate crisis.

the case was brought by Our Children's Trust

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d…

new: Dozens of US charities, including ones prioritizing climate action, are employing lobbying firms who also work for fossil fuel companies, new data from F Minus shows

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Some personal news, as they say:
I’ve been a senior writer at WIRED since 2020 (and part-time for 3 years before that), leading Covid coverage and writing about public health, AMR, fungi, food and ag, med history and health policy.
I was laid off Monday alongside ~20 colleagues.

Cells of people living in greener areas age more slowly, research finds theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d…

Katharine Gammon

Found out today (by way of generic email) I'm getting laid off from Vox.

I would love to talk opportunities for an experienced climate journalist, editor, and investigative reporter.

Just got laid off from G/O with 20+ staffers (before xmas). I am going to miss my colleagues and am forever grateful that I got to work alongside so many talented people as the last Earthling at Gizmodo. If you need a climate/science writer or fact-checker, shoot me a DM <3

NEW: This yr I've visited the 4 cities that've lost the most Black folks since 2000 & 6 of the fastest-growing cities for Black ppl to understand why we're in the largest Black migration in 50 yrs

How Environmental Racism led to Today’s Great Migration capitalbnews.org/midwest-migrat…

exclusive: US and UK militaries owe at least $111bn to communities most harmed by their planet-heating pollution, a first-of-its-kind study from
Climate and Community Project and Common Wealth calculates.

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“I do not want to see a television commercial saying something like ‘if your kids went to Lāhainā public schools between 2023 and 2025, call this law office.’ I want my kids to be safe.”

“Instead of being the villains on climate, suddenly they’re heroes for children, for local conservation efforts, and for all kinds of good causes even though they’re also working for fossil fuel companies.”

'Gas stoves don’t just heat up the pans; they heat up the kitchen with their excess heat...We have to use towels to grab the handles of every single pot that is on a stove or you would literally singe the skin off of your hands from the waste heat'
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A crossing guard.

A 7-year-old boy.

No one is safe on Mayor Adam’s streets.

i wrote about climate activists taking on misleading fossil fuel advertising — by spoofing it — in light of a new halloween-themed ad campaign from h&t aims to show the horrors of methane gas

(and got to talk to some real all stars)

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this is horrifying: 'An estimated 815 million children – one in three worldwide – have lead poisoning, a condition linked to heart and kidney disorders, impaired intelligence, violent behaviour and premature death.'