How Vermont lost track of millions in FEMA flood recovery funds
https://grist.org/accountability/how-vermont-lost-track-of-millions-in-fema-flood-recovery-funds/?ref=ActivityPub
As the federal government pushes more disaster recovery responsibilities onto states, they are "sitting ducks" for contractors.
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Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major 'tipping point'
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A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.
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New research shows there's a simple way to protect workers. Is OSHA listening?
https://grist.org/business/simple-way-to-protect-workers-extreme-heat-osha/?ref=ActivityPub
The U.S. workplace regulator is considering a federal heat rule - if the shutdown doesn't delay it further.
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VIA #MPAQ Oct. 10, 2025
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Youth plaintiffs test out a new legal strategy to counter Trump's support for fossil fuels
https://grist.org/justice/youth-plaintiffs-test-out-a-new-legal-strategy-to-counter-trumps-support-for-fossil-fuels/?ref=ActivityPub
They lost their case for a constitutional right to climate protection. Now they're suing the government again.
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Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world's electric vehicles
https://grist.org/labor/indonesia-nickel-chinese-workers-energy-transition/?ref=ActivityPub
Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.
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VIA #MPAQ Oct. 8, 2025
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I gave a talk at csv,conf,v9 that explains how we used Grist to crowdsource a scientific answer to a worldly, important matter such as playing classic video games very fast.
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The ambitious plan to protect Northern California's Plumas National Forest from wildfires
https://grist.org/wildfires/the-ambitious-plan-to-protect-northern-californias-plumas-national-forest-from-wildfires/?ref=ActivityPub
To shield the forest and its communities from the next megafire, the Forest Service plans to burn it - intentionally.
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VIA #MPAQ Oct. 7, 2025
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The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.
https://grist.org/climate/the-ocean-is-a-carbon-toilet-marine-heat-waves-are-clogging-it/?ref=ActivityPub
Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.
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VIA #MPAQ Oct. 6, 2025
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The EPA is ending greenhouse gas data collection. Who will step up to fill the gap?
https://grist.org/accountability/the-epa-is-ending-greenhouse-gas-data-collection-who-will-step-up-to-fill-the-gap/?ref=ActivityPub
With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools-and legal right-to fulfill this EPA function.
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