A skyline of smokestacks appears on the horizon before the rest of Corpus Christi does. Approaching Texas‘ “Sparkling City by the Sea” on I-37, a palm-tree-lined highway running from San Antonio to the Gulf Coast, it’s tough to tell where the billowing exhaust from oil refineries ends and the rain …
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This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Climate Week this year coincides with clear skies in Washington state for the first time in almost two weeks. In just a few days in early September, Washington state saw enough acres …
Read More »Our Lost World: On Wildfires and Climate Grief
I’m writing this on Monday morning, before President Trump lands in California today to exploit the tragedy of the wildfires and scold Californians for not “cleaning the floors” of the forests or whatever mental toilet water he ends up spilling in the Golden State. You can be sure there will …
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