Nuclear “Power Balls” May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
San Onofre nuclear power station—which has been in the process of decommissioning since 2013—in the early morning fog in San Clemente, California.Jason Murray/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The basic idea…
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Has Been Canceled
Protesters gather in 2017 at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Harrisonburg office in Harrisonburg, Virginia, to speak out against the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines.Daniel Lin/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been canceled, energy companies leading the project announced Sunday, citing…
To Celebrate the Fourth, Michael Flynn Posts a Pledge to Conspiracy Group QAnon
Beowulf Sheehan/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, Michael Flynn, posted a video on Independence Day in which he recites an oath for QAnon conspiracy theorists along with five others. The man Trump appointed to the most sensitive national security position in…
CNN Asked the FDA Commissioner to Correct Trump’s Lies. He Wouldn’t Do It.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn had at least two chances Sunday morning to correct the president’s claim that 99 percent of coronavirus cases “are totally harmless;” he declined both. “Now we have tested almost 40 million people, by so doing we show cases—99 percent of which are totally harmless,” President Trump said in his Fourth…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: July 4 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through July 4. The whole world seems to have taken the day off from reporting COVID-19 deaths, so nothing has really changed much since yesterday. The little upward spike in the US is gone, and we are now at 1.54 deaths per million. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is…
Meet the Nuns Who Created Their Own Climate Solutions Fund
The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, Tenn.John Russell/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. It’s been five years since Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si,” the celebrated 225-page encyclical in which the…