Trump Blames Migrants, Not the Climate Crisis, for FEMA Funding Issues
St. Petersburg’s Shore Acres neighborhood on September 27, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.Mike Carlson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agency didn’t have enough funding for the rest of…
One Month From Election Day, Helene Has Snarled the North Carolina Voting Process
MelissSue Gerrits/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There are battleground states, and then there’s North Carolina. Former President Donald Trump won the state by 1.3 percent in 2020, his lowest margin of victory in any state, and polls now show Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris within just…
Your Phones and Computers Rely on This Remote North Carolina Mine. Helene Just Walloped It.
Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. You wouldn’t expect to find the linchpin of the global microchip industry tucked away in a Blue Ridge Mountains town, but it’s there. Scattered across the outskirts of Spruce Pine, a series of mines has been extracting some of…
Vance Dodged a Simple Question About Trump Calling Climate Change a “Hoax”
Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a debate-night surprise, climate science got near-top billing during the vice presidential face-off between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance in New York on Tuesday, as the sprawling impacts of…
Right-Wing Think Tank Targets Efforts to Educate Federal Judges on Climate Science
Leonard Leo has been at the center of conservative efforts to influence the federal courts.Carolyn Kaster/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A right-wing organization is attacking efforts to educate judges about the climate crisis. The group appears to be connected to Leonard Leo, the architect of the…
“They Stole an Election”: Former Florida Senator Found Guilty in “Ghost Candidates” Scandal
Former Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles listens to testimony at his Miami trial on Friday, September 27.Pedro Portal/El Nuevo Herald/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. Former Florida…