These Scientists Saw COVID-19 Coming. Now They’re Trying to Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts.
PREDICT team members sample wildlife in the field in Sierra Leone.Simon Townsley/PREDICT 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 was late one night in January 2009, and Jonathan Epstein was standing on…
Coronavirus Is Not Just a Health Crisis—It’s an Environmental Justice Crisis
A family leaves Sunday church services surrounded by chemical plants in Lions, Louisiana.Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty 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. More than 50 years ago, despite a storm that was brewing…
It’s Gotten So Bad That We’re Nostalgic for How Obama Handled the BP Oil Spill
Pete Marovich/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On April 20, 2010, a natural gas explosion aboard an oil rig owned by BP and located 41 miles off the Louisiana coast killed 11 workers and exposed a leak that would release an estimated 200 million gallons of oil…
Staffers From Jay Inslee’s 2020 Campaign Just Formed a New Group to Promote Climate Plan to Dems
Jay Inslee.Brian Cahn/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Thirteen hours before Jay Inslee dropped out of the Democratic presidential race last August, his campaign―the first in history to make a…
Meet the Outfitters Welcoming Grand Canyon Rafters to a COVID-19 Reality
Matt Corritone rows through Lava Falls on the Colorado River. While he and others on the trip were on their 200 mile journey, they had no access to the outside world.Nick Mott/High Country News For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in High Country…
Nature Is Bouncing Back During the Coronavirus Crisis—but for How Long?
General overall view of sparse traffic on the Interstate 710 freeway amid the global coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Los Angeles.Sports/Newscom/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The…