Will Nebraska Build a $500 Million Canal Just to Own the Libs?
Ricketts with Iowa’s Kim Reynolds at a regional governors conference in July 2021. Jerry Mennenga/ZUMA Press This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Earlier this spring, Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill authorizing construction of a canal that would siphon water from neighboring Colorado, igniting a war of…
Imprisoned in a Sauna With No Exit
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Late last June, farmers in Walla Walla, Washington, noticed something odd happening to their onions. Walla Walla, an oasis in the middle of the state’s high desert, is bursting with vineyards, wheat fields and acres of the city’s eponymous…
Insurers’ Efforts to Curb Wasteful Spending Are Driving Doctors Nuts
Zuma Press. This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last December, a young patient was admitted to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, after several medications had failed to quell the child’s relentless seizures. A hospital pediatrician, Vignesh Doraiswamy, consulted with neurologists and then tried a different drug.…
How “America First” Crippled the Nation’s Solar Industry
Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The economic theory behind solar tariffs is simple: Solar cells and panels made abroad are often cheaper, thanks to lower manufacturing costs and generous government subsidies from countries like China. So taxing imported panels should give the US solar industry…
Climate Denial Group Is Masquerading as a Charity, Critics Say
Charles Koch in 2019. Donors Trust, a fund backed by the Kochs, has given more than $600,000 in recent years to the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s US arm.David Zalubowski/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Global Warming Policy Foundation, a climate skeptic think tank, has been…
Myanmar, of All Places, Offers Lessons for Life After Roe
A woman dressed as handmaid attends a May 2022 rally against overturning Roe.Aimee Dilger/Sipa USA via AP This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, as a leaked draft of the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s…