Canada Declares Plastics Toxic, Paving the Way for Restrictions
Pierre Gleizes/Greenpeace Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Plastic is now considered toxic under Canada’s primary environmental…
FEMA Offers Cash to House Local Homeless, but Cities Aren’t Claiming It
A man walks past tents housing the homeless in Los Angeles.Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two weeks after…
“I’m Scared of Getting Sick From the Water”
Cheryl and Edward Blackhawk outside their home in El Adobe, California. Martin do Nascimento/California Health Report Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…
Montana Tribes Confront an Epidemic of Violence Against Indigenous Women
Violence against Indigenous people on tribal land by outsiders has proved difficult to prosecute. David Goldman/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part…
Wyoming Threatens to Sue States That Won’t Buy its Coal
Several coal mines that operate out of the small town of Gillette, Wyoming seen from space. December 28, 2015. Tim Kopra/Planet Pix/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced…
How Bitcoin Mining Keeps Old Fossil-Fuel Plants Alive
Omar Marques/SOPA Images/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One decade and $1 trillion after the debut of Bitcoin, the…