What’s the Plan If a Natural Disaster Strikes on Election Day? It’s Complicated.
Voting in the Rockaway neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, after Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Craig Ruttle/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted the approaching hurricane season, which runs from June through November,…
How Do You Track a Murder Hornet?
A real, live murder hornet.Rory Merry/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in Slate and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. On Saturday before dawn, entomologists launched their attack on a colony of snoozing murder hornets.…
Are Pennsylvanians as Obsessed With Fracking as Trump and Biden Think?
A natural gas well being drilled near Dimock, Pennsylvania.Charles Mostoller/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. My home state of Pennsylvania is always on the receiving end of…
Should You Recycle Your Disposable Mask?
A worker at the start-up Plaxtil company handles protective masks as they are made ready for recycling.Guillaume Souvant/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In March,…
The Other World-Altering Event Happening Next Week
Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.An important date is coming up. On November 4, the day after the election, the United States will earn a dubious distinction: It will become the only country in the world to formally exit…
How About Reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps?
Jan. 1, 1930 – Civilian Conservation Corps Workers Reforesting Waste Land, Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania, USA, Circa 1934.Glasshouse/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In 1933, with the…