Texas Is “Fixing” Its Power Grid in the Most Texas Way Possible
Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ever since brutal winter storms blacked out much of Texas and killed hundreds of residents in February 2021, the state’s government has constantly talked…
Climate Protesters Call Out US Banks Over Fossil Fuel Funding
An Extinction Rebellion protester is arrested in front of Citibank’s Manhattan headquarters on April 24.Gina M. Randazzo/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. As they exited their office in Tribeca on Monday afternoon, Citibank employees were confronted with a boisterous crowd chanting and dancing along to the music of a mariachi…
Joe Biden’s New Tax Plan Is Ambitious—and Wildly Optimistic
President Biden takes questions from reporters on Thursday, March 9, 2023.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Joe Biden’s latest budget, not surprisingly, is pretty pie-in-the-sky. Presidential budgets are wish lists, after all, statements of priorities that throw down the gauntlet for the other…
Four Miles Downwind From East Palestine
The view of the smoke funneling up from the controlled burn, as seen from a drone on Dave Anderson’s farm.Dave Anderson This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last month had slid off the tracks seven minutes…
These Images Tell the Stories of Families Reeling From the East Palestine Fiasco
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early February, days after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate and isobutylene derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, authorities opted to burn off the materials to avoid an explosion.…
Bing Is a Liar—and It’s Ready to Call the Cops
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“You’re in!” the email said. “Welcome to the new Bing!” Last Sunday, I joined a small wave of users granted early access to Microsoft’s new chatbot backed search engine, put forward as an “AI-powered copilot for the web.” Given…