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Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?

Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?

Albert Wagner

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just four West African countries are ...

The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues

The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues

Albert Wagner

Karen Short, a research ecologist with the Forest Service who contributed to the study and maintains a historical database of ...

A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas

A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas

Albert Wagner

Michaelsen thought he had won. But when the TCEQ commissioners took up the question several months later, again they rejected ...

AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

Mickey Vernon

This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein ...

Enough With the Arrogant Attitudes Towards Extreme Heat

Enough With the Arrogant Attitudes Towards Extreme Heat

Albert Wagner

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A 4-month-old died in Arizona as ...

Everything’s About to Get a Hell of a Lot More Expensive Due to Climate Change

Everything’s About to Get a Hell of a Lot More Expensive Due to Climate Change

Albert Wagner

Agricultural yields for important commodities produced in those states (fruits, nuts, corn, sugar, veggies, wheat) are withering, thanks to punishing ...