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Nov 22

The holiday season is once again upon us — a time of year that always seems inextricably tied to buying. But what better moment to push that climate-friendly transition than the most consumerist time of the year?

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice used coal to propel himself into public office in the coal-friendly state, but a few hundred miles away his association with coal is not so positive.

West Virginia governor in trouble again for his coal mines in Kentucky

There's only one silver lining in billionaire Jim Justice's coal business in Kentucky: jobs for the people who will clean it up.

What the supply chain crisis can teach us about how we shop.

What the supply chain crisis can teach us about how we shop

The supply chain, the climate, and you: All stressed for the same reason.

American consumerism is a year-round thing, but things really go into overdrive in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

How to save Christmas from consumerism

We’re up against some powerful forces. But we have to start somewhere.

The project faced stiff opposition from residents, who argued it would have destroyed a historic slave burial site.

Energy company cancels $2.5 billion oil export terminal in Louisiana

The project faced stiff opposition from residents, who argued it would have destroyed a historic slave burial site.

Food banks across the country are struggling to fill their shelves and climate change is partly to blame.

Food banks are struggling to fill their shelves, and it’s not just supply chain issues

Climate change, inflation, and price gouging are also at play.

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I was really blown away by how much of the Western pine/Douglas fir forest is no longer reproducing due to increased heat. This biome shift from trees to brush is now firmly established consensus

Heat is erasing the forests of the West.

The evidence is clear: Climate change is turning forests into scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S. after wildfires.

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SEI Climate

@SEIclimate

In many areas of the US West, increasing summer #temperatures kill #tree seedlings before they can develop thick protective bark or because it's dry and their roots can’t yet reach groundwater. This limits #forest regeneration after #wildfires. buff.ly/3p9gYxF via

Heat is erasing the forests of the West.

The evidence is clear: Climate change is turning forests into scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S. after wildfires.

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Climate Nexus

@ClimateNexus

A recent study is among the first to examine the effects of using "climate crisis" and "climate emergency". The takeaway is that journalists and advocates might be getting too hung up on specific words when the bigger picture is more important. bit.ly/31d7YiI via

Calling climate change a 'crisis' doesn't do what you think

Getting people to act takes more than strong words, a new study says.

Thanks to

for this excellent piece in

on Sol Hart's and my climate terminology study!

Calling climate change a 'crisis' doesn't do what you think

Getting people to act takes more than strong words, a new study says.

Climate change may be a crisis, but calling it one doesn’t do what you think.

Calling climate change a 'crisis' doesn't do what you think

Getting people to act takes more than strong words, a new study says.

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Wildfires and climate change are erasing forests in the U.S. West.

Heat is erasing the forests of the West.

The evidence is clear: Climate change is turning forests into scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S. after wildfires.

This week,

showed its strength as a culture publication. We gave our venerable advice maven,

@AskUmbra

, a makeover. In our first Umbra quarterly package, we looked at how now is a malleable moment to re-envision the holidays: grist.org/guides-2021-ho 1/3

The 2021 Holiday Makeover

Let this collection be our present to you this year, from our annual (interactive!) gift guide to classic Ask Umbra holiday advice.

Kentucky's newest strategy might stop coal barons from gaming the reclamation system.

West Virginia governor in trouble again for his coal mines in Kentucky

There's only one silver lining in billionaire Jim Justice's coal business in Kentucky: jobs for the people who will clean it up.

The project faced stiff opposition from residents, who argued it would have destroyed a historic slave burial site.

Energy company cancels $2.5 billion oil export terminal in Louisiana

The project faced stiff opposition from residents, who argued it would have destroyed a historic slave burial site.

Those arrests, part of an ongoing, government-sanctioned effort to enable the construction of a proposed pipeline on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory, have essentially cleared the way for the project to proceed unhindered.

Land defenders appear in court after police raids in Wet'suwet'en territory

Indigenous land defenders were in a British Columbia court Monday after tpolice raids that took place on Wet'suwet'en territory Friday

This holiday season, food banks across the United States are struggling to fill their shelves due to supply chain issues, labor shortages, price inflation, and the effects of climate change on our food systems.

Food banks are struggling to fill their shelves, and it’s not just supply chain issues

Climate change, inflation, and price gouging are also at play.

“It is well-past time for us, as a nation, to move forward, beyond these derogatory terms.”