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Join us at noon ET to talk about 🌍 climate change 🌎 with reporters @AlexCKaufman, @Zhirji28, and @c_m_dangelo! Expect doom, gloom, and maybe a bit of optimism 🤔
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As we approach the third year of the pandemic, we’ve revamped our COVID-19 tracker to give even more information on cases, hospitalizations, and deaths across the world 🧵
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Just want to shout out this is the first byline by our new @BuzzFeedNews climate intern:
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The last seven years on Earth have been the hottest on record with no signs of slowing down, and 2021 ranked the sixth warmest ever, per @NOAA + @NASA researchers.
This is what climate change caused by human activity looks like, @AlexLeigh87 reports:
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Texas says just five people died from cardiovascular disease exacerbated by the February winter storm and power outages. This chart showing a spike of around 200 deaths attributed to this cause in that week suggests otherwise.
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More great coverage of the CDC's COVID-19 test kit failures from @dvergano buzzfeednews.com/article/dan…
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How we reached the grim milestone of 800,000 recorded US deaths from #COVID19
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And Just Like That's heart attack scene is exactly how *not* to handle a medical emergency. Here are some tips for doing better ⬇️
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🧵 Today @climateactiontr released new projections for greenhouse gas emissions and warming for the rest of the century. Now included @BuzzFeedNews climate tracker:
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AOC And Other Members Of Congress Called Big Oil’s Climate BS In A Historic Hearing
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California’s Year Of Drought And Deluge Is A Preview Of Its Painful Climate Future buzzfeednews.com/article/pet… via @paldhous
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The highly anticipated Big Oil Misinformation hearing is beginning. I'm livetweeting for @BuzzFeedNews
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In a WH press call on COP26 that just ended, senior officials boasted about their historic "all of government" approach to tackling climate change.
Not really mentioned was how none of that is enough to stave off 1.5 degrees C or exactly what's happening in Congress right now.
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I've been talking to a bunch of climate scientists for a pair of stories I'm working on and PHEW, let me tell you, the climate scientists are not ok.
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CA out with a new proposed rule to ban new oil and gas infrastructure, such as wells, from being w/in a half mile of homes, schools, hospitals, and nursing homes. That's a big deal, and something environmental justice advocates have been fighting for.
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After just over two months, firefighters have fully contained the #CaldorFire, which burned nearly 222,000 acres and destroyed 1,003 structures near and around Lake Tahoe
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Here's our story on what state medical boards are doing — or not doing — about that
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More coverage of doctors spreading false information on #COVID19 vaccines
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““There’s something unhelpful in the way we think about science as a self-correcting process,” Gaddy said. “It makes you think that it’s just going to correct itself on its own.””
NEW: I wrote about Elisabeth Bik, a scientist turned science detective, and the time she challenged a prominent hydroxychloroquine crusader.
Their feud illustrates a larger truth that COVID has made all too clear: science often fails to police itself.
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An absolute must-read if you care about science and whether the things you believe are true
NEW: I wrote about Elisabeth Bik, a scientist turned science detective, and the time she challenged a prominent hydroxychloroquine crusader.
Their feud illustrates a larger truth that COVID has made all too clear: science often fails to police itself.
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According to an Accountable.US analysis, Sen. Joe Manchin received $79,000+ in Q3 campaign donations from ConocoPhillips, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, JP Morgan and Chase Co, members of trade orgs that openly oppose the reconciliation package
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