| DEEP LOOK: How a Kissing Bug Becomes a Balloon Full of Your Blood | | A kissing bug gorges on your blood. Then it poops on you. And that poop might contain the parasite that causes Chagas disease, which can be deadly. | | |
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| 'Everyone Belongs in This Movement': Youth vs. Apocalypse's Lizbeth Ibarra on COP26 and Climate Activism | | Lizbeth Ibarra says the climate change movement needs to embrace the energy of young people of color who’ve experienced pollution, heat and other impacts of climate change. | | |
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| Pregnancy and Climate Change: COP26 Looks at What's at Stake for Women | | Pregnant people who are Black and Indigenous, and those with asthma, are most at risk from pollution and wildfire smoke. | | |
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| It's Not Just Here: New Zealand Court Rejects a Climate Lawsuit Too, but Some Courts Don't | | The Court of Appeal has thrown out an attempt to force seven large polluting companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying climate change is a matter for national regulations and international coordination. | | |
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| Richmond to Chevron: Listen to Our Residents' Safety Concerns | | Richmond city leaders sent a recording of a recent city council meeting to Chevron executives documenting residents' concerns about a major refinery malfunction last month that resulted in days of gas flaring. | | |
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| Methane and Deforestation: The Twin Climate Threats That the UN, and California, Are Struggling to Tackle | | California's methane emissions largely haven't increased over the past decade, but they also haven't dropped significantly — signaling the challenge ahead for governments that signed on to a recent pledge. | | |
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| COP26 Negotiators Debating Agreement Calling For an End to Coal and Fossil Fuel Subsidies | | The U.N. Secretary-General warns the main goal of limiting global warming is "on life support." But Glasgow negotiators are making modest progress in their final hours. | | |
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| Sonoma Podcaster Lauren Spates On What It's Like to Live Through Climate-Driven Disasters | | What are repeated climate-driven disasters doing to our minds, bodies and spirit? That's the question four Santa Rosa Junior College Students set out to answer in the four-part podcast series "Chronic Catastrophe." | | |
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| Southern California Amtrak Line Offers Up-close View of Climate Change's Impact on Beaches | | Rising seas are transforming California's coast, putting beachfront communities and public transportation systems in danger. Some methods to protect against rising seas may actually worsen coastal erosion. | | |
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