The ABCs of Big Oil: A Podcast Coming Soon From Earther and Drilled
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Earther is working with the podcast Drilled to take you to school. Read more.
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How to Pitch Gizmodo, io9, and Earther
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OCTOBER 20, 2021
We’re always happy to review pitches from freelancers who want to write ambitious investigative and narrative features, reported mid-length pieces, and first-person essays. Expose something. Take us somewhere. Tell us your incredible personal story. Send us a truly original take. Here’s how to pitch us and what we are… Read more.
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Sundance 2022 In VR: What To Check Out
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JANUARY 20, 2022
Here, they have the chance to live out the ultimate flat-earther fantasy of becoming the first flat-Earth astronaut to ever go to space and prove the globe-earthers wrong.” ” Suga’ / Image Credit: Sundance Institute.
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How Can You Overcome Climate Dread?
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Check out our past … Read more.
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New Polling Shows Voters Want to Hold Big Oil’s Feet to the Fire
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OCTOBER 9, 2020
New polling shared exclusively with Earther shows that Americans want to do something about that. earther exclusive accountability fuck fossil fuels fossil fuel industry big oil exxon knew
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The Pandemic Fueled a Boom in Empty Ghost Shipping Containers Traveling the High Seas
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MARCH 11, 2021
In our latest proof that global capitalism is extremely logical and efficient, hundreds of thousands of completely empty shipping containers are being transported overseas amid the pandemic, according to an analysis by Earther. Read more.
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What’s the Best Way to Decarbonize Your Home?
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AUGUST 20, 2021
Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Read more.
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Marvel’s ‘Vanguardians of the Galaxy’ Feud Was Fake But It Raises a Really Important Point
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 20, 2021
On Tuesday morning, Earther got a press release purporting to be from financial services giant Vanguard. The press release touted a new fossil-fuel-free portfolio it called “Vanguardians of the Galaxy” for “young investors.” A few hours later, another press release showed up claiming to be from Marvel saying the… Read more.
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This Giant Ice Cube Represents How Much Ice We're Losing Every Year
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JANUARY 25, 2021
We talk about ice a lot here on Earther—or more specifically, the growing absence of it. A new study puts what’s happening to the planet in striking perspective. While I can tell you the results show 1.2 trillion tons of ice disappeared every year since 1994, it’s a lot easier to grasp as a visual. Read more.
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Hawaii Teens Are Suing The Department of Transportation Over Rising Emissions
GizModo VR
JUNE 11, 2022
She said, ‘I used to play volleyball out there,’” Mesina told Earther. is a 15-year-old from Kailua, Oahu. A few years ago, she visited the shoreline with a relative who pointed several feet into the water. And now it’s just all ocean 20 feet up to where we were.” Read more.
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Big Oil Uses Newsletter Ads to Spread Misinformation Ahead of Big Oil Misinformation Hearing
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 27, 2021
This is a special joint investigation from Earther and HEATED, a newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis. HEATED is a must-read news outlet for anyone who cares about the future of the planet. Subscribe here. Read more.
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Scientists Made an Alarmingly Easy Trip to the North Pole
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AUGUST 27, 2020
At Earther, we’ve been following the historic extent of ice melt in the Arctic this summer pretty closely. But not as closely as Gunnar Spreen and his research team, who are literally following the ice. Read more.
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7 Bonkers Corporate Earth Day Campaigns
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APRIL 22, 2022
Here at Earther, we’ve been absolutely inundated with press releases announcing that every corporation under the Sun is doing something ~*~special~*~ to mark the occasion. It’s Earth Day! There’s no question that this holiday, which started from radical beginnings , has largely become the purview of greenwashing and PR… Read more.
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The World Still Sucks, but at Least Bear Cam Is Back
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JUNE 22, 2020
At Earther, we stan the bears. Bears are good , especially when they are fat. They are the hero we all need. That’s why I’m excited to announce that Alaska’s Katmai National Park has set up its live bear cams for the summer. You know what that means: bears, bears, and more bears. Read more.
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Texas Oil and Gas Plants Quadruple Air Pollution as Systems Freeze Up
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
But data shared with Earther shows the suffering maybe be particularly acute for the millions of Texans living near oil wells and refineries. It’s been a hard week for everyone living in Texas as blackouts , boil notices , and bone-chilling cold rattle the state. Read more.
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Does Driving an Electric Vehicle Matter if the Grid Is Fossil Fueled?
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Check out our past … Read more.
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Is Seafood a More Climate-Friendly Option Than Eating Meat?
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Check out our past … Read more.
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Facebook Announces Doomsday for False Vaccine Claims
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FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The social network saw the issue as being about free speech and the anti-vaxxer groups it hosted as being about as dangerous as flat-Earthers. For years, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories found a welcome home on Facebook. But now that getting accurate vaccine information to the public is a matter of existential… Read more.
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Extreme Weather Events Cost the U.S. $145 Billion in 2021
GizModo VR
JANUARY 10, 2022
Regular Earther readers will know there was no shortage of apocalyptic weather disasters plaguing the U.S. last year, from pipe-bursting freezes in Texas to road warping heat in the Pacific Northwest to an endless parade of wildfires mixed in for good measure. Now, a new report from the National Centers for… Read more.
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The Oceans Are Turning Into a Layer Cake
GizModo VR
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
But while Earther is decidedly pro-cake, this is in fact a bad situation. The oceans are facing a host of maladies, from acidification to sea level rise. Turning them into a ginormous liquid layer cake may sound comparatively benign (and delicious). Read more.
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Should You Work Less to Save the Climate?
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AUGUST 26, 2021
Welcome to Burning Questions, a new series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Check out our past … Read more.
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The Possibilities and Limits of Individual Climate Action
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Here at Earther, I spend a lot of my time writing about the entities that are the most responsible for the climate crisis, like energy giants and other polluting companies. I know that these companies and their friends in government have spent decades promoting the false idea that we are all responsible for global… Read more.
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The ABCs of Big Oil: The Father of Forestry’s Influence on Big Oil
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 8, 2021
On the ABCs of Big Oil , a new podcast miniseries from Earther and Drilled, climate journalist Amy Westervelt and I have spent two episodes looking into the oil and gas industry’s century-long assault on American education; how it has shaped school curricula to limit how Americans think about the climate crisis and how… Read more.
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Is It More Sustainable to Live Off the Land or in the City?
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OCTOBER 7, 2021
Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Check out our past … Read more.
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How Can I Divest From Fossil Fuels?
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Check out our past … Read more.
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Should I Buy Water in a Plastic, Metal, or Glass Bottle?
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Check out our past … Read more.
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Still Looks Bad
GizModo VR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Earther began the week by nothing things looked bad in the Atlantic. And because the Atlantic is on a bender, we’re ending the week the same way. Read more.
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Restoring Financial Regulators' Right to Fight Climate Change
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MARCH 15, 2021
This Earther report is being co-published with the Daily Poster. Read more.
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The Dream of Scooping Plastic From the Ocean Is Still Alive—and Problematic
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 19, 2021
This week, one of the world’s most-watched plastic clean-up projects will announce victory. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit that has set out to solve the huge problem of plastics in the ocean, will hold a press event Wednesday where it will review the success of its latest system. The group has already said the… Read more.
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The Climate Denial Is Coming From Inside Facebook's House
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 26, 2021
In the midst of the second-hottest October in human history, a question popped up on an internal Facebook message board. Policy for Misinformation - Climate Change Denial?” Read more.
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'I Felt Like I Was Going to Pass Out': UPS Drivers Are Furious Over Dangerous Heat Inside Trucks
GizModo VR
AUGUST 5, 2022
Simone Martin says her work as a UPS delivery truck driver was especially difficult on July 21, during a heat wave in NYC. In the summer months, Martin often dips a cooling cloth into a container of ice that she keeps in her truck and wraps it around her neck. But during that recent heat wave, nothing she did kept the… Read more.
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Hearing Greta’s Message
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Last year, the climate movement found new vigor in a young Swede named Greta Thunberg. She began a solo strike and quickly caught global media attention for her sharp tongue and truth telling. Too often, however, her words have fallen on deaf ears as politicians continue to ignore the climate crisis. In one of her… Read more.
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Shell CEO Roasted at TED Climate Conference He Was Foolishly Invited to Speak At
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 14, 2021
On Thursday, a strange scene unfolded at the International Conference Centre in Edinburgh. Shell CEO Ben van Beurden took the stage with a prominent climate scientist and Christiana Figueres, the woman who negotiated the Paris Agreement, at a TED Countdown conference. Van Beurden was there to ostensibly talk up the… Read more.
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Southern Company Knew About Climate Change for Decades While Funding Climate Denial, Report Finds
GizModo VR
JUNE 8, 2022
One of the largest and most profitable electric utility companies in the U.S. knew about climate change for decades and yet continued to build fossil fuel facilities while funding groups that contribute to climate misinformation, a report released Wednesday has found. Read more.
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Sony's Next Spider-Man Universe Movie Is. El Muerto?
GizModo VR
APRIL 26, 2022
CinemaCon, a three-day event in Las Vegas, is one of those trade conventions that inevitably turns into a pop culture press event, as big studios take the opportunity to get on center stage and share their plans for the next few years. And boy howdy, did Sony ever take advantage of the moment. According to our own man… Read more.
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Make Earth Day Great Again
GizModo VR
APRIL 22, 2022
I know that Earth Day is April 22nd because companies won’t stop emailing me about it. What began as a call to action for environmental protections is now just a marketing opportunity. Read more.
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What Are 'Flash Droughts' and Why Are They So Destructive?
GizModo VR
JULY 29, 2022
As record-breaking temperatures have pummeled much of the country this summer, another heat-related menace is causing trouble: flash droughts. Read more.
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'It’s Not Political to Tell the Truth': Scientists Arrested Over Climate Protests
GizModo VR
APRIL 15, 2022
Soil scientist Rose Abramoff has long tried to be “apolitical,” she says, in her efforts to educate people about climate change: She’s supported efforts at non-profits and fact-checked materials for organizations, for example, alongside writing her own reports on the climate crisis. But not anymore. Read more.
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Celeb-Backed Environmental Law Firm Accused of Transphobia
GizModo VR
APRIL 15, 2022
Employees of an environmental law clinic that has gained attention and support from celebrity heavyweights like Mark Ruffalo and the Daily Show say the organization has a culture hostile to LGBTQ people, E&E News reported Thursday. Leaders of the nonprofit law organization have reportedly also maintained relationships… Read more.
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New York May Crack Down On Crypto Mining
GizModo VR
APRIL 12, 2022
The New York Assembly wants to stop cryptocurrency mining operations from setting up shop in the state’s shuttered power plants. Assembly member Anna Kelle s has drafted legislation meant to pause crypto mining in the state, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power-intensive industry. Read more.
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'I Should Be Able to Go Outside': Why a Utah Teen Is Suing Over Polluted Air
GizModo VR
MARCH 29, 2022
Fifteen-year-old Natalie R. is fed up with the poor air quality in her home state of Utah. But rather than simply complain, she and a group of other young people are taking on who they see as the enablers of this pollution: government officials who continue to green-light fossil fuel development. Read more.
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The Last Unknown Takes Viewers to Some of the Most Remote Islands on Earth
GizModo VR
MARCH 20, 2021
Photographer and filmmaker Ian Shive is known for documenting remote locations, and it doesn’t get much more remote than the Aleutian Islands. The chain of 2,500 islands jut off the coast of mainland Alaska and form a 1,200-mile (1,931-kilometer) arc in the Bering Sea. They are one of the most inaccessible, wild… Read more.
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Fun Game Ruined by Reality
GizModo VR
AUGUST 21, 2020
I love video games. The popular battle royale game Fortnite, however, is not one of them. That’s probably a good thing for the planet because new data shows that the game is really carbon-intensive. Sorry to my 11-year-old nephew and millions of others, though, who play. Read more.
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Rihanna’s New Skincare Line Cuts Down on Waste—But Not Enough
GizModo VR
AUGUST 24, 2020
Over the last year or so, I’ve been on a journey to make my beauty routine plastic-free. I’ve been trying a number of alternatives—from my shampoo to my make-up —to eliminate as much plastic as possible from my life. However, a new skincare line is having me reconsider all my efforts: Fenty Skin. Read more.
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