Articles on or after 4/18/2024: Grist Climate and Energy
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How should Georgia elect key utility regulators? US Supreme Court asked to weigh in - Grist Climate and Energy  (Apr 24) |
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Apr 24 · This coverage is made possible through a partnership with WABE and Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. In a case that could impact other lawsuits on voting rights, Black voters who sued over Georgia’s elections for key utility regulators are appealing their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Those elections for the Georgia Public Service Commission have been on hold for years and while last week a federal appeals court lifted an injunction blocking the elections from taking place, there is little chance the elections will happen this year. Public Service Commissioners have enormous ... Read more ... |
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Pediatricians say climate conversations should be part of any doctor’s visit - Grist Climate and Energy  (Apr 19) |
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Apr 19 · The reality of climate change came home for Dr. Samantha Ahdoot one summer day in 2011 when her son was 9 years old. She and her family were living in Charlottesville, where Ahdoot is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. There was a heat wave. Morning temperatures hovered in the high 80s, and her son had to walk up a steep hill to get to his day camp. About an hour after he left for camp, she received a call from a nearby emergency room. Her son had collapsed from the heat and needed IV fluids to recover. “It was after that event that I realized that I had to do something,” she said. “That, as a pediatrician and a mother, this ... Read more ... |
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