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In theory, the circular economy captures all three R’s of the simple waste-management hierarchy: reduce, reuse, recycle. But corporate visions of the concept tend to focus on the third R, and mostly for plastics. Indeed, there’s a feeling among environmental groups that the very term “circular economy” has become a kind of code for “more plastics recycling.” https://grist.org/accountability/circular-economy-plastics-recycling-reuse-waste-conference-seattle/

It might be time to throw your preconceptions about recycling in the garbage.

A decades-long effort to educate people about recycling has mostly backfired, according to new research. https://grist.org/regulation/recycling-bias-study-waste-prevention/

In this week's Looking Forward newsletter, we've rounded up solutions that governments and other entities are implementing to respond to heat waves, prepare for the next one, and mitigate the underlying causes of global heating. https://grist.org/looking-forward/6-places-with-future-friendly-heat-solutions/

Carbon offsets are notoriously unreliable. This little-known federal agency is preparing to take action. https://grist.org/regulation/this-little-known-federal-regulator-could-crack-down-on-fraudulent-carbon-offsets/

New #climatefiction: You Only Love Rivers That Kill You.

Over 100 years in the future, two men navigate grief and rivers. It’s an ode to Kansas City — and a soft-spoken look at reconciling harm and healing from climate change.

Read it now : https://bit.ly/44MPJfo

People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress.

A reporting collaboration between Grist and The Associated Press's Global Climate Desk explores how animals, insects, algae, and bacteria — and the diseases they carry — are shifting due to climate change, and how illnesses are emerging in places they haven’t been found before.

Here's the first story in our series: https://grist.org/climate-connections-diseases-pathogens/

We talked to The Heat Will Kill You First author Jeff Goodell. “If there’s one thing in this book that will save your life,” Goodell writes, “it is this: … if your body gets too hot too fast — it doesn’t matter if that heat comes from the outside on a hot day or the inside from a raging fever — you are in big trouble.” https://grist.org/extreme-heat/the-heat-will-kill-you-first-is-a-chilling-book-and-a-warning/

We launched a new limited-run newsletter today! Our reporters are digging into the impacts of — and innovative solutions for — extreme heat. It's called Record High and will come out once a week for the next three months.

Check it out! https://go.grist.org/signup/record-high-soc

As FEMA struggles with disaster response, far-right groups are exploiting climate chaos. Published in partnership with HuffPost: https://grist.org/extreme-weather/boots-on-the-ground-fema-oath-keepers-natural-disaster/

When one climate filmmaker’s environmental activism didn’t fit at Juilliard, it set her on a mission to bring climate stories to mainstream audiences. Listen now: https://grist.org/temperature-check/maya-lilly-climate-hollywood-producer/

With climate stressors and higher power demands, California could mandate that EVs be capable of powering homes – and the grid. https://grist.org/energy/a-california-bill-could-help-make-evs-a-blackout-solution/

This small Nevada company spent decades buying water. As the West dries up, it’s cashing out. Published in partnership with The Reno Gazette-Journal: https://grist.org/drought/vidler-water-company-housing-dr-horton-nevada-arizona/

For decades, one Louisiana teacher saw her neighbors suffer due to industrial pollution. When yet another plant planned to open in her community, she decided to do something about it. Listen now: https://grist.org/temperature-check/sharon-lavigne-cancer-alley-industry-formosa/

Most people think the warming planet affects them. A news study says it's a mistake to imply they don't. https://grist.org/language/climate-talking-point-wrong-psychological-distance-study/

The Beacon, our good climate news newsletter, is now weekly.

Sign up for free to receive our weekly roundup of stories about climate progress, solutions, and action: https://go.grist.org/signup/beacon

Grist’s Temperature Check podcast, which features people leading climate action and climate solutions, will debut its third season on April 25.

Subscribe to Temperature Check wherever you listen to podcasts. New episodes will drop weekly. Listen to the trailer, and tune in for the first episode of Season 3 dropping next week: https://grist.org/grist-news/grists-temperature-check-podcast-to-premiere-third-season/

We launched a new series this week on Fortress Conservation – the belief that biodiversity is best achieved through establishing “protected areas” isolated from human contact.

In this story, reporter Joseph Lee outlines the dark history of the deadly model behind 30x30, the world's flashy new conservation goal. This is the latest phase of a centuries-long conflict over what it means to protect nature, and what some are willing to sacrifice for it: https://grist.org/indigenous/30x30-world-conservation-model-colonialism-indigenous-peop/

Can Mastodon carry the momentum of the climate movement that Twitter ignited? https://grist.org/technology/twitter-mastodon-climate-change-elon-musk/