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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.” grist.org/accountability/circu

GristHow the ‘circular economy’ went from environmentalist dream to marketing buzzwordBy Joseph Winters

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: grist.org/climate-connections-

Grist · Climate ConnectionsBy Zoya Teirstein

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.” grist.org/extreme-heat/the-hea

Grist‘The Heat Will Kill You First’ is a chilling book — and a warningBy Zoya Teirstein

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: grist.org/grist-news/grists-te

GristGrist’s Temperature Check podcast to premiere third seasonBy Rachel Glickhouse

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: grist.org/indigenous/30x30-wor

GristHow the world’s favorite conservation model was built on colonial violenceBy Joseph Lee