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Julia Kane

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As seen in: Fieldnotes, Medium, Gizmodo, Stanford University, Phys.org, Salon, KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA), Mother Jones, RealClear Politics, Grist, AlterNet and
Covers:  Climate, Environmental Justice, Science, Politics
Oil & gas researcher at @fldnotes_. U.S. Coast Guard vet.
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A New Kind of Trade Deal Could Help Protect the World's Tropical Forests

A New Kind of Trade Deal Could Help Protect the World's Tropical Forests

Stanford University — Historically, trade liberalization has been bad news for the world's tropical forests. As wealthy nations' appetite for imported agricultural goods like beef and soy has exploded, deforestation in countries such as Brazil has surged. As one former U.S. climate negotiator put it: "We are unintentionally creating a financial incentive for criminals to set fire to the Amazon and convert it to farmland."
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How to Convince a Country Not to Chop Down Its Rainforest

How to Convince a Country Not to Chop Down Its Rainforest

Stanford University — Bård Harstad tells his students that every environmental problem is, at its core, an inefficiency problem. "This inefficiency means that, overall, you're losing something," he explains. "It means that there is another way to make decisions so that we could potentially all be better off."
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To Make Influencers Seem More Authentic, Just Add #Friends

To Make Influencers Seem More Authentic, Just Add #Friends

Stanford University — Every morning when Yu Ding arrives at Stanford Graduate School of Business, he snaps a photo of an elm tree between the faculty buildings. His Instagram is a motif of the same tree surrounded by the same sidewalk, day after day. "I don't have many likes," the assistant professor of marketing admits.
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A new approach to conservation: 'Indigenize' not 'decolonize'

A new approach to conservation: 'Indigenize' not 'decolonize'

Columbia Insight — Serina Fast Horse is helping the City of Portland change the way it thinks about environmental preservation
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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist — Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean. Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows - sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. This system of groundwater provides a vital supply for drinking water and irrigation, and feeds into rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
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How Savvy Shoppers Undermined India's Great Cash Swap

How Savvy Shoppers Undermined India's Great Cash Swap

Stanford University — At 8:15 p.m. on November 8, 2016, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a surprise address live on national television. He announced that, at midnight, all 500- and 1,000-rupee notes would cease to be legal tender. More than 80% of the country's cash would effectively be sucked out of circulation overnight.
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Here's what's in the Senate's $369 billion for climate and energy

Here's what's in the Senate's $369 billion for climate and energy

Grist — The Democrats’ deal with Manchin is a climate landmark that would also boost fossil fuels.
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Forest Service announces emergency plan to save giant sequoias

Forest Service announces emergency plan to save giant sequoias

Grist — In the past two years, nearly 20 percent of the iconic trees have been destroyed by wildfire.
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Experts to Congress: Restore EPA enforcement staffing and funding for environmental justice

Experts to Congress: Restore EPA enforcement staffing and funding for environmental justice

Grist — Since 2011, enforcement budget has declined by nearly 30 percent.
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Oakland Youth to Teachers' Retirement System: "Divest Now!"

Oakland Youth to Teachers' Retirement System: "Divest Now!"

Rethinking Schools — On a Wednesday afternoon in November 2019, Magdalena Meyers-Dahlkamp stood in the back of a West Sacramento meeting room, shifting nervously in her black high-top sneakers. Normally, the 11-year-old, now an 8th grader at Bret Harte Middle School, would have been in class. But that day, she was attending an investment committee meeting of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, or CalSTRS.
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Cryptomining uses a 'disturbing' amount of energy, lawmakers find

Cryptomining uses a 'disturbing' amount of energy, lawmakers find

Grist — Seven of the U.S.'s largest Bitcoin mining companies are set up to use nearly as much electricity as all of the homes in Houston - the nation's fourth most populous city - according to a congressional investigation of the industry.
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Americans are coming around on electric cars

Americans are coming around on electric cars

Grist — More than a third said they'd consider buying or leasing an EV.
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A Hawaii bill would limit solar power. Gov Ige plans to veto it

A Hawaii bill would limit solar power. Gov Ige plans to veto it

Grist — Controversial legislation would have derailed state's clean energy efforts.
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The Supreme Court's climate decision came out of a decades-long campaign to kneecap regulation

The Supreme Court's climate decision came out of a decades-long campaign to kneecap regulation

Grist — The Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated decision earlier today that constrains the federal government's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. In West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the six justices who make up the court's conservative supermajority set a disturbing precedent that could limit federal agencies' ability to enact regulations.
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Better late than never: Biden administration unveils new push for offshore wind

Better late than never: Biden administration unveils new push for offshore wind

Grist — The Biden administration and 11 states on the East Coast are working together to accelerate the construction of offshore wind projects in the United States. For the last two decades, the U.S. has been lagging far behind Europe and Asia - in no small part because of opposition from the fossil fuel industry.
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New Jersey releases blueprint for landmark environmental justice law

New Jersey releases blueprint for landmark environmental justice law

Grist — New Jersey is one major step closer to implementing a groundbreaking environmental justice law. Two years ago, the state passed legislation to limit industrial pollution in neighborhoods with a high concentration of people of color, low-income households, or residents who don't speak fluent English.
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Red alert: Portions of the Arctic are warming much faster than we thought

Red alert: Portions of the Arctic are warming much faster than we thought

Grist — Scientists revealed new measurements this week that show parts of the Arctic are warming five to seven times faster than the rest of the world, warming that could bring about even more extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere. The data comes from a portion of the Arctic Ocean north of Norway and Russia.
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As a heat wave grips the US, lessons from the hottest city in America

As a heat wave grips the US, lessons from the hottest city in America

Grist — Summer is not something to look forward to in Phoenix, Arizona. For many in the hottest city in America, summer is something to survive. Masavi Perea, 47, knows this well. A former construction worker, he's now the organizing director of Chispa Arizona, a grassroots group that fights for clean air and water, healthy neighborhoods, and climate action in Latino communities.
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In Hawaii, youth are suing over climate inaction

In Hawaii, youth are suing over climate inaction

Grist — They're targeting the state's biggest emitter, the transportation sector.
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A Pacific hurricane may kick off yet another hectic Atlantic hurricane season

A Pacific hurricane may kick off yet another hectic Atlantic hurricane season

Grist — NOAA is forecasting “above-average” hurricane activity in the Atlantic for the seventh year straight.
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Yes, you can save lives by planting trees, a new study says

Yes, you can save lives by planting trees, a new study says

Grist — Increasing urban greenery could save lives of tens of thousands of older adults, researchers found.
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From the North Pole to the Amazon: 4 new documentaries, reviewed

From the North Pole to the Amazon: 4 new documentaries, reviewed

Grist — At the Mountainfilm Festival, docs explore melting ice and disappearing forest, but could go deeper.
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War in Ukraine may ramp up pollution in US oil and gas communities

War in Ukraine may ramp up pollution in US oil and gas communities

Grist — People who live near fracking wells and liquified natural gas terminals are pushing back.
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Biden calls off oil and gas leases in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico

Biden calls off oil and gas leases in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico

Grist — Despite urgent need to halt new development, the Interior Department cites a 'lack of industry interest.'
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