Rowan Walrath
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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The Answer to Climate-Killing Cow Farts May Come From the Sea
Methane is an especially potent greenhouse gas. A modest feed additive could provide a big leverage effect. → Read More
Taking Back San Francisco’s Streets with Public Art
It’s become second nature for me to monitor the sidewalks as I walk the city, mostly vigilant to avoid unfortunate organic matter. In most other cities, I like to stare up and around, admiring… → Read More
Climate Change Isn’t Just Frying the Planet—It’s Fraying Our Nerves –
Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the last year, Rebecca, a 35-year-old woman living in Washington, DC, had been losing sleep over the seemingly endless flow of apocalyptic environmental news. She fretted about the Trump administration’s loosening of emissions regulations and the United Nations’ dire predictions about climate change. In October, she sought… → Read More
A New Report Finds That Climate Change is the World’s Worst Public Health Crisis –
Researchers forecast more disease and disaster and as the planet warms. → Read More
New CDC Data Shows That Farmers Don’t Have America’s Highest Suicide Rate –
But the problem hasn't gone away. → Read More
Alabama Voters Just Approved a Sweeping Anti-Abortion Amendment –
While Oregonians voted to keep public funding for abortions. → Read More
Massachusetts Votes to Uphold Protections for Transgender People in Public Places –
Question 3 passes with about two-thirds support. → Read More
Kids Suing the Government Over Climate Change Will Get Their Day in Court After All –
The Supreme Court says the Trump administration can't stop the suit—again. → Read More
Massachusetts Voters Could Repeal a Ban on Discrimination Against Transgender People –
The battle over the state's landmark "bathroom bill" isn't over yet. → Read More
These 32 Republicans Voted to Kill Obamacare. Now They Say They’ll Protect Preexisting Conditions. –
House members in tight races try to run from their records. → Read More
Republicans in close races are defending popular Obamacare provisions they tried to kill
Too bad they have a preexisting condition: Their votes. → Read More
California College Students Won’t Have Access to Medication Abortions on Campus –
Jerry Brown just vetoed a bill that would have required it. → Read More
California is One Step Closer to Requiring Colleges to Offer Medication Abortions –
A bill pushed by student reproductive rights activists is headed to the governor's desk. → Read More
California Lawmakers Demand an Investigation Into Verizon’s Slowdown of Firefighters’ Data –
Rep. Nancy Pelosi and 12 others ask the Federal Trade Commission to step in. → Read More
Firefighters say Verizon choked their data as they battled California's biggest fire ever
A lawsuit over net neutrality sparks allegations of data throttling. → Read More
Washington Judge Just Dealt a Blow to the Youth-Led Fight Over Climate Change –
But there's still reason for hope: Another similar suit is headed to a federal court. → Read More
There Are Better Ways to Mock Trump Than Joking That He’s Putin’s Gay Lover –
Be more creative, people. → Read More
Kris Kobach’s Lucrative Trail of Courtroom Defeats
For years, the candidate for Kansas governor has defended towns that passed anti-immigration ordinances. The towns have lost big—but Kobach has fared considerably better. → Read More
An Anti-Abortion Initiative Just Got on the Ballot in the Nation’s Most Pro-Choice State –
Following Alabama and West Virginia, Oregon will weigh new limits on abortion. → Read More
Supreme Court Says Kids Can Sue Trump Over Climate Change –
The high court called the breadth of the lawsuit "striking." → Read More