Greta Moran
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New York, United States
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Past articles by Greta:
How activists successfully shut down key pipeline projects in New York
In the past half-decade, grassroots opposition in New York has led to the cancellation of four major interstate pipelines — a total of 931 miles — that would have cut through communities and ecosystems. → Read More
Is the climate crisis creating a mental health crisis?
A growing network of psychiatrists is tackling a mental health crisis spurred by climate change. → Read More
Inverse Daily: Carbon-neutral by 2050
Reports and articles often envision a future world, engulfed in flames and deluged by floods, of catastrophic climate change. But let’s not forget about the present reality. In 2019, the United States experienced 14 disasters that cost over a billion dollars each and resulted in a total of 44 deaths, according to ne... → Read More
inverse daily: flying taxis pipe dream
After a five-year battle, the landmark, youth-led climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, has been dismissed from the Ninth Circuit. It certainly didn’t exit with a whimper, though! Judge Josephine Staton wrote an impassioned defense of the lawsuit, which made the case that the federal government is violating the... → Read More
Inverse Daily: giant squid, decoded
There's more to these ocean-dwelling giants than legend would suggest. → Read More
Inverse Daily: The world’s thermometer is off the charts
The last decade was the hottest on record — and 2019 was the second-warmest year in recorded history, announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA on Wednesday. Each organization ran separate analyses that confirmed alarming new details about the state of our climate. → Read More
Inverse Daily: How ancient sex influences modern-day health
For much of the last 10 years, archaeologist William Taylor has spent his time in Mongolia. The country is famous for its pastoral communities — people who have found ways to thrive in some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. Among them are herders of reindeer, or caribou as they're known in North America. → Read More
Inverse Daily: Why anxious people smoke marijuana
When people get stressed, some take a bath, bust their butt in the gym, or zone out to Schitt’s Creek. Other’s smoke weed or take CBD. Relaxing is one of the primary motivators for using marijuana, research shows. Now, scientists have discovered a stress-busting brain molecule that may explain why anxious people tur... → Read More
Inverse Daily: Is this the next superbug?
Nearly a decade ago, a strange and life-threatening fungus emerged in the far-flung corners of the globe. In 2009, it appeared in the ear of a patient in Japan. By 2013 and 2014, it was in Venezuela, India, South Africa, and Kuwait. By 2016 the fungus had moved to New York and now, in 2020, it’s solidified its place... → Read More
Why This Community Is Fighting Wildfires By Setting Fire To Itself
Controlled burning makes the land more resilient to wildfire and brings neighbors in this California community together. → Read More
Climate-friendly farming is taking root in New York
New York wants to fight climate change through good farming. Here's the dirt. → Read More
You can’t take on climate change without tackling sprawl
Carbon-belching cars, trucks, and planes are the biggest source of U.S. carbon emissions. → Read More
If climate change makes the clouds disappear, we’re screwed
Carbon dioxide emissions could mean blue skies. That's not a good thing. → Read More
Could Rikers Island rehabilitate New York City’s dirty energy grid?
New York's dirty gas plants were supposed to be temporary. Years later, here's the city's plan to replace them with renewables. → Read More
Momentum grows for New York’s landmark climate-equity bill
The Climate and Community Protection Act would move New York to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. → Read More
A bipartisan group of senators just agreed we need to break our addiction to carbon
The question is, how long is it going to take? → Read More
NASA and NOAA: 2018’s heat was one for the record books
“There’s no question about those trends in the data however we slice it.” → Read More
Zinke out, Bernhardt in? It’s dirty business as usual at the Interior.
Interior secretary nominee David Bernhardt appears to be Zinke 2.0: perhaps more measured, but just as damaging for the environment. → Read More
These melting glaciers will have consequences for nearly a quarter of humanity
At least a third of Himalayan glaciers will disappear by 2100, a new report shows. → Read More
Scientists make a stand to protect their work under Trump
And sometimes, they're succeeding. → Read More