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Justine Calma

Justine Calma

Senior Science Reporter

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    Thousands of people flocked to New York City for the ‘March to End Fossil Fuels’ today.

    “It’s not just a country issue. It’s a whole world issue,” says Diana Sanchez, a coordinator with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, who joined the march. “You have hurricanes, you have natural disasters, and it causes people to migrate over. And then they come to this country in search of work, and then they overheat while they’re working ... So it was very important for us to be here representing all the voices that are not being heard.”

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    Diana Sanchez, a coordinator with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, at the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York, NY on Sep. 17th, 2023.
    Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
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    Justine Calma
    Actors add their support to end fossil fuels.

    Edward Norton, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Rosario Dawson, Alyssa Milano, Marisa Tomei, and Alicia Silverstone are among the actors who joined some 700 activists and organizations that signed a letter urging President Joe Biden to phase out fossil fuels. The letter comes ahead of a ‘March to End Fossil Fuels’ and a United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York City next week. “You have the executive authority to stop approving fossil fuel projects, phase out fossil fuel production on federal lands, and halt oil and gas exports,” the letter says.

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    Justine Calma
    You can’t teach an oil company new tricks.

    Exxon kept trying to mislead people on climate change even after finally admitting publicly in 2006 that fossil fuels are to blame, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. Exxon continued to support research that questioned mainstream climate science after pledging to stop funding climate denial, according to the report. Before that, Exxon had already spent decades studying climate change while sowing doubt about the risks of burning fossil fuels.

    ‘Bodies on the line’: why climate protesters risked arrest to block BlackRock

    Demonstrators blocked traffic outside the entrance to BlackRock headquarters ahead of a key climate summit in New York City.

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    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    The environmental impact of Apple switching to USB-C is iffy.

    The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will have a USB-C port so that Apple can comply with a European Union rule requiring a universal charger. The EU’s rule is supposed to cut down e-waste, although Apple has argued that ditching Lightning chargers could do the opposite. The Verge spoke with e-waste experts last year about the change, and the environmental impact depends on a couple wild cards: consumer behavior, and whether standardization makes it easier to recycle discarded chargers.

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    Justine Calma
    Sims, but with toxic waste.

    You can head to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY to check out a prototype of SimEnvironment, a never-released game of pollution simulation. Or you can dive into Maddie Stone’s investigation into why this game is even a thing — if it ever really existed at all.