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Katie Myers@stopitkatie.bsky.social |
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Writer/ audio producer in east tn, climate solutions fellow at Grist, I write plays and other weird stuff sometimes. Caitlinmyers.net
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Inquest
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People in prison and prison communities have many things in common—economic conditions, the quality of the air and water, and their health are interconnected in profound ways.
@stopitkatie.bsky.social explores how this interconnectedness is a point of solidarity in the fight to stop a new prison.
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Powder River Basin Resource Council
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Read @stopitkatie.bsky.social deep dive on the mining impacts of the energy transition. grist.org/energy/oil-c... Will the same companies exploit our natural resources and create the same kind of harm as fossil fuel companies? Or can we create a different kind of future?
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Katie Myers
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Community benefits agreements are a labor organizing tool often used for sports stadiums. But they can also be used to address community concerns about big energy transition projects. That’s how west TN is handling a huge new EV factory. grist.org/solutions/a-...
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Roosevelt Institute
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The recent contract ratified by UAW delivers higher wages and paves the way for greater unionization in the auto sector amid the EV transition.
@stopitkatie.bsky.social’s coverage highlights the crucial role of unions in shaping a just transition. grist.org/labor/the-ua...
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Katie Myers
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New for Grist: on old strip mines, forests are recovering. Researchers are urging would-be developers to treat them like ecosystems, not blank slates.
“It’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”
grist.org/science/the-...
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Katie Myers
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Meanwhile, @washingtonpost.com just released this report detailing how the rural South and Midwest are sites of growing chronic disease incidence and decreased life expectancy. www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...
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Katie Myers
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This investigation just revealed Ballad Health took thousands of patients to court over unpaid bill, failed to fulfill its charity obligations to the state, and has failed to meet 80% of basic care benchmarks. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Katie Myers
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One of my first forays into journalism was this piece on a long running protest of a 2018 hospital consolidation across rural East Tennessee & SWVA. In the years since, the system has failed to meet multiple benchmarks. scalawagmagazine.org/2020/04/appa...
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The Washington Post
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With a government shutdown four days away, the Biden administration has started to ration federal disaster aid, delaying the delivery of about $2.8 billion in grants so the money is available in the event of a crisis, according to state and federal officials and documents obtained by The Post.
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Katie Myers
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38 more locations on strike for #UAW - including several in the South.
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Katie Myers
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We went into a rabbit hole for this one about the failure of UAW to organize the South. Mostly this isn’t about that - it’s about the anxieties of the EV shift and their role in the strike - but the South is going to be vital to keep worker power through the transition.
grist.org/transportati...
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Faine Greenwood
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If you’re looking for Hawaii/Maui wildfire coverage, Honolulu Civil Beat is a really superb publication.
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Katie Myers
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