Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

A siege on science: How Trump is undoing an American legacy In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has slashed federal agencies, canceled national reports, and yanked university funding.

My last story as a Grist fellow was published today. Thank you to the entire team; I am so honored to have spent the last year learning from such an excellent group of journalists and editors, I owe each of them more than I can put into words.

Peep the article & timeline here: tinyurl.com/yx5wsvas

The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain From El Paso, Texas to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain.

From El Paso, #Texas, to Richmond, #Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

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#Health #Cancer #Environment #ElPaso #Richmond #VA #TX

The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain From El Paso, Texas to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

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The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain.

From El Paso, #Texas, to Richmond, #Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

grist.org/health/ethyl...

#Cancer #Health #Chemicals #Environment

Why the shipping industry’s new carbon tax is a big deal — and still not enough Modeling suggests it will only reduce emissions up to 10 percent by 2030.

The IMO's new fee for shipping emissions is both "historic" and insufficient. Modeling suggests it isn't enough to achieve the IMO's own target of 20-30% emissions reduction by 2030. @gristnews.bsky.social grist.org/internationa...

The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle? For 12 years, scientists thought they knew how much extreme heat human bodies could cope with. New research shows how wrong they were.

The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.

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By @sachimulkey.bsky.social

#Heat #Climate #Health #Wellness #Science #Biology

A court ordered Greenpeace to pay a pipeline company $660M. What happens next? Experts called the verdict “beyond punitive.” The organization plans to appeal and has already filed a countersuit in Europe.

Here's my story w/ @sachimulkey.bsky.social on Greenpeace's next steps after it lost in a North Dakota court. The organization plans to appeal and has already filed a countersuit in Europe. "You can’t bankrupt the movement," one of its attorneys said. @gristnews.bsky.social grist.org/indigenous/a...

Easily the best part of my days is getting to use programming to lift up the outstanding reporting, design, illustration, and editorial work that goes into a piece like this. Couldn’t be prouder of this story—go read it!

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