Elizabeth Weil

feature writer for New York Magazine

Guest

reporter at ProPublica covering climate

Elizabeth Weil on KCRW

The annual conference fails to deliver, and activists have turned to defacing priceless paintings to raise the alarm. The fight to save the planet is flagging.

COP is ‘a joke,’ climate activists are desperate

The annual conference fails to deliver, and activists have turned to defacing priceless paintings to raise the alarm. The fight to save the planet is flagging.

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The widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has helped fund right-wing causes in the U.S. and in her native Israel.

Miriam Adelson is a massive Trump donor. What does she want in return?

The widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has helped fund right-wing causes in the U.S. and in her native Israel.

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Poorer neighborhoods are, on average, four degrees hotter than wealthier neighborhoods in the same town.

One side of a CA desert community lacks clean drinking water. The other is building a surfing resort

Poorer neighborhoods are, on average, four degrees hotter than wealthier neighborhoods in the same town.

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