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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 2d

The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on an issue facing judges nationwide: Whether or not local communities can sue oil companies over their role in climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

Maryland Judges Weigh Whether Cities Can Sue Over Climate Change

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 2d

The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on an issue facing judges nationwide: Whether or not local communities can sue oil companies over their role in climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

Maryland Judges Weigh Whether Cities Can Sue Over Climate Change

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 19d

Youth climate activists w/ @youthvgov.bsky.social faced off with DOJ lawyers in a federal court in Montana, where they are challenging Trump's executive orders on energy. My story from the courtroom: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...

Young Activists Say 3 Trump Orders Violate Constitutional Rights

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 19d

Youth climate activists w/ @youthvgov.bsky.social faced off with DOJ lawyers in a federal court in Montana, where they are challenging Trump's executive orders on energy. My story from the courtroom: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...

Young Activists Say 3 Trump Orders Violate Constitutional Rights

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 22d

I'll be covering the lawsuit against Trump's executive orders on energy filed by young people with @youthvgov.bsky.social today in Montana federal court. Read about the case here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/c...

Young People Suing Trump Over Climate Have Their Day in Federal Court

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 26d

The climate case by municipalities of Puerto Rico that made RICO claims against oil companies to hold them responsible for Hurricane Maria has been dismissed. @nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

Unusual Climate Case Accusing Oil Giants of Racketeering Is Dismissed

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 26d

The climate case by municipalities of Puerto Rico that made RICO claims against oil companies to hold them responsible for Hurricane Maria has been dismissed. @nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

Unusual Climate Case Accusing Oil Giants of Racketeering Is Dismissed

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · Sep 4

Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide: my latest for @nytimes.com - Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/c...

Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · Sep 2

I was the only reporter in the courtroom in Beaumont, Texas recently as lawyers for Exxon, California AG Bonta, the Sierra Club and other nonprofits sparred over dueling lawsuits, free speech and plastics recycling. Read free here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/c...

Exxon and California Spar in Dueling Lawsuits Over Plastics

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Ric Fouad @ricfouad.bsky.social · Sep 1

Marvelous piece, from @karenzraick.bsky.social, on origins of Labor Day we never learned in school. (No paywall.)

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What Is Labor Day? A History of the Workers’ Holiday.

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day. Here's a history of the American workers' holiday. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/article/what...

What Is Labor Day? A History of the Workers’ Holiday.

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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · Aug 16

“Once Israeli leaders realized that they would face no consequences for killing Shireen Abu Akleh, one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists, is it surprising they would conclude that they could get away with killing many more Palestinian journalists in Gaza?” — my latest @theguardian.com

Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi

This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack

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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · Aug 16

“Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif have been able to tell their own people’s story directly to the world. And Israel is methodically killing them for it, while many of their Western colleagues and international journalistic institutions remain shamefully silent”— my latest @theguardian.com

Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi

This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · Aug 16

Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump. Read free here:
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Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 11

Israel is murdering the messengers. The targeted Israeli strike on a media tent in #Gaza killed an entire news crew including 6 journalists — Israel’s deadliest single attack on journalists since Oct. 7, 2023.

Read more: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · Aug 10

Israel assassinated journalist Anas Al-Sharif and his entire Al-Jazeera TV crew in Gaza today.

CPJ warned of Israeli smear campaign against him, but few Western media outlets or journalists spoke out in defense of their Palestinian colleagues. Their silence is cowardly and shameful.

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · Aug 7

A judge in Charleston, S.C., has dismissed the city’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies over their role in climate change, but similar cases continue around the country. Gift link:
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Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giants Is Dismissed

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · Aug 2

"The first time my three-and-a-half-year-old son, Rafik, asked me 'Are we going to die today?' was in December of 2023, roughly two months after the war began." A gripping account by @mohamhawish.bsky.social on the toll of war on Gaza's children in @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Treating Gaza’s Collective Trauma

In Gaza, where displaced children play a game called “air strike” and act out death, the lack of mental-health resources has become another emergency.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 23

Breaking News: The UN’s top court called climate change an “existential threat” and said nations had legal obligations to act. It was the first time that the court has weighed in on climate change.

Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · Jul 23

VIDEO: Crowds run to grab bags of flour in northern Gaza.

The head of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City said on Tuesday that 21 children had died across the Palestinian territory in the past three days "due to malnutrition and starvation"