Yessenia Funes
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Riding an E-Bike Has Changed My Entire Perspective on How We Get Around
The American Summer was just barely kicking off. My boyfriend was skating ahead of me on his longboard as I trudged behind ” slowly ” on my bicycle up a hill. No matter how hard I tried, I could not keep up. I was covered in sweat, annoyed, and over our goddamn excursion to the…
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‘Stark’ New Study Shows the Most Polluted Places in the U.S. Haven’t Changed in 35 Years
Though the U.S. has made strides to lower air pollution nationwide, these benefits haven’t been shared equally. New research has found that the most-polluted places nearly 35 years ago remain the most polluted today. If a location’s Hispanic population increased in that time, it was more likely to see air quality inch toward the more-polluted…
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The Orca That Carried Around Her Dead Calf for Two Weeks Is Pregnant Again
In 2018, the world’s collective heart broke for Tahlequah, a Southern Resident killer whale in the Pacific Northwest that’s formal name is J35. The mama whale carried around her dead calf for more than two weeks. Now, Tahlequah is pregnant again.
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Dueling Cyclones Brew in the Atlantic and Pacific
Hurricane season is unfortunately alive and well, folks. As of Wednesday, two storms are brewing: Hurricane Douglas in the Pacific and Tropical Storm Gonzalo in the Atlantic. A third is also likely to spring up in the Gulf of Mexico later this week.