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Gaslit: A Howard Center Investigation
Over much of the last decade, oil and gas operators in Texas and a dozen other U.S. states have flared, or burned off, at least 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to an analysis of satellite data by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. This amount is more than official reports document over the same time period. The industry has also directly released unknown amounts of gas into the atmosphere through a process called venting. Between them, flaring and venting release a noxious cocktail of carbon dioxide, methane and other pollutants that contribute to global warming. But as lawmakers craft policy to curb climate change, it turns out they don’t actually know the true extent of the problem.
By: Aydali Campa, Mollie Jamison, Michael McDaniel, Alexis Young, Jimmy Cloutier, Isaac Stone Simonelli, Isabel Koyama, Laura Kraegel, Sarah Suwalsky
Pandemic: Nurses on the Road
Travel nurses zigzag the nation taking relatively lucrative, short-term contracts to meet temporary labor needs at medical facilities throughout the nation. These nurses have played a vital role during the pandemic to help at hospitals nearly overrun by COVID-19 cases.
Many travel nurses find short-term rentals while they are on the road working. Others have adopted a small-home philosophy, living out of their their road rigs, which can be anything from an RV to a Sprinter van.
Melissa Zuk is one of thousands of travel nurses whose only home is a road rig. For Melissa, this means little 1972 Shasta camper she refurbished is home sweet home -- wherever she goes.
Bagamoyo Entrepreneurs
Local Tanzanian artists team to improve the Bagamoyo community in Tanzania and empower the women in the sleepy seaside town.