Climate Projects in Limbo

Welcome to the week.

Big news. We have a new baby! It’s our new parenting podcast, made in collaboration with the brilliant and hilarious Claire Zulkey of Evil Witches, and it’s named Not Right Now. Check it out here, it’s great.

And our OG show is back next week, so stay tuned!

Now some news.

This week:

• ⚡️ Clean energy resilience

• 🧬 CRISPR setbacks

• 🍎 Food safety disruptions

• 🧠 What AI is doing to our brains

• And more

Have a great week,

— Willow

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