Helen Wieffering

Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or ...

Gigablue is one of many startups racing to engineer a solution to climate change using the ocean. I wrote about this emerging industry here: apnews.com/article/clim...

An Israeli startup says its new technology will save the planet. Scientists have doubts A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon capture technology.

An Israeli startup says its new technology will save the planet. Scientists have doubts. My latest piece looks at the company that bills itself as a frontrunner of the carbon credit industry, and the special, secretive particles it plans to unleash in the ocean. apnews.com/article/clim...

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

A judge today ordered the White House to reinstate AP to the presidential press pool -- handing AP a victory in the dispute over the president's order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
apnews.com/article/trum...

Fleet of abandoned ships is growing, leaving more sailors stuck at sea More ships than ever are being abandoned around the world by their owners, according to the United Nations’ labor and maritime organizations, leaving thousands of workers stuck on board without pay or...

"There is no food on the ship, there is no water, there is no life," Abdul Razzaq Abdul Khaliq told me. He's been trapped for more than a year on a ship off the coast of Yemen, where food and fresh water has now run out. Thousands just like him were also stranded last year
apnews.com/article/inte...

The eye behind the lens: AP photographers on pictures capturing horror and emotions of LA fires As uncontrolled blazes have turned large swaths of Los Angeles into hellscapes the last week, Associated Press photographers have been on the frontlines.

Twelve stunning photos of the LA fires from AP's brave photojournalists
apnews.com/article/cali...

A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...

I can't stop reading this jaw-dropping story
www.propublica.org/article/thom...

Here's a starter pack with staff from The Associated Press. I have verified that all these people are my colleagues at AP

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