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Rachel Koning Beals

@RachelKBeals

News Editor focused on the business of climate change @MarketWatch. Retweets not endorsements.

 Chicago, IL
Joined June 2012
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Oakley 🛤️@otree389 Nov 2023
This is wild: Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that he will require freight rail in Mexico to have electrified passenger service: trains.com/trn/news-reviews/…
Mexican president says he will require freight rail operators to offer passenger service - Trains

Mexican president says he will require freight rail operators to offer passenger service - Trains

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday that he will issue a decree requiring the nation’s freight rail operators to offer passenger service or to allow governmen...

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Parts of NYC and NJ are under water. Here's how to protect yourself from dangerous flash floods anywhere as #climatechange gets more personal in U.S. #nycflooding marketwatch.com/story/what-m…
Flash flooding leaves parts of New York City under water. Here's how to protect yourself from...

Flash flooding leaves parts of New York City under water. Here's how to protect yourself from...

Flash flooding is expected to increase as there are more extreme precipitation events brought on by climate change.

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Amundsen Golf@AmundsenGolf27 Sep 2023
SHE CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!!! Ace takes 4th at the IHSA 3A Girls Regional at Indian Boundary!! Way to go, Ace! You make Amundsen proud! On to Sectionals!!!!
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Cara Fitzpatrick@Fitz_ly19 Sep 2023
Texas is such an interesting case study of Republican Party disagreements over school choice. Rural lawmakers often oppose it. texastribune.org/2023/09/19/…
Impeachment raises tension ahead of Texas school choice special session

Impeachment raises tension ahead of Texas school choice special session

The Texas House and Senate were already far apart on “school choice.” Anger over the impeachment trial might make it even harder to find common ground.

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This downtown road diet and addition of a two-way cycle track cut crashes by a third almost immediately. Our streets don’t have to be designed like racetracks.
City of Kalamazoo (@KalamazooCity) profile pictureCity of Kalamazoo@KalamazooCity12 Sep 2023
Michigan Avenue Update! It's only been a month since the lane changes, but so far we've seen a 33% decrease in crashes! And the average trip time between Westnedge and Walbridge has only increased slightly by about 26 seconds.
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Naomi Rovnick 歐蜜@naomi_rovnick13 Sep 2023
PLEASE journo awards people, on social class equality grounds, change these 'young journalist of the year' award categories to 'early career journalist.' Some of us couldn't work for newspapers when we were young as we lacked well connected relatives or had to do more ££ jobs 1st
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Greg Ip
@greg_ip13 Sep 2023
An economist looks at this and says hey, grocery prices aren't adding to inflation any longer. A normie looks at this and says hey groceries still are 17% more expensive than 2 years ago. Why aren't they going down?
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@JustinWolfers13 Sep 2023
Replying to @JustinWolfers
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Paul Rogers@PaulRogersSJM6 Sep 2023
Phoenix had a record 31 days in a row this summer when the temperature reached 110 degrees or higher. As temperatures rise, so does the death toll. Powerful story here from @carolynkor newyorker.com/science/elemen…
Life and Death in America’s Hottest City

Life and Death in America’s Hottest City

Across the U.S., significantly more people die from heat each year than from any other weather-related event. Many of these deaths are concentrated in and around Phoenix.

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Listen in, ask questions. Should we be so afraid of AI?
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Lynn Becker@LynnBecker15 Aug 2023
56 years ago today. Seiji Ozawa and the Chicago Symphony was there. Mayor Daley was there. Thousands of delighted, confused, even angry spectators were there. I was there, with the family Kodak 8mm camera, pint-sized witness to history, the unveiling of Chicago's Picasso.
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Kurt Andersen@KBAndersen22 Jul 2023
Good moment to be a Democratic candidate? • 2020 violent crime surge subsides, murders down 9% in 2023 • fewest unauthorized border crossings in 2 years Since 2021: • inflation 3%, down from 7% • unemployment 3.6%, down from 6.3% • stocks up 13.5% • covid deaths down 96%
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Jennifer Keesmaat
@jen_keesmaat10 Jul 2023
Paris now has 180 gorgeous ‘school streets.’ They are pedestrianized and landscaped streets around schools - to mitigate crashes, prioritize walking to school, reduce noise and air pollution. No brainer, really.
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Marin Cogan@marincogan5 Jul 2023
An auto-dependent society puts tremendous pressure on low-income people to own cars. A car can eat up someone’s budget, expose them to predatory lenders who hurt their credit, or worse. And they're getting more expensive. My latest for @voxdotcom vox.com/23753949/cars-cost-o…
The impossible paradox of car ownership

The impossible paradox of car ownership

For many working-class Americans, cars are a burden and a necessity.

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MarketWatch
@MarketWatch16 Jun 2023
This ‘Fitbit’ for tree health saves homeowners money and helps fight climate change trib.al/2Pzh6Ga
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Here’s why Tesla’s latest EV-charging deal is more problematic for EVgo than ChargePoint marketwatch.com/story/heres-…
Here’s why Tesla’s latest EV-charging deal is more problematic for EVgo than ChargePoint

Here’s why Tesla’s latest EV-charging deal is more problematic for EVgo than ChargePoint

As Tesla inks another fast-charging deal, shares of both EVgo Inc. and ChargePoint Holdings Inc. go south — but only one of those two companies needs to worry.

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$GM to invest half a billion in Texas SUV plant marketwatch.com/story/gm-to-…

GM to invest half a billion in Texas SUV plant

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Climate-related ETFs rise as U.S. stocks mostly fall $HEAT $NETZ marketwatch.com/story/climat…
Climate-related ETFs rise as U.S. stocks mostly fall

Climate-related ETFs rise as U.S. stocks mostly fall

Some climate-related exchange-traded funds rose Wednesday while the broader U.S. stock market mostly fell.

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Smarts over running any day. @PesceNic marketwatch.com/story/canadi…
Canadian wildfire smoke clouds some Global Running Day plans

Canadian wildfire smoke clouds some Global Running Day plans

Running clubs like the New York Road Runners are suggesting areas impacted by the wildfire smoke consider postponing events until the air quality is safer.

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@MarketWatch31 May 2023
For some vacationers, "nearcations" are the way to go this summer, and that means RVing (traveling in a recreational vehicle). Join Ross Schwaber at @Outdoorsy and our assistant managing editor @RachelKBeals today for a discussion about travel tips: trib.al/7gyMqwv
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