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The White House’s Fossil Fuel ‘White-Glove Service’ Will Backfire
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Fungus enthusiasts and fans of the video game/TV show The Last of Us will be familiar with cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that invades insects and forces them to do its bidding until they die. It’s a great deal for the cordyceps, which uses its hosts to expand its reach. For the insects, not so much.
The takeover of the US government by the fossil-fuel industry during the second Trump administration threatens to do similar harm to its host body.