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Indep. environmental journalist. Former broadcast television/radio/print reporter/producer. https://journa.host/@SEJ fundrais cmte/edit advis board, @Oceanites advis board. Mizzou J School grad. Stories on www.TheRockyFiles.org

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The climate solution. Kenya produces over 90% of its energy from renewable energy as it invests in carbon removal technology: “Climate change is an existential threat, but it’s also an economic opportunity.” @khoureld @washingtonpost
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/17/kenya-ruto-green-energy-investment/

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As extreme weather damage grows, so do insurance rates and bankruptcies: “Climate change is real...We can’t raise rates fast enough or high enough.”nytimes.com/interactive/20… @cflav @rjnskl https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/13/climate/insurance-homes-climate-change-weather.html

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Great reporting: is LNG the next carbon bomb? Experts say massive LNG export facilities present new climate threats: “It is grossly misleading to state that US LNG is good for the climate.” @amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled https://drilled.media/news/May2024Hearing-LNG

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Why are the oceans heating up so fast? Experts don’t know: “The step-change in ocean temperatures over last year is huge…the fact we can't simulate these step-change increases and understand why it's happening is terrifying." @India_Bourke @bbcnews https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240508-how-record-ocean-warming-is-destabilising-weather-and-climate

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Selling oil and gas PR to kids in the classroom: “Completely missing is the impact of petroleum, on human health, on the Earth’s ecosystem, or on climate…It’s a selective education which…makes this into propaganda.” @mollytaft @RollingStone
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/discovery-education-oil-gas-schools-1235015174/

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Good reporting: rapid sea level rise is swamping coastal communities: “The ocean off the U.S. Gulf and Southern Atlantic coasts has, since 2010, risen at about triple the rate experienced during the previous 30 years.” @chriscmooney @washingtonpost
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/flooding-sea-level-rise-gulf-coast/

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EPA rules to cut climate-damaging coal emissions: “The power plant rule marks the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants.” @MatthewDalyWDC @ap

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Scientists: record ocean temps threaten life-sustaining coral reefs. “This should be a global wake-up call…more than half the reefs on the planet have basically experienced bleaching level heat stress in the last year.” @AmudalatAjasa @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/15/global-coral-bleaching-ocean-temperatures/

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A march towards extinction: "Levels of the three most important human-caused greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – continued their steady climb during 2023, according to NOAA scientists.” @NOAAClimate https://research.noaa.gov/2024/04/05/no-sign-of-greenhouse-gases-increases-slowing-in-2023/

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Carbon emissions still rising: “Given dwindling carbon budgets to constrain warming to 1.5 °C — the threshold above which climate impacts will become even more disastrous — the absence of a clear downward trend in emissions is troubling.” @nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00532-2

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The microplastics-human health connection: "heart surgery patients whose arteries were clogged with microplastics were more than twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, or death from any cause, within three years” @thenewledenews https://www.thenewlede.org/2024/03/postcard-from-california-the-global-plastics-crisis-is-a-threat-to-human-health/

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Fascinating study: climate change is increasing mild weather in the global north and decreasing “outdoor” days in the south. "Climate change will bring more days of pleasant weather to the Global North while subtracting...nice days in the Global South” @DeWeerdt_Sarah @AnthropoceneMag https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/03/scientists-devise-a-new-relatable-measure-of-climate-change-outdoor-days/

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In California oil fields wastewater and oil continue to flow over the past 20 years threatening the environment: “There were places where the earth had literally cracked open and oil was spilling out” @janetwilson66 @desertsunnews @propublica https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2024/03/21/chevron-oil-spills-13-million-dollar-settlement/73047701007/

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Scientists find US emissions cause over $9 billion in damages: “...we’ve been showing that the industry emits far more methane than they or government agencies admit...This study is capstone evidence. And yet nothing changes.” @Borenbears @ap https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-us-energy-industry-methane-emissions-are-triple-what-government-thinks-study-finds/

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Winter’s record warmth: “the winter of 2023-2024 was the warmest in nearly 130 years of record-keeping…The Lower 48 states averaged 37.6 degrees (3.1 degrees Celsius), which is 5.4 degrees (3 degrees Celsius) above average.” @borenbears @ap https://apnews.com/article/winter-warming-missing-climate-change-snow-e5e45c1d5eb9f168030e0fe90ac36ac8

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Accurate weather forecasts are key as historical models are less reliable in a warming world: “Worsening storms and droughts will mean that highlighting their arrival time will be increasingly important in saving lives and property.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/18/the-perfect-storm-for-small-talk-weather-forecasters-aim-at-long-range-accuracy

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Study shows major climate changes linked to melting ice: “when ice sheets that covered large parts of the planet were melting, the influx of fresh water slowed the Atlantic circulation, triggering huge climate fluctuations.” @physorg_com https://phys.org/news/2024-02-glaciers-gulf-stream-extreme-climate.html

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Study: accelerating sea level rise will rapidly drown Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. “If this rate of sea level rise continues for another 10 or 20 years, then we would probably lose the vast majority of our wetlands...”wapo.st/3OMnic5 @brady_dennis @chriscmooney
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/02/15/louisiana-coastal-erosion-swamp-wetland-loss/

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It’s a gas,gas,gas: “the infrastructure used to produce, store, distribute, transmit, and burn gas leaks like a sieve, making gas as bad as coal for the climate.” @ElliottNegin @UCSUSA https://blog.ucsusa.org/elliott-negin/ask-a-scientist-gas-plants-disproportionately-harm-marginalized-communities/

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Major oil spill washes onto beaches of Trinidad & Tobago from capsized ship: “the situation is not under control...we don’t know the full scope and scale of what is going to be required.” @CNN @sejorg https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/climate/trinidad-tobago-oil-spill-national-emergency-intl/index.html

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In a fight with affordable Teslas and Chinese imports, Ford bets big on smaller EVs: “We’re also adjusting our capital, switching more focus onto smaller EV products.” finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-beat… @KeithNaughton https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-beats-expectations-sees-more-212724807.html

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EPA proposes pollution standard that experts say would save thousands of lives: “reducing soot pollution would especially benefit poor and minority communities, which are disproportionately located near industrial facilities.” @maxinejoselow https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/02/07/epa-soot-limit-rule/

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Spongeworthy? New study raises the climate stakes: “The rate of change is much faster than we thought…We’re heading into very dangerous high-risk scenarios for the future. And the only way to stop this is to reduce emissions. Urgently. @borenbears @ap https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-warming-sponges-caribbean-391ee1bb3dabb0496f0f2848849418b6

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Scientists: stronger, more damaging hurricanes need a new category. “…the Category 6 label could go to any tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 192 mph — an intensity that five storms have surpassed since 2013.” @ssdance @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/02/05/hurricanes-category6/

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Endgame for coral reefs: “…things are getting catastrophic – greater than 20 degree heating weeks…it is analogous to a Category Five cyclone, with unbelievably severe, drastic damage. It’s the worst case scenario.” @readfearn @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/01/literally-off-the-charts-global-coral-reef-heat-stress-monitor-forced-to-add-new-alerts-as-temperatures-rise

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