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NEW: Slashing #EPA by 65%, as Trump suggested, would mean stalling river cleanups, a halting efforts to prevent PFAS in drinking water, and increased pollution into Boston Harbor, former regulators told me. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/28/s...

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Some EPA employees who were laid off last week learned their jobs had been reinstated via email: "On behalf of EPA, we apologize for this inconvenience.” The email included a link to the agency’s mental health referral service. w/ @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/20/s...

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Like other agencies, #EPA is reinstating some of the employees they fired just last week... Here's what we know: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/20/s...

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Hi, I'm a climate journalist for the Boston Globe. If you're a federal employee working in New England for EPA or the Forest Service (or you were, until last week..) I'd love to hear from you. My colleagues and I at @bostonglobe.com are dedicated to protecting our sources. Signal: erinmdouglas.23

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Tell us: Have you departed a job in the federal government since the Trump administration began? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/18/b...

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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/15/s... @shankman.bsky.social @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social

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Many states' clean energy targets rely on offshore wind. Trump is destroying the wind industry. You do the math. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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We spent the week having anonymous conversations with EPA staff who feared for their jobs and described paranoia, uncertainty, and chaos as they sought to figure out what's next. Then, late yesterday, the layoffs came. w/ @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/15/s...

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Region 1 EPA employees spoke anonymously to @shankman.bsky.social & me to describe fear paralyzing agency work amid mass layoffs and Trump directives. “All I wanted was to use my brain and my degree to help my neighbors,” one employee w/ probationary status said www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/15/s...

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Sen. Markey said in a Friday press conference that $316M in climate funds slated to come to Massachusetts via EPA are still frozen. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/07/s... #energysky #greensky #newengland #fundingfreeze

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A little bit of ocean #geoengineering news: An ocean acidification enhancement experiment planned near Martha's Vineyard has been called off due to wind turbine construction in the area. It'll instead take place in a deep ocean basin in the Gulf of Maine. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/06/s...

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I spent years covering industrial air pollution and the incremental EPA reforms to clean up the air in places like Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi. Some of those changes were anticipated to make a real difference soon. Here's what's at stake under Trump's EPA: www.propublica.org/article/dona...

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Now 3 judges have told the Trump administration they can't freeze federal grants. But New England states told me and @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social that they can't access funds for Solar for All, a $7 billion program to bring solar to disadvantaged communities. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/s...

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In New England, my colleagues and I are hearing from states that some clean energy programs are still effectively on pause, despite multiple judicial restraining orders on the Trump funding freeze. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/s... #solar #solarforall #fundingfreeze #climate #climatenews

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The @bostonglobe.com front page today.

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Efforts to rebuild LA quickly may conflict with efforts to rebuild LA safely. 🎁🔗: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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New: Boston clinches more than $35 million in federal climate funds days before Biden leaves office $35M to buy 125 electric school buses and $3M for projects to protect the coastline from sea level rise. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/17/s... #boston #IRA

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Reducing carbon emissions takes money. Not doing so takes more money.

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TY @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social for interviewing me for this important article. “The flooding incidents are only going to increase, and responsible public policy would be getting ahead of that, not building in the same locations and hoping for the best" www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/29/s...

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NEW: More than 300 schools in Massachusetts are located in a floodplain— despite guidance from the state to avoid building schools in flood prone areas. We also found several instances of schools that are currently rebuilding or being built in a floodplain. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/29/s...

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www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/29/s... @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social #floodrisk #cimaterisk

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More incredible reporting by @eroston.bsky.social and team on the disconnect between 1 year insurance and 30 year mortgages in the era of climate change. W lots of discussion from @benkeys.bsky.social who's the real pro here. Gift link:

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“Resale is this amazing tool during the holidays to really level up your gift giving, & do it in a way that doesn’t require you to go beyond your means,” says Beni CEO Kate Sanner. Story @bloomberg.com w/@oliviarudgard.bsky.social on giving great secondhand gifts www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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“This man is not a politician. This man is an engineer." More on the MBTA's Phil Eng and how he managed to build back trust among Boston transit riders: www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/16/m...

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Lots of big questions for the energy transition under Trump, but one of ours was: What about #Justice40? Biden's policy to prioritize #environmentaljustice for federal climate funds was a big shift. Now, #EJ advocates are worried they'll lose $ and momentum. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/01/s...

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Hearing lots of anxiety and stress about which federal #climate grants will be safe under the incoming Trump admin. In #Boston, Mayor Wu and Sen. Markey say grants with signed contracts are secure, including this one for climate #resilience jobs training. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/02/s...

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How Trump could stall Massachusetts’ electric vehicle transition www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/25/s...

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Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

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Yes, I realize that my usual temperature anomaly scale is less than ideal for visualization purposes in this image here. But that's also because the #Arctic was absurdly warm compared to the 1981-2010 climatological average in October 2024. Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

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NEW by @ampressman.bsky.social +me: Transportation =37% of GHG emissions in Massachusetts. MA needs 17% of cars to be EVs by 2030 to reach net zero targets. EVs are at 2% in Mass today. Now, Trump plans to repeal the EV tax credit— slowing the transition. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/25/s...

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Inflation Reduction Act + 27 months My students at Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US electric vehicle supply chain. Surprise: IRA + 27 months and investments jumped again. We are now tracking: 157 new projects $101 billion in investments 63,718 new jobs announced A short 🧵🔌💡🔌🚗

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Massachusetts has received more than $1 billion in grants and tax credits from the IRA. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/09/s...

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Wondering aloud to the scientists in the room: are y’all downloading a bunch of federal climate data right about now??

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Going to share a couple good news #climate and #environment stories I’ve written this year, in the spirit of keeping hope that humanity is not all bad for the planet… 1/4

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The aspirational climate target of limiting warming to 1.5°C has slipped out of reach, but scientists say it's "not time to give up"! Urgent action is needed to bend the trajectory from 2.5-2.9°C today down to 2°C a new report warns. Featuring @glenpeters.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/c...

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A sweeping review of the latest #climate science on #Massachusetts marine ecosystems describes a hotter, more acidic, and harsher bay. 🔹Native fish fleeing north 🔹Marine heat waves 🔹Storms washing more pollution into watersheds 🔹Acidification killing shellfish www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/13/s...

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www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/03/s... @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social

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Hi! I’m a new climate reporter for @bostonglobe.bsky.social Previously I worked Texas for 5 years covering climate, environment and energy issues 🌎🌱⚡️ I know there’s lots of scientists lurking on this platform… 👀 if you’re in Boston, let’s connect! ☕️ Email: [email protected]

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I wrote about a rural neighborhood that’s been slowly abandoned after years of repeated flooding. A struggling buyout program shows how complicated it is to relocate communities out of places hard hit by climate change. www.texastribune.org/2023/09/29/t...

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I was on a great panel on climate and energy at the #TribFest23 last weekend. Other panelists: Heather McTeer Toney, Doug Lewin, Naveena Sadasivam, and @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social Good write-up: thedailytexan.com/2023/09/24/t...

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Red tide back on the Texas coast for the first time since 2018: www.texastribune.org/2023/09/25/r...

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