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jenstaletovich.bsky.social
Covering the environment in Florida for WLRN Public Radio. Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post alum.
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Turns out Trump cuts to science come at a steep cost... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

The EPA canceled 781 grants worth billions of dollars aimed at helping people and communities deal with the impacts of climate change.

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ICYMI or want to subscribe, here’s our latest environmental newsletter from WLRN, South Florida’s public radio station: mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org...

The potential loss of the world’s greatest climate forecasting tool has ramifications for long-term safety and security. NOAA’s climate modeling systems help the Defense Department not just operate but anticipate and prepare for emerging threats. By @abrahm.bsky.social

Column: Judge rules manatee die-off proves #Florida broke the Endangered Species Act. My latest for @floridaphoenix.com also features shout-outs to "Perry Mason," Ben Matlock and "Doonesbury." floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/24/j...

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Chevron Must Pay $745 Million for Coastal Damages, Louisiana Jury Rules www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...

🚨"This would allow (developers) to pave wetlands in South Florida and replace them in North Florida,” said Julie Wraithmell, Audubon #Florida. That's "cold comfort" to Miami-Dade folks who get flooded cuz wetlands are gone. Thx @jenstaletovich.bsky.social of WLRN www.wlrn.org/environment/...

New study looking at who's most at risk from heat in Miami found even moderate income households skimping to cover AC costs: www.wlrn.org/environment/...

A fight is brewing over freshwater at South #Florida nuclear power station www.wlrn.org/environment/... via @jenstaletovich.bsky.social

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DeSantis rejects decade-long plan (actually longer when you include the time it took to finish a preliminary study) to update management rules for NOAA's Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary....and waters where sawfish are again dying. www.wlrn.org/environment/...

Tough news day for wildlife in South Florida... www.wlrn.org/environment/...

Florida offices that fight climate change and help protect the environment are on DOGE's chopping block for lease terminations. Among them: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Army Corps' Jaxville office & National Park Service's Homestead science center... www.wlrn.org/environment/...

Hundreds Are Said to Quit NOAA in a New Round of Departures www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/c...

Yikes

@AndyHazelton is one of the best hurricane mets out there. He programs the HAFS (@NOAA Hi Res hurricane models) which are the best Hurricane models we have. Plus he’s super helpful to us TV Mets personally. Please consider supporting him… gofund.me/bd28c11e

NOAA's Virginia Key lab that researches hurricanes and fisheries got nailed in the latest round of federal job cuts: www.wlrn.org/environment/...

More on staffing cuts to South Florida wild lands: six layoffs leaves just one biologist to monitor sea turtle nesting and panthers in SW Florida and just 8 staff remain for four refuges across the Florida Keys. www.wlrn.org/environment/...

What Is the White House Press Pool, and Why Is Trump Seizing Control of It? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...

Judge Questions Constitutionality of Musk’s Cost-Cutting Operation www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...

A look at what's being lost at South Florida national parks amid Trump job cuts: www.wlrn.org/environment/...

Musk Says Government Workers Must Detail Their Workweek or Lose Their Jobs www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

Firings Expand at Interior Department With Purge of Probationary Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Storm Aid vs. Partisan Power: A Showdown Looms in North Carolina www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/u...

Sellers of Toxic Fertilizer Ask Congress: Protect Us From Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/c...

ICYMI, a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey took a look at an under-appreciated threat from climate change - rising groundwater. www.wlrn.org/environment/...

Countries are debating $$ at the COP29 climate summit. What does that involve? Some of the first payments for climate damages are starting go out.

Forgot to mention…also a shout-out to @craigtimes.bsky.social for his wonderful story about the Blackwater River.

While President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, his promise to roll back climate legislation is helping inspire a new generation of green-minded progressives.

The spectacularly cool and dry air we are experiencing in Miami today was over the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands six days ago. Thank you Alaska!

So interesting….

James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view of the Pillars of Creation

In this week’s Field Notes newsletter from WLRN, how climate change complicates hazardous waste: mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org...

Florida is the third most populated state. How do we rank per capita?

RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Oregon shows what’s coming. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...