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Wayne Crookes Professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism, University of Victoria. Founder, @climatedisaster.bsky.social. Trauma-informed and investigative journalism practitioner.
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As both a historian and an investigative journalist, I feel this loss keenly. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

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"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all." Thank you, Pope Francis (1936-2025), for being a friend to our planet and the sundry species who make it their home - including us. www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...

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Honoured to be representing the students and survivors of the @climatedisaster.bsky.social, as one of 20 presenters at the Climate Storytellers' Summit. Because we need new forms of journalism to help communities recover from the trauma of a warming world. environment.princeton.edu/climate-stor...

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We're honoured the @cajournalists.bsky.social has selected Eyes of the Beast, the documentary play the Climate Disaster Project and Neworld Theatre created with survivors of extreme heat, fire, and floods, as a finalist. It's the first time newsroom-theatre partnership has been a CAJ awards nominee.

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"There was a lot to learn about trauma-informed interviewing, but at the core of it, you’re showing up as a person first—empathy forward," recent graduate Sydney Lobe says about her experience as Climate Disaster Project student at @uvic.ca. www.uvic.ca/support-uvic...

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Sixty-one-years-ago, Americans rushed to grocery stores, flooded emergency lines, and fled to underground shelters when their government discovered nuclear weapons were being stationed 103 miles away from their border. Canada is a lot closer. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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“There was a bit of a gap where there was almost no lightning strikes at all, and then there was one really big one. Something about it clicked within my head. It’s like my intuition knew exactly where that lightning hit.”

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“The wildfire made people scared for the rest of the summer. It put a damper on the summer for people wanting to do things in the neighbourhood. It would have been nice to have a neighbourhood support group so people could talk about it more and explain their side of things.”

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Our elections are increasingly defined by the threats we face. That's why coverage of the dangers of climate change is so important. And that's why we were honoured @sfuceri.bsky.social cited the Climate Disaster Project as an example of how to get that coverage right. www.sfu.ca/ceri/publica...

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“I remember seeing these massive, privately owned buses carrying people. As they’re driving on the road, the water becomes too heavy, and you see buses being swept away with people struggling and screaming through the buses. It was quite traumatic."

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The strength of American news reporting has, in part, always rested on the volume of government data and documentation available to journalists in that country. So Trump's destruction of that information ecosystem poses an existential threat to their reporting. www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/wire...

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“It's something that you can be ready for but at the same time, you can’t prepare for it. We had lots of theoretical knowledge on what to do in these situations. We had lots of meetings on how to address emergency situations when they occur, but we've never faced it really on that scale."

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“The dangers were relentless. At one point, we crossed a bridge that was on fire. We couldn’t afford to slow down, even as the flames roared around us. During another operation, I encountered dense black smoke leaving me disoriented and gasping for air.”

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I asked ChatGPT to analyze the transcript of the exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy. ChatGPT concluded the transcript was fake because it "contains unusually confrontational remarks which is out of step with how heads of state typically conduct press availabilities." We know ChatGPT. We know.

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🥁 It's that time of year again... We know you've all been waiting for it... Submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards! 🎉

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This book's title feels like the epigraph of our age: "One day, everyone will have always been against this."

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The bioregions we live in will determine the kind of weather-related natural disasters we will face in a warmer and more traumatic world. So will we see the emergence of bioregional politics based on these disaster experiences? www.climate.gov/news-feature...

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Gone are the days of photographing sunbathers and beach seekers during heat waves. apnews.com/article/heat...

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Every day, the comparison between us and the Roman Empire seem more apt. www.thenewlede.org/2025/01/stud...

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I see the absence of young men in my journalism classes too. And the young men who are in those classes often struggle emotionally, academically, and professionally. We have not worried enough about this as a society, and I am worried about its societal consequences. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...

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“In 2017, the bees came to our house looking for food. Bees always find food in the fields. I never had the situation where bees come for help.” - sheep farmer Sybil Visagie, Northern Cape drought, as told to the Daily Maverick’s Kristin Engel #climatechange www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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"In dangerous times, your instinct is not to want to cast a just and loving attention on others because it seems soft. It seems like you’re leaving yourself vulnerable...But it’s also dangerous to shut off your heart." - David Brooks, New York Times columnist www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/o...

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Love the idea of this - the latest in the Alternatives series: a housing development where half your land must be devoted to growing food. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 189 days ago • 11 comments

This is an exceptional idea from my friends at The Tyee. The collapse of alternative weeklies and the decline of arts and culture critics at mainstream news outlets has created a gap that needs filling.

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I can't say enough about how grateful I am for this project by @carbonbrief.org. My students at @climatedisaster.bsky.social use this map every year to identify communities that have been impacted by climate change and reach out to survivors who want to share their stories. #climatechange

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We can't tech our way out of this. #climatechange is a cultural problem, not just an environmental problem. news.mit.edu/2024/reality...

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Tune in or tune out? Audiences tuned in during the first Trump administration in fear and fascination as to what the president would do next. But it feels like the social bubble I'm in is tuning out news about the second Trump administration. How about yours?

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The survivors of climate disaster know what governments need to do in response to this threat. But too often survivors, such as Tera Sisco, who lost her six-year-old son when flash floods hit Nova Scotia, Canada in 2023, aren’t heard. #cop29 #climatechange www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘I lost my six year old son when flash floods inundated Nova Scotia’ This is Tera’s story, from Canada #climatebreakdown #COP29 1/13 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“There are days when the school closes because the children don’t have water to drink.” - Xakriabá leader José Fiuza Xakriabá as told to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s Alexandre Caetano www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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"I always thought climate change was something that affected other people. Tuktoyaktuk...on the Arctic Ocean, is slowly eroding away due to warmer weather, less sea ice. I still view climate change as affecting the Arctic-Arctic, not me. Then, I’m a victim of it." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“When we built the house in 1978, we couldn’t see the sea. We never imagined that one day it would reach our house.” - retiree Sônia Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro coastal erosion, as told to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s Júlia Mendes #climatechange www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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I remember when Andrew Weaver, former leader of the Green Party of BC and lead author of three IPCC assessment reports, was attacked for saying the same thing. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

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"Things feel different now, in large part, because the weather is different now. We must recognize this moment for what it is: the beginning of a new era of civilizational retreat, contraction and consolidation." - johnvaillant.bsky.social, author of Fire Weather www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...

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"Ecological hardship yielding an increasingly zero-sum view of the world, civilians embracing a 'lifeboat ethics' vision of politics and a dog-eat-dog approach to national identity." This is the world I worry about. This why I launched @climatedisaster.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/o...

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