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In western Pennsylvania, fracking’s longest legacy might be the toxic and often radioactive waste it leaves behind.

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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

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“When New Scientist asked explicitly if human-caused climate change played any role in the record high temperatures, the NOAA press representative abruptly ended the call, saying, ‘I’m not seeing any more on-topic questions from the media.’”

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How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

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Breaking news: 57 percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has exceeded his authority since taking office for his second term, according to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll.

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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

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President Donald Trump’s purge of federal employees is already harming the visitor experience at national parks across the country.

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Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

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Climate change is moving faster than scientists projected & they're not totally sure why. One possible explanation is declining cloud cover. If that's true, we may be entering a feedback cycle that accelerates warming much faster than we've modeled.

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Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI

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Not exaggerating when I say that the path back is going to be built on people in positions of influence regaining their sense of self-respect. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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‘Agent of chaos’: Blue state AGs sue Elon Musk claiming unchecked power over federal government @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/agent-of-cha...

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Kathleen Sgamma’s nomination to lead the BLM has Western enviros worried about conservation and renewable energy rollbacks on public land. The Fossil fuel industry expects her to be simpatico to more drilling. Read my coverage for @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...

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a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

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a nice reminder to the press that there is nothing you can do to pacify these people or buy yourself leniency

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Bureau of Land Management faces fresh challenge over oil and gas permitting www.courthousenews.com/bureau-of-la...

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Interior Sec. Burgum has tasked staff with drafting plans on how to promote Trump's "energy dominance" via drilling for fossil fuels and mining on public lands—at the potential cost of endangered species and national monuments. With @lisasorg.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...

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The tribes don’t control the largest river on their land. They fear a Republican trifecta in D.C. will give white farmers who do control the river even more power. As climate change threatens the region’s ecosystem, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho are fighting back.

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Trump’s EOs have paused Solar For All funding, and now EPA workers who administer the money have been told they could be fired at any time. This could impact low-income folks across the country hoping to save money on electric bills. insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...

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"Los Angeles will take most or all of its allotment of water from Mono Lake through March, disappointing local environmentalists and conservation experts after raising hopes that more water would be left in the iconic alpine lake." More from @calmatters.org: calmatters.org/environment/...

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All members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s boards of outside advisers on science and clean air were dismissed in a letter emailed late Tuesday, an unusual step the Trump administration said was aimed at depoliticizing the panels.

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If you attend, you should join Alex Hager and me on a tour exploring where Arizona gets its water, featuring a tour of a dam, massive reservoir, solar-covered canals, an aquifer recharge area that doubles as a riparian ecosystem, and talks from water policy experts😎 Sign up!!!

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when i covered the first trump admin i reported what they did, not what they said communications documents and pr would communicate one thing and it would be utterly contradictory to what was happening within government at least that dynamic has not changed, can be a north star

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It's been a week, and the vibes are bleak. Or, in the words of one NIH senior scientist I heard from, "fucking scary." I walked through the whirlwind of NIH-related chaos for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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“We can simply choke off the money.” How Donald Trump Plans to Take Spending Control From Congress by @mtredden.bsky.social (from November)

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As Trump enters office, a ripe oil and gas target has appeared: an Alabama national forest. More from @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/2801202...

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The tribal roads that will soon see 10 trucks hauling uranium every day have up to 700% higher risk of deadly accidents via @diinsilversmith.bsky.social

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FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — Trump says he's considering 'getting rid of FEMA' as he visits hurricane-damaged North Carolina.

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Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains @wyattmyskow.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...

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Conservation may be one of Biden’s lasting achievements, protecting landscapes from the Colorado Plateau to the Mojave desert and beyond. But local tribes and environmentalists fear those protections may soon be undone by the Trump administration. insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...

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Federal court blocks Trump executive order to end birthright citizenship www.courthousenews.com/federal-judg...

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Proud to work for a newsroom that runs a 13-person byline to cover how Trump is upending climate action around the country, written by reporters based in those places. We'll continue to do this important work for the next 4 years, documenting how climate change will continue to impact the world.

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The deranged and hydrologically illiterate victim-blaming of the Delta smelt will continue until morale improves. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Oil and gas companies can bury drilling waste on private property without notifying the landowner. A new oilfield waste rule won’t change that.

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Tonight, I’ll be moderating a discussion with @KPaoletta at Changing Hands in Phoenix. We’ll be discussing his new book on the history and future of the major cities of the Southwest—and what they can tell the rest of the country on living in an increasingly hostile environment.

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Rebuilding after wildfires is very tricky business, as we've seen in Colorado after the Marshall fire. @wyattmyskow.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2001202...

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i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated

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"The 20th century is over, and we really have to rethink how we do everything, from how we get our energy to how we build on a planet that we have made much more dangerous.” @kiley.bsky.social spoke to John Vaillant about our future with fire. insideclimatenews.org/news/1601202...

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The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it? Biden's green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office. grist.org/politics/ame... #Climate #Biden #GreenJobs #ClimateCorps

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many thoughts on Burgum's hearing, some takeaways: - public lands, unsurprisingly, will be key to "energy dominance" - national monuments like Bears Ears will be on the chopping block - turning over public lands to states for affordable housing is likely - the mess along the CO. River won't end soon

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Explaining the Santa Ana winds, a contributor to the nightmarish conflagrations in and around Los Angeles this past week. Typical Santa Anas have gusts up to 50-60 mph; some gusts last week clocked in around 100 mph.

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Want to work with a growing team of investigative reporters covering Arizona? We've got two openings for experienced reporters to cover higher education and criminal justice, thanks to a partnership through Report for America. Applications are due in a few weeks! See the thread below to apply:

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It's been a long journey, so wrote up a newsletter about how AMERICAN OASIS came to be, from 2019 to today. open.substack.com/pub/kylepaol... #BookSky 💙📚

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The Bureau of Land Management has initiated a mineral withdrawal in the Amargosa Valley, one of the country’s most biodiverse places where the threat of a proposed lithium mine united a community in opposition. I wrote about the push for withdrawal last summer insideclimatenews.org/news/1507202...

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Hi! I'm on Bluesky now! And there's a lot going on this morning — to start, the Supreme Court just declined to hear Utah's case challenging public lands. State leaders say they "will continue to fight to keep public lands in public hands" www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

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A new year means a new legislative session for Arizona lawmakers returning to the Capitol in Phoenix. The KJZZ Politics Desk's latest Prickly podcasts looks at the issues that could dominate the session. www.kjzz.org/podcast/pric...

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Across the country, Commercial Development Co. has bought up brownfields to redevelop the vacant lots. But in reality, most continue to sit empty as the company finds other ways to rake in millions on the property. Reporting from Daniel Propp. insideclimatenews.org/news/1201202...

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