climate & environment reporter at NPR-affiliate @LAist (blue sky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/snV0tHHPAZ ). prev: @azcentral @sfchronicle @Dallas_Observer @mwtnews.
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Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
The feverous pursuit of economic growth and a devotion to unrestricted consumption led Corpus Christi to the brink of disaster based on misplaced faith in a technical solution that never came through
Someday that might be the story of us all
texastribune.org/2026/10/12/…
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
BREAKING: Newsom signed a bunch of clean energy bills! Californians can now install balcony solar. Plus big wins for virtual power plants, reining in utility profits and converting farmland to solar.
One loser: community solar. Really stings.
Details: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/…
After major fire, the race is on to protect what remains of Santa Rosa Island’s Torrey pines: laist.com/news/climate-envir…
Arizona needs non-imported sources of water, but recycled water continues to face false politicized claims around safety: apnews.com/article/scottsdal…
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
Spotted quite a few California condors on the Henrietta Peak 2 camera this morning preening to start their day.
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
Do not let the clouds and rain fool you today, tomorrow will be extremely HOT and humid. Make plans now on how you and your loved ones will stay cool. #cawx
ALT Potential Impacts: High risk for heat illness for most people. Especially for populations sensitive to heat. Suggestion Actions: Limit outdoor activities during the afternoon hours. Seek air conditioned spaces. Stay hydrated. Check the back seat for children and pets. Check in on the elderly. Extra Details: Extreme Heat Warnings in effect for much of the area. Very warm night will bring minimal relief and night. Very humid conditions will add to the heat dangers.
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
UPDATE Re: #LaHabra Hazmat incident. xitter.cf/codethreenews/status/2…
BREAKING 🚨🚨
#LaHabra / #California
LA County Fire is on scene of a Hazardous Materials incident on Cypress St. There are reports of a large evacuation zone. A yellow plume of smoke can be seen from the incident site.
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
BREAKING 🚨🚨
#LaHabra / #California
LA County Fire is on scene of a Hazardous Materials incident on Cypress St. There are reports of a large evacuation zone. A yellow plume of smoke can be seen from the incident site.
How will LA’s next mayor take on the city's environmental challenges? 3 candidates’ forum takeaways (via @lucasbradywoods ) laist.com/news/climate-envir…
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked backlash in communities across the United States and transformed the midterm election landscape. to.pbs.org/4xE0gIL
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
Next time you buy milk, you might find Oatly cartons sharing a powerful fact: Vast majorities of people in every country support stronger climate action!
It's good stuff. I talked with Oatly's sustainability director in today's CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/…
Thanks @nohaggerty for such a great summary of the conversations with Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman last night: latimes.com/environment/stor…
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
NEW: L.A. Mayor Karen Bass has been asked to testify before Congress for an investigation into “potential waste, fraud, and abuse” of federal homelessness funding.
Two LAist articles are cited in the letter, which asks Bass to testify on Sept. 15. laist.com/news/housing-homel…
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
FEMA’s buyout program can help homeowners move to safer accommodations after catastrophic flooding.
But trailer owners are often excluded, leaving people in the country’s largest source of affordable housing to fall between the cracks.
propublica.org/article/weste…
Women veterans say San Pedro housing complex resolved their homelessness, but caused new traumas: laist.com/news/housing-homel… (via @radiowagner)
First modular unit delivered for Altadena low-income rental complex: laist.com/news/housing-homel… (via @AGuzmanLopez )
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
Is a tropical storm/hurricane landfall likely in California in ~1 week (as online buzz would suggest)? No. While not impossible, such an outcome is very unlikely.
Is it substantially more likely that indirect effects of *decaying* TS could bring notable impacts? Yes. More soon.
ALT Map from weathernerds.org showing potential tropical cyclone tracks over the next two weeks over the Northeastern Pacific. Notably, a number of potential tracks make close approaches toward California as the storms decay around Labor Day Weekend.
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
“The loss of this access means a lot to me and everybody else... The fate of our public lands and our rights are in jeopardy right now.”
How did the influence of a luxury resort lock the public out of Montana’s mountains? floodlightnews.org/trump-off…
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
DOGE famously used keyword searches for terms like "climate" to terminate federal grants.
Among the victims: a collab between USAID and NASA for flood prediction, early warning, disaster readiness, glacier inventories, and mapping dangerous glacial lakes...
...in Nepal.
Erin Stone (she/her) retweeted
In 2023, NPR ran a big story about the danger of glacier melt creating a huge lake of water that could one day flood a Nepalese valley… apps.npr.org/arctic-ice-melt…
