@TikRoot

Journalist with an affinity for accountability reporting and flannel. Ex. @washingtonpost, @newsy, etc. Contact: [email protected]; [email protected]

 Vermont
tikroot.com/
Joined April 2011
  • Tweets844
  • Following1.6K
  • Followers3.3K
78Media
This is my final request that you read my many-months-long investigation into the far-right militias masquerading as emergency preparedness/relief orgs and why that doesn't bode well for a future plagued by super-charged natural disasters. #EMGTwitter grist.org/extreme-weather/bo…

When disaster strikes, far-right groups see an opportunity to gain trust

Anti-government organizations are filling a disaster-response gap — and using it to spread their message.

grist.org
59
1,308
156
3,121
528,554
The US is seeing an unprecedented wave of migrant child labor right now. Thousands of kids are working overnight in dangerous factories for brands like Cheerios, Fruit of the Loom and Ford. They're here alone and they're being failed in the most basic way.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/un…

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. (Published 2023)

Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom.

nytimes.com
416
4,429
769
7,804
2,745,231
State cannabis regulator seeks information about alleged ties between Russian oligarch and Vermont dispensaries vtdigger.org/2023/02/17/stat… via @vtdigger

State cannabis regulator seeks information about alleged ties between Russian oligarch and Vermont...

Prompted by a VTDigger inquiry, the Cannabis Control Board chair said the board was asking Massachusetts and Connecticut authorities about published reports that Roman Abramovich had invested in...

vtdigger.org
4
5
2,039
Tik Root retweeted
Nixon
@nixonron20 Dec 2022
Please check out this beautifully written and visually stunning piece about an aviator’s race to photograph glaciers as the climate clock clicks. By my @AP enterprise team colleagues ⁦@NatCasta⁩ and Bram Jannsen. apnews.com/article/07730dc16…

As climate clock ticks, aviator races to photograph glaciers

VOSS, Norway (AP) — Chunks of ice float in milky blue waters. Clouds drift and hide imposing mountaintops.

apnews.com
1
7
22
3,051
Must-read story from @MarkOlalde, @mrsimon22 and @Amierjeski of @propublica propublica.org/article/urani…

The Cold War Legacy Lurking in U.S. Groundwater

For the first time, ProPublica has cataloged cleanup efforts at the 50-plus sites where uranium was processed to fuel the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Even after regulators say cleanup is complete,...

propublica.org
2
9
1
18
New: How China, the world's biggest annual emitter of greenhouse gases, avoids paying for #climate damages because of its classification as a developing country. w/ the great @michaelbirnbaum @lilkuo washingtonpost.com/climate-e…

How China, the world’s top polluter, avoids paying for climate damage

Analysts say it is unlikely China will pay into the historic climate fund agreed to at the U.N. climate conference to support vulnerable countries.

washingtonpost.com
1
8
10
Sometimes journalism answers questions you never thought to ask. Like, "could one of the biggest bears in the world sit in coach?" His story (and more) here: washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
3
24
7
79
Breaking: ANTS! There are a lot of them Nearly 20 quadrillion — a 2 followed by 16 zeros — are marching across the Earth, according to a new estimate out today Even one of the scientists behind the staggering total called the number "unimaginable" washingtonpost.com/climate-e…

Scientists have calculated how many ants are on Earth. The number is so big it’s ‘unimaginable.’

The staggering new estimate from scientists brings into relief ants’ astonishing ubiquity at a time of growing concern about insects dying off.

washingtonpost.com
1
22
26
57
NEW from me-> How coal-loving Poland became an unlikely leader in the heat pump revolution. The war in Ukraine is pushing Poles to embrace green measures. washingtonpost.com/climate-s…

Heat pumps take off in coal-loving Poland amid Ukraine war

Poland loves coal. But Russia's invasion of Ukraine is pushing Polish citizens to embrace green measures because the shift will free them from Russian fossil fuels.

washingtonpost.com
7
39
9
151
Oklahoma authorities found multiple human remains on a compound w/links to a violent white supremacist gang. Reporting on the discovery led to a rural vortex where people vanish, their families too terrified to hang “missing person” signs. (Thread) wapo.st/3QGWRT3

Missing people, buried bones at center of Oklahoma mystery

In an Oklahoma compound linked to the Universal Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang, officers found what they believe to be a body-dumping ground.

washingtonpost.com
135
2,904
578
5,623
Two Christian ranches in Wyoming are accused of forcing teens to do hard labor. One man says he was branded with a cross. Three women say they were tied to a goat as a punishment. @tylerkingkade reports: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wyo…

Teens were sent to the ranches for therapy. They say they found a nightmare of hard labor and...

Two Christian programs are accused of forcing troubled teens to do heavy farm work. One man says he was branded with a cross. Three women say they were tied to a goat as a punishment.

nbcnews.com
16
30
2
59
Tik Root retweeted
Max de Haldevang@MddeH27 Jun 2022
INVESTIGATION: I traveled deep into Mexico's jungle & mountains and found BP has been paying a "pittance" for carbon offsets produced by subsistence farmers’ forests in more than a dozen communities 🧵 bloomberg.com/features/2022-…

BP Paid Rural Mexicans a “Pittance” for Wall Street’s Top Climate Solution

The oil giant has found a climate bargain in some of Mexico’s poorest areas, paying a fraction of market rate for carbon offsets to rural villagers working to protect their forests.

bloomberg.com
11
171
27
298
NEW: In remarks to energy execs in Houston, Michael Regan previewed how the EPA will crack down on power plant pollution this year His remarks on using existing authority come as Biden struggles to get new power by passing a climate bill in Congress washingtonpost.com/climate-e…

In Texas speech, Biden’s EPA chief puts power plants on notice for pollution

Previewing a suite of new fossil fuel rules, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said more needs to be done to clean up the air, land and water around power plants.

washingtonpost.com
12
1
19
Let me take you inside our big nursing home investigation that launched this morning. We sought to examine the invisible webs of ownership during the pandemic. Main story here: bit.ly/3hWY9dM 1/

This nursing home chain stood out for nationally high death rates as pandemic peaked

A first-ever USA TODAY analysis of nursing home ownership shows how Trilogy, a real estate-trust backed chain, fared during the worst of the pandemic.

usatoday.com
3
41
10
58
$3.2 billion has been spent to settle lawsuits/claims of police misconduct over the past decade. Now, the public can explore this data and learn the names of officers whose alleged misconduct has led to repeated payouts. @keithlalexander @dataeditor washingtonpost.com/investiga…
3
29
4
51
Redlining didn't just destroy the American dream for Black & Latino homeowners. It's why 45 million people are breathing dirtier air 50 years after it ended, a major new study says. Boyle Heights LA is one example. wapo.st/375wa9s My latest w/ @JohnMuyskens @janehahnphoto

Redlining means 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air, 50 years after it ended

Decades of federal housing discrimination known as redlining accounts for the fact that 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air today, according to a study released Wednesday.

washingtonpost.com
2
21
1
43
Because of redlining, 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air, a new landmark study says. The federal gov't excluded Black & Latino Americans from the dream of homeownership -- then came the freeways, industrial polluters, incinerators and dumps. wapo.st/375wa9s

Redlining means 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air, 50 years after it ended

Decades of federal housing discrimination known as redlining accounts for the fact that 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air today, according to a study released Wednesday.

washingtonpost.com
49
3
62
‘Unprecedented killing’: The deadliest season for Yellowstone’s wolves washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
3
15
16
New: If @Interior approves a massive oil project in Alaska, it would completely negate the emissions avoided by meeting Biden's clean energy goals on public lands, according to a new report by @amprog. w/ @vanessamontzz washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Analysis | Alaska oil project would be a climate disaster of Biden's making, report warns

And the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund today plans to endorse Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) in a potentially divisive primary.

washingtonpost.com
3
51
4
79
The House is voting now on the CROWN Act, which would ban discrimination against Black people based on how they choose to wear their hair. In announcing her colleague's "no" vote via proxy just now, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called it "the bad hair bill."
215
618
274
2,854
Load more