Tweets about the waste stream, climate, plastic, and mining. Big fan of arugula. Climate Reporting Fellow @KALW and 2023 Audio Academy Fellow at same.
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But we hope it's not the end of the journey, and in spite of what's been done to @NEHgov we hope the series can continue in some form. In the meantime, please enjoy our what our Roving Philosophical Reporter, @mcoc, learned about Foot's life and times: youtu.be/aePK6JRh3go.
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Green hydrogen could eliminate Questa, New Mexico’s reliance on fossil fuels, but in order to succeed, the project will need to overcome skepticism from local communities and funding challenges.
hcn.org/articles/the-new-mex…
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100 years ago today, the nation's first official wilderness area was born, in New Mexico's Gila National Forest.
Here's my latest story for @highcountrynews, a summary of years of reporting about the history & future of designated wilderness. Would love it if you gave it a read!
As New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness Area — the nation’s first designated wilderness — turns 100, this June, HCN considers how the nature — and concept — of wilderness have changed over the years.
Digital issue now live.
ow.ly/qp0I50S6ISW
#NewMonthNewIssue #KnowTheWest #HCN
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Last week artist Lauren Strohacker projected images of borderlands wildlife harmed by border policies on the wall in Nogales, Ariz. The images capture the beauty and cruelty present in the borderlands.
website: laurenstrohacker.org
Twitter: @StrohackerArt
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UPDATES: My sources are at a Mohave County meeting to speak against the zoning process that allowed for gas turbines near their homes.
And I got my hands on a letter the utility company sent out inviting ratepayers *but NOT neighbors near the project* to a secret meeting Friday:
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In case you think newspaper journalists only write inverted pyramid fact dumps, check out our narrative retelling of a wild situation unfolding in rural Arizona, with far-reaching implications for the clean energy transition.
Free to read thx to @sejorg.
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
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My story about building housing on public land drummed up a lot of conversation. So I'm excited to dive deeper in this @highcountrynews livestream with @headecon's Megan Lawson and @bitterwaterblue. Join us tomorrow! youtube.com/live/VRGZj0iIJs4
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.@mcoc covered the story for Latitude. For the full interview between Bryan and @GridXinc's @langfordSF, listen to the latest episode of With Great Power: link.chtbl.com/QboqnCA4
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For @propublica and @outsidemagazine, a story I've been working on for nearly 2 years: about wildland firefighters and the government that employs them. Thanks to the wildland firefighters who shared so much. And to the inimitable @kitrachlis propublica.org/article/wildl…
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“We were struck by the fact that in Mexico there are [currently] no media cooperatives" — former Notimex reporter @AdrianaUrrea_ on launching the news outlet, AMEXI. buff.ly/3wR3KNv
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Can't overstate how thrilled I am to be releasing the next season of #TheBigSwitch --- which will go live next week.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
How are batteries changing the way we power our planet? In Season 4 of #TheBigSwitch, join CGEP research director @mclott for a 5-part series on how a single technology is transforming our global energy system.
🎧 Listen to the trailer now: link.chtbl.com/a3G4djNI
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More than three quarters of the journalists killed in 2023 died in the Israel-Gaza war, the vast majority of them Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli airstrikes. Read @pressfreedom's analysis by @KJonesCPJ: cpj.org/reports/2024/02/isra…
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Very glad @AlexCKaufman is still investigating the International Code Council, and its continued efforts to help the fossil gas industry undermine climate-friendly energy rules for new homes: huffpost.com/entry/us-buildi…
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i’m genuinely looking for advice about what to do here. please forward this to your electronics & chemistry friends. i think the answer is a complete discharge plus maybe saltwater bath as final step and then controlled burn, but after that..?
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swollen LiPo on a remote island. the ferry comes once a year and has no space for e-waste. 32C/90F everyday, soon it may explode—every building is a flammable thatched hut. “what if we bury it”, then the lithium goes into the ground water? welcome to the end of the supply chain.
ALT Swollen MacBook Air battery in a thin beat-up metal pot amidst a beach background.
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America's biggest-ever solar-plus-storage project just came online in the Mojave Desert, in California's Kern County. Sending electricity all over the state, with Starbucks as one of the customers: canarymedia.com/articles/sol… via @ewesoff
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So sad to see the hollowing out of National Geographic continue with the closure of the Wildlife Watch desk. There's really no where else in media for the kinds of deeply reported, nuanced stories that WW did on illegal trade and poaching. Its loss is a loss for us all.
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Join me and a stellar panel of teens and mental health experts in San Francisco this Monday, January 22 from 6-7:30pm for a FREE @kalw town hall event on youth mental health challenges, needs & teen-led solutions.
@soljourno
@NewsHour
Register here:
kalw.org/event/town-hall-tee…
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Bay Area energy & climate folks, the first monthly happy hour of 2024 will be Jan. 23 at Asiento at 5 p.m. Spread the word, all are welcome!
