Coal is dying, and I say “good riddance”

If a strong El Niño develops in 2026 (quite likely now), the main effects on global temps will be in 2027. This is because there is historically a lag of about three months between when El Niño peaks (generally in Nov/Dec) and when the biggest effect occurs:

And one of those lost employees was my former post-doc, a brilliant geochemist hired into his dream job just to be dismissed two months later in the”great knowledge purge”

Countering the long legacy of poisonous lead, with some thoughts from me👇🏻 flatwaterfreepress.org/what-you-sho...

Holy leaded Robins, Batman! Now you know how organisms like the ubiquitous American Robin are impacted by urban pollution link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Drinking water questions?👇🏻 www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

Well, look at that-under cover of darkness, finally a commemoration of the valiant Capitol Police who had to fight off an Insurrection

The rising environmental and health costs of unregulated data center growth, including some thoughts from me How data centers in Indy will impact your health and environment mirrorindy.org/data-center-...

More from me on much-needed funding to protect children from lead poisoning kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

My new Commentary on the disasterous decision to pull back from pollution controls that protect children from toxic mercury Also bad for climate, btw… www.yahoo.com/news/article...

With some thoughts from me… Get the Lead Out: How New Orleans can reduce toxic heavy metal exposure veritenews.org/2026/02/25/h...

Seems a rebrand for the EPA is due How about the “Environmental Pollution Agency?” My thoughts on the disastrous decision to keep coal plants Spewing toxic mercury into our air www.seattlepi.com/news/how-poi...

How has your country's climate changed over the past century? Find out here:

Massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac this month-barely made the news even though it is likely the biggest such spill in US history (stat courtesy of @nytimes.com )

Have you heard that Iowa is looking to become a player in the hydrogen economy? bsky.app/profile/iowa...

Clean, green hydrogen is on the ropes because of this Administration’s philosophy of “pollution good, clean bad” Some thoughts from me and others www.therepublic.com/2026/02/07/c...

Had a great opportunity to have a lunch with Erin Brokovich when she visited Indiana University this week, along with phenomenal colleagues! What a force of nature, and dogged supporter of environmental justice

When you regulate carbon emissions, you are also regulating direct and indirect contamination that sickens and kills millions This Administration continues to go the wrong way for Americans, and the health of the planet apple.news/AK2Jk0UD1RBq...

The scientific case is won, the Paris Agreement means all the countries of the world agreed to action, yet it still remains a challenge to shift the dial. Some good news here but depressing that climate change action remains political. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The long legacy of soil lead continues to burden children-particularly horrifying that this occurs in children’s playgrounds! veritenews.org/2026/02/05/p...

Yep, you read that right👇🏻

We are awash in dirty oil already! The world has too much oil right now. Will companies want Venezuela’s? - NPR

‘Death by 1,000 cuts': How EPA policy changes will affect Indiana Some thoughts from me and others (but my quote got the headline!) www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

Check out our newest work in Springer on the sources of excess nutrients in urban watersheds rdcu.be/eXKAb

Duke Energy Florida trolls Republicans over their love affair with coal by releasing a press release describing how they've avoided the cost to buy fossil fuels by generating renewable energy resulting in 44% savings. #EnergySky www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Sunday News: “The Year in Climate”; “Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025”; “Pausing Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is lunacy” and more | A powerful collection of today’s headlines via Lowkell for @bluevirginia.bsky.social: bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sund...

Today's ChicagoTribune.com covers a study I've been working on w/ gabefilippelli.bsky.social (IUI Center for Urban Health), other researchers & SE Chi env justice groups. We used citizen science to find env toxins in & around a brownfield steel plant. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/c...

Our latest on water pollution and human health risks link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Happy to be part of the team to explore human impacts on a critical global nutrient cycle www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Check out our newest work, which is open access and quantifies a policy-relevant “floor effect” in environmental justice: even with perfect spatial equity, substantial health disparities remain driven by susceptibility www.mdpi.com/2813-4168/3/...

Cost of installed solar is Australia? $1/W Cost of installed solar in the USA? $2.50/W This is why Australia is killing it wrt solar and wind generation

Prognostication from the Prof👇🏻 www.ipm.org/news/2025-11...

What an amazing presentation, @katharinehayhoe.com at our Spirit & Place event tonight, and thanks for the kind shoutouts to our programs and fellows at the Indiana University Environmental resilience Institute!

Lead poisoning at shooting ranges-plus some of my thoughts on this tragic issue www.wthr.com/article/news...

Some farmers see dry conditions as a positive —corn and soybeans could dry more quickly after harvest; however, there’s a downside - grain dust. Not only would the dust be produced from harvesting them, the plants have accumulated dust from soil around them indianaeconomicdigest.net/Content/Defa...

Indy researchers join effort to fill gaps in climate science mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

Yikes! Typhus too? Another serious climate sensitive disease is making a huge comeback in the US. Let's clean up our energy supplies, transportation options, and food systems so we can protect our loved ones and the climate on which all human life depends. @docsforclimate.bsky.social

The lather, rinse and repeat cycle of climate denialism, all while climate-charged disasters are putting their lies on full display www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Happy to be on the team that looked at exposure to smoke from low intensity wildfires and impacts on global health www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Summer brings warm days, and also increased risks of harmful lead exposure to your little kiddos indianapolisrecorder.com/summer-heat-...

Great article by my Aussie friends on birds as a sentinel of urban pollution theconversation.com/the-canary-i...

A phenomenal episode with my two favorite Gabes working on environment and health in Indiana. Gabe it a listen! @gbosslet.bsky.social @gabefilippelli.bsky.social #medsky #energysky #hoosiersky

Extreme heat kills, in some subtle ways indianapolisrecorder.com/summer-heat-...

Timely @goodtroubleindiana.org podcast episode re: climate change and extreme weather as a public health concern With the always incredible prof @gabefilippelli.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/BwBMgzX Some amazing science, medicine, art, and activism is happening here. Who else should be on this list? @kevinjkircher.com @goodtroubleindiana.org @enriquesaenz.bsky.social @gabefilippelli.bsky.social @gruberte.bsky.social #hoosiersky #climatesky #energysky #medsky

Getting the Lead out www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

The one where I go off on idiotic rollbacks of environmental protections www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

Climate change is now easy on the pocketbook… “A 300% spike in Australian lettuce prices. A 50% rise for European olive oil and 80% for US vegetables” apple.news/A1hrigE7gRly...