Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.

Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...

Too bad most outdoor workers don't have the ability to "stay out of the sun." In California and a few others states, #OSHA standards help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. In the rest of the states, not so much. Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...

Many are calling #COP30 “the Indigenous People’s COP." With historically marginalized groups afforded access to the main venue for climate negotiations, Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local community leaders see reason for hope. insideclimatenews.org/news/2310202...

This just in: an interview with myself about my new novel, Proles. Tough, but fair. Enjoy! #WritingCommunity (such as it is) www.barryjbergman.com/interviewwit...

In the midst of a federal hiring freeze, JD Vance’s best buddy was hired to lead the nation’s premier environmental health sciences institute—even though the position wasn’t vacant—raising fears of political favoritism. Read more at @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...

#EnvironmentalJustice When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance #cumulativeimpacts

“We are in an authoritarian state,” said @peer.org's @timothywhitehouse.bsky.social at a recent briefing. Federal scientists and environmental experts are no longer free to give unbiased evidence to agency heads, who now serve corporate interests, they say. See @insideclimatenews.org bit.ly/4h34jqq

“Imagine harvesting fruits that feed America, yet being told that we don’t deserve the protections that are already written in law. This is our reality.” rochesterbeacon.com/2025/10/06/u...

New from me at @insideclimatenews.org It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...

Jane Goodall was a huge figure for everyone & also us at @mongabay.com 😔 An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide Her memory is definitely a blessing Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:

Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of #pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research from @ewgofficial.bsky.social helps show just how much. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...

How Workers Died Last Week: Crushed by machinery, tiger attack, pipeline, farming, drowning, tree trimming, construction, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries at work. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

My interview with CNN

People living near the Aliso Canyon natural gas blowout in L.A.'s upscale Porter Ranch won an emergency declaration from Gov. Jerry Brown to help them relocate until it was thought safe to return. People in Latino and historically Black communities near #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill have not. A thread. /1

New: Pregnant women who lived closest to the #AlisoCanyon disaster during their final trimester were twice as likely to have low birth weight babies, a risk factor for childhood and adult disease, new research found. #Naturalgas is loaded with toxic chemicals insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...

If you need a break from stories documenting the reversal of landmark laws to protect the climate, environment and public health, do yourself a favor: read about this inspiring teen who's working to find ways to combat the #climatecrisis and safeguard the planet for future generations.

Many thanks to Gretchen Goldman @nature.com for the review of our new book #ScienceUnderSiege by @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hey, I know that story! From @ucscscicomm.bsky.social Communicating Climate Solutions Symposium. cc @lizagross.bsky.social

So inspiring to see young students working together to confront the climate crisis. "We’re going to be inheriting this problem, and we might actually have a chance of slowing it down," the teen founder said. Many thanks to @ssteingraber1.bsky.social and @doctorvive.bsky.social for comments.

Yikes. Important comments. "At least 12 million Americans, which Hotez believes includes “a substantial percentage” of children, suffer from at least one neglected tropical disease. Hotez calls the chronic, debilitating conditions “the most important diseases you’ve never heard of.”

"Their propaganda is now official government policy."

Trump and RFK Jr. cancelled >$1 billion in grants to study, control and prevent deadly neglected tropical diseases, which afflict people living in poverty worldwide. But with an outbreak just a plane ride away, those cuts could spell disaster in the U.S. too insideclimatenews.org/news/1209202...

My comments with @lizagross.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1209202...

Lemme speak with directness and a sense of urgency about our most important economic threats, and what history teaches us about moments like this.

It's not our job to buy into the administration's framing. The National Guardsmen and women in DC are clearly not addressing crime. They are here illegally. It's our job to tell people that clearly, not to confuse our audiences even more than they already are.

A Chinese company spilled toxic mining waste into Zambian villages and rivers. When the company's consultant warned that the spill was 3 times worse than previously disclosed and could cause serious illness for locals, the mining firm fired the consultant. insideclimatenews.org/news/0409202...

W/so much hype about carnivore conflict, this @sfchronicle.com story about mtn lions and what seems to be a change in behavior and uptick in attacks, does more harm than good. People are likely meeting juveniles (who haven't learned to avoid ppl) and aren't protecting their animals bit.ly/4g23ugV

L.A. County’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill has spewed high levels of toxic gases and climate super-pollutants for years. Yet local residents’ pleas for help from state officials remain unanswered. via @insideclimatenews.org capitalandmain.com/the-smolderi...

Thanks to ‪@capitalandmain.bsky.social‬ for running our story on LA County's Chiquita Canyon Landfill. The landfill has released #cancer-causing gases and #climate super-pollutants for years, endangering residents who have long demanded state action, to no avail. capitalandmain.com/the-smolderi...

Check out @katiesurma.bsky.social's compelling story about Jingjing Zhang, “the Chinese Erin Brockovich," who's teaching lawyers across the Global South how to fight polluting Chinese companies @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...

👀 "California is far behind Texas when it comes to requiring the public disclosure of gas composition data." insideclimatenews.org/news/2608202... @lizagross.bsky.social on the health impacts of methane + "chemical soup" super emitter events.

New in @insideclimatenews.org: CA #pesticide regulators updated their system letting people see where toxic chemicals are used. But it still doesn't give precise locations. And the "green leader" still uses toxic chemicals banned in the EU and other countries insideclimatenews.org/news/2908202...

Super-emissions of the climate super-pollutant methane endanger not just the climate but also human health. A new tool maps the path and likely risks posed by the highly toxic chemicals that accompany those emissions.

My latest @insideclimatenews.org piece looks at a new tool from PSE Healthy Energy that maps the health risks of the #climate super-pollutant #methane. “Natural gas is not just methane. It's actually closer to a chemical soup,” said PSE's Seth Shonkoff /1 insideclimatenews.org/news/2608202...

“We’re pretty sure he didn’t wash his claws before he came in, so all the ice cream had to be replaced." Finally read the ice cream bear story. The NYT version offers a great lesson in news writing. Plus good to see no one hurt in the incident, including the bear. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...

We ran a story this week about the long-festering #ChiquitaCanyon #Landfill. It follows many good stories about how people living nearby started getting sick after the landfill emitted fetid odors and toxic gases following a subsurface reaction in 2022. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/1808202...

Another day, another violation for the Chiquita Canyon Landfill for “discharging such quantities of air contaminants to cause injury, detriment, nuisance or annoyance to a considerable number of persons.” chiquitacanyon.com/reports/noti...

Indigenous People, including people from the Arctic, are disproportionately impacted by plastic pollution - hear Vi Pangunnaaq Waghiyi from Alaska Community Action on Toxics describe her participation at the Plastic Treaty talks last week.

"Plastics are made from more than 16,000 chemicals, most of them sourced from fossil fuels, thousands known to be hazardous, others not yet studied, the vast majority unregulated." And global-treaty talks have ended w/ no deal... by @lizagross.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1608202...

Plastics Treaty Talks Collapse Without A Deal After “Chaotic” Negotiations @mcivillini.bsky.social reports for @climatechangenews.com www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/15/p...

From #Landfills to Offices, #Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers @lizagross.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1608202...

New fear unlocked: “As the smoldering area spread, geysers of toxic liquid waste shot out of the ground.” Folks sickened by a ginormous landfill are getting 0 help from regulators. Infuriating. By my colleague @lizagross.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1808202...

Environmental regulators have cited L.A. County’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill for violations hundreds of times. Yet nearby residents desperately want help relocating because the landfill still spews noxious pollution they say makes them sick.

What happens when you pour your life savings into what you thought was your "forever home" only to realize there's a landfill that's emitting massive volumes of toxic air pollutants just over the hill and you can't leave your house?

“The landfill is making money and we’re getting sick.” People near an L.A. County landfill that's been cited for 100s of violations feel abandoned by CA officials who say they’re “actively engaged” and monitoring the situation. My latest @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1808202...

Watch: IPEN Executive Director Björn Beeler speaks with CBS News to discuss the end of the Geneva session of the Plastics Treaty negotiations (INC-5.2) and the need for a meaningful, global agreement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSur...

#Plastic treaty talks stalled again, but countries will keep fighting to regulate toxic #chemicals in plastic, with new evidence from @toxicsfree.bsky.social that it’s not just plastic workers who are highly exposed. It’s all of us. @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1608202...

Remarkable story about weapons of war destroying the faces and identifies of soldiers and civilians in #Ukraine and an international collaboration to bring cutting-edge surgical tools to the task of painstakingly rebuilding faces bit by bit. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/w...

United Nations treaty talks to curb plastics pollution fail, as a handful of countries vested in fossil fuel-based plastic processes block measures that could potentially curb global production and consumption.