It was a pleasure to talk with @charlespiller.bsky.social about his important and impactful investigations of fraud and misconduct in Alzheimer’s research. Watch the video to get some great tips!

Wearing braids is "just what you do," said Elissia Franklin, who led the most comprehensive analysis of braiding-hair extensions so far. The products, used primarily by Black women, contain a “shocking” range of harmful chemicals, including breast carcinogens. insideclimatenews.org/news/1102202...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Colliding climate change risks from dirty air and extreme heat compound the disparate burdens many residents of a N. Calif. county already face. A new report from #PSEHealthyEnergy breaks ground by asking community members how to reduce those harms. Read more at @insideclimatenews.org

Really sad. Haven’t seen a single butterfly in the #monarch sanctuary in Pacific Grove. The Western population is in serious trouble.

It’s taken a long time for agricultural conferences, even those like EcoFarm that advocate sustainable practices, to include Indigenous voices. Glad to see a packed house for the one on tribal food sovereignty held in a large auditorium.

As #Stone Countertops Kill Workers, #GOP Seeks Protections for Manufacturers @lizagross.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org #news #environment EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list @sejorg.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...

California has a land equity problem. 63.5% of landowners operate on 50 acres or less, yet this majority owns just 9.9% of total cropland acreage in the state, according to the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture, . Just 4.6% of landowners collectively own almost half of the state’s total cropland.

Know your history. #Cover-Up revisits #MyLai, where US soldiers murdered >500 unarmed men, women and *babies,* weeks before #MLK was murdered. "We're a country of enormous violence," said Seymour Hersh. Lt. Calley said he was a "fall guy." Nixon reduced his sentence to just 3 yrs house arrest....

"Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its movements and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us." #MLK bit.ly/4pQFuAF

Claudette Colvin, a #civilRights hero dragged off a bus for refusing a bus driver's order to give up her seat when a white woman sat near her, has died nyti.ms/49tqcx9. Did she watch ICE terrorize neighborhoods and drag people off streets based on their accents and racial profiling? /1

As more and more workers die of #silicosis, a devastating but preventable lung disease, you might think legislators would want to find ways to protect workers. Not the GOP. They want to protect the co's making the deadly product. More at @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...

Hundreds of workers who finish luxury countertops now have #silicosis, a deadly, irreversible but preventable lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust. But it’s the manufacturers Republicans want to protect. More at @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...

Press and civic groups led by @spj-posts.bsky.social condemn the #FBI's search of the home and electronic devices of a reporter, who is not under criminal investigation, call on the FBI to cease any investigation of the reporter and return any seized material—which imperils confidential sources.

Come learn how @charlespiller.bsky.social uncovered a web of fraud, scientific misconduct and deceit behind false "breakthrough" Alzheimer's drugs, at the @sciencewriting.bsky.social chat. We'll also talk about basic techniques and tool to dig into scientific research.

ICYMI: “We know from tracing its path that fascism does not require a spectacular ‘march’ on some capital to take root,” he writes. “Seemingly anodyne decisions to tolerate lawless treatment of national ‘enemies’ is enough.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

Summer flies and August dies the world grows dark and mean Comes the shimmer of the moon on black infested trees the singing man is at his song the holy on their knees The reckless are out wrecking The timid plead their pleas No one knows much more of this than anyone can see anyone can see 💔

New research reveals an unappreciated public health crisis: people living in slums in the developing world are increasingly burning the toxic plastic trash that surrounds their communities as a last-resort fuel to cook and heat their homes.

“We cannot ignore the hidden practice of plastic burning.” Poor people in urban slums in the developing world have increasingly turned to easily ignitable but toxic plastic waste as a cheap, convenient fuel, a new study found. My latest @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0901202...

That’s how you do it 👏

#MAHA dietary guidelines push animal protein, including red meat, against expert advice. Wonder why? Oh, a majority of the document’s authors acknowledged receiving funding from the meat and dairy industries, @georginagustin.bsky.social reports. /1 insideclimatenews.org/news/0901202...

A bipartisan spending package keeps EPA’s budget largely intact. But after a year of dismantling programs and staff, ensuring EPA can carry out its mission to protect the American people will take sustained effort, experts warn. More at @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0501202...

“At its heart, climate change is a justice issue...It exacerbates inequality within and between countries. We need to save the polar bears, sure, but we also need to save the people. Actually, we can’t save the polar bears if we don’t save the people.” #GoneTooSoon #RIP

A federal judge just temporarily barred ICE from making arrests at immigration courts across N. Calif. The arrests force those seeking refuge in the US to choose between skipping their court dates, increasing their chances of deportation, or attending the proceedings and risking detention.

"The current administration has decided to make the ancient disease silicosis great again. DOL...will not enforce the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s standard that lowered the permissible exposure limit in coal mines to the same level that OSHA applies in factories and construction sites."

A killing spree cloaked as deregulation: Trump’s attacks on the regulation of toxic chemicals, on strong vaccination policies, on rules restricting power plant pollution are condemning a sizable group of its core MAGA supporters to slow deaths from diseases that cut off their ability to breathe.

"FEMA is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program," the agency said in a news release that is no longer available on its website, calling the program "wasteful” and “politicized.” Yet every dollar invested in pre-disaster mitigation efforts saves six.

I try to get to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta every year to see overwintering #SandhillCranes. Sandhills mate for life and travel with their young from their breeding grounds up north. They rest and sleep in the water to more easily detect approaching predators.

This video from Dec. 6 needs to be shared far and wide until someone IDs these people. Throwing rocks at protected marine mammals trying to conserve energy as they overwinter is beyond appalling. Anyone w/potential leads, pls contact the NPS tip line: 888-653-0009. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOE...

Lawmakers face a critical choice as they consider EPA’s new budget: protect Americans from environmental harms or leave them without a watchdog when pollution or chemical accidents occur. Read more @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...

The president’s political feud and his budget chief’s drive to end climate research have put the National Center for Atmospheric Research—a linchpin in climate and weather research globally—at risk, my colleague @mlavelle.bsky.social reports. /1 insideclimatenews.org/news/1712202...

It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies.

I came to the US over 10 years ago for a postdoc at NCAR. It changed my life and supercharged my ability to do science. NCAR's unique community nature makes it a global node in atmospheric and climate research. It's really not possible to overstate its value for science and society.

Still remarkably and disappointingly relevant... This aired when I was 10 years old...

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

Hat tip to @paulhornographic.bsky.social for his expertise in creating these fantastic graphic explainers, which so clearly show that fast-tracking oil drilling won’t boost oil production or lower gas prices.

Calif.’s oil and gas operations regularly leak and spill hydrocarbons. Yet the state recently passed a law to fast-track drilling in an effort to curb gas prices, even though the data shows they’re not related. More drilling doesn't even increase production. insideclimatenews.org/news/1212202...

A Calif. oil field had its 95th spill in 20 years last Friday, raising the question: why did Gov. Newsom, who touted CA's role as a #climate leader at #COP30, sign a law that fast-tracks drilling in Kern County, which already bears the brunt of oil pollution. insideclimatenews.org/news/1212202...

Longtime Godard fan and loved this film but if you don't know JLG or anything about the French New Wave, this witty, erudite, energetic flick is a great introduction. youtu.be/UufRzKVFseg

Thanks, @lizagross.bsky.social, for covering my new Health Affairs article with @jamiemccallum.bsky.social. We found that California's heat standard was associated with a 33% decrease in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers. Likely prevents 34 worker deaths each year. doi.org/10.1377/hlth...

I wrote up some tips for reporting on orphaned, abandoned and inactive wells for @sejorg.bsky.social. Honestly a very fun beat if you like mysteries! www.sej.org/publications...

“More farmworkers are alive today than would be if the stronger standard were not in effect,” Michaels said. “And more lives will be saved if federal OSHA adopts a similar standard.” @insideclimatenews.org @lizagross.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...

No worker should die of heat exposure. The fact that 100s have died over the past several years shows why leaving heat plans up to bosses doesn't work. What does work, new research shows, is enforcing simple rules mandating access to water, shade and breaks. insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...

The main problem with plastic, @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck says in her new book, The Problem With Plastic, is that it’s ubiquitous, polluting the planet, driving climate change and making us sick. Hear more from Enck at @insideclimatenews.org. insideclimatenews.org/news/0112202...

Plastics producers exploited a loophole to make their pollution problem worse. "California technically banned plastic grocery bags more than a decade ago...But at the urging of plastic and grocery lobbyists, that law left an exception for thicker plastic bags that can theoretically be reused 125x."

Whites razed #BlackWallStreet in 16 hrs. “As she washed their dishes and tucked their little ones into bed...she wondered whether they were among those responsible, yet never held accountable, for her own childhood’s destruction.” #TulsaRaceMassacre #TeachTheHistory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...

The FDA is claiming without sharing their evidence or analysis that 10 deaths of children are linked to COVID-19 vaccinations. 1/2

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Puma kittens Bobcats Northern elephant seals California condors Bald eagles

California finally updated its 15-year-old #landfill methane regulation, including critical measures to strengthen oversight and monitoring of the toxic air contaminants released along with methane that have made so many seriously ill. #ChiquitaCanyon #LMR insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...