The text scammers are getting way too meta

Today's Government Accountability Office report on ICE's Camp East Montana is scandalous: - Evidence of a homicide was destroyed or went missing - Detainees with HIV and diabetes were not given treatment plans - Cells were filthy and only cleaned weekly - A guard lost a loaded gun in the facility

You know what's more depressing than the current state of journalism? Getting fed tailored ads like this on LinkedIn!

A Looming Super El Niño Spells a Summer of Extremes atmos.earth/political-la...

American Bison Survived Extinction. Can They Survive Politics? atmos.earth/political-la...

Props to Emily for doing the math.

Have you heard stories about how the DOJ is not prosecuting bad actors? Interior's watchdog just released a report that found a company had siphoned $7.4 million worth of energy to its power plant and failed to pay any royalties. The company admitted guilt. The Nevada DA declined to prosecute.

Excellent question/article from Miranda Green for Atmos Magazine. @mirandagreen.bsky.social

The U.S. has an energy crisis, and Congress thinks the answer is fossil fuels. Now they want to make it impossible for anyone to sue the industry over climate change. They introduced the "Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026" last week. Read more: atmos.earth/political-la...

The Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969 was the nation's first major oil spill. In 2026, the US is investing in drilling new fossil fuels like never before.

Trump's push to build a big metal border wall through Big Bend National Park has spurred loud bipartisan pushback in Texas: atmos.earth/political-la... via @mirandagreen.bsky.social

Trump is suggesting moving the US Forest Services HQ to Park City, Utah. Think it might be a bad idea? Read what happened to the USDA when he moved it's HQ to Kansas City during his first term. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Why the War With Iran Is Really About Fossil Fuels www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiQ4...

A few little extra nuggets from @steveakehurst.bsky.social on the underlying data behind today's IPPR report on net zero attitudes - www.ft.com/content/161a... - you can sign up for FT Inside Politics here www.ft.com/inside-polit... (me today, usually @stephenkb.bsky.social as u wel kno )

“Dr. Pilloud said that she felt like she had to present ideas that were not scientifically sound — such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new, and widely disputed, guidance about vaccines” I realize I am fortunate, but I genuinely cannot imagine doing this.

When things are going great

Before Greenpeace lost its $345m Dakota Access trial, a mysterious paper attacking the group appeared in North Dakota mailboxes. I traced it to a pink-slime network before it began writing about me

This story is great context to headlines we often see: Stories about billionaires threatening to leave CA, as the state considers taxing people differently in higher brackets But these are just anecdotes, sometimes fear mongering and often-- they never happen!

Trump's SOTU speech last night was the longest in history --1:47 mins! And it didn't mention climate change ONCE. In fact, none of Trump's 3 previous speeches have. But they have danced around the damage caused by it. atmos.earth/political-la...

Trump: I've always wanted the Congressional medal of honor, but I've been told I can't give it to myself.

I haven't covered the SOTU address in several years (Once in person), and man this does not make me miss being a Congressional reporter.

There is an international scientific consensus that climate change is primarily caused by burning fossil fuels. Still, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has decided it should no longer play any part in protecting the public from those emissions. atmos.earth/political-la...

How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing #FOIA @mirandagreen.bsky.social reports for @columjournreview.bsky.social #news #environment EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list @sejorg.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

In the past year, Metric Media filed more than 9,000 FOIA requests across all 50 states, according to an investigation for the Tow Center by @mirandagreen.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

This week's Post layoffs hit a chord for me, so I wrote something personal, timed with the anniversary of my own layoff a year ago. "What is it that they say, again? Journalism is the thing you love that doesn’t love you back." mirandacgreen.substack.com/p/where-do-t...

New: we dug into Epstein’s dealmaking in Silicon Valley. He used his connections with tech’s elite to get into hot startup deals, some of which paid off handsomely (coinbase) and others that did not (jawbone). W/ @rmac.bsky.social + matt Goldstein www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...

As real journalists from The Washington Post, the AP and elsewhere are getting laid off, pink-slime news sites are stepping in to fill the void. 🧵

My latest investigation, and first in a series for @towcenter.bsky.social : How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA In the past year, we found a news-appearing network called Metric Media filed more than nine thousand Freedom of Information Act requests across all fifty states.

new newsletter out today around the state of the FOIA system today -- take a read, and check out @mirandagreen.bsky.social's look into partisan FOIAs, using data we collect at the Tow Center!

AI’S Energy Reckoning Has Arrived Americans got a collective reality check last year when electric bills soared across the United States. Those rates are still climbing, and a central culprit is what’s driving AI, cloud storage and crypto mining: data centers.

After three years, the FBI arrested 7 men responsible for the largest jewelry heist in US history. But in the months leading up to a trial, we are now learning that ICE agents deported a key suspect to Ecuador—he faced up to 15 years in prison. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Oil and gas companies are sitting on nearly 9,000 approved but unused drilling permits on U.S. federal lands, while the Trump administration invades Venezuela on their behalf. www.landdesk.org/p/data-dump-... via @landdesk.bsky.social

In Venezuela, The US just bet on the world’s dirtiest oil atmos.earth/political-la...

Can’t tell you how weird it was to wake up in the Caribbean today to the Venezuelan news just to the south. All planes in and out of the region have been cancelled today. Total chaos

I’m on the tarmac in DC about to take off for Puerto Rico and we are being told there’s a hold on all air traffic flying to the Caribbean, due to activity “likely a rocket” Venezuela is due south. Apparently all planes flying to that region are being delayed 3 hrs and re-routed.

Great reporting by @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @emorwee.bsky.social probing at why so many celebrity chefs keep defending non-stick pans made with toxic PFAS, given everything we've learned about these "forever chemicals." atmos.earth/political-la...

A bunch of famous chefs convinced Gavin Newsom to veto a bill banning nonstick pans with PFAS "forever chemicals." Turns out all the chefs had financial relationships with companies producing and selling the pans: heated.world/p/why-are-fa... via @emorwee.bsky.social @mirandagreen.bsky.social

CA was expected to ban PFAS from pans in Sept, until Gov. Newsom vetoed the bill. It was thanks to a last minute push by 7 celebrity chefs, who said that banning Teflon would be too expensive What they didn't disclose, is they all make $ from Teflon W/ @emorwee.bsky.social @atmosmag.bsky.social

Famous chefs and food TV show hosts, like Rachael Ray and David Chang, went to bat on behalf of a cooking pan lobbying group to defend forever chemicals atmos.earth/political-la... via @mirandagreen.bsky.social

Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:

What strikes me from Ryan Lizza’s piece is the age gap shaming he implies on all of Nuzzi’s exs but tellingly not on himself— a man 19 years older who was married when they met when she was in her early 20s.

this has really gotten buried, but the president called a reporter "piggy" for asking a question about Epstein files people.com/donald-trump...

Environmentalists have struggled for years to connect the public’s concern about climate change with the ballot box. But Tuesday’s elections indicate candidates have found a new way to win on the economy: by reframing clean energy as the cheaper, fairer choice.

First dispatch includes a recent wildfire burn scar — and a long detour around the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, closed after another recent fire: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

California farm lobby once again killed a bill to make it easier for agricultural landowners to replace crops in water-stressed areas with solar projects. Gavin Newsom's office had "concerns" with the bill, per the author, @buffywicks.bsky.social. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Does it feel like all of a sudden the Trump administration is throwing its full weight against off-shore wind? Well it is. And--as with many things when it comes to Trump--it started with a vendetta. 🧵

Some News! I'm writing a weekly newsletter for @atmosmag.bsky.social focused on putting climate policy and environmental news into context. It's called The Understory.

His alleged victims say he bribed NYPD officials, stole millions in diamonds, & persuaded Floyd Mayweather Jr. & Kim Kardashian to shill for a scam cryptocurrency. So why is Jona Rechnitz still free? [ @mirandagreen.bsky.social @atavist.com @longreads.com ] longreads.com/2025/05/01/b...

The series I wrote for Floodlight earned the National Press Club’s Arthur E. Rowse Award for Examining the News Media Judges praised it for “its high-quality reporting, its narrative strength, and its ability to surface an urgent yet little-known issue” www.press.org/newsroom/ap-...

After building a career working hard hitting, and sometimes emotional draining stories, it’s been so nice to write for the BBC about environmental solutions. This one was a fun one close to home And love seeing it on the homepage! www.bbc.com/future/artic...