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...

My first story for The BBC, reporting on a topic close to home—literally— how Montecito, CA rebuilt after a deadly mudslide and came together to be resilient in the face of future storms www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Outside Dodger Stadium earlier today, now this

So it seems @mirandagreen.bsky.social and I are destined to get each others emails for eternity - still going on! - I salute my Stateside doppelganger's work - and on it goes *waves across the Atlantic* 👋 www.ft.com/content/2cb4...

I've read so many profiles of white women scam artists that it's nice to mix it up for a change, and is always the case with @atavist.com this is a meticulous and killer read. Great work fro, @mirandagreen.bsky.social

Wildfire smoke attributable specifically to climate change helped kill an estimated 15,000 people in the United States from 2006 to 2020, new study finds: apnews.com/article/wild...

UPDATE: As of Saturday, the scoreboard clock at the San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park is an ad for 76 gasoline, as seen on the stadium’s Instagram account. The 76 logo wasn’t there on Thursday.

The new issue from our sister publication, @atavist.com, is here! Read an excerpt of ALL THAT GLITTERS, a big story about NYPD corruption, diamonds, a crypto scam, and more. By @mirandagreen.bsky.social: longreads.com/2025/05/01/b...

New @atavist.com story from investigative powerhouse @mirandagreen.bsky.social! His alleged victims say he bribed NYPD officials, stole millions in diamonds, and persuaded Kim Kardashian to shill for a scam cryptocurrency. So why is Jona Rechnitz still free? magazine.atavist.com/all-that-gli...

[Stefan voice] This one has it all: NYPD corruption, Floyd Mayweather Jr., diamonds, Kim Kardashian, crypto, alleged Ponzi schemes, an enormous house with an in-ground trampoline. Issue no. 162 from @mirandagreen.bsky.social, ALL THAT GLITTERS, is here. magazine.atavist.com/all-that-gli...

The lengths people (allegedly) go to in order to lift a shadow ban on Twitter magazine.atavist.com/all-that-gli... via @mirandagreen.bsky.social

I'm excited to finally share an investigation I've been working on for over a year. It's a piece that started in New York's diamond district, took me to the heart of celebrity in Beverly Hills and taught me a lot about the legal system and crypto in Miami. I hope you enjoy

. @mirandagreen.bsky.social received an honorable mention for her work published in @floodlightnews.org, examining how Alabama’s largest electric utility infiltrated local media by financing a news service and buying an African-American newspaper, thereby limiting critical news coverage.

Highly relevant to current events. More on @mirandagreen.bsky.social research into pink slime + jury tampering in @niemanlab.org article last month. www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/a-pi... See (hear👂) also her conversation with @sammyroth.bsky.social on Boiling Point. open.spotify.com/episode/0BYZ...

Inside the failed strategy of a middleman group hired by Dems to get more air time with influencers. Great @taylorlorenz.bsky.social get www.usermag.co/p/inside-the...

Top investigative journalist Miranda Green has been uncovering these oil and gas-backed news outlets and websites. She joins me to talk about how these shady publications are mimicking legitimate local newspapers to spread propaganda and influence public opinion... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nUK...

Proud to get honorable mention for the National Press Foundation’s Stokes Award for Energy and Environment Writing.

Miranda's one of the best investigative climate journalists out there. Learned so much talking with her about fossil fuel companies and fake news!

It was great joining @sammyroth.bsky.social on the LA Times’ Boiling Point podcast this week to talk about the recent Greenpeace trial and the fake newspapers that showed up on the eve of jury picking open.spotify.com/episode/0BYZ...

Last fall a newspaper started showing up at the homes of residents in a small North Dakota town. Its tagline was "Real data. Real value. Real news." But it wasn't any of those things. Now @Greenpeace is accusing it of tainting the jury pool during a $300m trial 🧵

story about Central ND News by @mirandagreen.bsky.social. previously @neeldhan.bsky.social interviewed Miranda and @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about local newspapers where “stories are told — but with an agenda." www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/how-...

Didn't have enough characters, but credit for this story to @mirandagreen.bsky.social!

Big court win: judge rules Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP and others must face claims by Puerto Rican towns in a RICO case alleging the companies engaged in a coordinated, decades-long deception campaign to conceal the true dangers of fossil fuel consumption. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

A month ago was my 1st day @HuffPost as National Investigative Reporter, what I thought was a new chapter for me Today I was laid off, as part of cuts they announced 3 hrs into my first day I was just gearing up to dig into 3 investigations. If your newsroom is hiring reach out

Trump is targeting key environmental employees who help prosecute polluters The moves include: -Termination notices sent Fri for a DOJ office that helps bring suits against polluters -Abrupt reassignments of an enviro dept's leaders -The erasure of Environmental Justice sites

NEW: OPM memo sent to all federal workers this evening highlights four pillars of a "reformed" workforce. It promises physical relocations "for a number of" workers, increases to the size of military, furloughs to agencies & insists on "excellence" for those who stay

My deeply reported story about the five-years-later impact of Trump gutting two research agencies got BURIED in all the news yesterday. Please read and share it!

It feels like we’re on a hamster wheel

🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs. Full text, per government source:

The mass email sent to federal employees announcing buyouts used the subject line “Fork in the Road”

BLM employees were also forced to move to Grand Junction, CO. An IG report later found the move reduced the number of Black employees. Biden reversed the move in 2021–Trump has said he wants to versus it.. again

The Delta Smelt first was thrust into the spotlight in 2009 thanks to a bit by Fox's Sean Hannity who told views to "turn the water back on" Now it's Trump's favorite CA talking point www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

NEW: Trans women in federal custody were placed in solitary and told they were going to be moved to men's facilities days after Trump's exec order. Other trans folks have issues accessing HRT. Advocates fear this is just the beginning. from me + @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social tinyurl.com/35x3azm7