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Forget shark week -- It's climate solutions week y'all This year the theme is LOCAL solutions - ways that cities and states and neighborhoods are stepping up when the federal government backtracks on climate action. I'll thread the stories here as the week goes on... Here's our intro ⬇️📻🎧

Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways to phase out oil, gas, and coal.

Want to learn more about Los Angeles mayoral candidate and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt? He makes a cameo in our story about false narratives related to the LA fires. Read here 🎧📻 @npr.org ⬇️ (No paywalls, as always!)

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Millions of US houses are uninsured as premiums soar. That’s leaving families and entire communities exposed to big financial risks. Are you going without coverage? NPR wants to hear your story. www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress. n.pr/4edJ5XA

Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways to phase out oil, gas, and coal. n.pr/3R8HSah

Something that's rare? Major fossil fuel producers - including Nigeria, Canada and Australia - getting together to find concrete ways to transition away from fossil fuels. That's what's happening with more than 50 countries gathered in Santa Marta Colombia right now. 📻🎧 only on @npr.org ⬇️ 🇨🇴🇳🇬🇨🇦🇦🇺+🌏

It's rare that you're at a conference where you hear a prominent CLIMATE SCIENTIST say he's "never felt so encouraged" ... ... but that's what's going on at the first international conference on the transition away from fossil fuels in Colombia🛢️🇨🇴🌍 Read + listen to our reporting on @npr.org 🎧📻⬇️

A month ago I was in a "ballroom" at CERAWeek in Houston, Texas. A jazz band played while executives from LNG companies schmoozed with US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. They were celebrating the US becoming the largest global exporter of LNG. (Here's our story from that ⬇️)

With Qatar's liquefied natural gas still offline, U.S. companies see an opening and are bringing in new investments.

Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data. n.pr/4sLetjV

With Qatar's liquefied natural gas still offline, U.S. companies see an opening and are bringing in new investments. n.pr/47XgIZN

My NPR colleague @jeffbradynews.bsky.social is the best - hit him up!

Ask me a question about reducing climate pollution and saving money. If @npr.org chooses your submission, you'll be part of the reporting process. More information and a short form are in the link below. www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n...

Things I have seen in the rubble of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon over the past week, part two. More up here: www.instagram.com/p/DWYXD0Rjak... At least 1,116 people have been killed since March 2, incl 121 children, acc to min of health. At least 3,229 have been injured, incl 399 children.

The U.S. is lifting sanctions on some oil from Iran... while in the midst of a war against Iran. Here's our newscast spot on @npr.org : "The Trump administration HAD stepped up sanctions on Iranian oil when it returned to office last year. But that was then. cont...

Some countries are better positioned to weather this energy crisis than they would have been just a few years ago. That's because of the rapid growth of renewable energy, battery systems and electric vehicles. @npr.org interviewed me for this excellent piece: www.npr.org/2026/03/16/n...

We have that message on @npr.org ! Here's our story on our most popular show Morning Edition ⬇️ "Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs" 🎧 📻 📖 ☀️🔋 listen and read ⬇️

A few pieces on Spain being able to oppose the war because they’ve invested in renewables to power their electrical grid, and this NPR piece looking at how small scale solar in Pakistan has vastly grown in the last five years, making them less dependent on gulf LNG. www.npr.org/2026/03/16/n...

" Once you've got your solar panel there's no cost for the sun." "With a stroke," says @kingsmillbond.bsky.social, "this war has dramatically increased the power and the influence of those who want to go down the solar route." Here's why countries are glad they invested in solar, batteries+ EVs ⬇️

25% of the world's liquified natural gas/LNG is offline. But Pakistan is in a better position - because of the explosive growth of solar and batteries. Pakistan DECREASED LNG imports last year in part because of ☀️+🔋 Here's why renewables - and EVs -are an energy security solution 🎧📻📖 on @npr.org

As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar. n.pr/4sdk4je

“In China, more than half of new car sales are now electric. In Nepal, it's more than 70%. As oil prices rise, residents with EVs are less vulnerable than if they had to rely on fuel.”

"Oil and gas prices may be up, Rosenow says, but the sun and wind don't care what's happening in the Strait of Hormuz." From my @npr.org Climate Desk colleague @juliaradio.bsky.social:

Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity.

" I do not think there's precedent for this kind of regionwide conflict with facilities coming under attack from all kinds of methods, over a wide era, and all types of facilities at basically the same time," says Robin Mills,  CEO of Qamar Energy in Dubai. Story @npr.org ⬇️ #energysky

We published this yesterday before strikes today on oil storage facilities in Tehran. So far strikes have also hit oil and LNG infrastructure and energy export facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the UAE. Map at the link ⬇️ @npr.org

Recent conflicts in the region have either spared energy infrastructure or caused limited damage. That isn't the case in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. n.pr/4svcRem

This is @npr.org ❤️ So proud to work for a news organization (WITH NO PAYWALLS!) that is not gutting our Middle East coverage, but expanding it. 📻 🌍 🎧

On @npr.org today talking about the war and energy markets 👀on LNG markets. High nat gas prices= bad for consumers, great for LNG exporters👀 The 🌎 is still reliant on fossil fuels, but @paashamahdavi.com says countries w more renewables+batteries+EVs are less vulnerable to oil/gas price shocks 🎧📻⬇️

Despite sanctions, Iran is one of the world's major oil producers, with much of its crude exported to China. n.pr/3N9eJKA

Here's our first story about the U.S. strikes on Iran and impacts on global oil markets for @npr.org 🎧📻🛢️ With @camilareads.bsky.social (NB these days I'm helping w oil coverage, my old beat was oil, But I still cover climate. Roughly 70% of planet-heating gases come from burning fossil fuels)

In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p

Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care. Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/

Please listen to this story from my @npr.org colleague Adrian Florido about a fruit seller named Jesus

President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy. Here's what you need to know about oil in Venezuela. n.pr/4sp63PX

As a big winter storm comes for the US, some may blame outages on renewable energy. This is a pattern. In Feb 2021 when an outage hit Texas critics blamed solar + wind. Investigations found the outage's cause was gas + coal plants forced offline because of freezing temperatures. (more here⬇️)

I never thought i would be dming with reality tv star Spencer Pratt for work. But after the LA fires he became an important source of information for fire victims. The problem, experts tell NPR, is that sometimes what he says isn't accurate. And yet they impacted state policy. Story ⬇️ [email protected]

Misinformation spread quickly after the wildfires in Los Angeles last year. Some of these false narratives on social media impacted California policy. n.pr/4svdsNU

In the aftermath of the LA fires, misinformation spread almost as fast as the flames, including about legislation that could have helped the recovery. "Folks were reacting to information that was factually incorrect," our Julia Stein tells NPR's @juliaradio.bsky.social. www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...

how false narratives spread by social media influencers & AI chatbots derailed CA's response to the LA fires, by @juliaradio.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵

FYI on @npr.org news last night: "Next door to Venezuela is Guyana-a key emerging oil player with a big ExxonMobil presence. For years Guyana+Venezuela had territorial disputes, also related to oil. Oil experts tell NPR w President Maduro gone U.S. oil company investments in Guyana are more secure."

Teenage me who decided to become an oil reporter in '03 because of the Iraq war 🤝 this moment Here's NPR's explainer about Venezuela's oil industry🇻🇪 🛢️ (and Guyana's too 🇬🇾 🛢️) Featuring @paashamahdavi.com @fmonaldi.bsky.social and more

British-Egyptian activist Alaa abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted

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It has been amazing as a newsroom fan, watching @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's incredible, indefatigable reporting on DOGE and the Trump administration. She shows what journalism can do in a crisis. Please read what she gave to her sources - and the country - this year wapo.st/3LjmYCV