Major new investigation reported by @joefassler.bsky.social (and edited by me) into Colorado's celebrated oil cleanup reforms. The regulator had the chance to incentivize the three largest oil companies to clean up their thousands of dead and dirty drill sites. It quietly gave them a $1 billion pass

Tonight at 8 ET, I'll speak with three with science writers who helped to craft the message behind the Artemis II mission. We'll delve into the behind-the-scenes challenges of communications work at NASA + the joy of sharing Artemis w/ the world. 🔭🧪 Link here: www.eventbrite.com/e/jhu-alumni...

Maybe you've heard about Energy Sec. Chris Wright and the DOE declaring "energy emergencies" to keep coal plants open? Now the EPA's using the Clean Air Act to do something similar in Colorado, with implications beyond. @joefassler.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👉 www.desmog.com/2026/02/09/t...

Thanks to @joefassler.bsky.social and @environment.theguardian.com for covering Sentient’s media analysis — hope it sparks more reporting on emissions from food!

Trump admin officials, industry groups, and tech leaders cite an “AI arms race” with China to justify a massive fossil fuels expansion — calling it an urgent matter of national security. For @desmog.com, I spoke to experts who explained why that’s not true:

🚨 NEW 🚨 In Texas, the gold rush to build data centers for AI is spurring demand for over 100 new gas power plants. And it is a "rush": some gas plant air pollution permits were approved by the state in just 24 hours. Get the full story from @joefassler.bsky.social‬ 👇

A few months back, I started in on what I thought would be a simple, straightforward piece: mapping out the Trump admin officials connected to Project 2025 groups. The ties turned out to go so deep, and be so numerous and surprising, that the piece only just ran today.

Trump tried to deny any knowledge of Project 2025 - the radical plan to dismantle the federal government. Well it turns out that 70% of his Cabinet have ties to the groups behind the document.

Fantastic @desmog.bsky.social post detailing how solidly Musk is now positioned as one of the single greatest threats to climate action we have ever faced www.desmog.com/2025/02/20/e... @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @joefassler.bsky.social @adambarnett.bsky.social

The team of mad geniuses at Vow Foods envisions a very different future for cultivated meat. For now, they're not trying to compete with commodity animal ag. They're scaling expensive, bizarre products in the world's first genuine cell-meat factory — like $100/pound quail foie gras.

Trump has been filling his cabinet with a long list of conservative partisans eager to stop climate action. Here’s background on 6 fracking billionaires & climate denial groups backing them. @joefassler.bsky.social reports: www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...

Many of Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t household names, but they’re backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction. @joefassler.bsky.social goes deep into the fracking billionaires and denier groups eagerly awaiting Trump's second administration. www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...

I wrote a novel! It lives. Some related writing, out this week, a thread:

A young, hungry industry raked in billions to try to grow slaughter-free meat in giant tanks. Could it fix our broken diets, repair a damaged planet, save us from ourselves? I wrestled with that question for a year. Here’s what I learned. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/o...

It's not the how. It's the cow, all day long. @joefassler.bsky.social reports on a new study that assesses claims of cattle sequestering carbon as wildly overblown. www.desmog.com/2024/02/01/c...

If you, like me, are new here, and looking for the food & science folks you enjoyed on twitter, here's a thread with some of them: @waiterich.bsky.social @gidmk.bsky.social @kendrawrites.bsky.social @marynmck.bsky.social @hels.bsky.social @sarahzhang.bsky.social @mikegrunwald.bsky.social