SPECIAL REPORT: A large swath of the U.S. currently does not have the basic, ground-level immunity necessary to stop the spread of viruses that had once receded into the past, a six-month NBC News investigation in collaboration with scientists at Stanford University finds.

❤️ data (and amazing work by @zteirstein.bsky.social ‪ @compatibilism.bsky.social and Jesse Nichols) grist.org/business/a-l...

This latest story builds on Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis, a project by @vox.com, @grist.org and @19thnews.org that examines how climate change impacts reproductive health — from menstruation to conception to birth. Explore the full series here: www.vox.com/climate/3515...

Climate change reshapes reproductive health — from conception to birth. Now, in a new collab with our friends at @grist.org, new data show how heat, poor air and floods are rewriting the earliest stages of life. @zteirstein.bsky.social at @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4578...

With @zteirstein.bsky.social and Jesse Nichols for @grist.org, here’s a chart-heavy look at some of the dynamics underlying the business of disaster: grist.org/business/a-l...

U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the U.N. and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

In March, a jury ordered Greenpeace to pay $666 million to the companies behind the Dakota Access pipeline. But Indigenous leaders, water protectors, activists, and court records agree: Greenpeace played a bit part in the Standing Rock movement, at best. grist.org/project/indi...

the times is reporting that fema let call center operator contracts expire on july 5, the day after the texas flood, and calls answered went from 99.7% that day to 36% the next to 16% the next www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

A 15-yo is now caring for his little brothers bc ICE snatched their mom. And another family that the local Santa Barbara paper found, pretty much same thing. Think how many stories aren’t being told www.independent.com/2025/07/11/c...

A community’s rapid response to a heavily militarized raid targeting undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles’ diverse MacArthur Park neighborhood helped stave off authorities. capitalandmain.com/when-ice-cam...

The conversation around who should shoulder the blame for what in Texas overlooks the larger context: Trump has eliminated pretty much all disaster preparedness funding the federal government offers. Including the resilience program HE established. grist.org/extreme-weat...

Wind and solar projects that start construction before July 2026 or are placed in service by 2027 would be able to take advantage of existing tax credits. Under the IRA, those credits were set to continue in some form until the country achieved its climate goals. grist.org/politics/sen...

👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers. That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value. It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Couldn't agree more with this. It's jaw-dropping to see the patty cake people are playing with him after what was a full constitutional assault that, oh by the way, is almost certainly going to lead to tens of thousands of people in the global south dying needlessly.

How herring lost their memory (over-fishing of older individuals) 🐟🚫🧠 @judeisabella.bsky.social @iainmckechnie.bsky.social nautil.us/how-these-fi...

Would be huge for home buyers

Great story on vibrio bacteria from @theadvocatebr.bsky.social that will certainly save lives if widely read. No mention, however, of the fact that rising temperatures are fueling the spread of flesh-eating bacteria. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...

It is hard to keep up with everything going on these days, but @zteirstein.bsky.social for @grist.org on the House IRA repeal vote is some of the most clearheaded political analysis I’ve seen. Read to understand more about the moment in which we’ve found ourselves: grist.org/politics/hou...

Latest House GOP bill has faster phaseout of IRA clean electricity credits—need to start building wind/solar/battery/geothermal before 60 days after law passes and finish by end 2028, or no credit. Nuclear gets an exception—a new reactor can get the credit if it starts construction by end 2028.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Excited for the WBUR festival in Boston later this month! I’ll be speaking with Harvard Medical’s @gaurabbasu.bsky.social about health in the climate era. Tickets still available!

You think what's being done to land-based ecosystems is bad? Take a look at what's happening under the sea. It's as if all birds and other wild animals were being hoovered out of forests for our mass consumption, shredding the trees and everything else in the process. Out of sight, out of mind.

Here is a rundown of exactly how the GOP proposal would change every clean energy tax credit. While it looks like a bunch of nips and tucks, it's probably more akin to a full repeal. More analysis from us to come. heatmap.news/politics/way...

The delayed reveal here is that this would cost California tax payers a grand total of 20 extra bucks a year. Every dollar counts but introducing dengue-stopping mosquitoes in a state where the disease is starting to appear locally with regularity thanks in part to climate change is a no brainer.

"If scientists want to increase public urgency around climate change, they should highlight clear, concrete shifts instead of slow-moving trends. That could include the loss of white Christmases or outdoor summer activities canceled because of wildfire smoke." grist.org/science/brea...

NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...

1000 or so+ (at least) National Weather Service/NOAA employees took early retirement today alone with more likely. NWS offices in many cases were already understaffed and services are being cut. Mark this day. So many implications.... 27000 collective years of experience...Gone

100 days into Trump's 2nd term, I took a look back at Project 2025, the blueprint that dominated the final stretch of the presidential election. Trump said he knew nothing about it, but his administration has already accomplished a third of its goals...and that's not all. grist.org/accountabili...

I went to SEJ last week and the vibes were…kinda weird! I wrote about it for @niemanlab.org: www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/a-co...

In this week's paper, as part of #The89Percent project, I wrote about how way, way, waaaaay more people care about climate than you might think.

Disaster season is about to kick into high gear. Come to our SEJ panel on how to report on extreme weather events from national and local perspectives. With Colleen at the helm, you know it’s gonna be good!

I went on @volts.wtf podcast with @jeffstjohn.bsky.social to talk about the fate of the IRA, funding freeze lawsuits, congestion pricing, and more. What an honor to chat with these two heavyweights. Listen here: www.volts.wtf/p/what-the-f...

Today @vox.com launched our latest project, Escape Velocity — all about how clean energy's momentum is strong enough to outlast the challenges of our current moment. Contrary to the headlines you've been seeing on climate, there's a lot of hope to be found. www.vox.com/climate/4084...

Pretty surprised the Guardian would publish a story with a headline like this based on research conducted by a small advocacy group using a single lab and questionable sample sizes.

Capitalizing on a small news lull to say that I will be at #SEJ2025 in Phoenix next week along with several of my Grist colleagues. Looking forward to panels with @colleenhagerty.com, @yessfun.com, @jkutzie.bsky.social, @virginiagewin.bsky.social, @adamlmahoney.bsky.social, & others. Come through!

The 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing is fast approaching. In 2020, @georgiajcatt.bsky.social and I made this podcast all about the long legacy of that tragedy. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This is a real theory popularized by a microbiologist named Arturo Casadevall who posits that the emergence of Candida Auris on multiple continents simultaneously is linked to the fact that fungi are evolving alongside rising global temperatures and adapting to the heat of the human bloodstream.

I'm seeking sources for a feature about the items disaster survivors found most helpful during extreme weather events. I'm hoping to crowdsource ideas from across the US, with a focus on sharing diverse experiences and perspectives. If you're interested in contributing, please send me a DM!

South Florida is losing tens of millions of dollars for flood control projects aimed to stem not just future SLR flooding but current day flooding because Trump admin slashed funds www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

Feeling this on a smaller scale in the climate science world. Researchers are terrified to talk to me about projects they would have been thrilled to discuss six months ago. I’ve had to offer anonymity to researchers investigating *mosquito-borne illnesses.*

In case you missed it, Trump also signed an executive order today directing the AG to go after state and local climate policies. Potentially bigger deal than coal order, imo… www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The Trump administration has plans to dismantle a FEMA program that funds climate adaptation projects to help communities and states prepare for weather disasters. (Like the ones we keep having in KY.) @zteirstein.bsky.social Jake Bittle @gristnews.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/07/f...

I've never seen such a crass climate change signal. A heatwave up to 10C hotter because of our burning of fossil fuels hit Central Asia last month. And this is only now, with just under 1.5C global warming. www.worldweatherattribution.org/extraordinar...

This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.

Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness Rises As US Cuts All Climate-Health Funding @zteirstein.bsky.social reports for @gristnews.bsky.social grist.org/politics/den...

Amid a once in a generation storm in the central U.S. and larger changes at FEMA, the Trump administration is ending its popular adaptation program BRIC—one of the only sources of funding communities can tap to prepare for disasters before they hit. First reported by Grist: grist.org/politics/fem...

this is how I found out the three-year FEMA grant my tiny rural Catskills town only just got awarded to do flood resilience work isn’t paused, it’s been trashed

Scoop from me and Jake: FEMA is ending BRIC. grist.org/politics/fem...

Climate change is turbocharging dengue fever—and the U.S. is cutting the tools to fight it. Dengue cases are surging globally, with climate change expanding mosquitoes' reach into new regions. Meanwhile, NIH just axed climate-health research funding, and CDC faces cuts. A thread 🧵; #CDC #NIH

A week ago, @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @fastlerner.bsky.social reported that NIH is slashing all future climate and health funding. I dug into what that means for a disease like dengue fever - the fastest-growing vector-borne illness in the world - as cases break records. grist.org/politics/den...