For the nerds out there, this story also includes some original analyses and data visualizations of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' track record on environment-related bills in the first three years of her first term, as she begins campaigning for re-election.

My story out today covers the absolute blitzkrieg of bills attacking progress on #climate and environmental issues that have been introduced before the 2026 Arizona Legislature as midterms near. Environmentalists will gather at the AZ Capitol Feb. 11 to strategize. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

In a deeply fucked-up world, this still stands out. WTAF. Not ok.

BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. (1/2 🧵)

NEW: A just-published study found that 911 calls/EMS activations increased by 68% in the U.S. btw 2019-2024, overwhelming medical systems. Extreme #heat caused incidents to increase faster among mid-aged adults, low-income ppl & those in Mountain states. My story: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Wait...are they putting a paywall of sorts on the White House website? We now can't read executive orders without signing up for Trump's email list?! Has anyone else run into this?

So much for AI knowing what I want and how to help. I have never once needed info about anime backgrounds or Persian cats.

When I realized that performing an emotional reaction to the news was not activism my life got a lot better

Imagine being this boring

On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.

It feels strange to celebrate a front page these days. But today’s marks the end of our print run of my #ArizonaTrail series in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com. Here’s to still fighting to preserve our humanity + climate through empathy + information sharing. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

I am a climate scientist and this is correct. As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open. Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Okay sorry one more shot:

Bold to market this months ahead of time. Anything could happen in the next seven weeks, much of which is likely to bring us closer to fascism. Curious how he is going about preparing this talk when every day is something new.

Under the law, ICE is required to provide necessary medical care for the people it detains, often using third-party providers to do so. ICE, however, has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025.

It's just wild to see in the federal government's own models how close the nation's second largest reservoir is to losing hydropower production, potentially for months on end in early 2027. Is the plan to just drain Flaming Gorge, Blue Mesa and Navajo to keep it propped up another year?

I grew up near this important and inspirational laboratory. This is deeply, deeply uncool.

From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.

NEW: Trump is expected to announce any day now the final repeal of 2009 Endangerment Finding, which granted EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas air pollutants from power plants & vehicles My sources view the move as anti-health, anti-environment & anti-science www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

This is really interesting in light of my interviews with #climate experts in #Arizona who are grappling with this question — while watching the Phoenix Mayor embrace the term and the Arizona Governor avoid it — as I wrote about last year here: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

We’ve fought fascism and oligarchy before, and it’s so boring to have to do it again when our primary focus should be on addressing climate change. But the fascists and oligarchs are exacerbating climate change and hindering our efforts to combat it, so fight them we will.

Idk what’s going on at the Guardian science desk but this is FAR FROM the first credible critique of their work and methods I’ve heard, or had myself.

In 2025, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego @mayorgallego.bsky.social served as chair of @climatemayors.bsky.social, leading on local #climate action during a year of federal backsliding. I spoke with her the day her term ended, right as Trump exited another climate treaty. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

This funding news is a relief but WHY IS THE USDA (includes the Forest Service) NOT ON THIS LIST?

Data centres that briefly wind down during grid stress are shaving a small slice off a net harm, they are not 'supporting the transition' In the same way CCS *might* slightly reduce emissions, but overall end up facilitating new fossil fuel use.... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

"The landscape has been a meticulous archivist & its stratigraphy reveals a geologic history. Now, however, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is threatened by the Trump administration’s land-management policies." @goesbykim.bsky.social in @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...

Five years ago.

Never in my life did I think that someday the front page of one of the United States’ largest newspapers (10th-17th, depending on which list you consult) would be all about me riding my bike to report on climate change. But today, it is. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Today’s front page of The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com (Landing the front page never really gets old…) Story link: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

🚨🚨🚨 The global average temperature in 2025 was the 3rd highest on record. The last three years are in a class by themselves. Instead of focusing on changes in aerosols, volcanic eruptions, or other transient events, focus on the on big thing we have been doing globally for 250 years. 🚨🚨🚨

Of 128 journalists killed globally last year, 56 were Palestinian, the International Federation of Journalists said.

They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

It's been a head-spinning year for U.S. #climate news. I thought it would be useful to take a step back and review 2025's biggest climate losses and wins (yes, there were some) affecting Arizona, which sits on the frontlines of so many climate impacts. So I did: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

I'll host a special New Year's Eve livestream (12/31 at noon PT!) to offer 1) a wrap up of 2025's exceptional hydroclimate whiplash in California, 2) details re: (yet another!) major rain event in SoCal this week, & 3) a brief update on the NCAR situation.

Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist, write @michaelemann.bsky.social & Bob Ward - It is latest move in relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by fossil fuel industry @ncar-ucar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Winter floods wreak havoc on Gaza displacement camps as Israel blocks aid https://aje.io/nu8pwm

He’s deporting citizens without due process and against judges’ orders + putting out suggested hits on his political enemies, which could very plausibly be acted upon by his extremist followers. Take note.

this isn’t how journalism works

100% this. I spent most of 2024 investigating an AZ utility company that kept insisting more gas was necessary in one of the sunniest places in America — because clouds? Wrong. Batteries are a thing. Smart demand management is a thing. Learn about it. That story: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

These “climate shelters” appear to just be cooling centers. In theory, setting up free places for the public to stay cool can save lives. But in 2022, I reported on research that found they’re not as effective as officials pushing this as climate solution suggest: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

There are many claims that AI is a “planet killing” source of greenhouse gases. But is it? This paper might be the most detailed estimate of the emissions associated with AI. It suggests that AI could emit as much as 30-80 *million* tons of CO2 per year. www.cell.com/patterns/ful...

What an astonishingly dishonest piece of propaganda for the fossil fuel industry, including its citing of Obama's extremely outdated energy policies and its misrepresentation of Norwegian public opinion.

He got votes for this exact empty promise

States typically have a list of items that residents should have on hand in case of an emergency. But according to a new 50-state scorecard released on Thursday, only one state — Maryland — does a good job of including sexual and reproductive health supplies into its preparedness checklist.

Removing science from society is never a good sign. I grew up near this lab. It’s incredibly important.

A review of more than 100 court cases in Alabama found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior convictions. Defendants in these cases said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them. by @amyyurkanin.bsky.social

They want banks to be able to go back to openly discriminating against women and POC. They want women to need to have a man to cosign a credit card or a bank loan like before this rule was passed.

Losing access to newspapers and the historical context they provide around current events is not a hypothetical. It’s deeply scary.