Brilliant story on RFK's push for an unethical study that withholds vaccines from 7000 children in Guinea-Bissau, based on a "house of cards." Guinea-Bissau says they never approved of this. And yet HHS calls it an "opportunity." By Arthur Allen @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/a-dani...

🚨 BREAKING: The Bureau of Land Management has just announced plans to open up ~80,000 acres across rural NW Arizona (north of the Grand Canyon) for oil and gas leasing. The rub? The geologists and land managers I spoke with said there’s not any oil or gas there. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Glad to say @mongabay.com is a finalist for a #podcast award for this episode on how outdoor adventure can boost #conservation “We harness the collective power of the tens of thousands of people that are outside every day to benefit conservation.” Listen here: news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...

This is a nightmare come to life (like many other aspects of society right now). But the ethics at the NYT have definitely disappointed me before, so I’m not sure I’m surprised.

I know it's May the Fourth and I'm not trying to cross universes, but I have a story today for Arizona Heat Awareness Week that, IMO, has a forcefully strong LOTR reference (which my editor did not comment on but also did not delete... gotta count wins where I can). www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

The Colorado River Basin story that never dies. (Well, one of them. Western water shortages inspire many zombie stories.) If we had a nickel for each time a reader thinks they've solved Arizona's water crisis with a plan for a pipeline from the Mississippi River.. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Damn. Well at least people are starting to say it out loud now.

Border wall construction has now resulted in DHS closing the southernmost mile of the #ArizonaTrail — by dragging a park bench across it. The terminus will soon be walled off into Mexico, with consequences for hikers and wildlife. My story and video from the scene: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Quick PSA: Joan is a real name. It’s not even an odd or unusual one. It’s not Jone. It’s not Joanne. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told someone my name out loud and they either spell it “Jone” or they correctively address me as “Joanne.” I know this is not important. But it’s just weird.

Donald Trump threatened to jail journalists who published details of a daring US military raid to rescue two airmen whose aircraft was shot down over Iran

some of the most beautiful art in the world was created out of everything falling apart

Really appreciated being included in this! Heat coverage is an ever-evolving thing these days.

🥵 Heatwave webinar alert 🌡️ Join CCNow and @climatecentral.org for “‘Virtually Impossible Heat’ & the Future of the American West,” a rapid response webinar about the record-shattering heatwave blanketing the American West. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Coverage out today of @cetracey.bsky.social’s fabulous new book “Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History” and her upcoming appearance on Monday to discuss it at @changinghands.bsky.social bookstore in Phoenix. @azcentral.com @wwnorton.com www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

“Grasping the feeling of dread, of misplaced—or foregone—humanity is a failed hunt for meaning,” wrote Zarina Zabrisky at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “There is no meaning in war.”

Feels like there’s a pattern of prominent climate scientists/directors, etc. using their platforms to complain about news media omitting climate context while ignoring stories that include it (btw, climate journalist positions are vanishing). If you want to fix a gap, maybe lift up existing fixes?

Dropping Lake Powell levels are forcing one of its largest remaining marinas to relocate to stay in water. Park Service announces today that Bullfrog marina on the reservoir's north end will move entirely to the other side near Halls Crossing to remain viable this year: www.nps.gov/glca/learn/n...

Had a great conversation with @joanmeiners.bsky.social about communicating climate change and heat waves. Good timing as I just received a 7-day extreme heat warning for northern Arizona where we've already been experiencing temps 15-20 degrees above normal www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

It's very likely that an oil shock helped to crater housing production in the 1970s and could be about to do so again. publiccomment.blog/p/the-housin...

This is a pretty great job! Ask me how I know

This is what ecocide looks like.

This is a vital conversation about trends in #climate news coverage that people NEED to hear. @emorwee.bsky.social, Tracy Wholf & @chasecain.bsky.social (who was great to work with on our 2024 interview of John Podesta for @coveringclimatenow.org) are indispensable. heated.world/p/nbcs-top-c...

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations. theintercept.com/2026/03/02/t...

I set out to write about fluctuating electricity rates at Arizona utilities today & ended up also covering the final repeal of AZ’s renewable energy standard, passed ~4pm. The sunniest state in the nation no longer has any benchmark goal for solar energy. Dark day. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a major climate case against fossil fuel companies Alito has not recused himself, despite owning nearly $200,000 in fossil fuel stocks—including in Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips, which are being sued in cases that would be directly affected by a SCOTUS ruling

I wrote a story about a bill to fund maintenance of the #ArizonaTrail, which crosses nearly every category of #publiclands on its 850-mile journey btw Utah & Mexico -- and what in-state support for it might mean against a backdrop of federal attacks on public lands. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

I know there’s a lot of horribleness right now. But last night I attended the premiere of a new documentary about two brothers who walked across Arizona before the #ArizonaTrail existed. There was so much love & commitment to public lands in the room that it felt like a flicker of a pathway forward.

Highly recommend applying for this! It’s FREE to enter, is international (=more inclusive and interestingly competitive) and is one of the easier submission processes out there. AND if you win you get a super cool orange glass globe trophy for your desk! To keep us motivated. 😎

I only met Abe Kwok briefly a few times. But it's easy to believe all of these amazing things his former colleagues at The Arizona Republic have to say about him here. I'm sad he's gone. www.azcentral.com/story/news/a...

I would never quote anyone like this. It’s especially inappropriate because she’s actually quite well spoken a majority of the time.

Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

Days after laying off many of the great climate change reporters I once worked with, the Washington Post published an editorial applauding Trump for ripping up the federal government’s authority to regulate climate pollution. Important column by @sammyroth.bsky.social

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.