My final Down to Earth newsletter for the Guardian: What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat and broken promises www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Happy to see Nicole Rodriguez’s petition to the city for high visibility crosswalks finally getting some traction. 7 yrs. is too long tho & Mayor Gallego + Council should be embarrassed by that, especially as it should’ve happened yrs. ago. Way too many have died.Deadly PHX. youtu.be/1VfJsg5a2Wk?...

Every woman who has experienced physical and/or sexual abuse/violence (which unfortunately is too many of us - 1 in 3) will agree with this & feel it in our core. Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...

A must read story by Joe Dana. The Governor’s comments doubling down to support this methane gas compressor station 1/3rd of a mile from residents is also extremely concerning. Sure seems like Kinder Morgan & SWGas are calling the shots. Deep pockets… www.12news.com/article/news...

A must read story by Joe Dana. The Governor’s comments doubling down to support this methane gas compressor station 1/3rd of a mile from residents is also extremely concerning. Sure seems like Kinder Morgan & SWGas are calling the shots. Deep pockets… www.12news.com/article/news...

Incredibly proud of one of my best friends, Julie Erfle in filing this lawsuit against City of Phoenix & putting herself out there to try to stop the auction of guns used in violent crimes — and in this case, the gun that killed her husband & father of her children. www.12news.com/article/news...

Please kick in whatever you can afford to help musician Zane Champion make his next album. ♥️ gofund.me/e0f506d9f #arizona #music

The sooner more blue collar workers realize that Trump doesn’t give a 💩 about them, the better… Happy they’re protesting. Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Thank you, @ninalakhani.bsky.social for coming to Phoenix to cover this public health crisis. #HeatKills

#WeekWithoutDrivingPHX www.urbanphoenixproject.org/wwd2025

“This shooting is the 324th mass shooting that occurred this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.” This country needs to stop fucking around & pass commonsense gun reform now, as well as increase funding for mental health services & health/living services in general.

I have to believe there’s a special place in hell for people who kill trees. 🌳 🌲 Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

It was a nice surprise waking up to notes about this today (I had no clue about it)! Happy to know there are some folks out there paying attention to the stuff I say. 🤗 Thanks for the honor, @phoenixnewtimes.com! www.phoenixnewtimes.com/best-of-phoe...

On a Tuesday happy note, please give this new collab cover song by Morphia Slow & Zane Champion a listen! (Proud mama. ♥️🤗) youtu.be/ho5KeErOfic #music #arizona #supportlocalartists

Every day… nationalfairhousing.org/civil-rights...

This is awful. Corporations control our government & greed reigns while people who have a noble vision of America are exploited + abused. And it will only continue to get worse under the current administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/n...

I am picky about what journalists I’ll share info/data with (+ spend unpaid time helping) esp. on heat deaths because I want to make sure they’re factual + give this public health crisis justice. @caitmcglade.bsky.social did that with this story. #HeatKills www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

GOP ex-lawmaker, Turning Point Action leader, offered plea deal in petition signature forgery case azmirror.com/briefs/austi...

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

10PM in Phoenix, Arizona. I. AM. SO. SICK. OF. BEING. HOT.

The only reason we have another worthless, expensive study on this ridiculous & dangerous traffic model is because our Dist. 4 Councilwoman ⁦‪Laura Pastor‬⁩ pushed it & sucks at her job. Thankfully she’s finally termed out after this cycle. www.12news.com/article/news...

Here’s your must watch/share video: youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc

Yet we actually BROKE the heat death record last year in Maricopa County but unfortunately many of the heat deaths are just being un/undercounted & I’m positive this year will be the same. See: www.abc15.com/news/local-n... #HeatKills azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/09...

It just doesn’t stop with this administration… E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

DISGUSTING. How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein A Times investigation found that America’s leading bank spent yrs. supporting — & profiting from — the notorious sex offender, ignoring red flags, suspicious activity and concerned executives. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

Missing 12-year-old girl from south #Phoenix. Please share. youtu.be/vE6vuXBGUYo

Think of #Arizona PUBLIC Service (@apsfyi.bsky.social) as the evil, villain octopus. Tentacles everywhere all across the state, buying off everyone in their path & constantly raising our rates to enrich their shareholders. Life-saving utilities should NOT be profit-driven. #StopTheAPSGreed

States with strict abortion restrictions enacted after Dobbs saw a 7.2% increase in infant deaths

Think of #Arizona PUBLIC Service (@apsfyi.bsky.social) as the evil, villain octopus. Tentacles everywhere all across the state, buying off everyone in their path & constantly raising our rates to enrich their shareholders. Life-saving utilities should NOT be profit-driven. #StopTheAPSGreed

Arizonans Protest State’s Largest Utility Abandoning Clean Energy Commitments insideclimatenews.org/news/0409202...

Pima County votes to change two policies — about NDAs and environmental impact reviews — after “lessons learned” from Project Blue Public outrage about Project Blue’s revival spills back into county as dozens show up to oppose the project azluminaria.org/2025/09/03/p...

Please join us tomorrow morning to protest our Darth Vader utility monopoly APS. #RIPKateKorman #RIPStephaniePullman #StopTheAPSGreed act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...

Dittmer: Project Blue showed the real problem: Secrecy. Fix the law, not just this deal. | Guest opinion www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

BULLSHIT 👉🏼 “The Hobbs administration says Arizona workers do have protections from heat.” Our elected officials — & especially the Democrats — need to do more/better/faster. #HeatKills www.kjzz.org/business/202...

How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps.

Not counted as a heat death: “A 72-year-old Arizona man died days after falling on a sidewalk last year, with the hot surface burning 16% of his body. Cause of death: complications of thermal injuries because of prolonged exposure to elevated environmental temperatures on a hot surface.”

trump has set up the US to experience a mass death heat wave event in the coming years by: 1. destroying the labor base that normally does this work 2. destroying (what little) federal oversight (esp for landlords) exists 3. by making the cost of AC, both units and electricity, skyrocket.

By me from Mohave county: ‘It happened so fast’ - the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona as energy bill rise and federal aid shrinks www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This is a must read/share story. Nina is masterful at connecting dots & I’m happy to see heat deaths outside of Maricopa County covered. (I have all this data & it’s heartbreaking.) The energy burden coupled with heat illness/death is going to take a toll. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

This is a must read by @timsteller.bsky.social. The actions being taken by our current captured Commission will set AZ back 20+ years & cause our energy bills to skyrocket even higher. Build more dirty energy to power the data centers on the backs of us ratepayers.

Join me & @senatorlaurenkuby.bsky.social on September 11 for this virtual event to talk about Arizona’s energy future, the ACC & how you can get involved to help AZ get back on track. www.mobilize.us/cebv/event/8...

What this orange sociopath is doing to people is devastating across the board. Criminalizing homelessness helps NO ONE. He’s just building slave labor camps. Brown, black & poor folks. Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he’s giving it a test run. azmirror.com/2025/08/21/r...

A must read by my friend Alice Driver. Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It The people who do the dirty work of killing and processing animals hold up our food system. Trump is putting them in danger. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

Arizona attorney general issues consumer alert on utility overbilling in mobile home parks The guidance comes days after AG Kris Mayes ordered a Tucson park to restore power and air conditioning to residents azluminaria.org/2025/08/15/a... #HeatKills #LawyerForThePeople

When the Arizona Corporation Commission said that the electric company did nothing wrong when they killed my mother is part of a larger pattern of disinterest in the public good

The utility-captured Arizona Corporation Commission voted yesterday to move forward with repealing our renewable energy standards. Here’s what I said to the Commission.