I wrote something of a personal addendum to my piece on a New York Public Library exhibit on Middle Eastern and North African immigrants in New York City. Read it in today's Race/Related newsletter: static.nytimes.com/email-conten...

#Environmentalists Sue to Stop #Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico @karenzraick.bsky.social reports for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

Great piece on new EV charging stations on the Standing Rock reservation- an unexpected outgrowth of the #NoDAPL protests. By @sachimulkey.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

@ashkhen.bsky.social spoke to @karenzraick.bsky.social at @nytimes.com about the differences between anti-SLAPP statutes in the U.S. and the EU, and how that may play out in this jurisdictional legal battle.

New suit by @healthygulf.bsky.social @nrdc.org @sierraclub.org @biologicaldiversity.org @earthjustice.org seeks to block federal sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

The latest in the fight between Energy Transfer and Greenpeace: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

The latest in the fight between Energy Transfer and Greenpeace: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

New suit by @healthygulf.bsky.social @nrdc.org @sierraclub.org @biologicaldiversity.org @earthjustice.org seeks to block federal sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

Indigenous people are demanding land rights not just as a restoration of their right to manage their territories but also as a climate and nature fix. How will countries respond, not just during COP30 but beyond? Watch this space. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/c...

Moving, imaginatively told story from Gaza. Reporting by Mohammed Mhawish. Illustrations by Rama Duwaji. www.newyorker.com/news/as-told...

My (belated) first Bluesky post: I wrote about an exhibition at The New York Public Library that traces the story of immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa in New York, with visuals by Janice Chung. Take a look to see some highlights from the show: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/a...

A North Dakota judge dramatically reduced the amount of $$ that @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social has to pay Energy Transfer over its alleged role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests nearly a decade ago www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...

Scoop: Exxon is suing California over its new climate disclosure laws. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c...

Scoop: Exxon is suing California over its new climate disclosure laws. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c...

The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/c...

The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/c...

Judge Throws Out Children’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Energy Policies www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...

“Submission was repackaged as maturity. The cruellest occupation is not of land but of the imagination.” Beautiful essay by @mohamhawish.bsky.social on Gaza’s future www.newyorker.com/news/essay/g...

The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on an issue facing judges nationwide: Whether or not local communities can sue oil companies over their role in climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on an issue facing judges nationwide: Whether or not local communities can sue oil companies over their role in climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

Youth climate activists w/ @youthvgov.bsky.social faced off with DOJ lawyers in a federal court in Montana, where they are challenging Trump's executive orders on energy. My story from the courtroom: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...

Youth climate activists w/ @youthvgov.bsky.social faced off with DOJ lawyers in a federal court in Montana, where they are challenging Trump's executive orders on energy. My story from the courtroom: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...

I'll be covering the lawsuit against Trump's executive orders on energy filed by young people with @youthvgov.bsky.social today in Montana federal court. Read about the case here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/c...

The climate case by municipalities of Puerto Rico that made RICO claims against oil companies to hold them responsible for Hurricane Maria has been dismissed. @nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

The climate case by municipalities of Puerto Rico that made RICO claims against oil companies to hold them responsible for Hurricane Maria has been dismissed. @nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide: my latest for @nytimes.com - Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/c...

I was the only reporter in the courtroom in Beaumont, Texas recently as lawyers for Exxon, California AG Bonta, the Sierra Club and other nonprofits sparred over dueling lawsuits, free speech and plastics recycling. Read free here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/c...

Marvelous piece, from @karenzraick.bsky.social, on origins of Labor Day we never learned in school. (No paywall.) www.nytimes.com/article/what...

Happy Labor Day. Here's a history of the American workers' holiday. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/article/what...

“Once Israeli leaders realized that they would face no consequences for killing Shireen Abu Akleh, one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists, is it surprising they would conclude that they could get away with killing many more Palestinian journalists in Gaza?” — my latest @theguardian.com

“Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif have been able to tell their own people’s story directly to the world. And Israel is methodically killing them for it, while many of their Western colleagues and international journalistic institutions remain shamefully silent”— my latest @theguardian.com

Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump. Read free here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/c...

Israel is murdering the messengers. The targeted Israeli strike on a media tent in #Gaza killed an entire news crew including 6 journalists — Israel’s deadliest single attack on journalists since Oct. 7, 2023. Read more: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Israel assassinated journalist Anas Al-Sharif and his entire Al-Jazeera TV crew in Gaza today. CPJ warned of Israeli smear campaign against him, but few Western media outlets or journalists spoke out in defense of their Palestinian colleagues. Their silence is cowardly and shameful.

A judge in Charleston, S.C., has dismissed the city’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies over their role in climate change, but similar cases continue around the country. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/c...

"The first time my three-and-a-half-year-old son, Rafik, asked me 'Are we going to die today?' was in December of 2023, roughly two months after the war began." A gripping account by @mohamhawish.bsky.social on the toll of war on Gaza's children in @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Breaking News: The UN’s top court called climate change an “existential threat” and said nations had legal obligations to act. It was the first time that the court has weighed in on climate change.

VIDEO: Crowds run to grab bags of flour in northern Gaza. The head of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City said on Tuesday that 21 children had died across the Palestinian territory in the past three days "due to malnutrition and starvation"

#Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech @karenzraick.bsky.social and @sachimulkey.bsky.social report for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/c...

Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/c...

Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians Across Iran www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...

BlackRock Is Accused of a Plot Against Coal. The Firm Says That’s ‘Absurd.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/c...

Climate news was in overdrive this week. 🧵⬇️ NYT’s @karenzraick.bsky.social covered a unique hearing in Charleston that raised this question: Do climate lawsuits seeking to make polluters pay for the costs of climate destruction also seek to regulate energy? 🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/c...

“The 22 plaintiffs … are represented by the nonprofit legal group Our Children’s Trust. That group has notched two important legal victories in recent years, winning cases against the state of Montana and the Hawaii Department of Transportation,” writes @karenzraick.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

Youth activists with @youthvgov.bsky.social sue Trump over executive orders on energy and environment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/c...

Will Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Survive the Week? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/c...

German Court Dismisses a Climate Suit but Opens the Door to Future Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/c...

La demanda climática de un peruano es desestimada en Alemania, pero abre la puerta a futuros casos www.nytimes.com/es/2025/05/2...

Israeli attacks on land, wells and greenhouses exacerbating the already critical risk of famine in Gaza, the FAO says.