I report on how the natural gas shortage in Alaska has made energy costs exorbitant. Wind and solar power plants were expected to lower the cost, but those plans have been dashed by the Trump administration. www.context.news/just-transit...

In my latest for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, I visit the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific and tell the story of how its descendants have fought to keep it mostly untouched. Big thanks to @joespring.bsky.social for the collaboration and edits! bit.ly/4n9r0uV

In my @smithsonianmag.bsky.social debut, I investigate how traditional Chinese medicine has driven pangolins to the edge of extinction. Pharmaceutical companies mass produce pangolin-scale products & sell them online, despite bans on pangolin trade & condemnation from TCM leaders. bit.ly/3EJAxI6