Clare Fieseler, PhD
@fieseler.bsky.social
Journalist covering the ocean and climate change / currently: @canarymedia.com / former: POLITICO, The Post & Courier, The Washington Post / National Geographic Explorer / signal @clare.14 / Bury me in New Jersey
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Clare Fieseler, PhD
@fieseler.bsky.social
ยท Nov 13
Hello, BlueSky! ๐
Iโm Clare, a U.S.-based reporter covering climate and the oceans. Iโm a 2024 top winner of Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications. I recently left my role at POLITICO and will be announcing my new reporting job in 2025. Current status: chilling ๐
Iโm Clare, a U.S.-based reporter covering climate and the oceans. Iโm a 2024 top winner of Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications. I recently left my role at POLITICO and will be announcing my new reporting job in 2025. Current status: chilling ๐
Um, did yo read the story?
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Um, did yo read the story?
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
Folks in New England are waking up to temps below freezing. It's a reminder that winter brings times of greatest stress to the power grid.
Offshore wind farms could keep the lights when gas plants are underperforming. But Trump has prevented all but five projects from moving forward.
NEW from me๐
Offshore wind farms could keep the lights when gas plants are underperforming. But Trump has prevented all but five projects from moving forward.
NEW from me๐
Feel the cold? Offshore wind alleviates grid woes in winter, studyโฆ
A sector despised by President Trump can boost grid reliability on the East Coast when people crank up the heat and gas plants are tested by extremeโฆ
www.canarymedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Folks in New England are waking up to temps below freezing. It's a reminder that winter brings times of greatest stress to the power grid.
Offshore wind farms could keep the lights when gas plants are underperforming. But Trump has prevented all but five projects from moving forward.
NEW from me๐
Offshore wind farms could keep the lights when gas plants are underperforming. But Trump has prevented all but five projects from moving forward.
NEW from me๐
I truly believe the future of journalism is non-profit โ just like @sltrib.com
Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About thatโฆ ๐
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I truly believe the future of journalism is non-profit โ just like @sltrib.com
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In light of the big news about how horrid Republicans are at their legal warfare here's some more related news.
The Trump administration has missed the deadline to appeal a federal judgeโs decision ordering work to resume on the offshore Revolution Wind project.
The Trump administration has missed the deadline to appeal a federal judgeโs decision ordering work to resume on the offshore Revolution Wind project.
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
Relatedly: worried about winter peaks in electricity demand in the US Northeast?
Offshore wind helps solve that. Good thing we just nuked that industry.
Offshore wind helps solve that. Good thing we just nuked that industry.
Feel the cold? Offshore wind alleviates grid woes in winter, studyโฆ
A sector despised by President Trump can boost grid reliability on the East Coast when people crank up the heat and gas plants are tested by extremeโฆ
www.canarymedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Relatedly: worried about winter peaks in electricity demand in the US Northeast?
Offshore wind helps solve that. Good thing we just nuked that industry.
Offshore wind helps solve that. Good thing we just nuked that industry.
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
President Donald Trump has made it his mission to banish offshore wind farms from America.
It is, of course, a stupid policy. New reports show that the presidentโs move works against grid reliability. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
It is, of course, a stupid policy. New reports show that the presidentโs move works against grid reliability. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
Feel the cold? Offshore wind alleviates grid woes in winter, studyโฆ
A sector despised by President Trump can boost grid reliability on the East Coast when people crank up the heat and gas plants are tested by extremeโฆ
www.canarymedia.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
President Donald Trump has made it his mission to banish offshore wind farms from America.
It is, of course, a stupid policy. New reports show that the presidentโs move works against grid reliability. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
It is, of course, a stupid policy. New reports show that the presidentโs move works against grid reliability. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
This month marks one year for me on Bluesky. Iโve connected w/ more people here than I ever did at the bird place. ๐
Last year, I left my job @politico.com / E&E News to make a film about new ocean industries. I started covering the war on U.S. offshore wind for @canarymedia.com. Been a good year!
Last year, I left my job @politico.com / E&E News to make a film about new ocean industries. I started covering the war on U.S. offshore wind for @canarymedia.com. Been a good year!
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This month marks one year for me on Bluesky. Iโve connected w/ more people here than I ever did at the bird place. ๐
Last year, I left my job @politico.com / E&E News to make a film about new ocean industries. I started covering the war on U.S. offshore wind for @canarymedia.com. Been a good year!
Last year, I left my job @politico.com / E&E News to make a film about new ocean industries. I started covering the war on U.S. offshore wind for @canarymedia.com. Been a good year!
I get about 300 miles a charge on the highway in my pure EV. Honestly, itโs good for you legs and mind to take a 30 min charging break every 300 miles during on a road trip. Eat, walk around, call a friend, check your email. And it saves us tons of $$ we would have otherwise spent on gas.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I get about 300 miles a charge on the highway in my pure EV. Honestly, itโs good for you legs and mind to take a 30 min charging break every 300 miles during on a road trip. Eat, walk around, call a friend, check your email. And it saves us tons of $$ we would have otherwise spent on gas.
I got an EV this year. And I have zero regrets. ๐
It's the future. Here's the proof ๐
It's the future. Here's the proof ๐
Gas cars have already peaked. Hereโs how EVs are unseating them around the world.
Chart: EVs are ascendant โ and gas cars are past their prime
Sales of gas-only vehicles are down by 31% from their peak, while electric vehicle sales are growing rapidly worldwide, largely due to China.
www.canarymedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I got an EV this year. And I have zero regrets. ๐
It's the future. Here's the proof ๐
It's the future. Here's the proof ๐
Folks in New England are waking up to temps below freezing. It's a reminder that winter brings times of greatest stress to the power grid.
Offshore wind farms could keep the lights when gas plants are underperforming. But Trump has prevented all but five projects from moving forward.
NEW from me๐
Offshore wind farms could keep the lights when gas plants are underperforming. But Trump has prevented all but five projects from moving forward.
NEW from me๐
Feel the cold? Offshore wind alleviates grid woes in winter, studyโฆ
A sector despised by President Trump can boost grid reliability on the East Coast when people crank up the heat and gas plants are tested by extremeโฆ
www.canarymedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Folks in New England are waking up to temps below freezing. It's a reminder that winter brings times of greatest stress to the power grid.
Offshore wind farms could keep the lights when gas plants are underperforming. But Trump has prevented all but five projects from moving forward.
NEW from me๐
Offshore wind farms could keep the lights when gas plants are underperforming. But Trump has prevented all but five projects from moving forward.
NEW from me๐
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
This is some stand-out, exclusive reporting about a MAHA conference held in DC that was nearly absent of scientists (and reporters.)
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social ๐๐ป
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social ๐๐ป
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. ๐งต ๐งช
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. ๐งต ๐งช
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is some stand-out, exclusive reporting about a MAHA conference held in DC that was nearly absent of scientists (and reporters.)
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social ๐๐ป
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social ๐๐ป
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
"The best use case of AI is for circumventing AI" is an amazing thing in this, the worst future.
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"The best use case of AI is for circumventing AI" is an amazing thing in this, the worst future.
Whoops! I meant ChatGPT ๐
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Whoops! I meant ChatGPT ๐
This is some stand-out, exclusive reporting about a MAHA conference held in DC that was nearly absent of scientists (and reporters.)
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social ๐๐ป
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social ๐๐ป
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. ๐งต ๐งช
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. ๐งต ๐งช
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is some stand-out, exclusive reporting about a MAHA conference held in DC that was nearly absent of scientists (and reporters.)
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social ๐๐ป
Worth your time to read.
Bravo, @maxkozlov.bsky.social ๐๐ป
Thatโs a great example that I am glad to know about. Thank you for sharing. I am really curious what physicians think about use of ChatPGT.
sharing.am
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thatโs a great example that I am glad to know about. Thank you for sharing. I am really curious what physicians think about use of ChatPGT.
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
I have yet to see a single use case where ChatGPT actually improves our lives or learning.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I have yet to see a single use case where ChatGPT actually improves our lives or learning.
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
I'm happy I grew up in the era of card catalogs and the dewey decimal system. Just walking into the library with a stack of index cards, a pen, and an idea.
I keep thinking the *process* of researching is as important as what you discover.
It forces you to consider what impacts and relates to what you are looking for and the context of what you find impacts its meaning.
Knowledge is not a box of cereal that you can just grab a handful of. #KM
It forces you to consider what impacts and relates to what you are looking for and the context of what you find impacts its meaning.
Knowledge is not a box of cereal that you can just grab a handful of. #KM
Well slap my ass and call me Suzy
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'm happy I grew up in the era of card catalogs and the dewey decimal system. Just walking into the library with a stack of index cards, a pen, and an idea.
Journalism for the win!
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Journalism for the win!
I have yet to see a single use case where ChatGPT actually improves our lives or learning.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I have yet to see a single use case where ChatGPT actually improves our lives or learning.
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
COP30 Blue Zone on fire with everyone standing around watching and taking video to post on social media.
If this isn't a metaphor for the planet, I don't know what is.
If this isn't a metaphor for the planet, I don't know what is.
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
COP30 Blue Zone on fire with everyone standing around watching and taking video to post on social media.
If this isn't a metaphor for the planet, I don't know what is.
If this isn't a metaphor for the planet, I don't know what is.
National news coverage: www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
National news coverage: www.bbc.com/news/article...
My source says this fire that broke out at COP30 has now been contained. No word yet on injuries. I hope everyone is ok.
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My source says this fire that broke out at COP30 has now been contained. No word yet on injuries. I hope everyone is ok.
This is no AI. Brazilian media have reported it to. And my source is at the conference and captured this.
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is no AI. Brazilian media have reported it to. And my source is at the conference and captured this.