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
· Nov 13
Hello, BlueSky! 👋
I’m Clare, a U.S.-based reporter covering climate and the oceans. I’m 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 😎
I’m Clare, a U.S.-based reporter covering climate and the oceans. I’m 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 😎
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
My new parenting hack is just collapsing face down on the ground and saying in a loud robot voice things like:
“Warning! Mom de-activated. Warning! Mom de-activated. To reactivate Mom, do the thing she just asked you to do 34 times.”
They break the sound barrier putting on those shoes. 🤖
“Warning! Mom de-activated. Warning! Mom de-activated. To reactivate Mom, do the thing she just asked you to do 34 times.”
They break the sound barrier putting on those shoes. 🤖
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
My new parenting hack is just collapsing face down on the ground and saying in a loud robot voice things like:
“Warning! Mom de-activated. Warning! Mom de-activated. To reactivate Mom, do the thing she just asked you to do 34 times.”
They break the sound barrier putting on those shoes. 🤖
“Warning! Mom de-activated. Warning! Mom de-activated. To reactivate Mom, do the thing she just asked you to do 34 times.”
They break the sound barrier putting on those shoes. 🤖
My new parenting hack is just collapsing face down on the ground and saying in a loud robot voice things like:
“Warning! Mom de-activated. Warning! Mom de-activated. To reactivate Mom, do the thing she just asked you to do 34 times.”
They break the sound barrier putting on those shoes. 🤖
“Warning! Mom de-activated. Warning! Mom de-activated. To reactivate Mom, do the thing she just asked you to do 34 times.”
They break the sound barrier putting on those shoes. 🤖
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
My new parenting hack is just collapsing face down on the ground and saying in a loud robot voice things like:
“Warning! Mom de-activated. Warning! Mom de-activated. To reactivate Mom, do the thing she just asked you to do 34 times.”
They break the sound barrier putting on those shoes. 🤖
“Warning! Mom de-activated. Warning! Mom de-activated. To reactivate Mom, do the thing she just asked you to do 34 times.”
They break the sound barrier putting on those shoes. 🤖
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
Trump is winning his bizarre war on “windmills.”
But multiple experts have told me it’s inaccurate to call America’s offshore wind dreams “dead.”
At least one described the state of affairs as a kind of hibernation — and as a key time for learning.
Here are those lessons. My latest👇
But multiple experts have told me it’s inaccurate to call America’s offshore wind dreams “dead.”
At least one described the state of affairs as a kind of hibernation — and as a key time for learning.
Here are those lessons. My latest👇
Offshore wind had a terrible 2025. What can be learned?
A new study highlights hard-won wisdom for the industry, and a year of Trump 2.0 offers more lessons still for how a renewables sector could make a…
www.canarymedia.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Trump is winning his bizarre war on “windmills.”
But multiple experts have told me it’s inaccurate to call America’s offshore wind dreams “dead.”
At least one described the state of affairs as a kind of hibernation — and as a key time for learning.
Here are those lessons. My latest👇
But multiple experts have told me it’s inaccurate to call America’s offshore wind dreams “dead.”
At least one described the state of affairs as a kind of hibernation — and as a key time for learning.
Here are those lessons. My latest👇
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
I love writing the same story twice in a less than four months span like please let me keep doing this, legal system
January 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I love writing the same story twice in a less than four months span like please let me keep doing this, legal system
NEW: Trump’s war on “windmills” just lost another court battle.
Looks like this judge isn‘t buying the administration‘s latest justification for stopping Revolution Wind — “classified information” about national security.
Construction is back on.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Looks like this judge isn‘t buying the administration‘s latest justification for stopping Revolution Wind — “classified information” about national security.
Construction is back on.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US judge rules Orsted can continue work on Rhode Island offshore wind project
A federal judge on Monday cleared Danish offshore wind developer Orsted to resume work on its nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which U.S. President Donald Trump's administration halted along w...
www.reuters.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 PM
NEW: Trump’s war on “windmills” just lost another court battle.
Looks like this judge isn‘t buying the administration‘s latest justification for stopping Revolution Wind — “classified information” about national security.
Construction is back on.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Looks like this judge isn‘t buying the administration‘s latest justification for stopping Revolution Wind — “classified information” about national security.
Construction is back on.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
NEW: I obtained internal emails from the Department of Energy's climate working group. They show the group plotting to produce a second misleading climate report, DOE officials avoiding public disclosure laws, DOE peer reviewers stating they weren't qualified: www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
DOE sees bigger role for climate contrarians, records show
A small team of researchers who dispute mainstream climate science may play an outsize role in the next National Climate Assessment.
www.eenews.net
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
NEW: I obtained internal emails from the Department of Energy's climate working group. They show the group plotting to produce a second misleading climate report, DOE officials avoiding public disclosure laws, DOE peer reviewers stating they weren't qualified: www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
Trump is winning his bizarre war on “windmills.”
But multiple experts have told me it’s inaccurate to call America’s offshore wind dreams “dead.”
At least one described the state of affairs as a kind of hibernation — and as a key time for learning.
Here are those lessons. My latest👇
But multiple experts have told me it’s inaccurate to call America’s offshore wind dreams “dead.”
At least one described the state of affairs as a kind of hibernation — and as a key time for learning.
Here are those lessons. My latest👇
Offshore wind had a terrible 2025. What can be learned?
A new study highlights hard-won wisdom for the industry, and a year of Trump 2.0 offers more lessons still for how a renewables sector could make a…
www.canarymedia.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Trump is winning his bizarre war on “windmills.”
But multiple experts have told me it’s inaccurate to call America’s offshore wind dreams “dead.”
At least one described the state of affairs as a kind of hibernation — and as a key time for learning.
Here are those lessons. My latest👇
But multiple experts have told me it’s inaccurate to call America’s offshore wind dreams “dead.”
At least one described the state of affairs as a kind of hibernation — and as a key time for learning.
Here are those lessons. My latest👇
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
What the fuck are we doing?
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
What the fuck are we doing?
I once came to blows with a comms director for a billion dollar company after I wrote a negative article.
I worked for months repairing the relationship.
He just called today to tell me that, of all the reporters he works with, I am his favorite.
A good reminder to be both dogged — and kind. ❤️
I worked for months repairing the relationship.
He just called today to tell me that, of all the reporters he works with, I am his favorite.
A good reminder to be both dogged — and kind. ❤️
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I once came to blows with a comms director for a billion dollar company after I wrote a negative article.
I worked for months repairing the relationship.
He just called today to tell me that, of all the reporters he works with, I am his favorite.
A good reminder to be both dogged — and kind. ❤️
I worked for months repairing the relationship.
He just called today to tell me that, of all the reporters he works with, I am his favorite.
A good reminder to be both dogged — and kind. ❤️
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
It's such a weird little story and just highlights how much more we have left to discover before we can ever say with confidence that impacts to the deep seafloor are acceptable.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
It's such a weird little story and just highlights how much more we have left to discover before we can ever say with confidence that impacts to the deep seafloor are acceptable.
Woah.
This is one of the wildest deep-sea mining stories to me.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields - Marine Biodiversity
Since the late 1980s, various experiments have been conducted in polymetallic nodule fields of the Pacific Ocean to assess the potential environmental impacts of future mining, specifically in two are...
link.springer.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Woah.
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
Powerful reporting that gives voice to real people and real consequences 📰💔
January 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Powerful reporting that gives voice to real people and real consequences 📰💔
"We’re a poor state. We need industry. To have a new industry that is unique to us, floating offshore wind, now targeted by the feds … It feels like a kick in the teeth."
- Lincoln Varnum, former engineer at UMaine, laid off by Trump's cuts
Thanks @mainemorningstar.com for republishing my story.
- Lincoln Varnum, former engineer at UMaine, laid off by Trump's cuts
Thanks @mainemorningstar.com for republishing my story.
January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
"We’re a poor state. We need industry. To have a new industry that is unique to us, floating offshore wind, now targeted by the feds … It feels like a kick in the teeth."
- Lincoln Varnum, former engineer at UMaine, laid off by Trump's cuts
Thanks @mainemorningstar.com for republishing my story.
- Lincoln Varnum, former engineer at UMaine, laid off by Trump's cuts
Thanks @mainemorningstar.com for republishing my story.
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
Twice as old as the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been around for 450 million years. 🦖
But their numbers plummeted 70% in recent decades as Big Pharma harvested their blood for drug safety testing. Now, 25 groups are suing to get them protections.👇
www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
But their numbers plummeted 70% in recent decades as Big Pharma harvested their blood for drug safety testing. Now, 25 groups are suing to get them protections.👇
www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
www.biologicaldiversity.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Twice as old as the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been around for 450 million years. 🦖
But their numbers plummeted 70% in recent decades as Big Pharma harvested their blood for drug safety testing. Now, 25 groups are suing to get them protections.👇
www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
But their numbers plummeted 70% in recent decades as Big Pharma harvested their blood for drug safety testing. Now, 25 groups are suing to get them protections.👇
www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
Here's the lawsuit filing against Trump administration for failing to decide on horseshoe crabs' petition for federal protection:
biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
biologicaldiversity.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Here's the lawsuit filing against Trump administration for failing to decide on horseshoe crabs' petition for federal protection:
biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
When you replaced all the writers and editors with AI:
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
When you replaced all the writers and editors with AI:
Hello 👋 to all the new followers who stumbled upon my live-posting from the Moby Dick Marathon.
I'm no Herman Melville. But I do a lot write a lot about the ocean.
I've been covering Trump's bizarre war on ocean "windmills." Read about how he nuked the industry in 2025 — and what America lost.
I'm no Herman Melville. But I do a lot write a lot about the ocean.
I've been covering Trump's bizarre war on ocean "windmills." Read about how he nuked the industry in 2025 — and what America lost.
How Trump dismantled a promising energy industry — and what America…
The demolition of the offshore wind sector in 2025 will reverberate for decades, resulting in lost jobs, higher utility bills, and less reliable power…
www.canarymedia.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Hello 👋 to all the new followers who stumbled upon my live-posting from the Moby Dick Marathon.
I'm no Herman Melville. But I do a lot write a lot about the ocean.
I've been covering Trump's bizarre war on ocean "windmills." Read about how he nuked the industry in 2025 — and what America lost.
I'm no Herman Melville. But I do a lot write a lot about the ocean.
I've been covering Trump's bizarre war on ocean "windmills." Read about how he nuked the industry in 2025 — and what America lost.
not a real thing
"MAGA journalist" is a phrase I've seen the press use a lot during this Somalian child care agitprop campaign, as if that's somehow a real thing
January 5, 2026 at 7:08 PM
not a real thing
Twice as old as the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been around for 450 million years. 🦖
But their numbers plummeted 70% in recent decades as Big Pharma harvested their blood for drug safety testing. Now, 25 groups are suing to get them protections.👇
www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
But their numbers plummeted 70% in recent decades as Big Pharma harvested their blood for drug safety testing. Now, 25 groups are suing to get them protections.👇
www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
www.biologicaldiversity.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Twice as old as the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been around for 450 million years. 🦖
But their numbers plummeted 70% in recent decades as Big Pharma harvested their blood for drug safety testing. Now, 25 groups are suing to get them protections.👇
www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
But their numbers plummeted 70% in recent decades as Big Pharma harvested their blood for drug safety testing. Now, 25 groups are suing to get them protections.👇
www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/inve...
BONUS #MobyDick CONTENT:
At the Moby Dick Marathon, I met a woman who brought her lawn chair and a cross stitch of the Pequod ship with the White Whale. She did it all night, listening to the readings over the museum speakers.
(Not pictured: the guy who stitched a sweater with Moby Dick quotes!)
At the Moby Dick Marathon, I met a woman who brought her lawn chair and a cross stitch of the Pequod ship with the White Whale. She did it all night, listening to the readings over the museum speakers.
(Not pictured: the guy who stitched a sweater with Moby Dick quotes!)
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
BONUS #MobyDick CONTENT:
At the Moby Dick Marathon, I met a woman who brought her lawn chair and a cross stitch of the Pequod ship with the White Whale. She did it all night, listening to the readings over the museum speakers.
(Not pictured: the guy who stitched a sweater with Moby Dick quotes!)
At the Moby Dick Marathon, I met a woman who brought her lawn chair and a cross stitch of the Pequod ship with the White Whale. She did it all night, listening to the readings over the museum speakers.
(Not pictured: the guy who stitched a sweater with Moby Dick quotes!)
BONUS #MobyDick CONTENT:
Anyone can sign up to read aloud infront of the lecture at the Moby Dick marathon. Most of the novel is read by everyday people.
But there are exceptions! Chapter 40, Midnight on the Forecastle, is acted out in its entirety by local actors and musicians.
It was so merry!
Anyone can sign up to read aloud infront of the lecture at the Moby Dick marathon. Most of the novel is read by everyday people.
But there are exceptions! Chapter 40, Midnight on the Forecastle, is acted out in its entirety by local actors and musicians.
It was so merry!
January 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
BONUS #MobyDick CONTENT:
Anyone can sign up to read aloud infront of the lecture at the Moby Dick marathon. Most of the novel is read by everyday people.
But there are exceptions! Chapter 40, Midnight on the Forecastle, is acted out in its entirety by local actors and musicians.
It was so merry!
Anyone can sign up to read aloud infront of the lecture at the Moby Dick marathon. Most of the novel is read by everyday people.
But there are exceptions! Chapter 40, Midnight on the Forecastle, is acted out in its entirety by local actors and musicians.
It was so merry!
Reposted by Clare Fieseler, PhD
This concludes my live-posting of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon.
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
January 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This concludes my live-posting of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon.
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
This concludes my live-posting of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon.
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
January 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This concludes my live-posting of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon.
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
At 25 hours in, the final chapter of the Moby Dick marathon was read by actor Steven Weber (who I used to watch every week in WINGS).
Gave me chills.
This event drew 3,100 people. Hundreds stayed all 25 hours. And it’s free! Mark your calendar for January 9 & 10, 2027.
🔗 in threads for deets
Gave me chills.
This event drew 3,100 people. Hundreds stayed all 25 hours. And it’s free! Mark your calendar for January 9 & 10, 2027.
🔗 in threads for deets
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
At 25 hours in, the final chapter of the Moby Dick marathon was read by actor Steven Weber (who I used to watch every week in WINGS).
Gave me chills.
This event drew 3,100 people. Hundreds stayed all 25 hours. And it’s free! Mark your calendar for January 9 & 10, 2027.
🔗 in threads for deets
Gave me chills.
This event drew 3,100 people. Hundreds stayed all 25 hours. And it’s free! Mark your calendar for January 9 & 10, 2027.
🔗 in threads for deets