Jeremy Deaton
@jeremydeaton.bsky.social
Managing Editor, Yale Environment 360
COP is giving delegates a simulacrum of climate change:
"A fire broke out on Thursday.... Rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces... There were complaints about food shortages, and the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat and humidity."
"A fire broke out on Thursday.... Rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces... There were complaints about food shortages, and the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat and humidity."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
COP is giving delegates a simulacrum of climate change:
"A fire broke out on Thursday.... Rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces... There were complaints about food shortages, and the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat and humidity."
"A fire broke out on Thursday.... Rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces... There were complaints about food shortages, and the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat and humidity."
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
Great reporting:
The mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in the Corn Belt
Communities across the Corn Belt are confronting a rise in cancers among young adults — and few clear explanations.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Great reporting:
Why add AI to news sites if the information can't be trusted? How does it save readers time if they have to do their own fact-checking?
The whole idea of journalism is that someone else gathers reliable information on your behalf!
The whole idea of journalism is that someone else gathers reliable information on your behalf!
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Why add AI to news sites if the information can't be trusted? How does it save readers time if they have to do their own fact-checking?
The whole idea of journalism is that someone else gathers reliable information on your behalf!
The whole idea of journalism is that someone else gathers reliable information on your behalf!
Ireland has thus far been spared the ravages of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, which has killed hundreds of millions of spruce across Europe.
But the insect is now edging closer to Irish shores, posing a dire risk to the €2 billion timber industry.
My new story for The Irish Times:
But the insect is now edging closer to Irish shores, posing a dire risk to the €2 billion timber industry.
My new story for The Irish Times:
Is Ireland ready for spruce bark beetles? An invasion is ‘only a matter of time’
Eight-toothed insect, which has killed millions of trees across Europe, has made landfall in England and could soon be in Ireland
www.irishtimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ireland has thus far been spared the ravages of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, which has killed hundreds of millions of spruce across Europe.
But the insect is now edging closer to Irish shores, posing a dire risk to the €2 billion timber industry.
My new story for The Irish Times:
But the insect is now edging closer to Irish shores, posing a dire risk to the €2 billion timber industry.
My new story for The Irish Times:
It's true that the suffering of children hits differently after you become a parent.
I can hardly imagine anything more heinous than letting a toddler starve.
I can hardly imagine anything more heinous than letting a toddler starve.
Gazans are starving. Here’s what lack of food does to the human body.
Children suffering under severe food shortages can face lifelong consequences.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's true that the suffering of children hits differently after you become a parent.
I can hardly imagine anything more heinous than letting a toddler starve.
I can hardly imagine anything more heinous than letting a toddler starve.
To meet its climate goals, Ireland must radically expand tree cover. To that end, it offers generous incentives to farmers who forest their lands. Most can earn more money from forestry than from raising livestock.
Despite this, tree planting is at its lowest level since 1946.
My new story:
Despite this, tree planting is at its lowest level since 1946.
My new story:
Most farmers could earn more money by planting trees - why don’t they?
Tree planting in Ireland is at its lowest level since 1946 despite grants and premiums
www.irishtimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
To meet its climate goals, Ireland must radically expand tree cover. To that end, it offers generous incentives to farmers who forest their lands. Most can earn more money from forestry than from raising livestock.
Despite this, tree planting is at its lowest level since 1946.
My new story:
Despite this, tree planting is at its lowest level since 1946.
My new story:
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
A short, insightful read:
How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse
While investigative journalists immerse themselves in minutiae to identify waste and fraud, Elon Musk’s team has taken a chainsaw approach to spending based on cursory examinations. That might help ex...
www.propublica.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A short, insightful read:
This is clever:
Call Him ‘Green New Donald’
Oh, he’d never self-identify as an environmentalist. But not even climate activists have had the courage to propose a 10% tax on energy.
heatmap.news
March 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is clever:
Donate here to support the Ukrainian Defense Forces:
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savelife.in.ua
March 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Donate here to support the Ukrainian Defense Forces:
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Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
February 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
A valuable read. (It's brief.)
The Great Clamming-Up
No one wants to talk about Trump — at least not to a reporter.
heatmap.news
February 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A valuable read. (It's brief.)
The environmental damage from the war in Gaza is devastating — most farmland decimated, 80 percent of trees lost — but has received scant attention.
Fred Pearce's report is essential reading:
Fred Pearce's report is essential reading:
As War Halts, the Environmental Devastation in Gaza Runs Deep
The war in Gaza has taken a heavy toll on the environment, with water supplies contaminated, raw sewage pouring into the Mediterranean, once-fertile soils ruined, and the land stripped of trees. Exper...
e360.yale.edu
February 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The environmental damage from the war in Gaza is devastating — most farmland decimated, 80 percent of trees lost — but has received scant attention.
Fred Pearce's report is essential reading:
Fred Pearce's report is essential reading:
You can judge how bad things are by the number of historians quoted in news stories.
We are currently at a 9.6 on the Historian Index.
We are currently at a 9.6 on the Historian Index.
February 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You can judge how bad things are by the number of historians quoted in news stories.
We are currently at a 9.6 on the Historian Index.
We are currently at a 9.6 on the Historian Index.