Joan Meiners, PhD
@joanmeiners.bsky.social
🌵 Climate reporter (@azcentral.com = The Arizona Republic)
🐝 Bee doctor (Ecology Ph.D. @UF)
🚴♀️ Outdoor athlete (runner, thruhiker, skier, former bike racer)
Listen. Be human. Fight bullshit.
https://www.azcentral.com/staff/5308605002/joan-meiners/
🐝 Bee doctor (Ecology Ph.D. @UF)
🚴♀️ Outdoor athlete (runner, thruhiker, skier, former bike racer)
Listen. Be human. Fight bullshit.
https://www.azcentral.com/staff/5308605002/joan-meiners/
Pinned
I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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"Trail networks seem to bring joy even to people who never get out onto them. An insatiable appetite for stories of adventure & desire to imagine the possibility wild spaces hold may be as core to human nature as the shelter we left behind"
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On the Arizona Trail, saguaros, coati and a midnight skunk reveal resilient biodiversity
As the trail wound its way into Arizona's Sky Islands, the region's biodiversity was on full display, as were the threats from rising temperatures.
www.azcentral.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"Trail networks seem to bring joy even to people who never get out onto them. An insatiable appetite for stories of adventure & desire to imagine the possibility wild spaces hold may be as core to human nature as the shelter we left behind"
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... @joanmeiners.bsky.social
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... @joanmeiners.bsky.social
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From 2008! This is why people are frustrated. The only COP I went to was Montreal in 2005.. TWENTY years ago.
Nothing has changed, except the GHG PPM and protestors get longer jail sentences..
We support others to take action through honesty and acceptance of different methods.
Nothing has changed, except the GHG PPM and protestors get longer jail sentences..
We support others to take action through honesty and acceptance of different methods.
"If climate change were a rising river near our street, we'd all be at the dikes, filling and carting sandbags with neighbours and strangers."
From 2008
www.ipsnews.net/2008/04/clim...
From 2008
www.ipsnews.net/2008/04/clim...
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
From 2008! This is why people are frustrated. The only COP I went to was Montreal in 2005.. TWENTY years ago.
Nothing has changed, except the GHG PPM and protestors get longer jail sentences..
We support others to take action through honesty and acceptance of different methods.
Nothing has changed, except the GHG PPM and protestors get longer jail sentences..
We support others to take action through honesty and acceptance of different methods.
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Have read every part of this. Continues to be great!
New story from my #ArizonaTrail #climate project is up today — about the cultural complexity of climate #solutions & how deciphering best options will be an ongoing challenge
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
As the Arizona Trail winds past the proposed Oak Flat copper mine, the search for climate solutions takes on new meaning.
www.azcentral.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Have read every part of this. Continues to be great!
New story from my #ArizonaTrail #climate project is up today — about the cultural complexity of climate #solutions & how deciphering best options will be an ongoing challenge
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
As the Arizona Trail winds past the proposed Oak Flat copper mine, the search for climate solutions takes on new meaning.
www.azcentral.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New story from my #ArizonaTrail #climate project is up today — about the cultural complexity of climate #solutions & how deciphering best options will be an ongoing challenge
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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"Without action, the signal from scientists will be drowned out in the marketing noise from oil companies"
Climate reporting deluged by high carbon adverts
Newspapers in Britain carried more adverts for polluting travel than reports of the last climate conference.
theecologist.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Without action, the signal from scientists will be drowned out in the marketing noise from oil companies"
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And then it got hot on the Arizona Trail, so @joanmeiners.bsky.social wrote about how Arizona is the unfortunate poster child for heat deaths. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, warmer, sometimes hostile landscapes forge new obstacles
After biking through the higher-elevation forests, Republic reporter Joan Meiners finds a different Arizona Trail below the Mogollon Rim.
www.azcentral.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And then it got hot on the Arizona Trail, so @joanmeiners.bsky.social wrote about how Arizona is the unfortunate poster child for heat deaths. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Love to see @joanmeiners.bsky.social debunking myths about the roadless rule, cattle grazing and more as she bikes the Arizona Trail: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, land use interests mingle, but the challenge is sharing sustainably
Hikers, hunters, ranchers and others share the Arizona Trail, but can their goals ever align?
www.azcentral.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Love to see @joanmeiners.bsky.social debunking myths about the roadless rule, cattle grazing and more as she bikes the Arizona Trail: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Today, keeping up with my monthly series profiling Arizona #climate leaders (as I bike across the state), I have a story out about a man who found such fascination and species #biodiversity on an overlooked, remote rim that he gave it a name: the Mogollon Highlands.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today, keeping up with my monthly series profiling Arizona #climate leaders (as I bike across the state), I have a story out about a man who found such fascination and species #biodiversity on an overlooked, remote rim that he gave it a name: the Mogollon Highlands.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
This is indeed happening and it’s beyond spooky.
The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This is indeed happening and it’s beyond spooky.
2nd weekly dispatch from my Arizona Trail ride to document #climate issues is live on @azcentral.com: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
It takes us from a shutdown Grand Canyon, through cougar habitat, across a dusty ranch with a questionable wind farm & up past Arizona’s high point into Flagstaff.
It takes us from a shutdown Grand Canyon, through cougar habitat, across a dusty ranch with a questionable wind farm & up past Arizona’s high point into Flagstaff.
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
2nd weekly dispatch from my Arizona Trail ride to document #climate issues is live on @azcentral.com: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
It takes us from a shutdown Grand Canyon, through cougar habitat, across a dusty ranch with a questionable wind farm & up past Arizona’s high point into Flagstaff.
It takes us from a shutdown Grand Canyon, through cougar habitat, across a dusty ranch with a questionable wind farm & up past Arizona’s high point into Flagstaff.
This video from the Arizona Trail is slightly too long to post here, but you can use the QR code below to see an on-trail post-fire botany discussion and footage of some miles through the #WhiteSageFire burn scar.
October 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This video from the Arizona Trail is slightly too long to post here, but you can use the QR code below to see an on-trail post-fire botany discussion and footage of some miles through the #WhiteSageFire burn scar.
Anybody know what would turn water this color? (In an Arizona forest.)
October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Anybody know what would turn water this color? (In an Arizona forest.)
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Super cool reporting project. @azcentral.com's @joanmeiners.bsky.social is biking the 850-mile Arizona Trail to see firsthand how climate change is affecting the state. Follow her journey: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The Republic's climate reporter is biking the Arizona Trail. You can follow her journey
The Arizona Republic's climate reporter, Joan Meiners, is biking the length of the Arizona Trail to document changes to landscapes and communities.
www.azcentral.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Super cool reporting project. @azcentral.com's @joanmeiners.bsky.social is biking the 850-mile Arizona Trail to see firsthand how climate change is affecting the state. Follow her journey: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Cool piece, highlighting some of the impacts of the recent wildfires on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, as well as impacts of shutdown in slowing recovery.
I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Cool piece, highlighting some of the impacts of the recent wildfires on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, as well as impacts of shutdown in slowing recovery.
I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
This is a nightmare
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is a nightmare
On June 9, I filed a public records request with the Arizona Dept of Health Services. I was promised a reply in 10 business days...but got nothing.
Last week I published a story about how ADHS has fumbled their own data on heat-related hospital visits and won't share it.
Today I got this email.
Last week I published a story about how ADHS has fumbled their own data on heat-related hospital visits and won't share it.
Today I got this email.
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
On June 9, I filed a public records request with the Arizona Dept of Health Services. I was promised a reply in 10 business days...but got nothing.
Last week I published a story about how ADHS has fumbled their own data on heat-related hospital visits and won't share it.
Today I got this email.
Last week I published a story about how ADHS has fumbled their own data on heat-related hospital visits and won't share it.
Today I got this email.
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It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.
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NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Today we published the 2nd in my extreme heat series, looking at Arizona's progress since its statewide plan.
This time, it's all about whether Arizona's Chief Heat Officer has made a difference, or just made busy work for experts already leading heat responses: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
This time, it's all about whether Arizona's Chief Heat Officer has made a difference, or just made busy work for experts already leading heat responses: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today we published the 2nd in my extreme heat series, looking at Arizona's progress since its statewide plan.
This time, it's all about whether Arizona's Chief Heat Officer has made a difference, or just made busy work for experts already leading heat responses: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
This time, it's all about whether Arizona's Chief Heat Officer has made a difference, or just made busy work for experts already leading heat responses: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Big story out today launching a 3-part series I’ve been working on most of the year — looking at where Arizona’s extreme heat responses have improved since Gov. Hobbs’ plan…and where they have not.
First up: Is Arizona doing enough with heat-related hospital data?👇🏼
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
First up: Is Arizona doing enough with heat-related hospital data?👇🏼
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
As heat-related hospital visits rise, Arizona's focus is on deaths and quick fixes
While awareness about heat death rates grows, attention to underlying causes of heat-related hospital visits lags, experts say, as temperatures rise.
www.azcentral.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Big story out today launching a 3-part series I’ve been working on most of the year — looking at where Arizona’s extreme heat responses have improved since Gov. Hobbs’ plan…and where they have not.
First up: Is Arizona doing enough with heat-related hospital data?👇🏼
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
First up: Is Arizona doing enough with heat-related hospital data?👇🏼
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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An article from a site called "Clean Tech Times" about Charlie Kirk and Big Oil money is trending in r/energy on Reddit
It's a completely plagiarized, unauthorized, unlinked version of an article I published the day before
I have no idea what to do about it except complain. It's so fucked up.
It's a completely plagiarized, unauthorized, unlinked version of an article I published the day before
I have no idea what to do about it except complain. It's so fucked up.
From the energy community on Reddit: Big oil’s shadow network pumped millions into Charlie Kirk’s culture war machine
Explore this post and more from the energy community
www.reddit.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
An article from a site called "Clean Tech Times" about Charlie Kirk and Big Oil money is trending in r/energy on Reddit
It's a completely plagiarized, unauthorized, unlinked version of an article I published the day before
I have no idea what to do about it except complain. It's so fucked up.
It's a completely plagiarized, unauthorized, unlinked version of an article I published the day before
I have no idea what to do about it except complain. It's so fucked up.
🚨BREAKING: Arizona State Univ. just announced a $115 million donation, its largest ever, from former Walmart chairman Rob Walton. They're launching a new School of Conservation Futures.
My story, publ. as ASU Pres. Crow shares news at #ClimateWeekNYC, has details: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
My story, publ. as ASU Pres. Crow shares news at #ClimateWeekNYC, has details: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
ASU launches new School of Conservation Futures with record-setting $115 million donation
Arizona State University will also rename its College of Global Futures to honor donor Rob Walton, the former Walmart chairman.
www.azcentral.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Arizona State Univ. just announced a $115 million donation, its largest ever, from former Walmart chairman Rob Walton. They're launching a new School of Conservation Futures.
My story, publ. as ASU Pres. Crow shares news at #ClimateWeekNYC, has details: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
My story, publ. as ASU Pres. Crow shares news at #ClimateWeekNYC, has details: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
Thank you @coveringclimatenow.org for the "#Climate in every beat" award! I'm happy to see this collab btw @azcentral.com & @19thnews.org on the intersection of climate concerns + abortion access get recognized.
Award: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
Story: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Award: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
Story: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
September 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thank you @coveringclimatenow.org for the "#Climate in every beat" award! I'm happy to see this collab btw @azcentral.com & @19thnews.org on the intersection of climate concerns + abortion access get recognized.
Award: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
Story: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Award: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
Story: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...