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Noah Haggerty
@nohaggerty.bsky.social
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Wildfire and clean energy reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Retired rookie physicist
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Nov 13
Hey Bluesky! I’m a science and environment reporter at @latimes.com. Follow for the latest on how California is working to meet its conservation and clean energy goals, protect residents against wildfires and stay a global leader in science 🔭🧬🌴🔥
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 9d
California needs biomass energy to meet its wildfire goals. Its projects keep going South
California needs biomass energy to meet its wildfire goals. Its projects keep going South
California needs to burn vegetation both for wildfire mitigation and to generate power. So why do biomass energy projects keep leaving the state?
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 9d
Should we be frustrated or relieved that California biomass companies are flocking to build projects in the South instead of here? Super informative story by my colleague @nohaggerty.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...
California needs biomass energy to meet its wildfire goals. Its projects keep going South
California needs to burn vegetation both for wildfire mitigation and to generate power. So why do biomass energy projects keep leaving the state?
www.latimes.com
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Sandhya Kambhampati @sandhyak.bsky.social · 17d
The L.A. wildfire cleanup was fast. Residents eager to rebuild worry officials chose speed over safety. My latest w/ Tony & @nohaggerty.bsky.social @latimes.com:
www.latimes.com/environment/...
The L.A. wildfire cleanup was fast. Residents eager to rebuild worry officials chose speed over safety
The federal cleanup of the Altadena and Pacific Palisades fires was in some ways a historic achievement. But many residents are worried that by moving fast, the results were compromised.
www.latimes.com
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 17d
The L.A. wildfire cleanup: Experts worry that the rapid pace of the cleanup resulted in sloppy work and lax oversight that may ultimately cost homeowners. www.latimes.com/environment/... @latimes.com
The L.A. wildfire cleanup was fast. Residents eager to rebuild worry officials chose speed over safety
The federal cleanup of the Altadena and Pacific Palisades fires was in some ways a historic achievement. But many residents are worried that by moving fast, the results were compromised.
www.latimes.com
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 17d
The L.A. wildfire cleanup was fast. Residents eager to rebuild worry officials chose speed over safety
The L.A. wildfire cleanup was fast. Residents eager to rebuild worry officials chose speed over safety
The federal cleanup of the Altadena and Pacific Palisades fires was in some ways a historic achievement. But many residents are worried that by moving fast, the results were compromised.
www.latimes.com
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Water Hub @waterhub.bsky.social · 19d
After the Eaton & Palisades fires, LA County residents were worried about contamination in their soil, air, and water. But fewer than half could get testing, leaving many without answers and deepening mistrust.

@nohaggerty.bsky.social in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
After the trauma of the fires, survivors faced worry over contamination, struggled to find testing
With limited resources and scarce information, L.A. fire survivors remain worried about contamination and unable to get environmental testing.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 20d
After the trauma of the fires, survivors faced worry over contamination, struggled to find testing
After the trauma of the fires, survivors faced worry over contamination, struggled to find testing
With limited resources and scarce information, L.A. fire survivors remain worried about contamination and unable to get environmental testing.
www.latimes.com
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 27d
Thanks @ianjames.bsky.social for filling in on Boiling Point this week. Wonderful conversation with an Indigenous writer, Yurok Tribe member Amy Bowers Cordalis, about the Klamath River coming back to life now that four dams are gone.

I'll be back next Thursday! www.latimes.com/environment/...
One year after dams were torn down, an Indigenous writer sees a healing Klamath River
Dams were dismantled on the Klamath River last year. An Indigenous writer reflects on how the river is starting to recover.
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · 26d
The misinformation around this whole thing has been so bad.

IMO, it’s a symptom of the fact that social media platforms (and some of the MSM) are still failing to reconcile our immediate want for every detail with our inability to get them www.latimes.com/california/s...
'A cancer on our society' Toxic social media after Kirk shooting brings calls to log off, put down phones
As Charlie Kirk's graphic killing sparks online vitriol, elected officials warn of the psychological damage that social platforms pose, and experts say bad actors could exploit the situation.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Sep 5
A 'Roomba for the forest' could be SoCal's next wildfire weapon
A 'Roomba for the forest' could be SoCal's next wildfire weapon
The BurnBot is a a remote-controlled vehicular system that removes flammable brush alongside roads with unprecedented precision.
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Sep 5
The cool thing about ButnBot, IMO, is the precision it brings to prescribed burns. It scorches everything in its path, but operators have complete control over that path — they can specifically target areas with a lot of type conversion to invasive grasses and leave area with native species alone.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · Sep 5
A ‘Roomba for the forest’ could be SoCal’s next wildfire weapon www.latimes.com/environment/... via @nohaggerty.bsky.social
A 'Roomba for the forest' could be SoCal's next wildfire weapon
The BurnBot is a a remote-controlled vehicular system that removes flammable brush alongside roads with unprecedented precision.
www.latimes.com
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Aug 29
I appreciate the info! Not trying to play the blame game, just push the conversation forward among boiling point readers (largely environmental folks). Certainly not trying to claim most/all enviros buy into pristine wild thinking. More coverage on timber on the way (I wrote that timber story BTW!)
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Aug 28
Both are important issues — but are ones boiling point readers are already quite versed in ;)
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Aug 28
That vision is one of active stewardship and a recognition of the fundamental connection between our developed lands and our wildlands
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Aug 28
So, what does science say about how you *really* protect timber stocks? Acknowledge the wild on your timberlands (keep them ecologically healthy and therefore fire resistant) and acknowledge our responsibility in the wildlands (steward fire so mega-blazes from neighboring land don’t destroy stock)
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Aug 28
When we drop this black and white thinking of “land we leave pristine” and “land we dominate,” we can more pragmatic conversations, acknowledging we need and use timber (but maybe could use less) and that we can still let nature thrive on these lands.
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Aug 28
This false idea that we can isolate the “wild” areas we want to leave untouched from the areas where we exert our “full influence” — both our towns and timberlands — prevents us from talking about land we both take from (harvest timber) and give back to (protect species, do prescribed burning)
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Aug 28
🧵 There’s definitely another layer here that this piece doesn’t address — I’d put it this way: Yes, the forest service was primarily concerned with timber economics. Obviously, you don’t want your stock to burn. But the “pristine wilderness” idea is really what limits our thinking on this, IMO
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · Aug 28
Thank you @nohaggerty.bsky.social for filling in today with a great Boiling Point. All about John Muir's role in the history of catastrophic Western fire suppression, starting with his famous trip to Yosemite with Teddy Roosevelt: www.latimes.com/environment/...
To solve the wildfire crisis, we have to let the myth of ‘the wild’ die
To solve the wildfire crisis, we have to let the myth of ‘the wild’ die.
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Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social · Aug 25
In SoCal, as here in Marin, tribal descendants of Native tribes with no official federal recognition are beginning to regain some tiny portion of their ancestral lands through nonprofits & fundraising. Incremental, but also deeply meaningful. Story by @nohaggerty.bsky.social
'A land that our ancestors walked': L.A. County tribe wins land back for the first time
For the first time in centuries, a piece of ancestral territory belongs to the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians. While small, the half-acre lot serves as a space for the tribe to hold ceremonies an...
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Noah Haggerty @nohaggerty.bsky.social · Aug 21
It was a pleasure to chat about this work — thanks for sharing! 🌲
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Jacob Levine @jacoblevine.bsky.social · Aug 21
Great to see our work in my hometown paper!

Its not logging itself thats the issue, its what happens after -- dense plantations are responsible for elevated fire severity in industrial forests.

Excellent story by @nohaggerty.bsky.social.

www.latimes.com/environment/...
Private land used for logging is more prone to severe fire than public lands. A new study shows why
New research explains why forests planted for logging purposes fuel devastating wildfires more often than untouched land.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · Aug 21
Important story from @nohaggerty.bsky.social on new wildfire and forestry research: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Private land used for logging is more prone to severe fire than public lands. A new study shows why
New research explains why forests planted for logging purposes fuel devastating wildfires more often than untouched land.
www.latimes.com
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · Aug 21
A Southern California tribe is regaining ancestral land. “To see it come full circle back to us again, it’s very healing.” www.latimes.com/environment/... @nohaggerty.bsky.social @julianayamadaphoto.bsky.social
'A land that our ancestors walked': L.A. County tribe wins land back for the first time
For the first time in centuries, a piece of ancestral territory belongs to the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians. While small, the half-acre lot serves as a space for the tribe to hold ceremonies an...
www.latimes.com
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