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Maxine Joselow
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Climate change reporter at the New York Times, cat mom, and baker. Send me tips on Signal at MaxineJ.55
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 8d
The Trump administration plans to keep national parks largely open to the public during the expected government shutdown, according to an internal email reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Conservationists say parks should be closed to prevent irreparable damage.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d
Breaking News: The Trump administration outlined a plan to revive the coal industry, including opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining.
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 18d
The Trump admin is nearing a deal to allow a road through an Alaskan wildlife refuge, documents show. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
Trump Nears Deal for Road Through Alaskan Wildlife Refuge
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19d
Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.
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Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 19d
“Measuring itself is a political act with political consequences,” Dr. Pralle said. “And clearly the Trump administration does not want to do anything to alleviate a problem like climate change.”

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A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 20d
New: The Trump administration has stopped gathering certain data on climate change and other issues. Here's what's at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 20d
New docs obtained via FOIA reveal how the personal attacks to FEMA staff last hurricane season were much worse than previously known, including swatting & doxxing of officials.

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Chaos Inside FEMA as Death Threats Distract From Hurricane Response
Internal documents show how online conspiracies and personal attacks disrupted FEMA during back-to-back hurricanes last year.
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 22d
G.O.P. Plan on Pesticides Faces Revolt From MAHA Moms

@maxinejoselow.bsky.social and @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social report for @nytimes.com

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G.O.P. Plan on Pesticides Faces Revolt From MAHA Moms
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 29d
New: Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia has privately urged the Trump admin not to thwart an offshore wind project off the coast of his state. w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/c...
The Lone G.O.P. Governor Opposing Trump’s War on Offshore Wind
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 25
FEMA employees warned Congress that the Trump administration had reversed the progress made in disaster response since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response
After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response. FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress.
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · Aug 25
More than 180 FEMA employees wrote to Congress today warning that the Trump admin has gutted disaster response efforts during hurricane season.

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FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · Aug 25
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built

Lisa Friedman, @bradplumer.bsky.social and @maxinejoselow.bsky.social report for @nytimes.com

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Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · Aug 18
Trump officials may soon hold public climate science debates, recruit more denialists to attack research and go through every line of the National Climate Assessments to highlight doubt, a DOE report author told me.

“We will have to enlist other scientists," he said. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump team readies more attacks on mainstream climate science
The plans include a public debate on global warming. Scientists say that falsely implies the major tenets of climate research are unsettled.
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · Aug 5
Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/c...
E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy
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Dean Napolitano @dinonapolitano.bsky.social · Aug 4
The E.P.A. said this [past] week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.

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Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role
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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Jul 29
The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · Jul 29
I reported earlier this month that the Energy Department had hired prominent climate skeptics. Well, now we know what they were working on. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c...
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · Jul 29
New: At least 15 coal plants and 4 chemical facilities emailed the EPA this spring to request exemptions to environmental rules, according to documents obtained by @sierraclub.org and shared w/ @nytimes.com. They all won the exemptions. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
These Companies Avoided Clean-Air Rules. It Took a Single Email.
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Zack Colman @zcolman.bsky.social · Jul 28
EPA will move tomorrow to revoke the endangerment finding, the foundation for all US climate regulations, and emissions limits for cars and trucks.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana.

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POLITICO Pro: EPA to launch plan Tuesday for undoing climate rule cornerstone
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is planning to announce the move at an Indiana transportation facility.
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · Jul 28
This to the tune of "Video Killed the Radio Star"
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 23
Breaking News: The UN’s top court called climate change an “existential threat” and said nations had legal obligations to act. It was the first time that the court has weighed in on climate change.
Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change
The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · Jul 22
Trump told National Park Service employees to report signs that “disparage” Americans. Here’s what they flagged. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · Jul 15
How to get clean energy tax breaks before they vanish: News you can use from @bradplumer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/c...
How Can I Get Clean Energy Tax Breaks Before They Vanish?
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · Jul 12
Scoop: Two days after floods hit Texas, FEMA did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · Jul 11
the times is reporting that fema let call center operator contracts expire on july 5, the day after the texas flood, and calls answered went from 99.7% that day to 36% the next to 16% the next www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
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