megan snaith
@megansnaith.bsky.social
journalist ~ words in @economist.com @thetimes.com ☼
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megan snaith
@megansnaith.bsky.social
· Aug 23
Cloud-seeding couldn’t have caused the extreme rainfall and flooding in Texas in July, says an atmospheric scientist. Several Republican politicians, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, disagree
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to stop them from making it rain
The opponents of cloud-seeding come for geoengineering
econ.st
I wrote about weather conspiracy theories in the wake of the Texas floods. My latest for @economist.com ☁️
Service stations are getting sexier. I explored why for @economist.com
economist.com/business/202...
economist.com/business/202...
Service stations are getting a glow-up
EV drivers want a more pleasant experience while they wait for their cars to charge
economist.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Service stations are getting sexier. I explored why for @economist.com
economist.com/business/202...
economist.com/business/202...
I wrote about how fossil fuel infrastructure is being transformed for clean energy @economist.com
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August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I wrote about how fossil fuel infrastructure is being transformed for clean energy @economist.com
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I wrote about weather conspiracy theories in the wake of the Texas floods. My latest for @economist.com ☁️
Cloud-seeding couldn’t have caused the extreme rainfall and flooding in Texas in July, says an atmospheric scientist. Several Republican politicians, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, disagree
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to stop them from making it rain
The opponents of cloud-seeding come for geoengineering
econ.st
August 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I wrote about weather conspiracy theories in the wake of the Texas floods. My latest for @economist.com ☁️
Reposted by megan snaith
The most far-reaching, and controversial, ruling ever issued by the world’s top court—that failing to protect the climate from greenhouse-gas emissions could be deemed an “internationally wrongful act” by a country—has been delivered
The world court joins the fight over climate change
Its ruling that burning fossil fuels can be “internationally wrongful” risks provoking a backlash
econ.st
July 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The most far-reaching, and controversial, ruling ever issued by the world’s top court—that failing to protect the climate from greenhouse-gas emissions could be deemed an “internationally wrongful act” by a country—has been delivered
RFK junior's vaccine panel wants to ban thimerosal, an ingredient used in some flu jabs.
In this week’s @economist.com, I looked into what the science says about thimerosal, and what the decision could mean for health equity and public trust in vaccines in the US.
In this week’s @economist.com, I looked into what the science says about thimerosal, and what the decision could mean for health equity and public trust in vaccines in the US.
July 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
RFK junior's vaccine panel wants to ban thimerosal, an ingredient used in some flu jabs.
In this week’s @economist.com, I looked into what the science says about thimerosal, and what the decision could mean for health equity and public trust in vaccines in the US.
In this week’s @economist.com, I looked into what the science says about thimerosal, and what the decision could mean for health equity and public trust in vaccines in the US.
I’m in @economist.com this week, writing about how sea slugs gain new abilities by hijacking the biology of other organisms ☼
July 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I’m in @economist.com this week, writing about how sea slugs gain new abilities by hijacking the biology of other organisms ☼