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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 1d

pov: you're a journalist just trying to get some U.S. Census Bureau data amid a government shutdown

US Census Bureau website says, "Notice: Due to the lapse of federal funding, portions of this website will not be updated. Any inquiries submitted will not be answered until appropriations are enacted. You will be redirected in 10 seconds ...."

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Again: this research is real but it exists in part to help MANUFACTURERS make better inhalers.

If you need to use your inhaler, use it. The problem doesn't lie with consumers. Writing this up as consumer service piece is a disservice. It's not for US beyond pushing manufacturers to do better.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 2d

Up. Up. And away!
North Pacific water temps the past 15 years, with September 2025 being the cherry on the top (right) of the chart. @zacklabe.com is going to need a bigger Y axis!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 6d

Also talking coal and green hydrogen on this week's Boiling Point podcast with a top official at the L.A. Department of Water and Power. Los Angeles targeting 100% clean energy by 2035, although it won't be easy. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 6d

you as well, Chris! let’s catch up soon

Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 6d

hiii!!! 👋

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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 6d

@rachelreports.bsky.social is an independent climate reporter, a fellow with the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy, and the cofounder of the Asian American Journalists Association’s Pacific Islander Task Force.

Rachel Ramirez is an independent climate reporter and a fellow with the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy. She was previously the climate reporter at CNN and has written for Grist, Vox, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and more. Ramirez is also the cofounder of the Asian American Journalists Association’s Pacific Islander Task Force. Based in New York City, Ramirez was born and raised on the island of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory just north of Guam.

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 6d

my dad made his own chili oil/paste 🌶️!! it’s actually delicious … should we start a small biz?

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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 7d

As climate change intensifies weather and Trump slashes NOAA and FEMA, at least 170 U.S. hospitals are at risk of major flooding, a KFF Health News investigation shows.
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At Least 170 US Hospitals Face Major Flood Risk. Experts Say Trump Is Making It Worse. - KFF Health News

As a warming climate intensifies storms, KFF Health News has identified more than 170 U.S. hospitals at risk of significant and potentially dangerous flooding. Climate experts warn that the Trump admi...

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 13d

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “the US and other governments have the right to do whatever they want with their money, but they should’ve had an exit strategy —not just a sudden (exit). Maybe five, six months so that we could’ve saved the lives we lost.”

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 13d

It was followed by laughter from the crowd.

Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 13d

Former President Bill Clinton on stage at the Clinton Global Initiative with WHO Director-General Tedros G. said: “I would’ve loved to have (Tedros) as my Secretary of Health and Human Services when I was President … but today, he’d have a hard time getting a job, because he believes in vaccines.”

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The Uproot Project @uprootproject.bsky.social · 20d

Don't miss the latest addition to the Uproot Resource Library, "Reporting on Atmospheric Rivers," brought to you by the fantastic @smallthoughts.bsky.social and @rachelreports.bsky.social, members of the Uproot Advisory Board!

uprootproject.org/initiatives/...

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The Uproot Project @uprootproject.bsky.social · 21d

Join us in NYC next week for "Truth Be Told: Trust, Bias, and Climate Reporting," an interactive conversation featuring three exceptional journalists: Ayurella Horn-Muller, @thaliajuarez.bsky.social, and @rachelreports.bsky.social! Tuesday, September 23, 5-7 PM

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 23d

“The Trump administration’s shakeup of the CDC has forced Mississippi to stop gathering critical data on women’s experiences before, during and after pregnancy – even as the state recently declared a public health emergency over its surging infant mortality rate.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Mississippi declares infant deaths emergency as CDC program that could have helped is halted

State forced to stop gathering critical data on pregnancy experiences after Trump administration’s shakeup

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 24d

The Washington Post now has no Black Opinion columnists - none - at a time when white nationalism is ascendant in our nation. I am grateful to Karen for the truth and fearlessness her work has always shown. Keep shining that light, my friend.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 23d

The EPA wants to kill a long-standing program that requires big industrial facilities to report their GHG emissions. But that could hobble the carbon capture industry for years.

Why? Without the program, there’s no way to claim the carbon capture tax credit.
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The EPA’s Backdoor Move to Hobble the Carbon Capture Industry

Why killing a government climate database could essentially gut a tax credit

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · 23d

I just thought the same thing 😅

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23d

NEW: After the @northdakotamonitor.com and ProPublica reported on how oil companies take millions in royalties from mineral owners, more than a half-dozen lawmakers are now proposing a committee to study the issue and suggest solutions.

“Something has to be done,” one legislator said.

Some North Dakota Lawmakers Say Change Is Needed to Protect Oil and Gas Royalty Owners

For years, North Dakota legislators rejected proposals to protect mineral owners from oil and gas companies withholding their earnings. “Something has to be done,” one lawmaker now says.

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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 27d

...Owing to global warming since 1850–1900, the median of the heatwaves during 2000–2009 became about 20 times more likely, and about 200 times more likely during 2010–2019. Overall, one-quarter of these events were virtually impossible without climate change.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · Sep 9

According to the report, the falling costs of energy produced by Chinese-made wind and solar have allowed countries like Mexico, Bangladesh and Malaysia to race past the US in recent years in terms of using renewables (rather than fossil fuels) in everyday activities.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/c...

‘China Is the Engine’ Driving Nations Away From Fossil Fuels, Report Says

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · Sep 9

out of curiosity (and if relevant), what questions would you ask your grandparents about their upbringings, history, life experiences, etc if you still had/have the chance to?

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Sep 9

Garnet fire burns into grove of giant sequoias; several behemoths are in flames

A fire burning in Fresno County has reached the McKinley grove of giant sequoias. Several trees are in flames and specially trained firefighters are on their way to put them out.

www.latimes.com

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