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Tony Bartelme
@tbartelme.bsky.social
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My new book is Rising Waters. I write for The Post and Courier in Charleston, SC. Love hiking. Don’t like X, Meta and oligarchs. https://linktr.ee/tbartelme
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · Jul 29
My latest book, Rising Waters, is officially on sale now!
(A portion of every sale goes to The Post and Courier's nonprofit Rising Waters Lab.) Thanks!

#climate
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Rising Waters: Reports from Across a Rapidly Warming World
A globe-spanning climate journey by Pulitzer finalist Tony Bartelme — Rising Waters reveals the science, urgency, and hope behind our warming world.
www.eveningpostbooks.com
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 2d
The plot thickens!
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 3d
Follow to our story last week about sanctioned Russian bankers in South Carolina:

www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
Sanctioned Russian bankers owe Beaufort County more than $278,000 in back taxes
Sanctioned Russian bankers who own luxury homes in SC’s Palmetto Bluff resort owe back taxes to Beaufort County, which can’t collect due to Treasury sanctions.
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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 3d
Damning account by @mhurteau.bsky.social of US Forest Service foot-dragging on a prescribed burn propsal for an old-growth forest.

By the time they approved it, a massive wildfire incinerated most of the trees last month:

www.hurteaulab.org/blog/a-eulog...
A Eulogy for Teakettle
Justice William O. Douglas, in his dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Sierra Club v. Morton, said “Contemporary public concern for protecting nature’s ecological equilibrium...
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 3d
Follow to our story last week about sanctioned Russian bankers in South Carolina:

www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
Sanctioned Russian bankers owe Beaufort County more than $278,000 in back taxes
Sanctioned Russian bankers who own luxury homes in SC’s Palmetto Bluff resort owe back taxes to Beaufort County, which can’t collect due to Treasury sanctions.
www.postandcourier.com
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you national Dao Prize judges for including our @postandcourier.bsky.social projects 41 Seconds and Deadly Helene in your finalist list of the best investigative reporting work in 2024. Appreciate your support for local journalism!
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YAF's National Journalism Center Reveals 2025 Dao Prize Finalists
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 9d
Thanks KALW, Ethan Elkind and Malihe Razazan for the climate crisis conversation today!

www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
Rising Waters: Reports from Across a Rapidly Warming World
In his new book, "Rising Waters," Tony Bartelme reveals the science, urgency, and hope behind our warming world.
www.kalw.org
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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 9d
On today's Your Call's One Planet series, we'll talk to @tbartelme.bsky.social about his new book on the invisible impacts of climate change, along with the solutions we need to address them.

Join us 10am PT - stream live @kalwradio.bsky.social:

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Rising Waters: Reports from Across a Rapidly Warming World
In his new book, "Rising Waters," Tony Bartelme reveals the science, urgency, and hope behind our warming world.
www.kalw.org
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 9d
The South Carolina angle? Think Justin Bieber meets Red Notice.
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Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 9d
Our new investigation into sanctioned Russian bankers has an Atlanta twist. We worked with the @ajc.com and Thad Moore. Their story is: www.ajc.com/news/2025/09...
A Russian banker spent millions on Atlanta properties, left with little trace
Sergey Khotimskiy invested over $37 million in Atlanta real estate. He is among the 4,000 people and entities the U.S. sanctioned after the Ukraine invasion.
www.ajc.com
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 9d
@johnsipher.bsky.social just fyi.
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 9d
What do Justin Bieber, Trevor Lawrence and Russian sanctions have to do with each other?

Read here: www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
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Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.postandcourier.com
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 9d
What do NBA player Dennis Schroder, Russian bankers and US sanctions have to do with each other? Read our latest investigation "Hidden Deeds: The Russians Next Door."

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#Russia #Sanctions
Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.postandcourier.com
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 9d
What do Justin Bieber, Trevor Lawrence and Russian sanctions have to do with each other?

Read here: www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
@billbrowder.bsky.social #sanctions
Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.postandcourier.com
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 10d
Correcttion: New from me and @johndellosso.bsky.social

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Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.postandcourier.com
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Victrola DJ @gointocarolina.bsky.social · 10d
Fantastic reporting, and thank you for posting here
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 10d
Thank you!!
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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 10d
New with the @postandcourier.bsky.social, @ajc.com and @istories.bsky.social...

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US sanctioned Sergey Khotimskiy and the bank he co-founded, Sovcombank. He finalized the transfer of as much as $43 million in real estate to his ex-wife before the sanctions.
Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 10d
New from me:

www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.postandcourier.com
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 10d
New from me:

www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.postandcourier.com
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 13d
Good morning with good news: US wind & solar generated 20% more electricity than coal in the first 7 months of 2025.

Solar in July 2025 surged ~30%, compared to July 2024. Utility-scale solar rose 37%.

Wind in July 2025 rose ~ 14%, compared to July 2024.
electrek.co/2025/09/24/e...

#energysky
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 15d
Marilyn Thompson from @postandcourier.bsky.social and CBS News partnered for this look at South Carolina's "Monkey Island" and animal testing.
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SC patients are waiting for cures. Will animal research be the solution or a thing of the past?
An unlikely coalition of animal rights groups and politicians are demanding an end to federal funding for research using animals as test subjects.
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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 17d
Have you ever wondered what it look like on top of a giant iceberg?
Well, it looks a little bit like that 😃.
Captured with a drone above the Icefjord in Ilulissat, Greenland.
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 17d
Very thoughtful story today on a pole dancing grandmother by Jocelyn G on @[email protected] www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
67-year-old Charleston woman processed grief through pole sport. Now, she eyes a world championship.
Virginia Marshall started pole sport at Amorous Dance Pole and Fitness in West Ashley, SC. Now, she'll compete in the 2025 World Pole & Aerial Championships.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27d
A controversial $165 billion data center campus in New Mexico revealed numbers about its water consumption publicly for the first time. Filling up the four data centers would use 10 million gallons of water, and the ongoing consumption would be 7.2 million gallons every year.
How much water will the $165 billion data center near El Paso use? Developers unveil figures ahead of Doña Ana commissioners vote
A public meeting in Sunland Park this week was standing-room only as community members expressed concerns about the massive project, especially its planned water usage.
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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 29d
Perhaps the most important story you've never heard about. Why? Take a breath.

apnews.com/article/phyt...
Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds
New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.
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