Chelsea Harvey
@chelseaeharvey.bsky.social
Climate & extreme weather reporter |
E&E News by POLITICO | NYC via NC SC AL WV
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Signal @chelseaeharvey.01
E&E News by POLITICO | NYC via NC SC AL WV
TIPS: charvey@eenews.net | chelseaeharvey@protonmail.com |
Signal @chelseaeharvey.01
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Hi new followers! Quick reintroduction: I cover climate science, extreme weather & science policy for E&E News by Politico. Atm I’m looking at the implications of Trump’s 2nd term for federal climate science funding/initiatives & scientists at federal agencies. DM/email to chat! (I’m also on Signal)
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Here's a better write-up. The TL/DR is that chronic difficulty in falling asleep could be a sign of heart problems, not that the heart problems are caused by melatonin.
Anecdotal, but I've been taking it for 20 years, no heart issues.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Anecdotal, but I've been taking it for 20 years, no heart issues.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Taking this supplement for more than a year could be a sign of heart problems
Researchers found that adults who took melatonin for more than a year had a higher risk of heart failure, but not because of the supplement itself.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Here's a better write-up. The TL/DR is that chronic difficulty in falling asleep could be a sign of heart problems, not that the heart problems are caused by melatonin.
Anecdotal, but I've been taking it for 20 years, no heart issues.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Anecdotal, but I've been taking it for 20 years, no heart issues.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
After *three years* on strike! These people are incredible, and this is great news.
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
After *three years* on strike! These people are incredible, and this is great news.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
(Posting appropriately at 2am) - I put off melatonin for y e a r s, and when I finally started it, it worked like a miracle. Gonna be awesome if my choices are increased risk of heart failure or the litany of health risks associated with my chronic insomnia 🙃
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
New study links melatonin and heart failure, but experts say don’t panic yet
Experts say new research findings suggesting that long-term use of melatonin could be associated with increased risk of heart failure need further investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
(Posting appropriately at 2am) - I put off melatonin for y e a r s, and when I finally started it, it worked like a miracle. Gonna be awesome if my choices are increased risk of heart failure or the litany of health risks associated with my chronic insomnia 🙃
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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What we know, 3pm on Wednesday:
[In 4 parts]
—CA's Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems gain leg seats in VA & NJ
—Dems win NJ & VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[In 4 parts]
—CA's Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems gain leg seats in VA & NJ
—Dems win NJ & VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What we know, 3pm on Wednesday:
[In 4 parts]
—CA's Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems gain leg seats in VA & NJ
—Dems win NJ & VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[In 4 parts]
—CA's Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems gain leg seats in VA & NJ
—Dems win NJ & VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
Researchers (federal, academic or otherwise):
Drop me a note if you know of other climate/environmental projects disrupted by the shutdown. Signal: @chelseaeharvey.01
Drop me a note if you know of other climate/environmental projects disrupted by the shutdown. Signal: @chelseaeharvey.01
The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...
Shutdown disrupts research into Great Lakes’ toxic algae
At risk is the ability for researchers to forecast dangerous blooms weeks in advance.
www.eenews.net
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Researchers (federal, academic or otherwise):
Drop me a note if you know of other climate/environmental projects disrupted by the shutdown. Signal: @chelseaeharvey.01
Drop me a note if you know of other climate/environmental projects disrupted by the shutdown. Signal: @chelseaeharvey.01
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Anybody know if a University of Chicago economist who wasn't even in the government at the time wrote almost half of the regulatory impact analysis for EPA's endangerment/car rules draft repeal? Because it sure looks like he did. Signal jchemnick.01.
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
White House wrote half of EPA’s cost-benefit analysis for climate rule rollback
The move — revealed in emails and internal drafts — sidelined EPA's deep bench of career economists.
www.eenews.net
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Anybody know if a University of Chicago economist who wasn't even in the government at the time wrote almost half of the regulatory impact analysis for EPA's endangerment/car rules draft repeal? Because it sure looks like he did. Signal jchemnick.01.
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...
Shutdown disrupts research into Great Lakes’ toxic algae
At risk is the ability for researchers to forecast dangerous blooms weeks in advance.
www.eenews.net
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...
Opened Bluesky late tonight after off-gridding it most of the day, saw nothing but 🤯🤯🤯 posts, panicked and started checking the news to see if I’d missed something cataclysmic. Baseball-sky, y’all are wild (but I love it)
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Opened Bluesky late tonight after off-gridding it most of the day, saw nothing but 🤯🤯🤯 posts, panicked and started checking the news to see if I’d missed something cataclysmic. Baseball-sky, y’all are wild (but I love it)
It’s not Halloween until I make a slew of over-the-top themed snacks 😈 This year: popcorn balls, brownie witch’s cauldrons, stuffed mushroom eyeballs. Bonus super-creepy lychee eyeball cocktail made by a friend!
November 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It’s not Halloween until I make a slew of over-the-top themed snacks 😈 This year: popcorn balls, brownie witch’s cauldrons, stuffed mushroom eyeballs. Bonus super-creepy lychee eyeball cocktail made by a friend!
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So, I hate to be this guy, but as the director of Yale’s new program on attribution science (!?), uh, most of the commentary on Bluesky about Hurricane Melissa and climate change has been… not quite right
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
So, I hate to be this guy, but as the director of Yale’s new program on attribution science (!?), uh, most of the commentary on Bluesky about Hurricane Melissa and climate change has been… not quite right
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NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
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#Melissa has made landfall in #Jamaica, and has preliminarily tied the record for the lowest pressure of any landfalling hurricane in Atlantic history: 892 mb. That was last observed 90 years ago with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.
The storm does not look like it even notices Jamaica being there.
The storm does not look like it even notices Jamaica being there.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.
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U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is on the witness stand in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. He is wearing his typical Border Patrol uniform.
"Good morning, your honor," he says.
"Good morning, your honor," he says.
Ellis is calling Bovino to the witness stand.
Will start a new thread for his testimony.
Will start a new thread for his testimony.
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is on the witness stand in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. He is wearing his typical Border Patrol uniform.
"Good morning, your honor," he says.
"Good morning, your honor," he says.
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Y'all - this is literally insane. I am pretty sure that I have never seen automated satellite intensity estimates this high on an Atlantic hurricane. Dvorak T-numbers approaching 8.5 are almost always with west Pac supertyphoons. Graphic from UW-CIMSS.
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Y'all - this is literally insane. I am pretty sure that I have never seen automated satellite intensity estimates this high on an Atlantic hurricane. Dvorak T-numbers approaching 8.5 are almost always with west Pac supertyphoons. Graphic from UW-CIMSS.
Returning today from a highly educational weekend roadtrip with this tidbit: Stopped over in Harpers Ferry for a night, had dinner at a place called Snallygaster’s, inquired about the logo, learned about the local legend—a giant man-eating bird-dragon originating in nearby Frederick County, MD. 1/
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Returning today from a highly educational weekend roadtrip with this tidbit: Stopped over in Harpers Ferry for a night, had dinner at a place called Snallygaster’s, inquired about the logo, learned about the local legend—a giant man-eating bird-dragon originating in nearby Frederick County, MD. 1/
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NHC 5 pm Melissa update for Jamaica:
"Remain in your safe shelter and do not venture outside."
Winds "may cause total structural failure."
Wind speeds are now at *175 mph*.
"Remain in your safe shelter and do not venture outside."
Winds "may cause total structural failure."
Wind speeds are now at *175 mph*.
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NHC 5 pm Melissa update for Jamaica:
"Remain in your safe shelter and do not venture outside."
Winds "may cause total structural failure."
Wind speeds are now at *175 mph*.
"Remain in your safe shelter and do not venture outside."
Winds "may cause total structural failure."
Wind speeds are now at *175 mph*.
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Great reporting from POLITICO/E&E News's Benjamin Storrow about U.S. #offshorewind developers retaining three different Trump-connected lobbyists in a last ditch effort to make peace.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Offshore wind seeks lifeline with Trump-connected lobbyists
The embattled industry has retained a firm founded by former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and other lobbyists close to the president.
subscriber.politicopro.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Great reporting from POLITICO/E&E News's Benjamin Storrow about U.S. #offshorewind developers retaining three different Trump-connected lobbyists in a last ditch effort to make peace.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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Jamaica, in particular, will likely suffer catastrophic impacts from now rapidly-intensifying (but slow-moving) Hurricane #Melissa. A *Category 5* landfall now appears to be the most likely outcome, & 30-40+ inches of *additional* rain in mountains will lead to extreme flooding.
October 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Jamaica, in particular, will likely suffer catastrophic impacts from now rapidly-intensifying (but slow-moving) Hurricane #Melissa. A *Category 5* landfall now appears to be the most likely outcome, & 30-40+ inches of *additional* rain in mountains will lead to extreme flooding.
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Conservative groups are working the White House, Homeland Security, DOJ to go after prominent environmental organizations. It's part of an effort to link progressive groups to Antifa, despite the lack of evidence. Stripping away nonprofit status is only 1st step. www.eenews.net/articles/gre...
Green groups gird for life in Trump’s crosshairs
The administration’s pursuit of its perceived enemies has compelled environmental groups to take new precautions.
www.eenews.net
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Conservative groups are working the White House, Homeland Security, DOJ to go after prominent environmental organizations. It's part of an effort to link progressive groups to Antifa, despite the lack of evidence. Stripping away nonprofit status is only 1st step. www.eenews.net/articles/gre...