Justine Calma
@justcalma.bsky.social
Senior reporter, environment & energy @theverge.com / Host of Hell or High Water: When disaster hits home, a podcast from Vox Media and Audible. “Después de la tormenta siempre llega la Calma” ❤️🩹
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Justine Calma
@justcalma.bsky.social
· Sep 18
The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
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Some happy news! won a @coveringclimatenow.org award for my reporting on how to bring a forest back to life in a warming world for @theverge.com. Thank you @icfjorg.bsky.social & Punto y Aparte, I couldn’t have reported this on the ground without your support
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Democrats swayed voters fed up with rising electricity costs. To make a real dent in Americans’ utility bills, they'll have to tackle a range of underlying root problems, hold data centers accountable, and get creative with how electricity rates are set
www.theverge.com/report/81694...
www.theverge.com/report/81694...
Soaring electricity rates fueled Democratic victories — now comes the hard part
Democrats promised to lower utility bills. What will it take to follow through?
www.theverge.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Democrats swayed voters fed up with rising electricity costs. To make a real dent in Americans’ utility bills, they'll have to tackle a range of underlying root problems, hold data centers accountable, and get creative with how electricity rates are set
www.theverge.com/report/81694...
www.theverge.com/report/81694...
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This beautifully reported story offers a fresh and often overlooked perspective, showing that even regenerated forests, which are an important climate solution, are now vulnerable to the very crisis they help combat. By @justcalma.bsky.social... www.theverge.com/24137380/for...
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This beautifully reported story offers a fresh and often overlooked perspective, showing that even regenerated forests, which are an important climate solution, are now vulnerable to the very crisis they help combat. By @justcalma.bsky.social... www.theverge.com/24137380/for...
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This is a cool series, and I'm glad @theverge.com asked me to be a part of it
Trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?
Our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet, is now live in its entirety. You can check out each piece in our beautiful hub, or join us on a quick scroll 🧵
Our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet, is now live in its entirety. You can check out each piece in our beautiful hub, or join us on a quick scroll 🧵
The future of being trans on the internet
The internet has long been a source of information and support for transgender people. Now, trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is a cool series, and I'm glad @theverge.com asked me to be a part of it
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Grokipedia misgenders Chelsea Manning, cites a "race science" journal, and redirects DOGE searches to the Shiba Inu meme
Grokipedia is racist, transphobic, and loves Elon Musk
xAI’s version of Wikipedia, Grokipedia, frames the world’s history from Elon Musk’s perspective.
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Grokipedia misgenders Chelsea Manning, cites a "race science" journal, and redirects DOGE searches to the Shiba Inu meme
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Bill Gates 😘 AI
Why is Bill Gates tone policing on climate change?
Of course, he says AI can help.
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Bill Gates 😘 AI
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Google is turning on the gas for its data centers
Google is turning on the gas for its data centers
The plan is to capture the carbon emissions.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Google is turning on the gas for its data centers
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The weather disaster database that Trump killed has a new home
The weather disaster database that Trump killed has a new home
2025 is on track to be one of the costliest years for the US.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The weather disaster database that Trump killed has a new home
The US has a new ‘roadmap’ for nuclear fusion. And of course, it hypes up AI as both a tool that’s supposed to lead to scientific breakthroughs and as the motivation to create a new power source that can satiate energy- hungry data centers
www.theverge.com/news/802070/...
www.theverge.com/news/802070/...
The US has a new roadmap for fusion energy, without the funds to back it up
It’s a fuzzy timeline.
www.theverge.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The US has a new ‘roadmap’ for nuclear fusion. And of course, it hypes up AI as both a tool that’s supposed to lead to scientific breakthroughs and as the motivation to create a new power source that can satiate energy- hungry data centers
www.theverge.com/news/802070/...
www.theverge.com/news/802070/...
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All hail the new Fat Bear Champion
All hail the new Fat Bear Champion
No kings, except Chunk.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
All hail the new Fat Bear Champion
Wrote this one from the heart, and from the IE (iykyk) www.theverge.com/science/7860...
Dear LA, you deserve better than the Clippers’ carbon scandal
Climate change is choking Los Angeles. The Clippers scandal deals another blow.
www.theverge.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Wrote this one from the heart, and from the IE (iykyk) www.theverge.com/science/7860...
Some happy news! won a @coveringclimatenow.org award for my reporting on how to bring a forest back to life in a warming world for @theverge.com. Thank you @icfjorg.bsky.social & Punto y Aparte, I couldn’t have reported this on the ground without your support
coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
coveringclimatenow.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some happy news! won a @coveringclimatenow.org award for my reporting on how to bring a forest back to life in a warming world for @theverge.com. Thank you @icfjorg.bsky.social & Punto y Aparte, I couldn’t have reported this on the ground without your support
coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
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The Verge received a Covering Climate Now award for this story about a quirky and determined community of scientists and locals bringing forests back to life in Costa Rica, despite new perils brought on by climate change.
Congrats to @justcalma.bsky.social on the well-deserved win!
Congrats to @justcalma.bsky.social on the well-deserved win!
They turned cattle ranches into tropical forest — then climate change hit
“This is what gives me hope.”
www.theverge.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Verge received a Covering Climate Now award for this story about a quirky and determined community of scientists and locals bringing forests back to life in Costa Rica, despite new perils brought on by climate change.
Congrats to @justcalma.bsky.social on the well-deserved win!
Congrats to @justcalma.bsky.social on the well-deserved win!
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Wow @justcalma.bsky.social just won a Covering Climate Now award for her story on forest restoration in Costa Rica! So deserved coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
coveringclimatenow.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wow @justcalma.bsky.social just won a Covering Climate Now award for her story on forest restoration in Costa Rica! So deserved coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
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Wildfire smoke is an insidious and growing public health threat
Wildfire smoke is an insidious and growing public health threat
It shows us how deadly climate change can be.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wildfire smoke is an insidious and growing public health threat
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It was great to chat with @emilypont.bsky.social @heatmap.news about my book EXTRACTION. We discussed why mining is so conflictual, the power relations of extractive frontiers, how organized communities fare better & why we should use the public sector to proactively plan + govern. Link ⬇️
September 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It was great to chat with @emilypont.bsky.social @heatmap.news about my book EXTRACTION. We discussed why mining is so conflictual, the power relations of extractive frontiers, how organized communities fare better & why we should use the public sector to proactively plan + govern. Link ⬇️
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Big Tech is on a giant data center construction splurge, and @justcalma.bsky.social has the scoop about how the NAACP is creating a playbook for communities to ensure their health and well-being are being protected. www.theverge.com/exclusive/77...
Tech companies ‘be on alert,’ NAACP says with new guiding principles for data centers
The civil rights group is already fighting Elon Musk’s data center in Memphis.
www.theverge.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Big Tech is on a giant data center construction splurge, and @justcalma.bsky.social has the scoop about how the NAACP is creating a playbook for communities to ensure their health and well-being are being protected. www.theverge.com/exclusive/77...
Vee @vicmsong.bsky.social brings an intersectional lens to her writing on tech, health, and wearables, I really value her voice on this beat and super excited for this newsletter!
Just in time for tech event season, we’re introducing Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge Senior Reviewer @vicmsong.bsky.social that will dissect and discuss the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re gonna change your life.
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bit.ly/4p5ngMD
September 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Vee @vicmsong.bsky.social brings an intersectional lens to her writing on tech, health, and wearables, I really value her voice on this beat and super excited for this newsletter!
Exclusive — The NAACP and grassroots groups have come together to craft demands for new data center projects in guiding principles they shared first with The Verge
www.theverge.com/exclusive/77...
www.theverge.com/exclusive/77...
Tech companies ‘be on alert,’ NAACP says with new guiding principles for data centers
The civil rights group is already fighting Elon Musk’s data center in Memphis.
www.theverge.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Exclusive — The NAACP and grassroots groups have come together to craft demands for new data center projects in guiding principles they shared first with The Verge
www.theverge.com/exclusive/77...
www.theverge.com/exclusive/77...
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When Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson searched "Is DC safe?", the top Google News result was a White House article.
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www.cjr.org/analysis/the... @dmil.bsky.social @towcenter.bsky.social
The White House Is Its Own Media Outlet
The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News.
www.cjr.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
When Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson searched "Is DC safe?", the top Google News result was a White House article.
www.cjr.org/analysis/the... @dmil.bsky.social @towcenter.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/analysis/the... @dmil.bsky.social @towcenter.bsky.social
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Trump’s immigration crackdown could be slowing the hunt for child predators online
Trump’s immigration crackdown could be slowing the hunt for child predators online
Even before Trump, advocates say, “the priority has never been child exploitation.”
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August 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Trump’s immigration crackdown could be slowing the hunt for child predators online
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
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When the Blade Breaks
The future of wind energy might come down to one turbine blade
Now it’s in the hands of Nantucket residents.
buff.ly
August 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
When the Blade Breaks
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Workers need better protections from the heat
Workers need better protections from the heat
Heat stress is preventable with the right measures in place.
buff.ly
August 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Workers need better protections from the heat
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Google says a typical AI text prompt only uses 5 drops of water — experts say that’s misleading
Google says a typical AI text prompt only uses 5 drops of water — experts say that’s misleading
“This really spreads the wrong message to the world.”
buff.ly
August 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Google says a typical AI text prompt only uses 5 drops of water — experts say that’s misleading
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I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
August 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.