Maxine Joselow
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Climate change reporter at the New York Times, cat mom, and baker. Send me tips on Signal at MaxineJ.55
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Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
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Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
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We have reached the time of year where the COP30 PR emails makes me want to hide in the woods without internet for a month.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We have reached the time of year where the COP30 PR emails makes me want to hide in the woods without internet for a month.
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NYT: He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
By Maxine Joselow
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
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Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
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He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
NYT: He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
By Maxine Joselow
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
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By Maxine Joselow
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
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Scoop: The EPA has reconsidered its plans to kill the popular Energy Star program in response to intense backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program
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November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Scoop: The EPA has reconsidered its plans to kill the popular Energy Star program in response to intense backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
New: There are no employees left at the National Park Service who can plug abandoned oil and gas wells, which can leak methane and contaminate groundwater. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New: There are no employees left at the National Park Service who can plug abandoned oil and gas wells, which can leak methane and contaminate groundwater. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...
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Noting some details of this effort were reported previously by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
and friends over at the NYT.
and friends over at the NYT.
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Noting some details of this effort were reported previously by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
and friends over at the NYT.
and friends over at the NYT.
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Climate change DEFINITELY affects hurricane:
STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food
RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor
SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise
PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification
STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food
RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor
SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise
PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Climate change DEFINITELY affects hurricane:
STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food
RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor
SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise
PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification
STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food
RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor
SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise
PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification
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The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States.
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Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
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October 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States.
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The Trump administration is opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, again. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
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October 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Trump administration is opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, again. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
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President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening.
Communities across the country are adjusting as FEMA slows down disaster reimbursements and cuts back programs that help them prepare for emergencies.
Communities across the country are adjusting as FEMA slows down disaster reimbursements and cuts back programs that help them prepare for emergencies.
How FEMA Is Pushing Communities to Fend for Themselves
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October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening.
Communities across the country are adjusting as FEMA slows down disaster reimbursements and cuts back programs that help them prepare for emergencies.
Communities across the country are adjusting as FEMA slows down disaster reimbursements and cuts back programs that help them prepare for emergencies.
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Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."
E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded
The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."
Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
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October 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
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TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
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Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
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October 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
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In Georgia, Trump’s cancellation of $7 billion in solar energy funding is hurting some of his own voters. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/c...
In Georgia, Trump’s Cuts to Solar Projects Hit Some of His Voters
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October 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In Georgia, Trump’s cancellation of $7 billion in solar energy funding is hurting some of his own voters. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/c...
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“I never really thought about him as being the one who did it,” she said. “But now I’ve really got something to think about, huh?” Trump’s war on solar hurts his own voters. Great @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reporting in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/c...
In Georgia, Trump’s Cuts to Solar Projects Hit Some of His Voters
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October 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“I never really thought about him as being the one who did it,” she said. “But now I’ve really got something to think about, huh?” Trump’s war on solar hurts his own voters. Great @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reporting in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/c...
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NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
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The Trump administration plans to keep national parks largely open to the public during the expected government shutdown, according to an internal email reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Conservationists say parks should be closed to prevent irreparable damage.
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Conservationists say parks should be closed to prevent irreparable damage.
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Update from Maxine Joselow
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September 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Trump administration plans to keep national parks largely open to the public during the expected government shutdown, according to an internal email reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Conservationists say parks should be closed to prevent irreparable damage.
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Conservationists say parks should be closed to prevent irreparable damage.
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Breaking News: The Trump administration outlined a plan to revive the coal industry, including opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining.
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration outlined a plan to revive the coal industry, including opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining.
The Trump admin is nearing a deal to allow a road through an Alaskan wildlife refuge, documents show. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
Trump Nears Deal for Road Through Alaskan Wildlife Refuge
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September 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Trump admin is nearing a deal to allow a road through an Alaskan wildlife refuge, documents show. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
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Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.
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“Measuring itself is a political act with political consequences,” Dr. Pralle said. “And clearly the Trump administration does not want to do anything to alleviate a problem like climate change.”
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A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
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September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Measuring itself is a political act with political consequences,” Dr. Pralle said. “And clearly the Trump administration does not want to do anything to alleviate a problem like climate change.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c... from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
New: The Trump administration has stopped gathering certain data on climate change and other issues. Here's what's at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
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September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New: The Trump administration has stopped gathering certain data on climate change and other issues. Here's what's at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
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New docs obtained via FOIA reveal how the personal attacks to FEMA staff last hurricane season were much worse than previously known, including swatting & doxxing of officials.
Story @bloomberg.com, w/ @davey.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Chaos Inside FEMA as Death Threats Distract From Hurricane Response
Internal documents show how online conspiracies and personal attacks disrupted FEMA during back-to-back hurricanes last year.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New docs obtained via FOIA reveal how the personal attacks to FEMA staff last hurricane season were much worse than previously known, including swatting & doxxing of officials.
Story @bloomberg.com, w/ @davey.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story @bloomberg.com, w/ @davey.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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G.O.P. Plan on Pesticides Faces Revolt From MAHA Moms
@maxinejoselow.bsky.social and @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social report for @nytimes.com
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@maxinejoselow.bsky.social and @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social report for @nytimes.com
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G.O.P. Plan on Pesticides Faces Revolt From MAHA Moms
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September 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
G.O.P. Plan on Pesticides Faces Revolt From MAHA Moms
@maxinejoselow.bsky.social and @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social report for @nytimes.com
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@maxinejoselow.bsky.social and @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social report for @nytimes.com
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New: Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia has privately urged the Trump admin not to thwart an offshore wind project off the coast of his state. w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/c...
The Lone G.O.P. Governor Opposing Trump’s War on Offshore Wind
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September 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New: Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia has privately urged the Trump admin not to thwart an offshore wind project off the coast of his state. w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/c...
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FEMA employees warned Congress that the Trump administration had reversed the progress made in disaster response since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response
After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response. FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
FEMA employees warned Congress that the Trump administration had reversed the progress made in disaster response since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.