Paige Vega
@paigeblank.bsky.social
Climate Editor @vox.com | mentor @uprootproject.bsky.social + @sejorg.bsky.social | Previously editing at High Country News | Based in western Colorado
Our team spoke with a group of people from a variety of backgrounds—a young gig worker, a father and husband, an early retiree, and a middle-aged entrepreneur—who are facing impossible choices as their health care costs climb.
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Meet the newly uninsured
Millions of Americans will soon go without insurance. We spoke with some of them.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our team spoke with a group of people from a variety of backgrounds—a young gig worker, a father and husband, an early retiree, and a middle-aged entrepreneur—who are facing impossible choices as their health care costs climb.
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@dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/46855...
In Madagascar, the fight to save wildlife has never been just about wildlife. It’s about addressing the entrenched challenges that impact the humans who depend on the same forests.
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The world’s lemurs are going extinct. This is the only way to save them.
To protect Madagascar’s iconic animals, wildlife groups need to think beyond wildlife.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In Madagascar, the fight to save wildlife has never been just about wildlife. It’s about addressing the entrenched challenges that impact the humans who depend on the same forests.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4676...
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4676...
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"It’s a complicated situation: The health and well-being of people along the coast depends on fishing, yet too much fishing is a key reason why the reef, and the fishery it supports, is in decline."
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Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth
Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"It’s a complicated situation: The health and well-being of people along the coast depends on fishing, yet too much fishing is a key reason why the reef, and the fishery it supports, is in decline."
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By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue.
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Clean energy could become a huge political winner
Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races — and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue.
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@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4677...
Trump thinks cutting regulations will save you money. Nope.
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Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car
The president hates EVs. But his policies are making gas cars more expensive too.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump thinks cutting regulations will save you money. Nope.
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🚨Just launched: @vox.com's most ambitious biodviersity reporting project of the year.
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
Most animals on this island nation are found nowhere else on Earth. And now they’re vanishing.
The only way to save them is to put people first.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨Just launched: @vox.com's most ambitious biodviersity reporting project of the year.
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
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In very very likely a first for @vox.com, this story is also available in Malagasy, Madagascar's national language.
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
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Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
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Miankina amin’ny ranomasina izy ireo mba hivelomany. Saingy ankehitriny, miharava ny aina velona ao an-dranomasina.
Ny fiarovana ny tontolo iainana dia matetika nampifandona ny natiora sy ny olona mahantra. Mitady làlana vaovao i Madagasikara.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In very very likely a first for @vox.com, this story is also available in Malagasy, Madagascar's national language.
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
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The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
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Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
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A data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity bill
Consumers are finally pushing back on AI-driven data expansion. Will it matter?
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October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
A data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity bill
Consumers are finally pushing back on AI-driven data expansion. Will it matter?
www.vox.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
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Your electricity bill is rising. Naturally, you’re mad about it and looking around at who to blame. But it’s not a who, it’s a what — and the recent AI-driven data center construction spree is at least partly the reason why.
A data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity bill
Consumers are finally pushing back on AI-driven data expansion. Will it matter?
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October 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Your electricity bill is rising. Naturally, you’re mad about it and looking around at who to blame. But it’s not a who, it’s a what — and the recent AI-driven data center construction spree is at least partly the reason why.
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Madagascar has some of the world’s most unique animals, like lemurs, chameleons, and tenrecs. Yet many of them are now struggling to survive, amid years of climate extremes and political unrest.
Reporter @benjij.bsky.social explores what’s driving an environmental crisis — and what might fix it.
Reporter @benjij.bsky.social explores what’s driving an environmental crisis — and what might fix it.
October 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Madagascar has some of the world’s most unique animals, like lemurs, chameleons, and tenrecs. Yet many of them are now struggling to survive, amid years of climate extremes and political unrest.
Reporter @benjij.bsky.social explores what’s driving an environmental crisis — and what might fix it.
Reporter @benjij.bsky.social explores what’s driving an environmental crisis — and what might fix it.
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Coming out of silence to share a story that's very meaningful to me — a look at what's going on in southwest Madagascar. Coral reefs that sustain entire communities are failing, despite decades of conservation. It highlights the need to rethink how conservation works.
www.vox.com/climate/4650...
www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth
Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.
www.vox.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Coming out of silence to share a story that's very meaningful to me — a look at what's going on in southwest Madagascar. Coral reefs that sustain entire communities are failing, despite decades of conservation. It highlights the need to rethink how conservation works.
www.vox.com/climate/4650...
www.vox.com/climate/4650...
🚨Just launched: @vox.com's most ambitious biodviersity reporting project of the year.
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
Most animals on this island nation are found nowhere else on Earth. And now they’re vanishing.
The only way to save them is to put people first.
www.vox.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨Just launched: @vox.com's most ambitious biodviersity reporting project of the year.
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
Canada's Hudson Bay peatlands are one of Earth’s greatest climate protectors—and they’re under threat. Anna North’s new story, born out of her research for her new novel Bog Queen, is about what we stand to lose.
Don't miss this one 💚
@annanorth.bsky.social/@vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4647...
Don't miss this one 💚
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The humble plant that could save the world — or destroy it
Clean energy expansion could destroy this crucial climate solution.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Canada's Hudson Bay peatlands are one of Earth’s greatest climate protectors—and they’re under threat. Anna North’s new story, born out of her research for her new novel Bog Queen, is about what we stand to lose.
Don't miss this one 💚
@annanorth.bsky.social/@vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4647...
Don't miss this one 💚
@annanorth.bsky.social/@vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4647...
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We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox.
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
Astead W. Herndon Joins Vox as Host and Editorial Director
The New York Times political journalist and host of “The Run-Up podcast” is joining Vox
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October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox.
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
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On the latest episode of Vox’s podcast, Unexplainable, host Noam Hassenfeld explores the song “In C” to understand how music gets created out of randomness and chaos.
🎧 Listen to this episode of Unexplainable, wherever you get your podcasts:
🎧 Listen to this episode of Unexplainable, wherever you get your podcasts:
Unexplainable podcast
Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going. The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld, Julia Longoria, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — tackles s...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On the latest episode of Vox’s podcast, Unexplainable, host Noam Hassenfeld explores the song “In C” to understand how music gets created out of randomness and chaos.
🎧 Listen to this episode of Unexplainable, wherever you get your podcasts:
🎧 Listen to this episode of Unexplainable, wherever you get your podcasts:
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Whether a new drug called lenacapavir actually makes a dent in the HIV epidemic will depend less on science than on politics. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/zFB4vE
The only thing standing between humanity and the end of HIV
Even Trump is fast-tracking this innovative new drug. What could go wrong?
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October 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Whether a new drug called lenacapavir actually makes a dent in the HIV epidemic will depend less on science than on politics. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/zFB4vE
The Houston toad, once common across southeast Texas, is now so endangered that its best shot at survival involves assisted reproduction and some very determined humans.
It’s weird, hopeful, kind of beautiful — and it just might be working.
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It’s weird, hopeful, kind of beautiful — and it just might be working.
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Inside the audacious mission to bring a rare toad back from the brink
The amphibian “IVF clinic” fighting to save the first amphibian ever afforded federal protections.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Houston toad, once common across southeast Texas, is now so endangered that its best shot at survival involves assisted reproduction and some very determined humans.
It’s weird, hopeful, kind of beautiful — and it just might be working.
@vox.com: www.vox.com/the-highligh... @longreads.com
It’s weird, hopeful, kind of beautiful — and it just might be working.
@vox.com: www.vox.com/the-highligh... @longreads.com
Wildfires aren’t just getting bigger. They’re getting massively more expensive.
A new study shows the most destructive fires are happening more often, fueled by climate change, urban sprawl, and decades of fire suppression.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...
A new study shows the most destructive fires are happening more often, fueled by climate change, urban sprawl, and decades of fire suppression.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...
The surging price tag of wildfires, in one chart
Wildfires are getting worse — and a lot more expensive for the rest of us.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wildfires aren’t just getting bigger. They’re getting massively more expensive.
A new study shows the most destructive fires are happening more often, fueled by climate change, urban sprawl, and decades of fire suppression.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...
A new study shows the most destructive fires are happening more often, fueled by climate change, urban sprawl, and decades of fire suppression.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...
The surging price tag of wildfires, in one chart
Wildfires are getting worse — and a lot more expensive for the rest of us.
Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...
Wildfires are getting worse — and a lot more expensive for the rest of us.
Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The surging price tag of wildfires, in one chart
Wildfires are getting worse — and a lot more expensive for the rest of us.
Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...
Wildfires are getting worse — and a lot more expensive for the rest of us.
Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...
That price shock from your latest power bill wasn't a one-off — electricity prices are way, way up, and aren't coming down any time soon. Are we headed toward an energy crisis?
Umair Irfan spoke with energy experts to find out: www.vox.com/climate/4632... @vox.com
Umair Irfan spoke with energy experts to find out: www.vox.com/climate/4632... @vox.com
Your expensive power bill is part of an alarming trend
Here’s why you shouldn’t panic. Yet.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
That price shock from your latest power bill wasn't a one-off — electricity prices are way, way up, and aren't coming down any time soon. Are we headed toward an energy crisis?
Umair Irfan spoke with energy experts to find out: www.vox.com/climate/4632... @vox.com
Umair Irfan spoke with energy experts to find out: www.vox.com/climate/4632... @vox.com
RFK Jr's sycophantic Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will decide today and tomorrow whether to delay shots like the hepatitis-B vaccines for children.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social explains how this could be a breaking point: www.vox.com/health/46185... @vox.com
@dylanlscott.bsky.social explains how this could be a breaking point: www.vox.com/health/46185... @vox.com
RFK Jr.’s biggest disruption yet to vaccine policy is coming
Kennedy’s support is fracturing. The childhood vaccine schedule could break it.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
RFK Jr's sycophantic Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will decide today and tomorrow whether to delay shots like the hepatitis-B vaccines for children.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social explains how this could be a breaking point: www.vox.com/health/46185... @vox.com
@dylanlscott.bsky.social explains how this could be a breaking point: www.vox.com/health/46185... @vox.com
At @vox.com's climate desk, we’ve spent the past few months digging into a threat that’s easy to swat away in the moment — but increasingly harder to escape: the rise of mosquito and other vector-borne diseases in the United States.
You can find all of our stories here: www.vox.com/climate/4616...
You can find all of our stories here: www.vox.com/climate/4616...
The great mosquito resurgence
Climate change is rewriting America’s map of disease — through bug bites.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
At @vox.com's climate desk, we’ve spent the past few months digging into a threat that’s easy to swat away in the moment — but increasingly harder to escape: the rise of mosquito and other vector-borne diseases in the United States.
You can find all of our stories here: www.vox.com/climate/4616...
You can find all of our stories here: www.vox.com/climate/4616...
In case you missed it: Great feature from our team @vox.com. West Nile, malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise in the US. Umair's reporting will help you stay vigilant.
Today @vox.com is rolling out something special from climate correspondent Umair Irfan. Recently, we went to southern Texas to dig into an unsettling story: how climate change—and the ways we’ve built our cities—is giving mosquito-borne diseases new footholds in the US. www.vox.com/climate/4603...
The US is on the verge of a mosquito-borne disease crisis
This small Texas city is leading the resistance.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In case you missed it: Great feature from our team @vox.com. West Nile, malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise in the US. Umair's reporting will help you stay vigilant.