Atchison County is home to 342 wind turbines that support about 50 permanent jobs. The county collected $5.9 million from taxes from wind turbines in 2024, accounting for more than half of its real estate tax revenue. By @carabuckley.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...

Good news for Earth Day! Nine U.S. states have set goals to conserve 30% of their land by 2030-and MD got there first.

This story is part of a NYT series, "50 States, 50 Fixes." Tune into NPR at 10AM eastern this morning to hear from authors @carabuckley.bsky.social, @catrineinhorn.bsky.social & I.

The aptly-named Culdesac, AZ, is a community designed to be car-free from the ground-up, illustrating that the idea is a plausible one where amenities and other forms of mobility are adequate, explains @carabuckley.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/c... #cities #cars

Our NYT Climate colleagues have started a series called "50 States, 50 Fixes" about local solutions to environmental problems. Here's one installment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/c...

a little bit of hopeful counterprogramming. @catrineinhorn.bsky.social and @carabuckley.bsky.social look at the good things people are doing to address environmental problems in their communities.
50 States, 50 Fixes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We have launched with five stories and will be adding 45 more. Let us know what we should be covering! We describe the series a bit more here, with comments from @katharinehayhoe.com and @hausfath.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...

From state legislatures to community groups, from tribal lands to city parks to postage-stamp backyards, people are doing quiet, vital work to confront climate change and biodiversity loss. All year, @carabuckley.bsky.social and I will be writing about these efforts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily. One community near Phoenix is taking a “completely different” approach to development, by @carabuckley.bsky.social @rnoblephoto.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/c... via @nytimes.com #ClimateChange

Another dataset I like is from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which has maps of the US that show we fixed the acid rain problem by implementing stricter emission controls on power plants.

nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/nt...

Killer kitties: a reminder that cats play a major role in wiping out wildlife. How?

By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍

Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors.
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Delighted to get a copy of the New York Times with @carabuckley.bsky.social's piece on my rewilding a West Cork farm in the post from @katieholten.bsky.social. Thanks Katie! 🙏

(And no, unfortunately it wasn't actually on the front page: that's just for effect!)

and so it begins...

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🚨 New Episode Coming Thursday! 🚨
Get ready for a powerful bonus episode of A Matter of Degrees dropping tomorrow, Nov 14th! Join myself &
Adrian Deveny as we map out a plan for moving forward with the climate movement in the wake of the election.