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Nicole Williams
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Enviromental Writer | Journalist
Climate, PFAS, Eco-grief.
Freelance for @insideclimatenews, @undark, @therevelator, and more.
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"65% of Americans say they “rarely” or “never” discuss global warming with family and friends'

#EndClimateSilence

Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.

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October 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Thank you to @insideclimatenews.org and all those who interviewed for my story on cranberry restoration projects in Massachusetts. Once again, I am leaving a story inspired by all the work conservationists are doing.
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Grateful to @therevelator.org for publishing my story!

Always in awe of all of the important work activists like Emily Donovan are doing!
August 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I am not one to usually write book reviews, but I finally read Clayton Page Aldern’s book on climate change and its effects on the brain, and, wow. It gave me a deeper perspective on things I hadn’t fully considered.

You can read my full review below:

open.substack.com/pub/comewith...
Feeling the Weight of a Changing Climate
Clayton Page Aldern Looks at How Warming Temperatures Affect What Nobody Sees
open.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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I'm with Carl Pope on the urgent need to curb methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, but is subsidizing oil and gas companies really the best way to do it? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...
Opinion | What Environmentalists Like Me Got Wrong About Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My recent story published with Inside Climate News that looks at how the island of Nantucket is facing rising sea levels head on.

insideclimatenews.org/news/0606202...
How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas - Inside Climate News
The Massachusetts island anticipates damages of $3.4 billion through 2070 if nothing is done.
insideclimatenews.org
June 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Really excited to announce that my first Substack post is live! This endeavor, exploring healing from trauma that is coupled with eco-grief, is something that I have been wanting to write about for awhile. Thanks to Malin Christensson for being my first guest!🌿💚

open.substack.com/pub/comewith...
Nature Can Nurture
A conversation with Malin Christensson on why now, more than ever, we need nature
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Grateful to the editors at @insideclimatenews.org for publishing my most recent story and to the doctors doing the important work of facing climate change.
Doctors and Medical Schools Are Changing Treatments and Training to Respond to the Warming Climate - Inside Climate News
As global warming spreads pests, diseases and toxins, new programs are developing to help medical professionals look at their patients’ health, lifestyles and treatments through a climate lens.
insideclimatenews.org
February 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My favorite book of all time.
February 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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This is the messaging we need from university presidents and provosts *especially* in red states. They should talk about climate change research in the same terms: “live saving”.
February 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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That famously green company Shell has put out its new energy scenarios and, boy, they are worth your time.

Here's a thread 🧵

By 2100, in the worst-case scenario, the oil company sees global warming peaking at 2.2C. In the most ambitious, it comes back down to 1.3C. www.shell.com/news-and-ins...
February 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Climate scientist James Hansen released a new study tracking the acceleration of global warming, and he says the world has not been adequately warned about the rapidly growing risks of extreme climate impacts.
New Research Led by James Hansen Documents Global Warming Acceleration - Inside Climate News
The rapid meltdown of polar ice could shut down a key ocean current by 2050, triggering catastrophic surges of sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast and dangerous climate shifts in northwestern Eur...
insideclimatenews.org
February 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My most recent article, published by Undark. Grateful to all those who are doing the hard work of researching and studying forever chemicals.

undark.org/2025/01/27/o...
February 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM