Tony Bartelme

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A Eulogy for Teakettle Justice William O. Douglas, in his dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Sierra Club v. Morton, said “Contemporary public concern for protecting nature’s ecological equilibrium...

Damning account by @mhurteau.bsky.social of US Forest Service foot-dragging on a prescribed burn propsal for an old-growth forest.

By the time they approved it, a massive wildfire incinerated most of the trees last month:

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Sanctioned Russian bankers owe Beaufort County more than $278,000 in back taxes Sanctioned Russian bankers who own luxury homes in SC’s Palmetto Bluff resort owe back taxes to Beaufort County, which can’t collect due to Treasury sanctions.

Follow to our story last week about sanctioned Russian bankers in South Carolina:

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YAF's National Journalism Center Reveals 2025 Dao Prize Finalists

Thank you national Dao Prize judges for including our @postandcourier.bsky.social projects 41 Seconds and Deadly Helene in your finalist list of the best investigative reporting work in 2024. Appreciate your support for local journalism!
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Rising Waters: Reports from Across a Rapidly Warming World In his new book, "Rising Waters," Tony Bartelme reveals the science, urgency, and hope behind our warming world.

Thanks KALW, Ethan Elkind and Malihe Razazan for the climate crisis conversation today!

www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

Rising Waters: Reports from Across a Rapidly Warming World In his new book, "Rising Waters," Tony Bartelme reveals the science, urgency, and hope behind our warming world.

On today's Your Call's One Planet series, we'll talk to @tbartelme.bsky.social about his new book on the invisible impacts of climate change, along with the solutions we need to address them.

Join us 10am PT - stream live @kalwradio.bsky.social:

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Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

The South Carolina angle? Think Justin Bieber meets Red Notice.
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A Russian banker spent millions on Atlanta properties, left with little trace Sergey Khotimskiy invested over $37 million in Atlanta real estate. He is among the 4,000 people and entities the U.S. sanctioned after the Ukraine invasion.

Our new investigation into sanctioned Russian bankers has an Atlanta twist. We worked with the @ajc.com and Thad Moore. Their story is: www.ajc.com/news/2025/09...

@johnsipher.bsky.social just fyi.

Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

What do Justin Bieber, Trevor Lawrence and Russian sanctions have to do with each other?

Read here: www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
@billbrowder.bsky.social #sanctions

Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

What do NBA player Dennis Schroder, Russian bankers and US sanctions have to do with each other? Read our latest investigation "Hidden Deeds: The Russians Next Door."

@billbrowder.bsky.social @johndellosso.bsky.social
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#Russia #Sanctions

Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

What do Justin Bieber, Trevor Lawrence and Russian sanctions have to do with each other?

Read here: www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
@billbrowder.bsky.social #sanctions

Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

Correcttion: New from me and @johndellosso.bsky.social

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Fantastic reporting, and thank you for posting here

Thank you!!

Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

New with the @postandcourier.bsky.social, @ajc.com and @istories.bsky.social...

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US sanctioned Sergey Khotimskiy and the bank he co-founded, Sovcombank. He finalized the transfer of as much as $43 million in real estate to his ex-wife before the sanctions.

Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

New from me:

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Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

New from me:

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Good morning with good news: US wind & solar generated 20% more electricity than coal in the first 7 months of 2025.

Solar in July 2025 surged ~30%, compared to July 2024. Utility-scale solar rose 37%.

Wind in July 2025 rose ~ 14%, compared to July 2024.
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#energysky

SC patients are waiting for cures. Will animal research be the solution or a thing of the past? An unlikely coalition of animal rights groups and politicians are demanding an end to federal funding for research using animals as test subjects.

Marilyn Thompson from @postandcourier.bsky.social and CBS News partnered for this look at South Carolina's "Monkey Island" and animal testing.
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Have you ever wondered what it look like on top of a giant iceberg?
Well, it looks a little bit like that 😃.
Captured with a drone above the Icefjord in Ilulissat, Greenland.

67-year-old Charleston woman processed grief through pole sport. Now, she eyes a world championship. Virginia Marshall started pole sport at Amorous Dance Pole and Fitness in West Ashley, SC. Now, she'll compete in the 2025 World Pole & Aerial Championships.

Very thoughtful story today on a pole dancing grandmother by Jocelyn G on @tbartelme@postandcourier.com www.postandcourier.com/news/special...

How much water will the $165 billion data center near El Paso use? Developers unveil figures ahead of Doña Ana commissioners vote A public meeting in Sunland Park this week was standing-room only as community members expressed concerns about the massive project, especially its planned water usage.

A controversial $165 billion data center campus in New Mexico revealed numbers about its water consumption publicly for the first time. Filling up the four data centers would use 10 million gallons of water, and the ongoing consumption would be 7.2 million gallons every year.

Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.

Perhaps the most important story you've never heard about. Why? Take a breath.

apnews.com/article/phyt...

The ocean heat content averaged over the Gulf of Mexico is now the highest on record -- surpassing even the crazy-high values we saw just last year.
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Sticks against the sea: As oceans rise, these fishermen in West Africa refused to wait Desperate West African fishermen are using anything they can find to stop rising seas, including barriers made of sticks and fish nets. The nets capture sand and seem to be working. For now.

New from Borso Tall for @postandcourier.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org
Sticks Against the Sea

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Thank you National Press Club for honoring our story "Eject!" and for our #F35 coverage afterward.
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First set of models out for likely Gabrielle. In South Carolina, we don’t like G and H storms.

www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/91...

The last week of August into the first week of September is the climatological peak of ocean heat content in the Gulf of Mexico, but the current area-average is at near-record levels, creeping up to 2024's all-time record high.
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