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AFP journalist covering climate disinformation 🌊🌎 • Previous bylines with Politico, Reuters, Eater • Imagineering nerd ✨ • She/her • Got a tip for me? DM or firstname(dot)lastname(at)afp.com 📨
so not accessible to the general public (VA Or MD side)? thanks again
07.11.2025 20:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hi -- random Q from a stranger on the internet: is this from a recent visit? I am trying to assess if Great Falls is open, website states it's closed: www.nps.gov/grfa/index.htm
07.11.2025 19:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Canadian officials ordered more than 300 ostriches killed amid an avian flu outbreak.
The farmers refused, sparking a legal and political fight involving a NYC grocery magnate and Dr. Oz.
How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause 👇
A clip said to show massive floods in the Amazonian city of Belem ahead of COP30 got hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok... There's only one problem: it's not real.
u.afp.com/Se9r
It's amusing to read Joe patiently answering a set of generic pre-scripted questions, and then later unilaterally decides to skip the Q&A format and just launch into an extended manifesto about design philosophy.
attractionsmagazine.com/joe-rohde-di...
Flooded homes are seen after the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Howard Acres neighbourhood in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
🌀 Some meteorologists described Hurricane Melissa’s strength and slow crawl as "unreal" before it slammed into Jamaica on Oct 28, 2025, fueling baseless conspiracy theories about a geo-engineered storm.
u.afp.com/HurricaneMel...
NEW: US President Donald Trump said he "just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax" following Bill Gates's latest memo on warming and emission reductions.
29.10.2025 22:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🌀The formation and intensity of Hurricane Melissa was "unreal" in more ways than one, as pointed out by meteorologists worldwide... just not in the way conspiracy theorists think.
29.10.2025 21:44 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@stevebowen.bsky.social Hi, I am a journalist with AFP. Could you send me a DM so we can talk for a story I am working on? Thank you!
28.10.2025 17:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0done, ty and also DMed you!
28.10.2025 17:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@petagna.bsky.social Hi! I am a journalist with AFP. Could we DM for a story I am working on?
28.10.2025 17:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🇺🇸 Nearly a dozen houses have collapsed into the ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks since September -- but why?
Experts say both reckless shoreline construction and sea level rise are to blame. Read more: u.afp.com/OuterBanksNC
#Melissa is slowly continuing its journey across the Caribbean Sea and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by tomorrow and reach major hurricane strength by Sunday, posing a significant threat to Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. For the latest, check out www.hurricanes.gov.
24.10.2025 16:29 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
New video @afp.com:
I explained how we caught US President Donald Trump's White House using outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska and other states in a video that it claimed showed "Chicago is in chaos."
youtube.com/shorts/sKRcv...
Upcoming event: October 22, 2025 at 12pm ET Climate Blueprint: Myths & Disinformation Webinar Myths about climate change continue to proliferate online, but such disinformation campaigns are nothing new. Journalists can strengthen their reporting by learning about the history of climate disinformation, by practicing strong accountability journalism, a necessary first step in truly tackling the climate crisis, and by using solutions journalism to critically evaluate claims of “going green.” This is the latest in our webinar series on pressing climate journalism topics, inspired by “The Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation,” published in summer 2024 by Solutions Journalism Network and Covering Climate Now. In this, our third roundtable discussion, titled “Myths & Disinformation,” we’ll analyze climate disinformation narratives, discuss strategies for evaluating climate solutions from vested interests, and get tips for incorporating accountability into your reporting. Panelists Aaron Cantú, Reporter, Capital & Main Dharna Noor, Fossil Fuels & Climate Reporter, The Guardian Amy Westervelt, Executive Editor, Drilled Media Breanna Draxler, climate and environmental justice editor and editor of the Climate Blueprint, will moderate.
Myths about climate change proliferate online. Journalists can strengthen their reporting by learning about the history of climate disinformation, by practicing strong accountability journalism, and by using solutions journalism to critically evaluate claims of “going green.” buff.ly/Dd7egGb
15.10.2025 16:11 — 👍 49 🔁 27 💬 3 📌 0
Financial Times story regarding effects of recent US government science funding affecting @Scripps_Ocean: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
20.10.2025 18:16 — 👍 16 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
🇧🇷🌳 Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, climate skeptics have been twisting new research on the Amazon forest to downplay the impact of more CO2 in the atmopshere. But scientists, including the study’s authors, say the claims are misconstrued. #COP30
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🇺🇸 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and CNN cited AFP Fact Check's investigation of a video the White House claimed showed "chaos" in Chicago. But Bill McCarthy in Washington, found that the clip is littered with outdated footage from other American cities. Read more: u.afp.com/SsSU
17.10.2025 15:22 — 👍 51 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 2✅ My very talented colleague and friend @billmccarthy.bsky.social just got featured on Colbert, incredible... So proud! bsky.app/profile/bill...
17.10.2025 15:03 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Thank you @colbertlateshow.bsky.social for highlighting my @afp.com fact-check investigation into the deceptive White House "Chicago is in chaos" video that misused footage from other US cities.
From now on our team will be known as "the internet folks" and "the people online."
The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
these people know how extreme they are
14.10.2025 19:07 — 👍 5958 🔁 1201 💬 85 📌 36
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
This is a great, detailed piece of work. There is really no secret here: OpenAI fully intend to use fossil gas to power their data centres.
All the crap about fusion, dyson spheres etc is misdirection. This is what they're *actually* doing:
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
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13.10.2025 19:41 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
My hearts are with the people of Western Alaska in communiites like Kwigillingkok, where the remnants of a Typhoon has swept entire homes, and people, into the Bering Sea.
apnews.com/article/alas...
🎶Nothin' but blue skies to see here! Conspiracy theorists have found their silver lining amid the government shutdown: no more chemtrails... unless 🤔: tinyurl.com/59z53ex5
10.10.2025 14:22 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Coral Triangle: The giant hidden 'Amazon' beneath the sea that appears somewhat resilient to climate change - @saschapare.bsky.social @livescience.com
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
