Katie Myers

USC Annenberg announces inaugural class of Health and Climate Change Reporting Fellows The USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication and Center for Health Journalism are thrilled to announce the 10 talented journalists participating in the inaugural Health and Climat...

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and the @uscclimate.bsky.social are proud to announce our #USCHealthandClimate Reporting Fellows, who will be joining us on campus starting today. Read the press release: bit.ly/USCHealthandClimateChangeFellows

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

Did you know Kodak was a military contractor? grist.org/accountabili...

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.

But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.

With @theassemblync.bsky.social

Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go? On a dusty, warm day last October, nearly a month after Hurricane Helene tore across the southeastern United States, Donald Trump stood behind a podium in Swannanoa, North Carolina, to pledge funding ...

Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?

The presidential campaign bad-mouthed FEMA while using crowdfunding to donate to evangelical nonprofits.

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#Climate #GoFundMe #Trump #Disaster #FEMA #Evangelical

Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go? On a dusty, warm day last October, nearly a month after Hurricane Helene tore across the southeastern United States, Donald Trump stood behind a podium in Swannanoa, North Carolina, to pledge funding ...

A year ago, Trump raised $8 million for Helene survivors through a GoFundMe campaign. But where did it all go?

In the latest installment of @grist.org's #DisasterEconomy series, @stopitkatie.bsky.social gives a really honest look at how hard it is to get the answer. grist.org/accountabili...

My latest for BPR - watch for our Helene coverage all week as we approach a year since the storm.

BlueOval SK challenging the UAW’s 11-vote victory among workers at Kentucky EV battery plant The United Auto Workers union has preliminarily won a razor-thin election at a fourth electric vehicle battery plant in the U.S. More than 1,000 workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park in Glendale, Ke...

More than 1,000 workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky voted this week to join the United Auto Workers, which represents thousands of Ford workers across the country. The margin was close (11) and the company is challenging the results. From WKU:

Clearing debris after a storm is big business. For some communities, it's also a burden. How the necessary work of cleaning up can make even bigger mess.

Clearing debris after a storm is big business. For some communities, it’s also a burden.

How the necessary work of cleaning up can make even bigger mess.

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#Climate #Disaster #Wildfires #Hurricane #Environment #Policy

Woodfin resident faces $6k bill after FEMA denies Helene-damaged tree removal coverage A Woodfin resident speaks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's refusal to clear some Helene-damaged trees.

FEMA backing out of tree removal coverage for many Western NC residents- after they said they would

@soljourno.bsky.social and CCNow have put together an incredible panel for Tuesday's webinar on local reporting:

- @camillepd.bsky.social
- @stopitkatie.bsky.social
- Emilie Stigliani (The Sacramento Bee)
- @breannadraxler.bsky.social

RSVP to join the convo! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In April, without any warning, FEMA pulled $200 million worth of infrastructure grants intended to help communities weather natural disasters. They canceled a $6 million grant awarded to the small town I live in. Just a few weeks later this happened👇

Trump is fast-tracking new coal mines — even when they don’t make economic sense The Trump administration is approving coal mines under the guise of an "energy emergency," but it will do little to save a declining industry.

Trump is fast-tracking new coal mines — even when they don’t make economic sense.

In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn't pay their debts. Now a new one is opening under the guise of an "energy emergency."

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#Coal #Policy #Energy #Climate #Politics #TN

Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview. Mounting evidence shows no state is safe from the flooding that ravaged the Texas Hill Country. Your community could be next.

Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview.

Mounting evidence shows no state is safe from the flooding that ravaged the Texas Hill Country. Your community could be next.

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#Climate #Environment #Weather #Floods #Flooding #TX #Disaster

LPM is one of my absolutely favorite organizations, and one of the few monthly hits to my checking account I never even consider wondering why I haven't cancelled.

In fact, I upped my monthly donation by 30% this morning. WFPK brings me so much happiness, KCIR does -amazing- local journalism.

Noticing fewer fireflies this year? You're not alone! I'm breaking down why, and what we can do about it, in this thread.

#Fireflies #Nature #Climate #Environment

Seeing fewer fireflies this year? Here's why, and how you can help. Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. A few landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.

Seeing fewer fireflies this year? Here’s why, and how you can help.

Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.

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#Science #Nature #Bugs #Insects #Environment #Habitat

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In Appalachian Tennessee, coal mines shut down and couldn't pay their debts, There hadn’t been any new mines since 2020, and the last active ones shut down in 2023.

Now a new one is opening under the guise of an "energy emergency."

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Seeing less fireflies this summer? This is why Environmental factors may be leading to a population decline in fireflies.

Our very own @stopitkatie.bsky.social was on @wbur.org's Here and Now this week, and her enthusiasm for the subject is truly infectious!

Listen here: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

#Fireflies #Climate #Environment #Nature #Night #Habitat #Conservation #Podcast #HereAndNow

Check out these upcoming events with Denali Nalamalapu for their new book "Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance."

📍 7/12 – Roanoke, VA | In conversation w/ Rae Garringer & Terry McGuire
📍 7/17 – Knoxville, TN | Book talk w/ Katie Meyers
📍 7/19 – Hazard, KY | Book talk w/ Robert Gipe

It’s firefly season in the Blue Ridge. This time of year, their lights can be found by the water, high up in the tree canopy, and out in open fields, drawing onlookers of all ages to one of nature’s loveliest light shows.

Fishing is a way of life in Western NC - and it's threatened by climate change The angling industry and its conservationists are handling storm damage and looking towards the future.

@blueridgepublic.bsky.social bringing the truth about the effects of climate crisis on trout fishing in North Carolina. #tenkara #fixedlineangling

A year after Helene, river guides in Appalachia are navigating a new world The first tourist season since Hurricane Helene pummeled North Carolina reveals how much the river and livelihoods have changed.

Thi sis an interesting perspective that isn't written about much.

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A year after Helene, river guides in Appalachia are navigating a new world The first tourist season since Hurricane Helene pummeled North Carolina reveals how much the river and livelihoods have changed.

A year after Helene, river guides in Appalachia are navigating a new world.

The first tourist season since the storm reveals how much the river and livelihoods have changed.

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#Appalachia #Weather #Rivers #Disaster #Tourist #Storms

A year after Helene, river guides in Appalachia are navigating a new world The first tourist season since Hurricane Helene pummeled North Carolina reveals how much the river and livelihoods have changed.

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In parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, river guides are launching into their first post Helene raft season. But everything is different now. Jobs are gone, rivers are changed, and many are left wondering what’s next for them.

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Coal miners are fighting Trump's safety cuts — and winning When miners protested Trump’s move to shutter safety offices and a health program for black lung disease, his administration reversed course.

Coal miners are fighting Trump’s safety cuts — and winning.

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#Health #Climate #Mining #Coal #OSHA #WestVirginia #MSHA

Moderate Republicans defended Biden's climate law — then voted to repeal it House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.

It is hard to keep up with everything going on these days, but @zteirstein.bsky.social for @grist.org on the House IRA repeal vote is some of the most clearheaded political analysis I’ve seen. Read to understand more about the moment in which we’ve found ourselves: grist.org/politics/hou...

London, the eastern KY town with the heaviest fatalities, is in a region fatigued from years of repeated disaster - and their NWS office is one of the eight losing its overnight forecaster. They were already understaffed and are now missing a third of their workforce.

The Kentucky tornadoes spur mounting anxiety over weather service warning systems Trump weakened the understaffed National Weather Service. Some in the storms' paths wonder if those cuts contributed to the death toll.

New for @grist.org with @hurwitz.bsky.social -

As the Trump admin cuts already-stretched National Weather Service offices, the past weekend’s tornadoes in the Midwest and South spurred anxiety about the nation’s warning systems.

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The government just killed an essential way to assess climate risk Cities, insurers, and the public used the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database to plan for the future. So now what?

"NOAA was able to get information to go into this database that it’s not clear anyone else is going to be able to have access to,” said @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.bsky.social told @mrmattsimon.bsky.social @stopitkatie.bsky.social @grist.org
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The government just killed an essential way to assess climate risk Cities, insurers, and the public used the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database to plan for the future. So now what?

Flying blind. Trump kills NOAA database that tracks the impacts of the most severe storms and measures climate risk. @stopitkatie.bsky.social @mrmattsimon.bsky.social @grist.org
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