Jackie Flynn Mogensen

RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he's part of an administration embracing it. Plastic is everywhere—including in us.

RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he's part of an administration embracing it.

“The administration’s explicit goal to unleash the fossil fuel industry will also unleash plastic pollution.”

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“Spoiler alert: we found that public institutions in large, Republican-leaning states are disproportionately affected by the policy.”

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

For years, medical professionals and transgender advocates have been saying the "Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine" was not following the principles of evidenced-based medicine.

Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)

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I survived Katrina only to end up in the path of Helene. Now, nowhere feels safe. "I wanted to live somewhere where this would never happen again."

Thinking about Brandi Hand, who lived through Katrina 20 yrs ago today—and Helene.

What people don't realize about these storms, she said, is the "small stuff": "The very ground underneath your feet is not solid in the same way again, for the rest of your life." www.motherjones.com/environment/...

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Thank you for hosting me, @sejorg.bsky.social!

#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social, who covers climate, the environment and the politics of science @motherjones.com. Check out her investigative features, reporting on new scientific studies, health and science Q&As and more here: www.sej.org/sejspotlight...

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

Scoop: NOAA's climate portal, climate.gov, will soon no longer publish new content after its staff were recently dismissed.

Former staff fear that the website may become a mouthpiece for the administration's anti-science views.

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Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price. One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.

Sungida Rashid died after giving birth at a Massachusetts hospital run by the for-profit chain Steward Health Care.

She wasn't alone: @h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news uncovered 12 more instances of moms and newborns who died at these hospitals over the last 14 years: bit.ly/455xC7O

Leaked memo reveals details about Trump's war on science at the NIH On the chopping block for grants: Vaccine hesitancy, the health effects of climate change, gender-affirming care, DEI, research in China, and more.

NIH is ending funding for research on vaccine hesitancy, the Covid pandemic, gender-affirming care, climate change, DEI, and more.

Here’s the language the agency will require staff to use to describe the cuts, according to a leaked draft guidance memo: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back. Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

Appreciated @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social's ode to the majestic hellbender — bellwether of aquatic ecosystems, victim of extreme weather and political bullshit.

www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Excellently said! Thank you!!

“Americans will be less safe”: An author of the country’s biggest climate report reflects on its gutting "The climate assessment is required by law and it appears that the Trump administration is trying to break that law."

The Trump administration is “releasing” hundreds of authors who’ve been working on the National Climate Assessment, including an author I interviewed last week.

The author's words of warning seem even more urgent now: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back. Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

Read the piece in its entirety here: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

America's largest amphibian is at risk of extinction. Which is also bad for us humans!

Thank you, @hencarnell.bsky.social, for getting me on camera and whipping up this snazzy video for @motherjones.com:

As one of my coworkers put it after reading, “The fate of the hellbender salamander is the fate of us all”—which pretty much sums it up

“Americans Will Be Less Safe”: An Author of the Country’s Biggest Climate Report Reflects on Its Gutting "The climate assessment is required by law and it appears that the Trump administration is trying to break that law."

Immensely grateful to all the people speaking with journalists about the Trump administration’s actions. Without them, we’d have little idea what’s going on.

I spoke with an author on the National Climate Assessment, who explains what it'd mean to lose it: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Thank you for sharing, Longreads! ❤️

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back. Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

On Earth Day, don't miss @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social 's story about a rare salamander at threat of extinction from climate chaos, sprawl, and Trump—and the passionate biologists determined not to let us turn our backs on it www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Meanwhile in early experiments "mRNA-based cancer vaccines demonstrate exceptional advantages"
translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back. Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

Sometimes the biggest stories are the easiest to tell through the lens of one creature.

This is the story of the Eastern hellbender—a giant salamander at risk of disappearing forever—but also about ecological grief, Donald Trump, and how extinctions happen:
www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Thank you for sharing your work!

Really enjoyed speaking with @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social at @motherjones.com for this piece on Helene's impacts on #Appalachia. The story discusses our long-term river restoration work & how ongoing attacks on science by the Trump admin might impact regional conservation efforts.

Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'

The letter was first written up by MedPage Today, with reporting that at least two other journals have received similar letters: www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Trump’s DOJ claims academic journals hold "partisan" stance in scientific debates The medical journal CHEST received a letter seeking information about how it handles "controversial viewpoints."

Was able to confirm that the medical journal CHEST received a letter from Trump's DOJ.

The letter claimed that journals have become "partisans in various scientific debates" and requested information about how the journal handles “competing viewpoints.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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How does climate change affect our brains? Trump’s NIH just cut funding to study it. "We are all in this because we want to help understand and prevent disease...it's truly devastating."

The Trump admin is gutting cutting-edge climate + health research.

I spoke with a scientist who lost funding for a 3-year, $4.2 million center to study climate change and the progression of Alzheimer's.

It's just one of ~20 centers like it now at risk: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...