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Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

I’m so glad you knew you were loved, because you loved so fiercely

See you in the next life, Ollie

New Mexico’s rivers need their waters • Source New Mexico Longtime climate journalist Laura Paskus defends New Mexico's rivers and the non-human world around them as the Middle Rio Grande dries.

Long-time climate journalist Laura Paskus writes for Source's commentary section about the drying Rio Grande and what we might owe New Mexico's rivers and non-human inhabitants.

New Mexico’s rivers need their waters • Source New Mexico Longtime climate journalist Laura Paskus defends New Mexico's rivers and the non-human world around them as the Middle Rio Grande dries.

You’ve got to read this today Albuquerque: sourcenm.com/2025/07/17/n...

Powerful commemoration here from @prokopdani.bsky.social. Spend some time with it:

Millions of people saw a video this week of Deivi Molina-Pena, seen here making an arepa in his apartment, screaming for help as ICE arrested him in a local Walmart.

Our story today at @sourcenm.com interviews his family and explores a feud that might have led to his arrest:

‘We’re just here to pick up the pieces’: Ruidoso digs out in the aftermath of flooding • Source New Mexico People are beginning to dig out from the July 8 Ruidoso floods, as forecasts warn of potential rain for the weekend.

My latest dispatch from Ruidoso for @sourcenm.com

NMDOH warns of West Nile after detection in Bernalillo Co. mosquitos • Source New Mexico New Mexico health officials urge preventing mosquito bites and breeding after West Nile virus was detected in insects populations last week.

New Mexico health officials urge the public to take precautions from mosquito bites and prevent standing water ahead of West Nile virus season. buff.ly/Ewxitn6

It's been a strong start to the monsoon for parts of New Mexico. Some places have already seen over 6" of rain since June 15. Areas in central, southern, & eastern New Mexico are sitting 400%+ above average so far. Northwest New Mexico has seen very little no rain at all yet. #NMwx

More roads = more wildfires, per a new Wilderness Society study awaiting peer review

Authors say findings undercut the USDA's push to repeal "Roadless Rule" protections in national forests.

Our analysis of wildfires in the Gila echoes the study's findings:

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⚠️ Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Albuquerque. A storm moving northeast across the Metro is dropping heavy rainfall which will likely lead to flash flooding. #NMwx

Federal agency “ghosts” City of Las Cruces on heat pump project funds • Source New Mexico Las Cruces is moving forward with a project to cool the city's hottest homes, but on a much smaller scale, city officials said.

Important story from @prokopdani.bsky.social
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Prosecutors warn New Mexico lawmakers about ‘new backlog’ in sexual assault evidence kits • Source New Mexico New Mexico has decreased Bernalillo County’s backlog of untested sexual assault evidence kits, but prosecutors say new delays are forming.

Prosecutors told New Mexico lawmakers about progress on pursuing sexual assault cold cases stemming from a historic backlog of untested evidence kits, but additional delays are threatening more recent cases.

This chart of the planet’s forests should frighten you Dozens of countries have promised to end deforestation. They’re failing.

Bad news: Most of the big forest nations that promised to end deforestation by 2030 are experiencing more forest loss today than they did when they made the pledge.

@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4137...

The unusual reason for a stretch of cool temperatures in much of the U.S. A pattern of record-breaking warmth near Iceland is contributing to stormy weather and unusually cool temperatures in the United States this week.

A pattern of record-breaking warmth near Iceland is contributing to stormy weather and unusually cool temperatures in the United States this week.

Contributor: The Endangered Species Act faces its own existential threat A proposed change in the interpretation of "harm" would degrade the power of the law that protects plants and animals from extinction.

Biologist and author Marcy Cottrell Houle: Removing the proper definition of “harm” from the Endangered Species Act will mean removing habitat that is essential for a species’ survival. The rule change will be decided soon. Today is the deadline for public comments. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Take Care • Source New Mexico David Scrase has worked as a geriatrician in New Mexico for nearly 30 years, and served several stints as the secretary of the Health and Human Services Departments. He is on the frontlines when it co...

“This is a growing, giant issue,” Scrase told Source NM. “I always tell people…I never go into a room where at least 80% of the people aren’t trying to figure out what to do with an older person in their family who’s going through something like this.”

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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

Today, 3M agreed to pay NJ up to $450M to settle claims it contaminated the state's water with “forever chemicals."

Last year, @fastlerner.bsky.social revealed how 3M execs convinced one of their own scientists that the forever chemicals she'd found in human blood were safe.

Your weather forecast is about to get a lot worse Do you realize how many thousands of balloons it takes to predict the weather?

The weather forecast does not appear by magic.

It relies on countless government employees, a massive network of sensors, tens of thousands of weather balloon launches—to record a stunning 6.3 billion observations/day

Now that system is being taken apart, piece by piece
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The EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From Chemicals Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals.

“Unfortunately, right now, it looks like the polluters won.”

Experts say that the mass of scientists being forced out of the EPA will slow down any future regulation of chemicals.

The EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From Chemicals Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals.

new from me for @wired.com : the EPA is moving to reorganize its scientific research office, which will likely kill off a small but crucial program devoted to studying the impacts of toxic chemicals—which has been a target of industry groups for years

Possible settlement reached in long-running Rio Grande dispute • Source New Mexico Parties in a 12-year-old legal fight over Rio Grande water on Monday told the federal judge supervising the case for the U.S. Supreme Court that a potential settlement has been reached. The dispute,…

There will be more details to come, but parties announced a tentative deal in the long-running U.S. Supreme Court case over Rio Grande water, and asked the special master to cancel the trial date set for June. buff.ly/nOmsS4w

Possible settlement reached in long-running Rio Grande dispute • Source New Mexico Parties in a 12-year-old legal fight over Rio Grande water on Monday told the federal judge supervising the case for the U.S. Supreme Court that a potential settlement has been reached. The dispute, o...

Howdy y’all, got some big news in the U.S. Supreme Court case over Rio Grande water:

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I’ll have more details as they emerge. #nmwater #txwater #nmpol

FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ousted the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and replaced him with another official, States Newsroom has confirmed.Cam Hamilton, senior offici...

FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination

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The Price of Remission When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social:

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.

New Mexico arts nonprofits reel from slashed federal funding • Source New Mexico An interactive arts festival, the production of the Wagner opera "Die Walküre" are just a few of the creative New Mexico endeavors cut by NEA.

New Mexico artist groups said they may have to scale back shows, productions or potentially cut staff after abrupt withdrawals of federal funding.

Trump’s budget agenda: Billions of cuts for conservation, public lands • Source New Mexico Billions in proposed cuts of federal conservation projects and land management programs would leave New Mexicans vulnerable, advocates say.

I talked with several NM conservation leaders about the proposed budget released by the Trump administration last Friday:

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