Maxine Joselow

Planned capacity additions are 51% solar, 28% battery, 14% wind, 7% gas, everything else is a rounding error

EIA says 93% of planned US grid additions in 2026 are solar + battery + wind

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

E.P.A. Weakens Limits on Mercury From Coal Plants The move appeared to undercut the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a onetime campaigner against mercury pollution.

Breaking News: The EPA is allowing coal-burning power plants to release more heavy metals like mercury, a powerful neurotoxin linked to brain damage.

*Presidents' Day

Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public Lands

This President’s Day, the descendants of President Theodore Roosevelt are urging Republicans not to dismantle his conservation legacy. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...

We’re throwing ✨CLIMATE DANCE PARTIES✨ at aquariums, natural history museums, and botanical gardens to celebrate my book *What If We Get It Right?* coming out in paperback on April 14th.

The world is a hot mess and I feel like we all just need to boogie.

Details coming soon: getitright.earth/tour

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

Great reporting by @nytimes.com Lisa Friedman and @maxinejoselow.bsky.social on the long campaign by four hardcore climate deniers to take down the Endangerment Finding. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

thank you!

Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing

Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.

Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

We at the @postguild.bsky.social are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated.

www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

New Deputy Editor on Climate Desk | The New York Times Company

I'm very excited to join the @nytimes.com and its fantastic Climate team later this month — but I'm also keeping my @washingtonpost.com subscription forever

Judge Weighs Trump’s Removal of Slavery Markers From George Washington’s House

🔥SCOOP: Internal docs show that the Trump admin has ordered up FURTHER changes to Independence National Historical Park.

ALSO: today's hearing w/ Judge Rufe was a fascinating moment for the judiciary, and historical reckoning.

tysm @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Extra Scrutiny of FEMA Aid to States Has Created a $17 Billion Bottleneck

A $17 billion backlog in FEMA aid.

Delays stem from a directive issued by Noem in June that said any expenditure of $100,000 or more must be approved by her office: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c... @byscottdance.com

Ambient air quality and health impacts of PM2.5 from US residential wood combustion Air pollution from residential wood burning contributes to thousands of premature deaths annually, with unexpected urban impacts.

New research - #airpollution from home wood burning in the US leads to about 8600 premature deaths a year

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.

Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.

Thanks, Andrew

Park Service Erases Climate Facts at Fort Sumter, Where the Civil War Began

The National Park Service has taken down a sign about climate change at Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began. Yet the fort is extremely vulnerable to climate impacts like sea level rise. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/c...

Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars

For decades, the government has put a dollar value on the lives saved by federal regulations.
But under Trump, the value at the Environmental Protection Agency is now effectively $0.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c...

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question):

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In a landmark 2024 study (www.healthdata.org/research-ana...), fine particle air pollution was the #1 contributor to disease burden globally & "disability-adjusted life-years," followed by high blood pressure, smoking & low birthweight & short gestation. 6/

Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Stop Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind Project The ruling means that construction can continue on Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion project off the coast of Rhode Island, at least for now.

Breaking News: A judge ruled that construction could resume on a large wind farm off Rhode Island, after the Trump administration halted the project.

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry US president says oil majors primed to invest in rebuilding infrastructure following Maduro ouster

US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry

Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and Kennedy scion, dies at 35 In November, she announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at one of her cousins, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Tatiana Schlossberg, the climate journalist whose terminal illness and position in the Kennedy family thrust her into the national spotlight late in life, died today at age 35.

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

A Top Source of Lead Pollution Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened.

Please read this story by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social. My pleasure to work with her and take the photos and video for this important reporting.

Resharing with the correct gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c...

Our journalists are joining nearly 40 scientists on an expedition to Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers. Getting there will require taking a helicopter over icy seas.

What do you want to know — about the trip, the glaciers, the research? Send your questions: trib.al/rdYRyO0

oops, thanks @davidsacerdote.bsky.social!

A Top Source of Lead Pollution Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened.

A copper smelter in Arizona is one of the country's largest sources of lead pollution. Trump exempted it from complying with clean-air rules for the next two years.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c...

I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal. One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.

“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:

Trump May Give 775 Acres of a Federal Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX

Scoop: The Trump admin is considering giving SpaceX nearly 800 acres in a federal wildlife refuge in Texas, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...