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I am a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Believer, Longreads, Inside Climate News, and Literary Hub, among others. My current reporting focuses on climate change, politics, and the environment, and I’ve also written about arts & culture, history, and public health.

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Sinkholes Attributed to Gas Drilling Underline the Stakes in Pennsylvania's Governor's Race - Ins...

Sinkholes Attributed to Gas Drilling Underline the Stakes in Pennsylvania's Governor's Race - Ins...

CARLISLE, Pa.-Standing in her granddaughter's yard in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on a recent fall day, Lynde Bly…

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John Fetterman's Evolution on Climate Change, Fracking and the Environment - Inside Climate News

John Fetterman's Evolution on Climate Change, Fracking and the Environment - Inside Climate News

The ad opens in Braddock, Pennsylvania with the kind of eerie industrial imagery that has long been synonymou…

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In 'Silent Spring,' Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. ...

In 'Silent Spring,' Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. ...

SPRINGDALE, Pa.-If you stand in the sloping yard of the Rachel Carson Homestead and look southwest, down towa…

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In Deep Adaptation's Focus on Societal Collapse, a Hopeful Call to Action - Inside Climate News

In Deep Adaptation's Focus on Societal Collapse, a Hopeful Call to Action - Inside Climate News

On a hot day in September, the first session of Mark Alan Hughes' course, "Introduction to Energy Policy," me…

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Opinion | We Should All Be More Like the Nuns of 1918 (Published 2020)

Opinion | We Should All Be More Like the Nuns of 1918 (Published 2020)

The sisters of Philadelphia were lifesavers during the Spanish flu epidemic. They are an inspiration today. S…

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How Politics in Trump's America Divides Families

How Politics in Trump's America Divides Families

A progressive family in suburban Philadelphia refused to take down a "Black Lives Matter" sign when conservat…

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The Folly of Trump Taking a “Wrecking Ball” to a Crucial Science Advisory Board

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| Mother Jones Verified
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Since the start of his second term last year, President Donald Trump has sought to weaken the federal foundations underpinning American science, slashing or stalling research funding, firing or pushing out thousands of scientists, canceling grants for ideological reasons and shuttering research facilities across the country.
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Trump takes ‘wrecking ball’ to independent scientific advisory board

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By Kiley Bense Verified
| Tucson Sentinel Verified
Inside Climate News White House official implied the decision to fire the board stemmed from a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court case related to the appointment of administrative patent judges. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.
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Trump Takes a ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Independent Scientific Advisory Board

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| Inside Climate News Verified
Since the start of his second term last year, President Donald Trump has sought to weaken the federal foundations underpinning American science, slashing or stalling research funding, firing or pushing out thousands of scientists, canceling grants for ideological reasons and shuttering research facilities across the country.
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