“Today less than a dozen U.S. cities have two competing daily newspapers, and many communities have no local news source at all.” nytimes.com/2024/04/29/opi…

“Saying you hate journalists is like saying you hate doctors. You need doctors. It’s not really a question of you like or don’t like journalists, you need them, because they are the check and balance on government.” nytimes.com/2024/04/11/mov…

“The ocean has now broken temperature records every day for more than a year. And so far, 2024 has continued 2023’s trend of beating previous records by wide margins.” nytimes.com/2024/04/10/cli…

Just in: Forecasters predict an 'extremely active' Atlantic season with a whopping 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, 5 major hurricanes of Cat. 3+. Unheard of heat in Atlantic, plus developing El Niño = trouble ahead. axios.com/2024/04/04/hur…

Yesterday morning, for the first time in the U.S., scientists did outdoor tests on a machine designed with the ultimate goal of being able to cool the Earth. I was there for it, and here's what I saw. nytimes.com/2024/04/02/cli…

.NOAA: Earth just had its warmest February on record—the ninth month in a row of record-warm months. The Northern Hemisphere also wrapped up its warmest meteorological winter on record. More from the global February #climate report: bit.ly/Feb2024GlobalC… #StateofClimate

It’s worth your time to read this. hcn.org/articles/what-…

.NOAA: The U.S. just had its warmest winter on record as ice coverage shrank to historic lows across the Great Lakes. More from the U.S. February #climate report: bit.ly/2024USFebruary… #StateofClimate

I just went to the National Museum of the U.S. Navy for the first time, and it’s worth a visit. It’s got the Trieste; a Fatman; and a deep-sea dive suit that’s one part Iron Man and two parts marshmallow. ⁦National Museum of the United States Navy⁩

“January 2024 was the eighth month in a row where monthly global temperatures hit a record high.”

Which climate hazard will be toughest to adapt to? It might be wildfire smoke. nytimes.com/2024/02/12/cli…

We’re looking for a reporter to cover the companies, technologies, and VCs at the forefront of the energy transition for Heatmap News: heatmap.news/heatmap-is-hir…

POLITICO is hiring aggressively as we expand our reach across the policy landscape. SIX reporting jobs just posted covering:
- Economic policy and finance
- Labor/Immigration
- Health care
- Transportation
- Energy
- Energy Tech
And more bit.ly/politiconewsjo…
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Great job alert during this tough time for many journos 👇

I can’t say this enough: If you care about the health of your community and your society, subscribe to a newspaper. Doesn’t so much matter which one. Just make sure you’re paying for news.

“The consultants who used ChatGPT produced work that independent evaluators rated about 40 percent better on average.[…]People who simply cut and pasted ChatGPT’s output were rated more highly than colleagues who blended its work with their own thoughts.” nytimes.com/2023/12/28/sci…

Who’s emptying America’s aquifers?

Turns out, we all are.

(Vegetarians not so much I guess.) nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Top marks here for an ominous kicker. nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/…