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Cynthia Barnett @cynthiabarnett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Florida's resilience grant program neglects inland counties that hv far fewer resources to prepare for worsening rains and floods. Yet these are just the counties absorbing residents who flee the coasts. @wuft.org investigation @reportforamerica.bsky.social's Rose Schnabel: wuft.org/resilientflorida

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Cynthia Barnett @cynthiabarnett.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Is paraquat behind a cluster of Parkinson's in #Florida citrus growers and scientists? Steve Caruso, the late CEO of Florida's Natural OJ who died w/ the disease, thought so. Read his story @tampabaytimes.bsky.social, part of the @wuft.org series Poisoned Pathways: www.tampabay.com/news/environ...

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Is Florida citrus ‘herbicide of choice’ behind growers, researchers getting Parkinson’s?

Their stories track with increasing scientific evidence of the influence of agricultural chemicals on Parkinson’s disease.

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Cynthia Barnett @cynthiabarnett.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The # of people w/ Parkinson's is exploding. Are chemicals to blame? Read "Poisoned Pathways" @ufjschool.bsky.social, now in @tampabaytimes.bsky.social. (& check out this 1950s photo of a UF dorm being doused w DDT.) @pulitzercenter.org @michaelokun.bsky.social www.tampabay.com/news/environ...

Earl Dixon sprays DDT on a UF dorm bed in the 1950s.

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Cynthia Barnett @cynthiabarnett.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Congrats to @alanhalaly.bsky.social for his Headliner Award in environmental writing for the @reviewjournal.com story "A Fatal Forecast," on heat deaths in Las Vegas last summer. These heartbreaking, human stories are worth a read as summer approaches: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-... #EJUF

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Hundreds are dead after succumbing to Las Vegas’ heat. Here are 3 of their stories

Sin City is reeling from a record summer, with extreme heat killing more of its residents than ever before.

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Cynthia Barnett @cynthiabarnett.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

TFW a former student 3 years out of @ufjschool.bsky.social is a National Magazine Award finalist! 🥳 Read Natalia Galicza's powerful story on solitary confinement👇. So proud of her-and appreciative of Deseret Magazine for giving great writers what they need to thrive. www.deseret.com/magazine/202...

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What's the future of solitary confinement?

We are only beginning to understand what solitary confinement does to a person.

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Cynthia Barnett @cynthiabarnett.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Can't wait to welcome Benji Backer w/ the Nature Is Nonpartisan movement to #Gainesville Thurs 2/6 for UF's annual #Climate Comms Summit. How do we bridge the climate divide? w/ @maxchesnes.bsky.social, @sjryan3.bsky.social & more. Free and open to public. Register: www.jou.ufl.edu/2025-climate...

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2025 Climate Communications Summit

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Cynthia Barnett @cynthiabarnett.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Look forward to speaking @sunshinebookfest.bsky.social this weekend. Join us in #Gainesville to celebrate authors, #books and reading. My keynote, "Writers on the Storm," explores the power of weather and climate in literature. #amwriting #ClimateChange #Florida sunshinestatebookfestival.com

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