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Jamie Smith Hopkins

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Managing editor at Inside Climate News. Priors: Center for Public Integrity, Baltimore Sun, Ames (Iowa) Tribune.

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“He was sitting up in bed, he was chatting, he was fine...and then the heat wave hit.”
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 25/08/2026
Scientists published today the world’s first climate attribution study to link major fossil fuel emitters’ emissions to water loss in the Western U.S. Almost half of decreased snowpack and streamflow in the region, they found, is attributable to 122 oil, gas and cement producers.
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The Biggest Carbon Polluters Are to Blame for Half of U.S. Western Water Lost to Climate Change, ‘Groundbreaking’ Paper Says - Inside Climate News
Some of the most impactful changes have come in the stressed Colorado River basin.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 14/08/2026
In the global scheme of things, these scenes are not unusual. But happening just a few miles from where I grew up, it really brings home the reality of climate change. This just didn't happen here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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West Midlands crews continue to battle fires that brought 'extensive devastation'
In Stourbridge, the fire service says it has crews "tactically working" on several sites.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 24/07/2026
My automated charts for @insideclimatenews.org are still tracking oil/fuel prices. We're now back above $100 per barrel again for Brent Crude
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Why has a Texas community gotten closer to running out of water than pretty much any other U.S. city? On @insideclimatenews.org's latest podcast episode, reporters @dylanbaddour.bsky.social & Arcelia Martin delve into the reasons & one attempt at a solution. insideclimatenews.org/news/1907202...
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A Texas-Sized Water Crisis - Inside Climate News
Welcome to Inside Climate, a new podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News.  In our second episode, co-host Jake Bolster interviews two of our Texas reporters, Dylan Baddour and Arcelia Martin, on...
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Christine Spolar @cspolar.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
An excellent day @insideclimatenews.org with an Oakes honor. Congrats to winner the Examination & NYT team, and WaPo as fellow finalist. Gr8 work by all & 👏👏 @katiesurma.bsky.social, Nicholas Kusnetz, @georginagustin.bsky.social , @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social journalism.columbia.edu/news/2026-oa...
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The Examination and The New York Times Win 2026 John B. Oakes Award | Columbia Journalism School
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The pilot of our new Inside Climate podcast is out! Fav moments: The laugh-out-loud thing Stephen Colbert said to @insideclimatenews.org's David Sassoon after a Pulitzer win, & seeing what great hosts @kileyprice.bsky.social & @jakebolster.bsky.social are. insideclimatenews.org/news/0507202...
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Climate Reporting Is Changing - Inside Climate News
Welcome to Inside Climate, a new podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News.
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The whole @insideclimatenews.org newsroom is excited about this new climate podcast from the talented @tracywholf.bsky.social with hosts @kileyprice.bsky.social and @jakebolster.bsky.social -- check out this sneak peak. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f0v...
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Inside Climate - a new podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News
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Dan Gearino @dangearino.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Virtual power plants!! Jazz hands!! A lot has happened this year. I looked at examples in Massaschusetts and Minnesota. insideclimatenews.org/news/0406202...
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As Energy Demand Rises, More States Turn to Virtual Power Plants - Inside Climate News
The decentralized power systems are playing a growing role in the transition away from fossil fuels.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 01/06/2026
Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season. A data-driven view for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/3105202...
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A new Florida “Sloth World” attraction is importing animals highly prone to illness when removed from their habitat. More than 31 have died. From @insideclimatenews.org's @katiesurma.bsky.social & @kileyprice.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1604202...
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At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens - Inside Climate News
The animals, highly susceptible to illness when removed from their habitat, have been kept in a warehouse. More than 31 have died.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 31/03/2026
Oil price latest: A new high in the closing price of Brent crude futures since the first strikes against Iran.
Line chart showing that the daily closing price for Brent crude oil futures have reached a new high since the first strikes against Iran on Feb. 28
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 24/03/2026
UPDATE: Our @insideclimatenews.org Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard is now tracking more than 70 lawsuits insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The federal government plans to install 536 miles of massive, cylindrical buoys in the Rio Grande to prevent unauthorized crossings. The buoys could cost upwards of $3 billion, at a moment when crossings are at record lows. (photo by Michael Gonzalez)
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 22/03/2026
Here's @jakebolster.bsky.social and I talking to @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social on @insideclimatenews.org Sunday Morning about our reporting on staffing turmoil at the Department of the Interior www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm9c...
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ICN Sunday Morning: Interior Department in Turmoil
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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
My latest; Cheniere Energy, the largest U.S. LNG producer and exporter, received a $370 million windfall from the IRS for using an ‘alternative fuel’ that critics say is dubious. insideclimatenews.org/news/2702202...
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Cheniere Energy Received $370 Million IRS Windfall for Using LNG as ‘Alternative’ Fuel - Inside Climate News
The country’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas benefited from what critics say is a questionable IRS interpretation of tax credits.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 08/02/2026
EXTRA: @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I were interviewed about our story on flood hazards for oil infrastructure in the Guadalupe River basin by @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social for the @insideclimatenews.org Sunday Morning video: insideclimatenews.org/news/0802202...
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Disaster Looms on the Guadalupe River Floodplain - Inside Climate News
Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins, Texas reporter Dylan Baddour and data journalist Peter Aldhous as they discuss ICN’s new investigation into how the fracking boom put an ...
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 09/12/2025
Our @insideclimatenews.org tracker of important federal environmental court cases has been updated to reflect these two losses for the Trump administration in trial court: (w/ @mlavelle.bsky.social) insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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Katie Surma @katiesurma.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Before the public can act, they must know. But China is silencing independent journalists reporting on the environmental impacts of its massive Belt and Road Initiative—mines, ports, dams, power plants etc in mostly poor countries. Here’s how they’re doing it and why it matters.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Texas has no regulations to protect workers from the state’s blistering heat and overturned city ordinances that required rest breaks. What does that mean for workers in one of the hottest parts of the country? @keertigopal.bsky.social and I spent months investigating for @insideclimatenews.org (1)
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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
New research shows how low-income communities of color bear the brunt of pollution past and present, and how that legacy of injustice is likely to reverberate for generations as seas rise. We have the story at @insideclimatenews.org A thread. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
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As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
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Kiley Price @kileyprice.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A timeline cleanser: My recent newsletter is about rise of "repair cafes" around the world, where communities come together to fix each other's beloved things. The goal: reduce consumer waste, and maybe make some buddies in the process 🔧👭 insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
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A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste - Inside Climate News
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
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Keerti Gopal @keertigopal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Activists are suing Trump over a proclamation that gives 50 chemical manufacturing facilities, mostly in Texas and Louisiana, a 2-year exemption from limits on cancer-causing pollutants insideclimatenews.org/news/2210202...
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Gulf South Residents and Green Groups Sue Trump and EPA Over Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions - Inside Climate News
The lawsuit fights a White House proclamation exempting 50 chemical manufacturing plants from hard-won restrictions on cancer-causing pollutants.
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Katie Surma @katiesurma.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A new front has emerged in the rights of nature movement: collaborations between Western scientists and Indigenous peoples This is the first of a few stories I have coming on the topic. It's focused on the scientists who have been flooding into the movement insideclimatenews.org/news/0510202...
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The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights - Inside Climate News
A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next.
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Excited to see this great @insideclimatenews.org series by @katiesurma.bsky.social & Nicholas Kusnetz get recognition. A system you've probably never heard of is costing taxpayers around the world billions and hamstringing environmental protection. insideclimatenews.org/news/0205202...
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Inside Climate News Series Is a Scripps Howard Finalist - Inside Climate News
“Cashing Out” investigated a system that lets companies win multimillion or even billion-dollar penalties against countries trying to protect the environment and public.
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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
EPA has never released a list of all the grants it is terminating but in a legal filing it has named the programs being cut. A @peteraldhous.com @insideclimatenews.org analysis shows 99% of the planned cuts are aid to poor and minority communities. insideclimatenews.org/news/0105202...
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EPA Funding Cuts Target Disadvantaged Communities, Analysis Shows - Inside Climate News
In its bid to resist a court order to unfreeze grants, the Trump administration reveals a laser focus on eliminating environmental justice aid.
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Where are the front lines of the plastic pollution battle amid the stalled global treaty? In the U.S., it's in cities and states. insideclimatenews.org/news/1112202...
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As Efforts on a Global Treaty Stall, Cities and States Are on the Front Lines of the Battle Over Plastic Pollution - Inside Climate News
Environmental advocates working on plastics policy expect to be on offense and defense in 2025 while closely monitoring the Trump administration’s fossil fuel and deregulatory agenda.
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Vernon Loeb @vernonloeb.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Essential climate journalism: How to Buy a Piece of a Lawsuit and Impoverish a Country. Investors buying into claims against governments are winning huge payouts. Developing nations, and the environment, are losing big.
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Great piece on the big $$$ behind third-party funding of lawsuits against governments that try to protect citizens from predatory energy companies and environmental destruction. For the financial firms funding the lawsuits, it's like “gambler’s Nirvana: Heads I win, and Tails I do not lose."
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
“It’s taking a very flawed system and exploiting all of its flaws for the benefit of speculative finance”: How Wall Street profits by funding corporate arbitration cases against countries, including poor nations. insideclimatenews.org/news/0812202...
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How Wall Street Gets Rich Off Lawsuits Against Governments
Investors buying into claims against governments are winning huge payouts. Developing nations, and the environment, are losing big.
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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Dan Gearino @dangearino.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Community nonprofits are bracing for cuts to environmental justice programs. This story is the opposite of a morning pick-me-up but it's important to understand what's coming and who will get hurt. insideclimatenews.org/news/0112202... @insideclimatenews.org
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Aspiring Applicants Worry EPA Environmental Justice Grant Funding Will Be Rescinded Before It’s Awarded - Inside Climate News
President-elect Donald Trump and his allies plan to cut money in the Inflation Reduction Act allocated for climate efforts. Hundreds of millions of dollars have yet to reach EJ organizations.
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Great longread by @georginagustin.bsky.social about Kazakhstan's efforts to produce "climate friendly" American-style beef ... and the many difficulties with that plan. insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
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Turning Kazakhstan Into a Beef-Producing Machine, the American Way - Inside Climate News
The vast central Asian country has millions of acres of pastureland. Can it produce steaks and burgers that offset emissions—and earn carbon credits for them?
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Vernon Loeb @vernonloeb.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A scoop: the embattled director of ReBuild NC leaves state government
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Rebuild NC’s Embattled Director Is No Longer a State Employee, a Memo Confirms - Inside Climate News
The head of the Department of Public Safety announced the departure of Laura Hogshead on Wednesday afternoon. At an oversight hearing on Monday, she defended her agency despite a $221 million budget d...
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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Alaska was famous for its "bridge to nowhere." My colleague Dennis Pillion reports on Alabama's "Zombie Highway" that solves no transportation problems but will destroy forest and 90 crossings of rivers and streams. insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...
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Who Pays for Alabama’s $5 Billion ‘Zombie’ Highway Project? Not Alabama - Inside Climate News
Alabama is poised to use 100 percent federal funding to build an interstate that won’t alleviate any of the state’s largest traffic gridlocks and is promoted as an economic development plan rather tha...
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