nat! @nathardy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026For the past year+ I've been working with the amazing Sam Broun and Rob Rosenthal to tell the story of a group of graduates from the Met, a high school in Providence where *the students* are in charge of their education. It's a podcast 20 years in the making! And the trailer is out now! 110
Reposted by nat!Possibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The Rhode Island General Assembly considered a law this year to charge fossil fuel emitters for the costs of climate change. The bill did not become law this year, but the Possibly team spoke with a co-sponsor of the bill, @jenniferboylanri.bsky.social about the legislation, and what comes next.oceanstatemedia.orgWhat if polluters had to pay for the effects of climate change?The Rhode Island General Assembly considered a law this year to charge fossil fuel emitters for the costs of climate change. Possibly spoke with a co-sponsor of the bill about what comes next 032
Reposted by nat!Possibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 24/03/2026How are the plastic and fossil fuel industries connected? This week on Possibly, we’re taking a closer look at how plastics have given the fossil fuel industry a new business platform — with hardly anyone noticing they’re even in the market.oceanstatemedia.orgHow are the plastic and fossil fuel industries connected?This week on Possibly, we’re taking a closer look at how plastics have given the fossil fuel industry a new business platform — with hardly anyone noticing they’re even in the market 042
Reposted by nat!Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Oped: Arresting journalists is fascism's logical next step: It will only silence us if we let it A protest that no one hears about is like the tree that falls silently in the forest. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/oped-arres...steveahlquist.substack.comOped: Arresting journalists is fascism's logical next step: It will only silence us if we let itA protest that no one hears about is like the tree that falls silently in the forest. 0123
Reposted by nat!Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 24/01/2026If ICE is emboldened to carry out extrajudicial killings of American citizens in broad daylight, imagine what's happening to the tens of thousands of people being held in makeshift detention camps across the US without cameras, attorneys and organizers 112559
Reposted by nat!Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026 387145556914
Reposted by nat!Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies 449246999002
Reposted by nat!Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Rhode Island Energy has withdrawn a proposal that, if approved by state regulators, would have provided its electric and gas customers some savings on their bills over the next two winters. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/19/m...bostonglobe.comRhode Island Energy withdraws proposal to credit ratepayers during winter months - The Boston GlobeThe credits could have saved customers between $20 and $30 a month on electric bills, and $40 to $50 a month on gas bills. 0105
Reposted by nat!Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 07/11/2025A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico. 166110745287
nat! @nathardy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025My friend Lina Prestwood produced this audio piece which (and I don't usually say this), you absolutely have to listen to. It's a poem about what it is to grow up in Gaza, written by someone (who is remaining anonymous) from Gaza. It's called 1001 Stabs. An incredible piece of writing and audioxmtr.fmXMTR Festival Selects: 1001 Stabs — (( XMTR ))Lina Prestwood (UK, 2025) 010
nat! @nathardy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Had a lot of fun reporting this piece about the Endeavor, a ship that has facilitated a TON of research (a boatload of research if you will?) in the Atlantic, especially, the Gulf Stream! 040
Reposted by nat!Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Devastating piece by the inimitable @ninalakhani.bsky.social about the rising climate crisis death toll www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAmericans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full storyOfficial reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted 03819
Reposted by nat!jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10/10/2025SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency @heatmap.newsheatmap.newsEsmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM SaysIt would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power. 13121381129
Reposted by nat!The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/10/2025Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.washingtonpost.comU.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family saysMario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups. 35611356
Reposted by nat!Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025This morning in East Somerville, MA masked agents who told bystanders they were from Homeland Security abducted a man who lives in the neighborhood while he was on his way to do laundry. Video shared directly with me of the moments after he was detained and put in an unmarked vehicle: 38711378
Reposted by nat!Possibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Last month the Department of the Interior stopped construction on a Rhode Island wind farm that was 80% complete. This week on Possibly we break down what the order means for Rhode Islanders: our clean energy, jobs, and utility bills. thepublicsradio.org/possibly-pod...thepublicsradio.orgWhat does the stop-work order on Revolution Wind mean for Rhode Islanders? - TPR: The Public's RadioLast month the Department of the Interior stopped construction on a Rhode Island wind farm that was 80% complete. This week on Possibly we break down what the order means clean energy, jobs, and your ... 0114
Reposted by nat!John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 07/09/2025It’s like buying a car “and then running it into a tree after a few years, just to save the price of tank of gas,” said David Crisp, a former scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...nytimes.comTwo Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped. 411043
Reposted by nat!Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 31/08/2025“Most of us are Trump voters, and we still believe in a leader who builds. That’s why we’re asking President Trump to reverse the stop-work order issued to Revolution Wind by Interior.”canarymedia.com‘It’s madness’: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind haltThe Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vital… 2138
Reposted by nat!WBUR @wbur.org · 29/08/2025A Trump administration official said the federal government may try to take over Boston's South Station "for more security and cleanliness." Commuters there said they aren't on board with that idea.wbur.orgBoston commuters aren't sold on a federal takeover of South StationA Trump administration official said the federal government may try to take over Boston's South Station "for more security and cleanliness." Commuters there said they aren't on board with that idea. 4314058
Reposted by nat!Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Say her name @apnews.com - Maryam Abu Daqqa risked her life working for you, yet now you refuse to say her name while spouting the same old IDF lies. Shame on the AP and all the mainstream media silent amid the slaughter of >250 Palestinian journalists - that's more than 20 colleagues each month. 03828
Reposted by nat!Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 25/08/2025My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...nytimes.comLaw Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups 2044212141
nat! @nathardy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Part three of my series on the Big Beautiful Bill and the clean energy transition is out now. The short of it is if you're considering an EV, solar panels, heat pump, etc, you still have time to get a big tax credit, but not much time! 000
nat! @nathardy.bsky.social · 05/08/2025First story in a series I reported about what Trump's de facto repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act will mean for New England consumers is out now. This week solar and wind, next week we tackle EVs 000
Reposted by nat!Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 13/07/2025Florida is committing "enforced disappearance," a very serious violation of international human rights law. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... www.ohchr.org/en/special-p... 10140811976
Reposted by nat!David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/05/2025What many of us warned, & what is unavoidably clear now, is that there is no privileged sphere of "real life" that is sheltered, separate from the information environment. It's narratives all the way down -- even to the point that they shape *how people experience their own material circumstances*. 132034392
Reposted by nat!ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/04/2025“She said, ‘I think this is going to be the last time I get to visit you,’” Öztürk’s friend recalled. “I told her, ‘No, no, you’re going to be able to come again, don’t worry, and I’m going to come visit you.’ That all turned out to be wrong.” By @hannahallam.bsky.socialpropublica.orgAmerican Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have… 10498147
Reposted by nat!Possibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Listen to the final episode of our series on home insurance and the climate crisis to hear from US Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov, @cadavejones.bsky.social and Professor Ishita Sen about what we can do about this looming crisis. thepublicsradio.org/possibly-pod...thepublicsradio.orgHow do we solve the climate change home insurance crisis? - TPR: The Public's RadioThis week on Possibly, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse helps explain what options we have to address climate change’s impact on the home insurance industry. 053
Reposted by nat!Possibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Home insurance is supposed to help us recover from natural disasters, but climate change is disrupting the industry, causing higher rates and non-renewals. Regulation of the industry falls on the states. Learn how they're responding in our latest: Featuring Ishita Sen & @cadavejones.bsky.socialthepublicsradio.orgClimate change is messing up our home insurance prices. What can states do? - TPR: The Public's RadioHome insurance is supposed to help us recover from natural disasters, but climate change is disrupting the industry. This week on Possibly, we look at how states are responding to this problem. 043
Reposted by nat!Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure. 223135815781
Reposted by nat!Possibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 01/04/2025In this week's episode of Possibly, Juliana Merullo and Nat Hardy spoke with @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's @cadavejones.bsky.social to explain how, and why, the insurance industry is responding to climate change. Listen now: thepublicsradio.org/possibly-pod... 032
Reposted by nat!Corbin Hiar @corbinhiar.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Top Wall Street institutions are prepping for global warming that blows past the Paris Agreement. "We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches. www.eenews.net/articles/big...eenews.netBig banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potentialMorgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree 24289188
Reposted by nat!Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Super proud of @fitzprov.bsky.social and producer Megan Hall for winning first place (again!) for best podcast at the New England Newspaper and Press Association. If you’ve never listened, the RI Report podcast is stellar. And free! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... 1151
Reposted by nat!Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This isn't just systemic racism denial, which is what the anti CRT crusade was all about - this is an EO asserting the racist falsehood that RACE IS BIOLOGICAL, not socially constructed. This is the centerpiece of the disproven race science; what nazi and colonizers used to justify horrors. 052
Reposted by nat!Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY 1131143197422
nat! @nathardy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025A short audio doc I made called "On Its Way to Spoonhood" was featured in @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social's Small Audio Art series about wooden spoons. Phoebe's made a really special place for audio artists, and I'm so glad to be involved! Listen to spoons: welcome2myhome.squarespace.com/home-2/3-woo...welcome2myhome.squarespace.com#3 Wooden Spoons — Welcome To My HomeListen to our wooden spoon features here, from makers all over the world. #3 WOODEN SPOONS was our third creative callout. 131
Reposted by nat!Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 13/03/2025In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?" (From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...) 20941151529
Reposted by nat!Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/03/2025UPDATE on Mahmoud Khalil from his lawyers and his wife: "Today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." (Legal team now includes ACLU, CCR.) 29127562692
nat! @nathardy.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Has anyone found a good replacement for CrowdTangle yet? Not having that tool has been such a huge loss 000
nat! @nathardy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Talking about ISOs is becoming a bit of a recurring theme for me lately! New episode of Possibly about our changing electric grids is out now: 011
Reposted by nat!Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Can't let MLK Day end without sharing my favorite quote, which is sadly more relevant today than ever. drilled.media/news/Trump2 315642
Reposted by nat!jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Trump has ordered the government to stop all permits for wind energy heatmap.news/sparks/wind-...heatmap.newsTrump Orders End to All Wind Energy PermitsThe worst case scenario for the wind industry is here. 44366190
Reposted by nat!Possibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 14/01/2025With Trump's second term just one week away, we wanted to check in on President Biden's defining climate legislation: the Inflation Reduction Act. What’s happened since it passed? Who has been implementing it? And what does its future look like under Trump? Listen to our latest episode now:thepublicsradio.orgWhat happened to the Inflation Reduction Act? - TPR: The Public's RadioIn the summer of 2022 President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The law was the US’s largest investment in climate and clean energy ever. But what’s happened since then? Who has act... 122
Reposted by nat!Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference. 4343607710386
Reposted by nat!Possibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 31/12/2024It's New Year's Eve! Which means it's time for a Possibly tradition: our New Year's Resolutions episode. 🪩🎊 Every year the Possibly team looks back at the episodes we reported and thinks about how those episodes can inspire our resolutions for 2025. Listen to what the team had to say:thepublicsradio.orgOur resolutions for 2025 - TPR: The Public's RadioAs we head into a new year, our Possibly team decided to think about all of our episodes, and how they might inspire our resolutions for 2025. Here’s what some of us had to say. 011