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Rachel Parsons

@racheldparsons.bsky.social
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International independent journalist focused on climate, environment and human ecology. Pulitzer Center grantee. rachelparsons.com | linktr.ee/racheldparsons

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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Same.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Squeeee!
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An Appeals Court panel has ruled that federal agents can legally search through travelers' cell phones without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant when they cross an international border. The full story: lataco.com/phone-survei... By Izzy Ramirez
An aerial shot of the U.S.-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana.

Headline reads "The U.S. Government Quietly Just Made It Legal to Go Through Your Phone at the Borde"
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Uh, well? I’m not sure which response to go with here.
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SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Critical U.S. emissions data may soon become harder to access, but researchers with EDGI have preserved it. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores the dataset and how journalists can use it to investigate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Read more at www.sej.org/publications...
Graphic for SEJournal’s Reporter’s Toolbox featuring a map of the United States divided into regions shaded in varying tones of blue. Text reads, “EDGI Spares Soon-Hidden Climate Data.” The SEJournal Reporter’s Toolbox and SEJ logos appear at the bottom.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Exactly.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"... if you suppress fire on the landscape for a century, as the United States has done, leave trees and brush to pile up in a continent-sized pyre, then heat up the planet and take away the rain, everything’s going to burn at once." This is an excellent, important piece and should be read.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“I buttle.” 💜
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m certainly open to it.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“The majority of Americans are open to living car-free even after decades of car-centric planning, a new survey finds…A stunning 18% of car-owning U.S. residents indicated that they were ‘strongly interested’ in living car-free, and another 40% said that they were ‘open’ to it.” @usa.streetsblog.org
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Survey: Most Americans Are Open To Ditching Their Cars — Streetsblog USA
Automakers have spent a century and countless trillions of dollars making car-dependent living the American norm. But U.S. resident still aren't sold, a new survey suggests.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Ian" is harvesting Mandarin oranges in Arvin CA. "I start at 5-6am. My back hurts by the end of the day from carrying the full 70 lb sacks. It's almost 100° by 12 so I work as fast as I can so I can finish before the heat gets even higher. I earn $55 per 900lb crate." #WeFeedYou
Our farm worker walking along the side of a mandarin orchard
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/08/2026
A coalition of environmentalists and community advocates sued the federal government in an effort to halt the first-ever commercial sale of deep sea mining leases in American waters.
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Environmentalists Sue to Halt First Sale of Seabed-Mining Rights
The suit claims the U.S. decision to allow mining for minerals in American waters didn’t consider the potential harm to endangered species.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 19/08/2026
A view of the rapidly thinning #Arctic sea ice cover by decade... 📉 More info on data: climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data...
Four polar stereographic maps showing Arctic sea ice thickness for the month of August in 1986-1995, 1996-2005, 2006-2015, and 2016-2025. Thickness is shown with colors from black at 0 meters to purple at 2.5 meters to white at 5.0 meters. Sea ice in thinning in all regions over time.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
EXCEPTIONAL DAY IN FRANCE 42.5c 141 MONTHLY RECORDS (list by Meteociel below) including the ALL TIME RECORDS of 41.6 Scille and 40.4 Dole Once again,Europe is living an historic heat wave with hundreds of records pulverized from West to East Next posts: Benelux,UK,Ireland,Spain
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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Totality observed in Spain as the moon's shadow arrived at the Iberian Peninsula moments ago.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/08/2026
How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe's economy this summer reut.rs/4wPonnl
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How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe's economy this summer
For anyone in Europe who still thought climate change was a problem for future generations, this summer's sweltering heatwaves have brought home the reality that its costly and life-altering economic impacts have already arrived.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“Extrapolated to the total # of passenger KMs driven, cycled or walked in the European Union, the cost of automobility is about €500 billion per year. Due to positive health effects, cycling is an external BENEFIT worth €24 billion/year & walking €66 billion/year.” Via @sciencedirect.bsky.social
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The Social Cost of Automobility, Cycling and Walking in the European Union
Cost-benefit-analyses (CBA) are widely used to assess transport projects. Comparing various CBA frameworks, this paper concludes that the range of par…
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’ve talked about this with some of you, but are there any more #wildlandfire pros out here who’re concerned about or already seeing less mutual aid between Canada and the US because each country’s fire situation is increasingly demanding on its own personnel?
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Interesting Thread of the Day.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states
The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I highly recommend Pete McBride’s book “Witness to Water”
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I brake for Blue Bell’s cookies and cream sandwich. Don’t know if they’re even made anymore.
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Grist @grist.org · 12/07/2026
Trump has blamed everything – from “national security” issues, to the deaths of birds – in his decades-long campaign against windfarms. But as the Trump administration continues to undermine the industry, what worries workers most are their jobs. (via @theguardian.com) bit.ly/3RpJGwg
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I do like the idea of becoming a climate critic * Last Glacial Maximum: cold, liked the furry animals, too dusty. 3 stars * Holocene: 5 stars, great while it lasted * +2C: went in with low expectations and was still disappointed, one star
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/07/2026
Every other day, 83-year-old Marilyn Tewa of the Hopi Tribe loads buckets into her pickup and drives 5 miles to haul water. “That’s what keeps us alive,” Tewa said. Four states stand in the way of a deal to give her community water. with @kjzz.org
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Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Is one of the projects a lead balloon? ‘Cause this is going to go over like one.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
World Cup players get new mandatory water breaks. Fans get into covered or air conditioned stadiums. What do street vendors get in the #extremeheat hammering the U.S.? Headaches, nausea and possibly, seizures. My latest for HERA and its Blazing Realities series. heranow.org/locations/st...
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‘I have to risk it’: Street vendors bake outside steamy World Cup stadiums
Thousands of World Cup street vendors are trying to make a living in increasingly severe heat without the protections that players and fans have
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Pleased to share I won first place in the Southern California Journalism Awards on Sunday - for a headline. Judges’ wrote: “It's hard to write a headline that uses wordplay but also expresses the gravity of a situation. This captures the news and does so with a twist that drives home the irony.”
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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Forget betting on NBA trades. Now you can bet on wildfires. Online gambling platforms are quickly getting absolutely insane. Great story from @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social:
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is typically one of the most overlooked factors in climate reporting, although it is starting to get attention. Extreme maximums are are deadly, but so is the inability of a body to cool down properly at night when temps don’t drop enough.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Remind me, which level of hell was this?
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
AC saves lives, but it also increases risk of catastrophe if there's a blackout during a heatwave. One recent study projected that a three day blackout in Phoenix during a heatwave would send half the population of the city to hospital emergency rooms. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
My partner eats ice cream with a fork. What kind of sociopath am I living with?
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Hamster midwives.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Fire practitioners 🔥, I’m starting to develop a story about mutual aid wildland firefighting between Canada, the US and Mexico; what it looked like in the past and whether it will last in the near to mid future. 1/2
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I can confirm, having grown up in the godsforsaken state.
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Grist @grist.org · 14/06/2026
Bulk buying is a tried-and-true way to get discounts on rooftop solar. Now programs aimed at heat pumps are popping up too, helping people save thousands of dollars(via @canarymedia.com) grist.org/energy/want-a-deal-on-a-h…
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
👀
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Michael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today we launched the California Wildland Interface Structural Look Book Dashboard. The Dashboard visually conveys information about wildfire hazard zone classification information for structures throughout California. Link: wuistructurallookbook.stanford.edu
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California's Wildland Urban Interface: A Structural Look Book Dashboard
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Smog from wildfires is getting worse across much of the U.S., according to a NASA-funded study
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Increase in wildfire-driven ozone pollution linked to premature deaths across the U.S.
Smog from wildfires is getting worse across much of the U.S., according to a NASA-funded study
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Hurrah!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/06/2026
The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate.
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/05/2026
Meet the wet bulb globe temperature, the ominous measure that shows when it's too hot to go outside. www.wired.com/story/why-it...
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Why It's Almost Too Hot to Play Tennis at the French Open
Meet the wet bulb globe temperature, the ominous measure that shows when it's too hot to go outside.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Ferocious guinea pig. #boston
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
For some LA renters, the Eaton Fire compounded an existing fight against landlords accused of providing "inhumane" housing. One building survived, but property repairs are still incomplete. Residents are fed up; and organized. My latest for @thelalocalorg.bsky.social thelalocal.org/housing/alta...
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Altadena tenants battle controversial landlord after eaton fire
15 months after the Eaton Fire, Altadena residents are still living with toxic ash and mold, while battling for livable conditions.
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Rachel Parsons @racheldparsons.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I was prepared to be smugly dismissive on a recent trip to an exurb of a certain Texas city, but it showed me. This excellent geek shop is across the street from a yoga studio and a Thai street food joint. I’ll stop being insufferable now.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Last Friday, Trump fired the National Science Board. The NSB is made up of distinguished scientists whose job is to oversee the National Science Foundation, setting research priorities by thinking beyond election cycles. It was designed to be independent. We don't know what this means, but it's bad.
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Trump Fired The Entire National Science Board. Here's Why That Matters
Trump fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees NSF. The institutional design that built American science is at stake.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 26/04/2026
If you have missed any of our new monthly state of the climate webinars, check out the recordings here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Monthly Climate Briefings - YouTube
A monthly webinar series offering accessible, up-to-date climate information that supports informed decision-making. Join Climate Central for a clear, data-d...
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