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Theresa Riley

@theresariley.bsky.social
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Audience Editor at Covering Climate Now (bsky.app/profile/coveringclimatenow…). Interested in climate solutions, policy and activism posts. Personal interests: Journalism, film, books, city planning & interior design...

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 17/09/2026
🎉 Congrats to all the winners! And special thanks to our stellar judges, whose hard work and dedication make these awards possible. 👀 Read more about the winners and view their outstanding work: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
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The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its sixth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the clim...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 17/09/2026
📣 CCNow is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! Our awards program honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the climate story. Together, their work constitutes the leading edge of climate storytelling. ...🧵↓
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"London and New York City have similar populations. But London has around 27,000 curbside EV chargers while New York City has just 88 so this is a major opportunity for expansion,” it’s electric’s Tiya Gordon told Trisha Gupta: heatmap.news/electric-veh...
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It’s Electric to Install 700 Curbside EV Chargers in New York City
The startup and the city announced the contract on Tuesday.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 08/09/2026
Is Nepal a turning point in climate coverage? Even formerly reticent news outlets are making the climate connection clear in their coverage of the deadly flooding in Nepal, where more than 1,100 are confirmed dead and an additional 4,000 are missing.
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Is Nepal a Turning Point in Climate Coverage? — Covering Climate Now
It’s been slow coming, but news coverage of climate change may at last be turning a corner. For years, reporting on climate-related disasters — the super-storm Hurricane Helene that blasted the southe...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's not often you can pinpoint real, positive change a journalist has caused. But as Turkmeni sources state, @dpcarrington.bsky.social's persistent and probing coverage of this issue has been critical to a change of policy, with massive implications. Big congrats www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 31/08/2026
Flash flooding in Nepal has killed hundreds, destroyed towns, and left thousands of people missing. Join us for a special conversation about the deadly flash flooding and its climate connection with panelists from Nepal and a mountain geographer specializing in glacier hazards.
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Examining Nepal’s Deadly Flood & Its Climate Connection — Covering Climate Now
In this special conversation with Covering Climate Now, we’ll hear from panelists based in Nepal and a mountain geographer specializing in glacier hazards about the flash flooding that destroyed towns...
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Irish people everywhere understand that this is bad, bad, bad... “It’s not just one or two fields like this. How can I even put it into words? It’s so upsetting,” he told local broadcaster SBS.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Seems to me like the party has a little less than 3 weeks to do a fire house primary, which would be the right thing to do and energizing in the wake of the nonsense
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Assimilation has never been a problem for any immigrant group. Seriously - it is not a problem, it has never been a problem, it's never going to be a problem. What he means is "I see them around, and they're still Black! Blatantly! They're obviously unwilling to become American!"
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Like many of the things Alanis Morissette sang about in her biggest hit, I would say the week's events are the opposite of ironic, actually. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/c...
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A ‘Deeply Ironic’ Climate Disruption
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate July 4? Take a brief nonpartisan Harvard online course on the U.S. Constitution: bit.ly/FreeCourseHa... (click “audit” for free version)
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HarvardX: American Government: Constitutional Foundations | edX
Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Shady and stupid.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger strongly spoke out against media "capitulation" in a speech last night >>> cnn.it/4tUxLns
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
WATCH: “The Supreme Court tore that apart — and the fact that Republicans came for MEMPHIS first feels deeply personal because of that city’s Civil Rights history.” @channel4news.bsky.social puts the racist Republican redistricting in historical context.
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I knew it would be fast, but this...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 09/05/2026
Climate scientists are particularly concerned about this year’s anticipated El Niño event, as its release of heat stored in the Pacific Ocean may boost global temperatures — which are already sky high due to human-caused climate change.
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El Niño is coming and may be the strongest in a century
How ENSO influences global weather patterns
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on? #COP30 #climatecrisis Story by me 1/7 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
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It's me Jen Bee 🇨🇦 @jenbee37.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
They want us to think concern about climate change is a radical, fringe view. They want us to feel isolated. The truth is that we are the majority.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
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Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
@jdickerson.bsky.social explains the joy and value in journalism, with his usual grace, in a sign off broadcast at CBS www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMV7LeJm/
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Reporter’s Notebook: Why journalism? @John Dickerson signs off from CBS Evening News Plus with a look back on a career of asking the hard questions, listening to people’s stories and showing why a fre...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 20/10/2025
Story Idea: Study after study has shown that the vast majority of people, 80-89%, want governments to “do more” to address climate change. Understanding who these people are and why gov't action doesn’t align with the overwhelming public interest are all rich territory for reporting. #the89percent
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Covering Public Support for Government Climate Action
Explore how the global majority not only cares about climate change, but wants their governments to “do more” to address it.
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I skipped those sessions this year. I dig the woo woo stuff, but I wanted to hear about the action in the states, in Europe, etc. and I'm glad I did. There 100% needs to be more storytelling about how climate solutions (like heat pumps) are improving the lives (and livelihoods) of real people.
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I would like to buy this judge a 🍺... It's worth reading the whole thing... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Judge rejects Trump’s New York Times lawsuit for being ‘decidedly improper and impermissible’ | CNN Business
In a ruling dripping with derision, a federal judge has rejected President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Times. Trump has a month to refile.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 18/09/2025
🥁 Drumroll please... An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws; A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds; And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
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The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 15/08/2025
Journalists, when was the last time you scrolled TikTok? Check out this story from ‪@emorwee.bsky.social‬ about a micro-influencer engaging his followers to take climate action with videos from his summer backpacking trip to #ANWR.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
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Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Stop humblebragging! Just kidding… welp! Love you, Canada!
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 30/06/2025
Bill Moyers died on June 26 at the age of 91. He was giant in the world of journalism—he was also a climate champion, write Mark Hertsgaard and @kylepope01.bsky.social of @coveringclimatenow.org.‬ www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence
When Bill Moyers helped launch the Covering Climate Now media collaboration, he urged fellow journalists to “tell the story so people get it.”
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New Yorkers: What is the best explanation of ranked choice voting that you've read? I need clarity on this. #NYCmayor
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/06/2025
Commentary: You Sure You’re In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That’s Going On? theonion.com/you-sur...
Commentary: You Sure You’re In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That’s Going On?
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Was at NYC Penn Station in early '90s waiting for a train back to Boston. Saw Ric Ocasek walking towards me and I audibly gasped with my mouth agape. He gave me a stunning, knowing smile. It was just what I needed. :)
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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
stop trying to make curtis yarvin happen
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 19/05/2025
@frediotto.bsky.social is a leading practitioner of arguably the most important development in climate science in many years: attribution science. Like police officers dusting a crime scene for fingerprints, attribution science reveals what role climate change played in a given weather disaster.
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
As @parkermolloy.com (h/t) commented on this piece, I found myself nodding along all through. So much has been lost in the commodification of journalism. I miss the 90s so much. And @marthabayne.bsky.social, I am definitely going to buy your book! marthabayne.substack.com/p/journalism...
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Journalism Dreams
I wrote about the "Heat Index" scandal and why it may not matter
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 06/05/2025
A growing number of communities across the US are suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages caused by their products. Their core argument? Oil companies knew fossil fuels were driving climate change and lied about it. coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...
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Taking Big Oil to Court
Communities across the US are suing to make fossil fuel companies pay up for climate damages
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Anyone looking for a recording of my Earth Day conversation about Climate Activism at @coveringclimatenow.org with @amywestervelt.bsky.social John Paul Mejia and @theresariley.bsky.social, here you go: youtu.be/gTA3YcNgrNo
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Press Briefing: The Future of Climate Activism
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I guess, but can’t we think bigger than self-driving cars? Cars seem so 1960s to me, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/o...
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Opinion | How I Describe Myself Politically These Days
America needs to figure out how to dominate the industries of the future. Call me a “Waymo Democrat.”
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
“You cannot ask questions of a statue.” This is a travesty.
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Looks Like Mussolini, Quacks Like Mussolini
The National Garden of American Heroes represents a dangerous shift in values—from inquiry to reverence.
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Many years ago, I worked for a man named Bill Moyers and he gave all of us on staff this pocket copy of the US Constitution. Thanks for reminding me, @jamellebouie.net! It’s now off my bookshelf and in my purse. ;)
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
So much about this NYT piece annoys me. Framing it as a “political” battle rather than a constitutional one. US immigration officials acknowledged it was an error sending Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, so why is Karoline Leavitt still saying he’s a member of the gang?
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Senator Chris Van Hollen Heads to El Salvador to Check on Deported Immigrant
Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, said he had not yet been allowed to see Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration and imprisone...
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John Schmitt @jschmittwdc.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A great suggestion from @deanbaker13.bsky.social: "instead of telling readers about Trump’s plans to 'impose tariffs' on Canada, Mexico, and China, papers could tell readers that Trump plans to raise taxes on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China." substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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Can We Have Media That Inform People?
Last week Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told the reporters at her press briefing that tariffs are a tax cut.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Roses are red Violets are blue
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Here's an example of the not-so-great job the Trump administration is doing to "protect women." Mel Gibson, a fan of the president, lost the right to own a gun after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battering his former girlfriend in 2011.
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Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
New idea: U.S. becomes Canada's 11th province. Solves many problems at once. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
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Trump Intensifies Statehood Threats in Attack on Canada
The U.S. president on Tuesday reiterated his claims on Canada’s territory as he increased tariffs, threatening to bring the country’s economy to its knees.
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
My IRA has fallen 6% since January 21. Coupled with my fears about social security going away thanks to DOGE, I’m very worried. Stop these tariffs! #TrumpSlump
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
just taking tonight to really appreciate all these years of journalistic tut-tut-tutting about how over-the-top it was for anyone to focus on trump's affinity for russia and putin.
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Theresa Riley @theresariley.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Hmm… After being antisemitic to Zelenskyy in the Oval Office a week ago.
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