Max Chesnes

Environment reporter @TB_Times. Past: @tcpenvironment💧 Fmr. @ColumbiaUEnergy @MetcalfURI Fellow. @UFJSchool alum. Drone pilot. #ReadLocal

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

In newspapers across Florida today: a nearly 3,000-word behind-the-scenes story about how the state wanted to build hotels, golf courses and more on protected state park land

With @mahoneysthename. Read it here: https://t.co/mYZ6kHzriE

[Emily L. Mahoney @mahoneysthename]

On this weekend of enjoying the beach, know that we’re sharing the same waters with some of the rarest whales on earth.

Those whales are seeing their protections rapidly eroded after years of oil industry lobbying. w/ @MaxChesnes https://t.co/LjFtzli7Wl

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

The recent endangered species rollbacks for Gulf wildlife come after years of oil industry lobbying against Rice’s whale protections, records show, as companies have argued that restrictions interfere with offshore drilling. W/ @mahoneysthename
https://t.co/eYaqJbCGnL

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

In a hearing last month, @SenKatieBritt and @howardlutnick cited a scientific opinion paper to cast doubt on whether the Rice’s whale is a unique species — a Big Oil talking point

But the author of that paper told us feds are drawing the wrong conclusions
https://t.co/eYaqJbCGnL

[Jack Prator @jack_prator]

In 2023, the EPA told Temple Terrace about an invisible threat to residents' health.

A @TB_Times investigation details how regulatory gaps allowed a toxic plant to operate for years without pollution controls, as well as the company's failures over the following years.

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

For years, a company used a gas known to cause cancer to clean medical tools at a plant in Tampa Bay

But the business and regulators who oversaw it didn’t curb emissions for years

Now, people who lived close to the site have cancer, and they're suing:
https://t.co/z3Y5ohoQ8p

[Chris Tisch @christisch1]

BREAKING: Convening a rarely used committee for the first time in more than three decades, top Trump administration officials voted Tuesday to exempt oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species protections. Via @MaxChesnes @mahoneysthename
https://t.co/ffO3nYYIBQ

[Lawrence Mower @lmower3]

NEW: Casey DeSantis has called out traces of glyphosate in supermarket breads.

But Florida sprays thousands of pounds of it into waterways — and state health officials aren't asking them to stop.

w/@MaxChesnes:
https://t.co/wcmTtgrujr

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

The Florida House just passed a bill to add more transparency around conservation land decisions

The measure came in response to an attempted fast-track proposal last summer to trade away 600 acres of pristine wilderness preserve in St. Johns County:
https://t.co/JTRgx5qRLH

[Chris Tisch @christisch1]

“I’m so impressed with you, and I want you to know how proud of you I am,” her father told her. “You are the proof that when you put your mind to it, anybody can do hard things.” A good one from @MaxChesnes
https://t.co/4Zl557WHqp

[Tampa Bay Times @TB_Times]

In Tampa Bay, a proposed cruise port reignites an old Florida battle https://t.co/KCYu3QisHR

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

Hours before the public comment period closes tonight, a bipartisan coalition of Florida leaders met in Clearwater Beach today to oppose the Trump admin’s proposal

Read my dispatch here:
https://t.co/rKqMMTNere

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

As the Trump administration proposes new offshore oil drilling closer to Florida shores, a new model from @thecurrentlab shows how oil could spread in the days after a spill

[Chris Tisch @christisch1]

Manatee County Commissioner Tal Siddique told @MaxChesnes that he first learned about the plan from reporters and articles.
“It was quite a surprise to see the whole thing, the media campaign starting from there, especially because it’s in my district."
https://t.co/zJuejI2ZI9

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

NEW: A company wants to build a new cruise port near some of the most environmentally sensitive areas of the Tampa Bay estuary

“There would need to be significant additional habitat creation to come close to offsetting such a loss,” TBEP tells me
https://t.co/l2mUn1LaFn

[Chris Tisch @christisch1]

A company that describes itself as the “leading cruise terminal operator in North America” is working with a Tampa holding company to explore building a cruise port in Manatee County at the mouth of Tampa Bay next to the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge. https://t.co/w5MIAJpr7m

[Tampa Bay Times @TB_Times]

Florida’s waters are changing. But for these stone crabbers, the work goes on https://t.co/sEUECTCiKZ

[Chris Tisch @christisch1]

A recent NYT story said: Power bills are the new eggs. It seems everyone is talking about⬆️costs. @mahoneysthename @MaxChesnes @Michaela_Mull and @jack_prator have been on the topic for months. The latest: People who have gone to war with their bills.
https://t.co/xoqNuUB7Ar

[ACEEE @ACEEEdc]

Inefficient manufactured homes are leaving residents with high utility bills. This week, the US House is set to revoke new energy efficiency standards that would help address the problem. https://t.co/5j1AsUPicZ

[Emily L. Mahoney @mahoneysthename]

Mobile homes have long been an affordable housing option. But there's a hidden danger: Outdated manufacturing standards mean they can have much higher electric bills than traditional houses.

Congress is moving toward keeping it that way. w/ @MaxChesnes https://t.co/U358NXuFVq

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Does somebody at the DOJ want to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and flights in July 2019 are part of the Epstein files (attached to a grand jury subpoena)? As the flight itinerary includes my maiden name (and I did book this flight) why was the DOJ monitoring me?