Laura Bliss

writing & editing @BW @citylab @climate | [email protected]

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

Absolutely staggered that our Water Grab series was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. I am so so SO proud of our team and urge you to read the entire series HERE https://t.co/HTXpdlDEZg

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

"Asked for comment, the regulator said it... 'was actively involved in striving to see the temperature exceedances corrected'" https://t.co/HANBWRbACj @mslaurabliss @rachaeldottle @BW

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

9/ And here's our 2025 story, which was a finalist for a National Magazine Award: https://t.co/WtNtD49AbH

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

1/ My latest story for Bloomberg Businessweek is out today and follows up on a 2025 investigation by @rachaeldottle and me about what happens when landfills get way too hot https://t.co/eLatCTdFYK

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

8/ We all produce trash every day, yet most of us have the privilege not to think about what happens to it after we throw it away or who pays the price. Here's part of the answer. Gift link here: https://t.co/eLatCTdFYK

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

"Reviewing public records from 100 landfills in 20 states, Businessweek found that when temperatures and other key indicators surpass normal thresholds, operators and regulators often don’t intervene at the level that experts say is needed" https://t.co/uHMOFlLf9s @mslaurabliss

[Stacey Vanek Smith @svaneksmith]

This story from @mslaurabliss and @rachaeldottle is beautifully reported and written and very powerful. Highly recommend

[Julia Wick @sherlyholmes]

So excited to have @mslaurabliss’ first piece in @LAMaterial__, unpacking the fight over zone zero rules https://t.co/gXTPR1GHVl

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

New @BW feature: While federal unions play defense elsewhere, a unionization wave is building in the National Park Service, driven by slash-and-burn Trump Admin. cuts, decades of prior bipartisan neglect, and worker-to-worker organizing https://t.co/T09mE6Nl1u w/ @mslaurabliss

[Gerald Loeb Awards @LoebAwards]

.@natalieobiko, Susan Berfield, and @kanokomatsuyama reflects on the time and team effort that went into their award winning piece, “The Egg” for @BW.
#loebawards

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

Was off grid last week so belatedly posting this scoop from me!

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Federal employees at Yosemite vote to unionize: https://t.co/MlALVtoBMr @mslaurabliss @BW

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

A wildlife biologist employed by Yosemite National Park was fired after flying a big trans pride flag from the middle of El Capitan:

https://t.co/sZfrYOZ1oT @mslaurabliss @BW

“It’s my First Amendment right to be able to express myself in my free time”

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

SCOOP: A federal employee at Yosemite National Park was fired last week after flying a trans pride flag from El Capitan earlier this year. Gift link: https://t.co/2IREpJ0q0r

[Mike Dorning @MikeDorning]

“Plumbing poverty” is surging in Houston, Phoenix, Portland, Oregon and other urban areas @mslaurabliss via @BW https://t.co/bJpc57J5KI

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

11/ Meanwhile the data for predicting these underground reactions – fires or otherwise – isn’t easy to track, leaving the millions who live near these waste sites in the dark about what’s happening there.

I hope you'll read: https://t.co/UkjHEpSj77

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

AMERICA HAS A HOT GARBAGE PROBLEM. LITERALLY. A THREAD

1/ Last year, I spotted some data on LinkedIn that caught my attention. Fires at recycling facilities were skyrocketing as more vape pens, smartphones and electric toothbrushes enter America’s blue bins

[Laura Bliss @mslaurabliss]

10/ As America’s landfills grow and more flammable stuff enters the waste stream, several scientists told me they think the risk of fires and dangerously hot landfills is increasing. Yet the waste industry has successfully pushed to roll back EPA rules designed to prevent fires