Vernon Loeb

Executive Editor Inside Climate News

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Inside Climate News reporters Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz and Georgina Gustin have been selected as finalists for Columbia's Oakes award, the highest honor in environmental journalism, along with The NY Times, this year's winner & The Washington Post. https://t.co/zZnxvPd4oU

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Nationally, 74 gas-fired power plants, are planned to fuel the data-center industry, generating 662 million tons of greenhouse gases, equal to the annual emissions of Australia, according to a new report. Almost half will be in Texas. https://t.co/FWn0sPxlRP

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The nation’s fastest-growing gas exporter has leveraged the Iran war and permissive regulations to earn bumper profits. But people in tiny Cameron, Louisiana, say the firm’s operations have upended their lives. https://t.co/zwPWBZbLJs

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So things are kind of different in France: French Oil Major Failed to Fulfill ‘Vigilance’ Duty on Climate, Paris Court Rules @Dana_Drugmand https://t.co/okJiEzNlxP

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How a Tiny Texas River Agency Plans to Build the Largest Desalination Plant in the Country https://t.co/JVgWanVCQ2

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Greenpeace’s Dutch Anti-SLAPP Case Against Oil Pipeline Giant Advances. But a $345 million U.S. verdict against the environmental group hangs over the case. https://t.co/M4g6cshr7z

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Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean? City leaders intend to make unprecedented cuts to water use in September but aren’t sure exactly how, as schools and hospitals drill for water. @Dylanbaddour reports with the @TexasNewsroom https://t.co/yq8Vfn1Eok

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An Oilfield Leak Springs Under a Permian Basin Baptist Church. Pressure underneath the West Texas oilfields has caused blowouts and geysers in recent years. Now, salty water is spewing out of the ground in the town of Grandfalls. @Marthapskowski reports for Inside Climate News https://t.co/6LuNjvDU5o

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How would you feel if two ICE investigators rang your doorbell because you wrote a four-sentence email protesting a deportation action you read about in the newspaper? @PatLoeb brilliantly tells the Kafkaesque tale. https://t.co/gzNNOYYwWk

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Not listening to this could be hazardous: How a 4-sentence email made a Montgomery County man the target of an ICE investigation https://t.co/iW6Dxp7AZh

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Inside Climate News reports: Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals. The drainage district in Texas that commissioned the test has now sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tesla’s operations, near Corpus Christi. https://t.co/JqfP66fS95

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Another @dylanbaddour scoop: Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers https://t.co/kCYbfXYg78

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At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens https://t.co/uuaiZ803KU

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This is interesting: 10 Years Ago Today, Trump Promised To Eliminate the National Debt. Instead, It Has Doubled. https://t.co/UzJKfwkaFM via @reason

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A must read by Blaine Harden, from Inside Climate News: The American buffalo have joined wind turbines, electric cars and climate researchers in the cross hairs of the Trump administration. https://t.co/4eVhnDvx23

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I'm thrilled to be working with Christine Spolar again! This is a big deal for us at Inside Climate News. https://t.co/hF7yXU45Iu

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Blowing past 1.5 degrees Celsius: The past three years averaged more than 1.5 degrees, the first time any three-year stretch has crossed that threshold. https://t.co/0vAfsdSrm8

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A heartbreaking story of loss, and the destructive cuts of DOGE, at NOAA, by Inside Climate News' Marianne Lavelle, who, like Libby Jewitt, is a national treasure. https://t.co/hdv7vC2RGC

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Alabama’s civil rights history is inescapable, even in places most people wouldn’t expect. Their electric bills, for example.
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How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates: After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power. https://t.co/M7P32uFCYB