Joan Meiners, PhD

I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go. The first one just dropped: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Well this is eleventy-million kinds of Fucked Up. @latimes.com (who once contracted with me as a freelance reviewer and whom I struggled to get paid by) asserts that *merely reading its website* constitutes a permanent waiver of your right to sue it under *any circumstances*.

If you’re asking yourself what you can do to stop this, here’s the answer: 1. Vote 2. Call your representatives and tell them what you want 3. Subscribe to support the journalism outlets bringing you this information

If you’re asking yourself what you can do to stop this, here’s the answer: 1. Vote 2. Call your representatives and tell them what you want 3. Subscribe to support the journalism outlets bringing you this information

This is straight-up illegal (bypassing Congress) THEFT of funds awarded to scientists for important work to benefit the American people (and global wellbeing) that has been put on pause to further an extremist political agenda — zero doubt.

Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals #Climate

In print today in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com, my investigation on why anyone would try to drill for #oilandgas in northern Arizona — where there is no oil or gas — & what it may mean about cultural, political & physical forces reshaping our #publiclands: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Trying to have genuine convos on here about the right way to do journalism, set guardrails on AI, assess who deserves your trust in interviews and still effectively give voice to victims and it’s just…impossible. People shut down and attack instead of considering nuance or broader implications. 😫

HOW you complain about real harm can also cause different real harm. The media landscape is complicated and flawed, for sure. But there are MANY journalists out there still working hard to do the real work the right way. Putting them all on blast because you had a bad experience doesn’t help anyone.

“It is no coincidence that authoritarians the world over have targeted mayors,” writes the broadcaster. In a guest essay, he explains why populists run into a brick wall when they try to capture local government bit.ly/4dNIivl Illustration: Dan Williams

Maybe how AI is going to kill us all isn't by becoming conscious and launching nukes to kill all carbon based lifeforms so that the machines can rule in the ashes but just "The computer told me to start World War III so I did."

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Remember less than a year ago, when Bill Gates said aggressive climate action was a waste of limited money that should be spent fighting poverty and disease instead? www.latimes.com/business/sto... 🤔

YEP

This is NOT an “Exclusive!” Honestly, @washingtonpost.com, this is really gross. AZ local 12News had this scoop last week. When you steal work like this, you undermine public comprehension of why local journalism matters…AND your own *actual* source of info about what’s going on across the country.

Must-read story. @joanmeiners.bsky.social was the first reporter down into the Grand Canyon after the deadly flash flooding. Here's what she saw, and what it means in an era of climate destabilization, including the wildfire-flood connection: www.azcentral.com/story/news/a...

This is a great piece from The Arizona Republic’s @joanmeiners.bsky.social Climate change is taking a greater toll, and more lives, than we think. Check out this article from azcentral: After fatal flood, reporter hikes into a deserted Grand Canyon | Exclusive www.azcentral.com/story/news/a...

Wow, the Trump EPA is proposing a change to the definition of “discharge of a pollutant” that would exempt moving boats and ships from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program requirements. Let the dumping begin*! *Let’s not. Please comment in the Federal Register.

As far as I know, I’m the only reporter to make it to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on foot since the major flash flooding damage on Aug. 29. www.instagram.com/reel/DcxDIfN...

I dare anyone, including AI, to send this many messages in this amount of time with no mistakes. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... Story for @azcentral.com by @debkrol.bsky.social

Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies

"administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands."

Independent journalism is great but we will always need strong corporate media who have the resources to fight authoritarian governments.

On the front page of The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com today: my story about a small town in northern Arizona near an active wildfire that just wants to celebrate #America250 by lighting shit on fire, never you mind their history of starting brush fires with fireworks..

Walter Cronkite - yes, that Walter Cronkite - once told me the secret to a functioning democracy. Today is the perfect day to subscribe to my newsletter and see what he said. There’s a link in the comments.

Climate change comes for the Tour de France and no amount of hydration breaks can save it.

This asshat has never tried to be nonpartisan a day in his life. Taking cheap shots at old people for no reason doesn’t make you cool.

It‘s just insane to me that a sitting president has made MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS peddling fucking fairy dust with no intrinsic value beyond his stature and power AS president, and it’s not treated as the biggest corruption scandal in American history.

Congress needs to understand the urgency of rebuilding the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park. A closer look at the North Rim 1 year after the Dragon Bravo Fire via @brandonloomis.bsky.social @joanmeiners.bsky.social @goesbykim.bsky.social @azcentral.com www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

The American Southwest, my home, is burning — massive and deadly. That anyone could look at this map and still not think we have a real #climate problem (or that laying off firefighters saved us any $$) is so deranged. We all sadly predicted this, incl. me on our @azcentral.com podcast weeks ago.

It was my patriotic duty to write this piece. www.sciencenews.org/article/alga...

Many people are sharing this tour de force but you should follow @themadstone.bsky.social and check out her thread for additional background. Also follow @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @katieworth.bsky.social.

Very sad to see stellar science reportrs & eds laid off @sciam.bsky.social. This isn't a job easily replaced bc it requires specialized knowledge+communication skills. Also sad: union says: "The company has sought to quash or tone down political or sensitive stories" www.wgaeast.org/wgae-scienti...

This amount would fund the US National Science Foundation for a decade. 🧪

Timely article about AZ's water situation in today's AZ Republic. We've got to prevent idiots like Trump from defunding this necessary research. Thank you @joanmeiners.bsky.social for your reporting! New Arizona water report brings some optimism arizonarepublic-az.newsmemory.com?publink=112a...