Independent journalist, Society of Environmental Journalists board. Formerly with ABC News, PBS Frontline, Marketplace public radio, NRDC OnEarth, HuffPost contributing writer. Mizzou J School alum. TheRockyFiles.org,
https://themoneytrail.substack.com/
Rocky Kistner
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China’s clean energy revolution: “The US is no longer the conductor of the bullet train that is the global clean energy revolution. It should decide whether to climb on board or get left behind at the station.”@MichaelEMann www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202606/08/...
States fight over dwindling Colorado River water: “I think we’ve succeeded in making everyone unhappy, and maybe making everyone mad” via @NYTimes @ssdance www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/c...
Why the nation is a tinderbox waiting to explode. Good reporting here as usual by @emorwee open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
Not so frozen in the frozen south: "This year, the level of sea ice in West Antarctica is about 50% lower than average" abcnews.com/Internationa... @JuliaTheWriter @abcnews
Rocky Kistner
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How a powerful El Niño could bring record-setting famine across the globe: “What’s coming toward us, with this economic shock and climate shock at the same time … we are entering uncharted waters" wapo.st/4v33FiS
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James Bruggers: "a giant of environmental journalism whose decades of reporting in Kentucky and beyond held polluters to account." He will be missed but his legacy remains. courier-journal.com/story/news/l... via @courierjournal @byconnorgiffin
James Bruggers, whose decades of environmental reporting in Kentucky and beyond helped win cleaner air and cleaner water, is dead at 68.
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Your tax dollars at work: "Trump’s Interior Department has agreed to pay the energy developer Invenergy $765 million to cancel its four offshore wind leases" heatmap.news/energy/trump... @emilypont @heatmap_news
Excellent piece from Adiel Kaplan at the Tow-Knight Center on the importance of human oversight in the growing use of AI tools in journalism. As AI evolves, it’s up to younger generations to make sure we don't lose control. restructurednews.substack.com/p/after-the-... @adielkaplan
Rocky Kistner
The 2026 wildfire season was always going to be bad. But the Trump administration is making it worse.
Expected extreme weather combined with high fuel and fertilizer prices triggered by the war could cause severe food shortages around the world this year, experts say.
Facing mounting criticism Trump admin backtracks on plans to cut ocean monitoring: “Dismantling the O.O.I. was supreme stupidity” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c... via @NYTimes @maxinejoselow
The deal with developer Invenergy includes a commitment to build geothermal generation in addition to natural gas.
Judge reverses Trump Park Service and museum policies that “rewrite the Nation’s history with a white-out pen...experiences of communities whose contributions, struggles, and achievements form an important part of our Nation’s story” apnews.com/article/trum... @HallieGolden4 @kkruesi @AP
Rocky Kistner
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order that sought to eliminate “inappropriate content” at national museums, parks and landmarks.
