Erin Stone (she/her)
@Erstone7
climate reporter at NPR-affiliate @LAist (blue sky: http://erstone7.bsky.social ). prev: @azcentral @sfchronicle @Dallas_Observer @mwtnews.
ICE sweeps spur citizen patrols on Terminal Island — and troubling World War II memories laist.com/news/los-angel… via @josie_huang
Schoolyard greening projects hit milestone as advocates see the 'most impact ever' (via @AGuzmanLopez) laist.com/news/education…
This UC Irvine professor’s great great grandfather wrote a ballad about mass deportations — nearly 100 years ago laist.com/news/education… via @julia_p_barajas
New from me: Residents affected by the fires could have a faster and less expensive way to get back into a home. The Historic House Relocation Project is reviving the old practice of house moving. laist.com/news/housing-h…
The national parks are not OK - High Country News hcn.org/articles/the-n…
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees. to.pbs.org/3UjGb8j
And now: A thread regarding my thoughts on "1.5°C"--not only as a Paris Agreement target, but also re: relevance to recent #climate events & overlaps (or not) w/geophysical realities. (This was originally written as a response to a journalist, who used excerpts in their article.)
911 recordings obtained by LAist shed light on why and how emergency planning continues to leave people with disabilities behind. laist.com/news/climate-e…
💔 45,000 acres of the Grand Canyon region of northern Arizona is on fire and I can’t stop thinking about it. 💔 When is enough enough? Does everything literally have to burn or flood beyond recognition?
Absolutely heartbreaking. “The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.” texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Wow
Both Thermal and Indio reached 120°F yesterday, marking both record daily highs for July 9th and the hottest day so far this year. With overnight lows in the low desert remaining in the 80s and with similar forecasted highs today, make sure to seek effective cooling! #CAwx
Happening tomorrow!
Fire survivors: come to our event on July 9! I'll speak with an Eaton Fire survivor, Tubbs Fire survivor, & rebuild expert. We hope this can be useful for everyone navigating fire recovery. Six Months After the Fires: Stories Shared, Lessons Learned laist.com/events/6-month…
How much can change in six months, and how little. Six months after January’s fires, recovery is just beginning for many laist.com/news/climate-e…
'Water brings life': Plans to revive Tulare Lake take shape in the San Joaquin Valley (via @ByIanJames ) latimes.com/environment/st…
Fire survivors: come to our event on July 9! I'll speak with an Eaton Fire survivor, Tubbs Fire survivor, & rebuild expert. We hope this can be useful for everyone navigating fire recovery. Six Months After the Fires: Stories Shared, Lessons Learned laist.com/events/6-month…
Volunteer historians are racing to record the stories and voices of Eaton Fire survivors laist.com/news/volunteer…
After the L.A. fires, hundreds of mortgage companies said they would pause monthly payments for homeowners who lost everything. They promised to give people time to recover. But some are now demanding borrowers pay up — or risk losing their properties. My story for @LAist 🔗👇
Wow.
Over the past 3 days of this eastern U.S. heat wave, hundreds of record highs have been broken from the Plains to the East Coast. Many more are possible today, before a cold front, and showers and storms start to back down the extreme heat. weather.gov/heat
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