Kathiann M. Kowalski
@KMKowalski
Intrepid journalist & lawyer who loves life, science, technology, and sewing. Tweeting solely in a personal capacity.
Love & ideas live on. "Let us...help each other travel that road together." #Meissner #refugees #peace #immigration bit.ly/1Txxlit
New from @KMKowalski: The oil and gas industry has played an outsize role in shaping an Ohio carbon capture bill, from drafting legislation to courting lawmakers as sponsors. canarymedia.com/articles/carbo…
Carbon capture is touted as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions driving human-caused climate change. But public records shared by @fldnotes_ show oil & gas interests are in the driver's seat shaping Ohio #HB170. @CanaryMediaInc @EJTodayNews canarymedia.com/articles/carbo…
As of July 2025, reports indicate DOGE-led cuts at NOAA resulted in ~800 probationary firings (Feb), with >1,000 additional departures via early retirements, resignations, and buyouts. For NWS (part of NOAA), ~550 total staff reductions since Jan, dropping below 4,000. Total…
Great reporting from @KMKowalski on the oil and gas industry's role in crafting carbon capture legislation in Ohio to put the long-term risks of things going wrong on the state, not the industry: canarymedia.com/articles/carbo…
For decades, a grisly mystery has buzzed around one fly-killing fungi. No matter when the fungus infects a fly, it always dies at the same time of day. Death always comes at sunset. sciencenews.org/article/fly-ki…
Looking forward to being on WOSU’s All Sides with Amy Juravich today. We’ll talk about how the federal megabill’s energy provisions will hurt Ohio businesses & jobs. @CanaryMediaInc @AmyJuravich @EJTodayNews wosu.org/show/all-sides… .
July 20, 1969. “Contact light, engine stop.” The Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle touched down at Tranquility Base on the Moon. A few hours later, Neil Armstrong and I stepped foot on the Moon, with Michael Collins orbiting close-by. An achievement resulting from years of…
Rupert vs. Donald: Let Them Fight open.substack.com/pub/therickwil…
The Frasier Solar project faced misinformation mostly funded by a dark money group w/ multiple connections to fossil fuel interests and the anti-solar speakers it brought in. @KMKowalski @CanaryMediaInc: bit.ly/4lVB2PH @DispatchAlerts @stateofohioshow @mountvernonnews
Ohio’s Frazier Solar project overcame misinformation to get permit approval, yet regulators’ deference to local governments still raises concerns for siting clean energy. Fossil fuel projects face fewer hurdles in Ohio.@CanaryMediaInc @CSUOHIO @EJTodayNews canarymedia.com/articles/solar…
Well-written analysis in @JAMA_current about how RFK's @CDCgov is taking action contrary to epidemiological evidence. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
If the Emperor has no clothes, and chooses to walk down the Main Street of the city, it may very well be indecorous to call him out as buck naked. But the real wrong in that scenario is in the naked parade down Main Street, not in the call that points the nakedness out.
What if we are in a time when a billionaire-funded scheme has spent decades trying to pack the Court with billionaire-agreeable justices, so as to “capture” the Court in the sense of “regulatory capture” or “agency capture” — and what if the billionaires have finally succeeded?
In light of the public statement made by U.S. President Donald Trump on social media on the afternoon of Wednesday (9), it is important to highlight the following: Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions and will not accept any form of tutelage. The judicial…
…Rader told POLITICO. “They’re making incredibly unpopular decisions of giving away literally billions of dollars to billionaires while undercutting education and Medicaid — we know that’s not popular.” politico.com/news/2025/07/0…