Rocky Kistner
@therockyfiles
Enviro journalist; SEJ board; co-founder Money Trail on Substack; https://themoneytrail.substack.com; website at https://therockyfiles.org; Mizzou J School grad
The first atomic bomb victims were blown from their bunks: “The former campers developed terrible cancers. Kent suffered from skin and endometrial cancer….Only she and one other of that group of 12 would live past the age of 40.” @washingtonpost share.google/wPIyDQW1a5O5tV…
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Locals in Scotland say Trump's golf courses hit a mulligan: “It was pristine ecology, a wonder of nature, and now look at it...It’s a golf course. We’ve got more than 70 golf courses in northeast Scotland.” @SBHendrix @washingtonpost
UN chief: new investments in exploring for new fossil fuel deposits “will be totally lost” and called them “just a waste of money…we will never be able…to spend all the oil and gas that was already discovered” @AP @borenbears apnews.com/article/guterr…
UN: “Failure of a state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system” calling the climate crisis “an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the very health of our planet.” @AP share.google/7ZYimG85eGQW7r…
Solar vs Big Ag. In California the fight over who controls the land rages as the world burns: "there is a climate crisis. California should act like it." @Sammy_Roth @latimes link.latimes.com/view/652070e27…
“Nearly one in three people are going multiple days without eating, according to the United Nations, and hospitals are reporting rising deaths from malnutrition and starvation.” washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…
The real problem is burning fossil fuels. Somehow that gets lost in the debate.
Gov. Landry kills river diversion project and . . .
Sweaty corn. This I did not know. No wonder it feels humid standing in a cornfield in summer. "A single acre of corn can release up to 4,000 gallons of water into the lower atmosphere per day! That's leading to dew points around 80 degrees. That's more humid than anywhere…
SWEATY CORN is in the forecast for parts of the Upper Midwest and Corn Belt this week. The corn, which is "knee high by July," is evapotranspirating – akin to sweating – profusely. A single acre of corn can release up to 4,000 gallons of water into the lower atmosphere per day!…
Latest from Dean Baker on Substack's Money Trail: "A recession is unlikely, but a slowing economy will hurt a lot of people." Check it out and subscribe. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-money…
African dust is coming, making hurricane formation less likely in the near term. But experts hotter ocean temps will provide more fuel for storms later this summer.
Another plume of #Saharan dust is headed to Central #Florida later this work week. Have a look at the timing folks. #weshwx
Connecting the red dots: scientists say record low temps will be far less common in a hotter world.
In most of the world day-to-day weather variations are still much larger than long-term global warming. As a result, both daily record highs and daily record lows remain common. However as the world warms, new daily record highs consistently far outnumber new daily record lows.
The blob is back.
Coming this August: the long-awaited return of the blue blob! An extended break from extreme humidity and heat could be in the cards for millions of people.
The rich get richer: “Trump’s AI plan is just the latest administration policy that stands to amplify the fortunes of his Silicon Valley supporters, many of whom publicized their support for him in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year…
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Trump E.P.A. plans to repeal critical law that protects Americans from climate threats: “The White House is trying to turn back the clock and re-litigate both the science and the law” @LFFriedman @nytimes nytimes.com/2025/07/22/cli…
That's appropriate for this administration.
Buried in amendments to the Interior Dept. Gov funding bill, is a stipulation that the Kennedy Center Opera House must be renamed the 'First Lady Melania Trump Opera House' in order to receive federal funds. The Appropriations Committee adopted that amendment by a vote of 33-25.
Calling all PNW Freelancers! Join @The_IIJ's @KatherineLewis and SEJ's @aparnamuk for a freelance meetup in Seattle on July 31 at 5:30 PT. Whether you're attending #AAJA25 or not, we hope you'll join us for drinks, light apps and community. RSVP free: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketin…
Join IIJ founder @KatherineLewis and @sejorg for a freelance meetup at this year’s @AAJA conference in Seattle! RSVP here: zeffy.com/ticketing/aaja…
Meanwhile Greece is burning, as usual.
The forest fire in Corinthia, Greece is out of control....🔥
Near record heat in the Gulf, a precursor for powerful storms to come.
Yesterday I posted a near record heat dome, with a claim it was as a 3.5 sigma event (based on our recent statistical data) Here’s the graphic to support the sigma. Maxes out around 3.6 standard deviations from the mean.
In the rising heat, Mont Blanc's glaciers crumble.
The italian side of Mont Blanc is literally crumbling these days! 🔥🪨 Here is a shootage SE from Gonella Hut towards a steep tributary of Miage Gl. 3 days ago A large rock avalanche (size of this block!) fell from ~3500 m and eroded part of the glacier 🎥 Verticalfrontiers/IG