I cover climate, nature and the environment for @AFP

Washington, DC
Joined October 2010
Our take: Trump's clean car rollback, requested by automakers, is a Trojan SUV that will lead to the demise of the American auto makers because they don't have to compete against the best technology in the world." Dan Becker @CenterForBioDiv @IssamAhmed hindustantimes.com/genesis/t…
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So proud of my unnecessarily modest friend @abidhussayn for winning the Edward R Murrow award for his work on the Pak India War of 2025!!! 🌟 🏆
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Our BA pass babus are also uprooting indigenous trees in Islamabad, and replacing them with a wave of shadeless palm trees at the foothills of Himalayas. This obsession to mimic Dubai is pure madness, which will eventually turn our capital into a burning furnace during summers.
This guy is hell bent on making Islamabad like Lahore. Margalla hills is a protected national park. Building a park will open doors for other activities in the hills. Don’t think we don’t see what you are doing here.
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Absolutely insane that an unelected media baron w/ no connection to Islamabad can take over the city, displace 1000s of local inhabitants, take a literal axe to its deeply cherished ecology & turn it into a concrete hellscape without consulting a single resident in the process.
محسن نقوی کی زیرصدارت اجلاس میں یہ فیصلہ کیا گیا ہے کہ مارگلہ کی پہاڑیوں کے دامن میں ایک ہزار ایکڑ پر نیا پارک بنے گا جبکہ بین الاقوامی معیار کی فرمز کے ساتھ جوائنٹ ونچر کے تحت فائیو سٹار ہوٹل بھی بنائے جائیں گے
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The missing WSO from the shot-down USAF F-15E is now safe and back in American hands. An officer involved in monitoring the CSAR in southern Iran describing the aviator’s incredible tenacity: “He evaded up a 7k ridge. They’ve been schwackin’ dudes chasing him all day. Was nuts.” #iran #csar
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🚨 The U.S. Air Force F-15E weapon systems officer has been recovered alive after ejecting over Iran yesterday, journalist Jack Murphy reports. He said the WSO was evading capture on the ground as Iranian forces searched the area, with a “massive firefight” reported at the recovery site. Murphy is a journalist and military commentator who previously served in U.S. Army Special Operations (including as a Green Beret). He is the co-founder of The High Side, hosts The Team House podcast, and reports on national security and covert operations.
Good news for once. F-15 WSO recovered alive. Was escaping and evading. Massive fire fight on tgt. Iranians were actively looking for him in the area.
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Reports of the second USAF aircrew member rescued is an answer to all our prayers. I honor the bravery of our search and rescue teams and our special forces. I hope no casualties. And, I salute the F-15E Weapon Systems Officer who put their survival skills to work in a very dangerous and harrowing situation.
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It appears the rescue operation is underway
BREAKING: Major clashes between US Army Special Forces and IRGC Ground Forces are reported in the Milas mount of the Rig Mountains in Charmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. USAF CSAR teams have located the second crew member of the downed F-15E of the 494th FS and are attempting to rescue him. Their aircraft and helicopters are under small and heavy arms fire from the IRGC, Basij militants, as well as nomad fighters. A-10Cs and F-35As of the USAF, together with at least one HC-130J and two HH-60Ws, are present at the site. #OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar
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