Environment & Public Health Correspondent for Eugene-Springfield Lookout. Email š§ [email protected]
Mid-South āļø Pacific Northwest
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Scientists and health workers in the American West are warning of the rising risk that wildfire smoke poses for pregnant people and newborns, reports @ashliblow for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/thā¦
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Bracing for our smoky future: Scientists and health workers in the American West are sounding the alarm about the risk that wildfire smoke poses to pregnant people and newborns. @ashliblow reports for @newlinesmag: newlinesmag.com/reportage/thā¦
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Should WA's foresters harvest timber or sell it for carbon credits? Small farmers and policy makers work to balance the environment and jobs as emphasis moves toward preserving trees for carbon sequestration. (by @ashliblow @CascadePBSNews @cascadePBS) cascadepbs.org/environment/2ā¦
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This week, the #SEJSpotlight was on freelancer @ashliblow. If you missed her takeover today, check it out below and more here: sej.org/sejspotlight-ashli-bā¦ Join Ashli in SEJās incredible network ā apply for membership: sej.org/how-to-join-sej
Hi, Iām @AshliBlow, an independent journalist covering environmental science, policy, and justice. Today, Iām taking over SEJās account, sharing how Iāve tried to embrace brat summer in my reportingāby being both vulnerable and provocative. #SEJSpotlight
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But Iām still learning because environmental politics and science are constantly evolving. Itās why reporting on climate and justice is "brat" to meāchallenging the status quo and pushing back against what makes us insecure, just like @Charli_XCX says.Ā -@ashliblow
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These stories required analytical thinking, existential questioning, and humbling conversations with communitiesā skills I strengthened in my masterās program at @uwevansschool. @soljourno recently published my capstone project on how journalists can better unpack climate policy:
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And across the West, a shape-shifting fungus is spreading, but governments have failed to track it. Limited data show Latino, Asian, and Native American outdoor workers are most at risk of life-threatening disease. For @SciAm: scientificamerican.com/articā¦
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Over to Seattle, what happens after a Superfund site is cleaned up? Gentrification or community empowerment? I explored this along the Duwamish River with @UrbanistOrg.
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I am based in the PNW with strong roots in my hometown of Memphis. Different natural resources issues, same environmental injustice concerns. Letās start with the 901. With @MLK50Memphis, we reported on the tradeoffs of Elon Musksā supercomputer. mlk50.com/2024/07/22/memphisā¦
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Hi, Iām @AshliBlow, an independent journalist covering environmental science, policy, and justice. Today, Iām taking over SEJās account, sharing how Iāve tried to embrace brat summer in my reportingāby being both vulnerable and provocative. #SEJSpotlight
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#SEJSpotlight: Donāt miss this story by SEJ member @ashliblow ā āAs U.S. insurers stop covering prescribed burns, states and communities step upā news.mongabay.com/2023/11/asā¦ More on Ashli and her work: sej.org/sejspotlight-ashli-bā¦ Tune in tomorrow as she takes over @sejorg!
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#SEJSpotlight: Check out this story by SEJ member @ashliblow ā āMemphis leaders celebrate xAI, but will its āburdenā go unchecked?ā mlk50.com/2024/07/22/memphisā¦ More on Ashli and her work: sej.org/sejspotlight-ashli-bā¦ Follow along this Friday as Ashli takes over @sejorg!
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#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member @AshliBlow, a freelance solutions journalist covering the intersection of environmental science, policy and justice. Learn more and check out her work: sej.org/sejspotlight-ashli-bā¦ Follow along on Friday as Ashli takes over @sejorg!
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King Countyās landfill is scrambling to solve its methane problem. Cedar Hills in Maple Valley is ranked among the top 50 methane-producing landfills in the country. But new science and policy breakthroughs could help. (by @ashliblow @CascadePBSNews) crosscut.com/environment/202ā¦
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Elon Musk's plans for an energy- and water-intensive supercomputer have rattled Boxtown, Memphis. The historically Black neighborhood has dealt with toxic facility clusters upstream and recently warded off the Byhalia pipeline. (@ashliblow/ @MLK50Memphis)
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We can not accept Southwest Memphis being used as waterhole for corporate exploitation while we continue to suffocate from poisonous air that @xai contributes to with thier generators. Where is the care for our community?
Thank you @ashliblow & @MLK50Memphis
NEW ON MLK50: Even as xAI is on track to use enough energy to power a small city, MLGW representatives have said in city council and utility board meetings that its system has the capacity to take on the demand, safely and reliably. bit.ly/4ffBdmA
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Memphis joins a growing list of cities, where infrastructure plans for supercomputers unfold in communities of color... mlk50.com/2024/07/22/memphisā¦ via @ashliblow for @mlk50memphis
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NEW ON MLK50: Even as xAI is on track to use enough energy to power a small city, MLGW representatives have said in city council and utility board meetings that its system has the capacity to take on the demand, safely and reliably. bit.ly/4ffBdmA
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NEW ON MLK50: Memphis leaders celebrate xAI, but will its āburdenā go unchecked?
āWe canāt continue to perpetuate & allow corporations to act in this exact same way that theyāve done for nearly 100 years, where they continue to exploit our communities." bit.ly/4ffBdmA
