Aaron Cantú's profile photo

Aaron Cantú

Los Angeles

Investigative Journalist at Freelance

Climate Accountability Reporter at Capital & Main

CA climate accountability reporter @capitalandmain [email protected] [email protected]

Articles

  • 3 days ago | capitalandmain.com | Aaron Cantú

    Only weeks ago, new science had buoyed state legislation to calculate the costs of climate change in California and force fossil fuel companies to pay for it. A study in Nature published last month took the reported emissions of major oil companies and modeled their effects on temperatures, finding their pollution led to $14 trillion in worldwide economic losses due to extreme heat alone.

  • 2 months ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Cantú

    This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. More than $1 billion in federal Environmental Protection Agency funding awarded to California-based agencies and organizations to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels and make climate-friendly investments in working-class communities has been frozen and could be eliminated under a Day One executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

  • Feb 12, 2025 | timesofsandiego.com | Aaron Cantú

    This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. More than $1 billion in federal Environmental Protection Agency funding awarded to California-based agencies and organizations to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels and make climate-friendly investments in working-class communities has been frozen and could be eliminated under a Day One executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

  • Feb 11, 2025 | capitalandmain.com | Aaron Cantú

    More than $1 billion in federal EPA funding awarded to California-based agencies and organizations to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels and make climate-friendly investments in working-class communities has been frozen and could be eliminated under a Day One executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

  • Jan 29, 2025 | metrosiliconvalley.com | Aaron Cantú

    Data center builders in California are using a shortcut in the state’s power plant regulations to construct facilities that use enormous amounts of energy with limited public input. A process originally intended to speed up approvals for emergency power plants for residents and oil drilling and refining is being used to greenlight diesel generators to supply backup power for large computer servers.

Journalists covering the same region

Henni Espinosa

Senior Reporter at ABS-CBN News

Producer and Editor at TFC News

Henni Espinosa primarily covers news in San Francisco, California, United States and surrounding areas including Oakland and Berkeley.

Todd Miyazawa's journalist profile photo

Todd Miyazawa

Network News Assignment Editor at NBC News

Todd Miyazawa primarily covers news in California, United States, including areas around Los Angeles and the Sierra Nevada region.

Kenji G. Taguma's journalist profile photo

Kenji G. Taguma

Editor-in-Chief at Nichi Bei Weekly

Kenji G. Taguma primarily covers news in San Jose, California, United States and surrounding areas including San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Garth Stapley's journalist profile photo

Garth Stapley

Editorial Page Editor at The Modesto Bee

Garth Stapley primarily covers news in the Central Valley region of California, United States, including areas around Modesto and Stockton.

Jonathan Linden's journalist profile photo

Jonathan Linden

Podcast Producer at KVPR-FM (Fresno, CA)

Jonathan Linden primarily covers news in the Central Valley region of California, United States, including areas around Fresno and Merced.

Contact details

Socials & Sites

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →

Coverage map

X (formerly Twitter)

Followers
5K
Tweets
6K
DMs Open
Yes
Aarón Cantú
Aarón Cantú @aaron_con_choco
21 Feb 25

Here's an email from the US office that was working on @IPCC_CH. Says NASA terminated contract on 2/14. Biden admin pushed to have a big role in the next report. NASA Chief Scientist was co-chairing a working group. IPCC authors tell me they're worried. https://t.co/3YLttZpYsp https://t.co/8jAqXumR8Y

Aarón Cantú
Aarón Cantú @aaron_con_choco

Scoop: the White House has dismissed 3 top reps at the US Global Change Research Program with climate expertise This office is critical for international climate collab including at the @IPCC_CH, I reported for @splinter_news https://t.co/toXF86HFmA .

Aarón Cantú
Aarón Cantú @aaron_con_choco
12 Feb 25

Scoop: the White House has dismissed 3 top reps at the US Global Change Research Program with climate expertise This office is critical for international climate collab including at the @IPCC_CH, I reported for @splinter_news https://t.co/toXF86HFmA .

Aarón Cantú
Aarón Cantú @aaron_con_choco
12 Feb 25

I spoke with @KQED about data centers and dirty energy in the Bay Area: https://t.co/CP2bklSxkN