
Joan Meiners
Climate and Environment Reporter at The Arizona Republic
Climate reporter @azcentral ๐ต โข PhD @UFSNRE โข Past lives: ๐ scientist, ๐ฒ racer โข Past words: @DiscoverMag, @NatGeo, @ProPublica, @Orion_Magazine, @NOLAnews
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Joan Meiners
This is part of a monthly series answering readers' climate-related questions andย highlighting Arizona's unsung climate leaders. The stories aim to help connect and inspire Arizonans who care about protecting a livable climate and may be struggling to find hope in that effort. You canย ask a questionย orย nominate an unsung Arizona climate leaderย by filling out this formย atย https://forms.gle/QCCxBPSHGy1bUJQ99ย or by emailing climate reporter Joan Meiners at [email protected].
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1 month ago |
azcentral.com | Joan Meiners
The Republicans' policy bill unravels then-President Joe Biden's landmark climate package and, advocates say, would undermine clean air and water protections. One energy analyst said the bill could tie up clean energy projects with rules like the one imposing a 60-day deadline to start work and a 2028 completion date. Arizona's House members faced criticism for their support of the bill, particularly Rep. Schweikert for not voting and Rep. Ciscomani for his deciding vote.
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1 month ago |
azcentral.com | Joan Meiners
President Donald Trump told hundreds of scientists who volunteer time to produce a climate assessment that he was pausing the report and "dismissing" the researchers. The reports emerged from the George H.W. Bush administration and were produced every four years, bringing together the latest scientific evidence about climate change. The loss of the report could be keenly felt in Arizona, seen as "ground zero" for many climate change impacts.
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2 months ago |
azcentral.com | Joan Meiners
Fire awareness is not new to communities in Arizona's high country, but the losses of life and property in California was a sobering reminder that "it could happen anywhere."Some Arizona communities have adopted "Firewise" methods to protect homes and property from wildfires, but costs and resistance to regulation have slowed work in other parts of the state. Residents of Flagstaff and Pinetop-Lakeside have approved plans to protect their communities.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Joan Meiners
Arizona wildfire seasonTraining wildland firefighters| Grassland threat| Urban wildfire risk High-risk areas | Rebuilding smarter Wildfire forecast (coming soon)As the Palisades and Eaton fires ravaged neighborhoods across Los Angeles throughout January, Flagstaff residents watched nervously from afar, refreshing weather forecasts, hoping for any hint of moisture on the way. By the time the California flames were finally extinguished on Jan.
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Big, beautiful โฆ styled front page in The Arizona Republic today โ my story on whether what happened with devastating urban wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year could happen in forested Arizona cities, and what leaders are doing to prevent that. https://t.co/oQ4gfJJoAn https://t.co/XHHDccQUQG