Avery Ellfeldt (@aellfeldt) 's Twitter Profile
Avery Ellfeldt

@aellfeldt

Reporter for @AKpublicnews' Alaska Desk. Past: @politico, @EENewsUpdates, @npr, @BGOV. CO born, AK based 🏔️

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Zoya Teirstein (@zteirstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The last time I saw John talk about a storm like this, he was begging Puerto Ricans to get out of the way of a Category 4 named Maria. grist.org/article/miami-…

Emma Dumain (@emma_dumain) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We asked 42 Republicans who cast themselves as climate leaders and/or were affected by Helene/Milton if they thought global warming was responsible for the storms + were they now motivated to back policies reducing emissions. 4 responded; 0 made the link eenews.net/articles/hurri…

Ryan Warner (@cprwarner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Colorado one person has died and 26 others are sick from what the CDC calls "a severe E. Coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders." The specific ingredient hasn't been identified, but investigators are focused on onions and beef patties. cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreak…

Tom Frank (@bytomfrank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#DonaldTrump refused to act on @GovInslee request for $37 million in federal disaster aid in 2020 because of a bitter personal dispute with the Democratic governor, an investigation by POLITICO’s E&E News shows “An outrageous abuse of power,” Inslee says. eenews.net/articles/trump…

Tessa Stuart (@tessastuart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I don't think I've ever cried so much working on a story. Here is Deborah Dorbert, who was forced by Ron DeSantis to give birth to a baby she knew would die, in her own words: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) 's Twitter Profile Photo

EXCLUSIVE Elon Musk worked in the US illegally. Investors ordered him to get a visa. He admitted it in an email. Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally - The Washington Post by ⁦Faiz Siddiqui⁩ ⁦Nick Miroff⁩ & me washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

Safe Climate Campaign now @safe-climate.bsky.soc (@safe_climate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The fastest-moving wildfires are by far the most destructive because they force firefighters to focus on saving lives — instead of saving property. Now, researchers have worse news: Wildfires are growing faster with climate change. Avery Ellfeldt subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

Nathaniel Minor (@nbminor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Colorado lands $66 million federal grant that officials say will ‘turbocharge’ Front Range passenger rail. cpr.org/2024/10/29/col…

Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It just hit me: there are *TWO* reporters left at WAMU 88.5, a station that covers a metropolitan area of 6 million people. That’s one-tenth the size the newsroom was two years ago, and the smallest it has been in two decades.

Declan Harty (@declanharty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Donald Trump’s political future is hanging in the balance of the presidential election this week. A major chunk of his fortune may be, too. For today's Morning Money: A moment of truth for Trump’s stock-market riches politico.com/newsletters/mo…

POLITICO (@politico) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exxon's CEO warned that rollbacks to U.S. climate policy will make the future "that much more challenging.” “I don’t think the challenge or the need to address global emissions is going to go away,” he told us. politico.com/news/2024/11/1…

Emma Dumain (@emma_dumain) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Relevant because her agency, the Dept of Homeland Security, houses FEMA, which oversees responses to natural disasters, which are becoming increasingly more frequent and severe thanks to climate change

Tom Frank (@bytomfrank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Internal FEMA email directs senior agency workers to "make a list of anyone who worked on or works on climate, environmental justice, equity, DEIA." “This will impact the majority of our staff,” email says. politico.com/news/2025/02/1…

Alaska Public Media News (@akpublicnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The University of Alaska system will no longer use or refer to “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” or other similar words on its websites, print or electronic communications, programs and positions. akpub.io/4bdpDqc