The The Gazette is raising money to go toward a new Report for America position focused on energy and environment coverage. We had our first event last week and have a double your money challenge on the table. Help us get there? gcrcf.iphiview.com/gcrcf/AccountI…

Mangroves, Florida’s natural line of defense against flooding and sea rise, are already threatened by development and habitat loss.

Now, researchers are adding a new threat to that list: disease.

Read more Tampa Bay Times:
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Some of you #onhere might remember when I started The Gazette, I shared I came here to help with a new fundraising effort. #THREADTIME 🧵thegazette.com/news/editors-n…

Thousands of folks read Brittney J. Miller's story last summer about Belle Plaine running out of water. Here's a follow up. thegazette.com/environment-na…

Floridians already struggle with a high cost of living. Skyrocketing electricity bills are making it worse.

Great reporting via Emily L. Mahoney and Teghan Simonton:
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Hey Iowa followers — Olivia Cohen will be The Gazette’s new energy and environment reporter. I can’t wait to read her work. Give her a follow!

New: Jack Evans and I went through 357 pages of material that spells out what the redevelopment around Tropicana Field would look like pending a City Council decision.

It's the most detailed version of the legally-binding document released to date.

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Yesterday, Science Magazine released a paper about what needs to be done to support tribally run green energy projects. My latest from grist
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Citrus greening disease has been killing Florida's citrus groves for the past two decades, and expensive solutions have yet to recover yields, now lower than they were during the Great Depression. 1/
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The fourth in a strong series on cancer in Iowa. Nice work Erin Jordan and Brittney Miller. The state’s fast rising cancer incidence is prompting persistent media attention - essential for activating civic responses. Otherwise Big Ag will impede solutions. thegazette.com/article/cancer…

We at #ialegis owe Iowans so much more than inaction. Cancer researchers reached out to legislators in both houses during the intersession. Append our bills to appropriations bills. SF2250

Here’s how Iowans are battling the state’s dire cancer rates
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Since I began reporting on Florida's environment, I've covered a lot of big decisions to save imperiled wildlife:

2021: The decision to feed starving manatees
2023: Evacuating bleached coral from offshore reefs

And now, the effort to save sawfish:
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Well, I've been scooped on my own career news. But it's true. I'm excited to join the UIowa SJMC faculty in August. Until then, I'll keep cranking.

Warming winters and other climate impacts are reshaping maple syrup season for Indigenous and non-Native producers in the Midwest. 🥞🍁 Our new story is by Bennet Goldstein/Wisconsin Watch & Brittney J. Miller/The Gazette, free to republish: wisconsinwatch.org/2024/03/wiscon…

Important reporting from Brittney J. Miller and Erin Jordan diving into the data and reasons behind rising cancer rates in Iowa.

'Yes, agriculture is important in Iowa, but the health and safety of Iowans is important, too.'

Randy Evans chimes in on recent reports, including Erin Jordan and Brittney J. Miller's The Gazette series on Cancer in Iowa.