MC O'Connor
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Tweets about the waste stream, climate, plastic, and mining. Big fan of arugula. Climate Reporting Fellow @KALW and 2023 Audio Academy Fellow at same.
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I produced this episode and learned a lot from Rob Gramlich about how the grid works (and how much is riding on it). It's one part of a much bigger story, but it's a nice bite-sized chunk.
As pressure mounts on the International Seabed Authority to regulate the extraction of EV battery metals from ocean ecosystems, a leadership fight is brewing bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green
Last week artist Lauren Strohacker projected images of borderlands wildlife harmed by border policies on the wall in Nogales, Ariz. The images capture the beauty and cruelty present in the borderlands. website: laurenstrohacker.org Twitter: Lauren Strohacker
100 years ago today, the nation's first official wilderness area was born, in New Mexico's Gila National Forest. Here's my latest story for High Country News, a summary of years of reporting about the history & future of designated wilderness. Would love it if you gave it a read!
But we hope it's not the end of the journey, and in spite of what's been done to National Endowment for the Humanities we hope the series can continue in some form. In the meantime, please enjoy our what our Roving Philosophical Reporter, MC O'Connor, learned about Foot's life and times: youtu.be/aePK6JRh3go.