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Miranda Green is an investigative journalist based in Los Angeles who focuses on politics and climate change for national audiences. She is the author of Atmos Magazine’s weekly newsletter, The Understory, and publishes her own climate focused Substack: Evergreen. Previously she was the National Investigative Reporter at Huffpost and the Director of Investigations at Floodlight […]
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Matt speaks with award-winning investigative journalist Miranda Green about the fossil fuel dimensions of the U.S.-Iran conflict. Miranda – author of The Understory, Atmos Magazine’s weekly climate-culture newsletter – traces how the conflict has disrupted roughly 20% of the world’s liquid natural gas and oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, sent gas prices surging […]
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Metric Media filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year. It used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens. Two days after the 2024 elections, Metric Media, the online publishing company, started filing thousands of public records requests. Metric, which operates a network of nearly twelve hundred news sites, sent letters […]
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In Episode 338, Kestrel welcomes Miranda Green, an investigative journalist focused on politics and climate change, to the show. As the author of Atmos Magazine’s weekly newsletter, The Understory, Miranda takes a weekly look behind the climate headlines to question how decisions are made, why they matter, and what they reveal about this moment.
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Each week, award-winning climate journalist Miranda Green offers a look beneath the climate headlines—into how decisions are being made, why they matter, and what they reveal about this moment. Subscribe to The Understory to never miss an edition. As world leaders gather in Belem, Brazil, for the 30th Conference of the Parties to discuss our collective climate future, […]
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The award-winning journalist investigates the people, choices, and backstories behind today’s climate headlines. On the heels of last year’s presidential election, an invigorated Donald Trump promised to enact sweeping industry deregulation and roll back hard-won climate initiatives. In response, Atmos conceived of a new newsletter that would contextualize climate policy under the incoming administration with insights to […]
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Sweltering summers are making an AC a lifesaving device. But despite the heatwaves, millions of Americans simply can’t afford it. The heat in swampy New Orleans, Louisiana is so pervasive that locals say the weather is a mix of mostly summer with other seasons scattered in. Jeffrey Elder, medical director for emergency management at University […]
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In the wake of January’s deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help disabled and senior residents get connected to emergency responders to bring them to safety during disasters. County supervisors approved a feasibility study this spring for such a voluntary database. Supporters applauded the effort to give more notice and […]
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Inspired by a mountain lion isolated from potential mates, the world’s largest wildlife bridge is being built in Los Angeles to allow animals to roam freely. There had been rumours for a few months in the Hollywood Hills that a 90lb (41kg) beast was skulking through one of Los Angeles’s most heavily trafficked parks at night. But […]
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Floodlight earned the Arthur E. Rowse Award for Examining the News Media for their investigation of how energy companies are quietly purchasing local news outlets and employing out-of-work journalists to lend legitimacy to industry messaging — a “news mirage” that masquerades as real journalism, often without readers’ awareness. Floodlight’s Media Manipulation in America was praised […]
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