Paige Vega
@paigeblank.bsky.social
Senior climate and Future Perfect editor @vox.com | Helping launch early career journalists at @uprootproject.bsky.social + @sejorg.bsky.social + Vox Media's Writers' Workshop| Previously at High Country News
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Cheap, clean, plentiful energy doesn’t just help people save money on their power bills; it unlocks new industries, makes thorny political problems moot, and helps repair the planet. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/Q8l4XQ
The long, fun list of things we could do with unlimited clean energy
Imagine we had cheap and abundant energy. Some radical ideas are actually within our reach.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cheap, clean, plentiful energy doesn’t just help people save money on their power bills; it unlocks new industries, makes thorny political problems moot, and helps repair the planet. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/Q8l4XQ
A future built on overflowing clean energy isn’t utopian, it’s actually within our reach. And if we make it a priority to unlock cheap and abundant energy, that raises the interesting — and fun — question: What we should do with it?
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4703...
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4703...
The long, fun list of things we could do with unlimited clean energy
Imagine we had cheap and abundant energy. Some radical ideas are actually within our reach.
www.vox.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A future built on overflowing clean energy isn’t utopian, it’s actually within our reach. And if we make it a priority to unlock cheap and abundant energy, that raises the interesting — and fun — question: What we should do with it?
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4703...
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4703...
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Colorado brought wolves back for the first time in 80 years, but now a few years into the historic reintroduction, many of them are dead.
Restoring predators is never simple and the real test is just beginning.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4700...
Restoring predators is never simple and the real test is just beginning.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4700...
Colorado has wolves again for the first time in 80 years. Why are they dying?
A controversial reintroduction program is off to a messy start.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Colorado brought wolves back for the first time in 80 years, but now a few years into the historic reintroduction, many of them are dead.
Restoring predators is never simple and the real test is just beginning.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4700...
Restoring predators is never simple and the real test is just beginning.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4700...
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Critics argue that we lack long-term data on the effects of antidepressants on brain development. RFK Jr. is a long-time critic of the medications and has called for more research into their efficacy. He’s also made false claims linking their use to mass shootings.
MAHA’s war on antidepressants
RFK Jr. and his supporters are asking the wrong questions about these medications.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Critics argue that we lack long-term data on the effects of antidepressants on brain development. RFK Jr. is a long-time critic of the medications and has called for more research into their efficacy. He’s also made false claims linking their use to mass shootings.
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Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
Don't miss this new @vox.com project that uncovers the rapidly changing world of fish farming.
Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Eating the Ocean
How underwater factory farms are reshaping our food system.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Don't miss this new @vox.com project that uncovers the rapidly changing world of fish farming.
Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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When a doctor isn’t present during a birth, there’s one essential person who can be the difference between life and death: a midwife.
How to deliver a baby with no supplies
These women save countless lives every year. We need more of them.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When a doctor isn’t present during a birth, there’s one essential person who can be the difference between life and death: a midwife.
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This holiday season, your membership goes further: when you join Vox as an annual Member, we’ll gift a complimentary membership to a reader facing financial barriers. http://www.vox.com/support-membership
This holiday season, your membership goes further: when you join Vox as an annual Member, we’ll gift a complimentary membership to a reader facing financial barriers. http://www.vox.com/support-membership
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Join Vox. Double your impact. 💛
This holiday season, your membership goes further: when you join Vox as an annual Member, we’ll gift a complimentary membership to a reader facing financial barriers. http://www.vox.com/support-membership
This holiday season, your membership goes further: when you join Vox as an annual Member, we’ll gift a complimentary membership to a reader facing financial barriers. http://www.vox.com/support-membership
Colorado brought wolves back for the first time in 80 years, but now a few years into the historic reintroduction, many of them are dead.
Restoring predators is never simple and the real test is just beginning.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4700...
Restoring predators is never simple and the real test is just beginning.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4700...
Colorado has wolves again for the first time in 80 years. Why are they dying?
A controversial reintroduction program is off to a messy start.
www.vox.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Colorado brought wolves back for the first time in 80 years, but now a few years into the historic reintroduction, many of them are dead.
Restoring predators is never simple and the real test is just beginning.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4700...
Restoring predators is never simple and the real test is just beginning.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4700...
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until quite recently, I had never thought much about fish, but now they're all I think about
Please read my piece about FISH MINDS! the great fish pain debate, and what it tells us about science and ourselves. gift link in reply!
Please read my piece about FISH MINDS! the great fish pain debate, and what it tells us about science and ourselves. gift link in reply!
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
until quite recently, I had never thought much about fish, but now they're all I think about
Please read my piece about FISH MINDS! the great fish pain debate, and what it tells us about science and ourselves. gift link in reply!
Please read my piece about FISH MINDS! the great fish pain debate, and what it tells us about science and ourselves. gift link in reply!
Broadly, humans flatten the dimension, the complexity of fish.
But @mbolotnikova.bsky.social's latest story traces the contested question of whether fish feel pain and shows how the limits of our imagination shape the limits of their world.
Smart piece from @vox.com www.vox.com/future-perfe...
But @mbolotnikova.bsky.social's latest story traces the contested question of whether fish feel pain and shows how the limits of our imagination shape the limits of their world.
Smart piece from @vox.com www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The surprisingly profound debate over whether fish feel pain
We can never prove that other animals are conscious. What do we do with that?
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November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Broadly, humans flatten the dimension, the complexity of fish.
But @mbolotnikova.bsky.social's latest story traces the contested question of whether fish feel pain and shows how the limits of our imagination shape the limits of their world.
Smart piece from @vox.com www.vox.com/future-perfe...
But @mbolotnikova.bsky.social's latest story traces the contested question of whether fish feel pain and shows how the limits of our imagination shape the limits of their world.
Smart piece from @vox.com www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The meat industry is finally being pushed to answer for years of misleading climate claims.
New settlements against Tyson and JBS show that real accountability is possible.
@kennytorrella.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
New settlements against Tyson and JBS show that real accountability is possible.
@kennytorrella.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The meat industry’s climate accountability moment is here
Two lawsuits called out Big Meat’s bluff. And it worked.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The meat industry is finally being pushed to answer for years of misleading climate claims.
New settlements against Tyson and JBS show that real accountability is possible.
@kennytorrella.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
New settlements against Tyson and JBS show that real accountability is possible.
@kennytorrella.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Meet the 2025 Future Perfect 25.
As we began thinking of how to organize the 2025 list, we realized the most urgent story in our wheelhouse is the squeeze on foreign aid and on global health and development, which threatens to reverse some of the most important progress humanity has ever made.
As we began thinking of how to organize the 2025 list, we realized the most urgent story in our wheelhouse is the squeeze on foreign aid and on global health and development, which threatens to reverse some of the most important progress humanity has ever made.
The 2025 Future Perfect 25
Meet the heroes keeping global progress alive.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Meet the 2025 Future Perfect 25.
As we began thinking of how to organize the 2025 list, we realized the most urgent story in our wheelhouse is the squeeze on foreign aid and on global health and development, which threatens to reverse some of the most important progress humanity has ever made.
As we began thinking of how to organize the 2025 list, we realized the most urgent story in our wheelhouse is the squeeze on foreign aid and on global health and development, which threatens to reverse some of the most important progress humanity has ever made.
A wee bit of industry news: Happy to share that I recently moved into a new role @vox.com
I'll still be editing climate + biodiversity sections and will also steer our coverage of science, health, and edit stories at Future Perfect, where we explore the best frameworks to do more good in the world.
I'll still be editing climate + biodiversity sections and will also steer our coverage of science, health, and edit stories at Future Perfect, where we explore the best frameworks to do more good in the world.
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A wee bit of industry news: Happy to share that I recently moved into a new role @vox.com
I'll still be editing climate + biodiversity sections and will also steer our coverage of science, health, and edit stories at Future Perfect, where we explore the best frameworks to do more good in the world.
I'll still be editing climate + biodiversity sections and will also steer our coverage of science, health, and edit stories at Future Perfect, where we explore the best frameworks to do more good in the world.
Today, @izzieramirez.bsky.social and @vox.com's Future Perfect team launched our annual list of extraordinary changemakers keeping global progress alive at a moment when foreign aid and development are under immense pressure.
There's so much to be inspired by here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
There's so much to be inspired by here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The 2025 Future Perfect 25
Meet the heroes keeping global progress alive.
www.vox.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Today, @izzieramirez.bsky.social and @vox.com's Future Perfect team launched our annual list of extraordinary changemakers keeping global progress alive at a moment when foreign aid and development are under immense pressure.
There's so much to be inspired by here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
There's so much to be inspired by here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Our last feature in our @vox.com series on biodiversity collapse in Madagascar is out.
In this story, @benjij.bsky.social follows scientists racing to protect iconic chameleons as wildfires close in on their last refuges.
www.vox.com/climate/4686...
In this story, @benjij.bsky.social follows scientists racing to protect iconic chameleons as wildfires close in on their last refuges.
www.vox.com/climate/4686...
Scientists are racing to save these iconic animals in Madagascar
Fires are coming. Can scientists act fast enough?
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November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Our last feature in our @vox.com series on biodiversity collapse in Madagascar is out.
In this story, @benjij.bsky.social follows scientists racing to protect iconic chameleons as wildfires close in on their last refuges.
www.vox.com/climate/4686...
In this story, @benjij.bsky.social follows scientists racing to protect iconic chameleons as wildfires close in on their last refuges.
www.vox.com/climate/4686...
Our team spoke with a group of people from a variety of backgrounds—a young gig worker, a father and husband, an early retiree, and a middle-aged entrepreneur—who are facing impossible choices as their health care costs climb.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/46855...
@dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/46855...
Meet the newly uninsured
Millions of Americans will soon go without insurance. We spoke with some of them.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our team spoke with a group of people from a variety of backgrounds—a young gig worker, a father and husband, an early retiree, and a middle-aged entrepreneur—who are facing impossible choices as their health care costs climb.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/46855...
@dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/46855...
In Madagascar, the fight to save wildlife has never been just about wildlife. It’s about addressing the entrenched challenges that impact the humans who depend on the same forests.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4676...
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4676...
The world’s lemurs are going extinct. This is the only way to save them.
To protect Madagascar’s iconic animals, wildlife groups need to think beyond wildlife.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In Madagascar, the fight to save wildlife has never been just about wildlife. It’s about addressing the entrenched challenges that impact the humans who depend on the same forests.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4676...
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4676...
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"It’s a complicated situation: The health and well-being of people along the coast depends on fishing, yet too much fishing is a key reason why the reef, and the fishery it supports, is in decline."
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth
Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"It’s a complicated situation: The health and well-being of people along the coast depends on fishing, yet too much fishing is a key reason why the reef, and the fishery it supports, is in decline."
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4677...
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4677...
Clean energy could become a huge political winner
Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races — and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4677...
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4677...
Trump thinks cutting regulations will save you money. Nope.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4672...
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4672...
Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car
The president hates EVs. But his policies are making gas cars more expensive too.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump thinks cutting regulations will save you money. Nope.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4672...
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4672...
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🚨Just launched: @vox.com's most ambitious biodviersity reporting project of the year.
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
Most animals on this island nation are found nowhere else on Earth. And now they’re vanishing.
The only way to save them is to put people first.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨Just launched: @vox.com's most ambitious biodviersity reporting project of the year.
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
@benjij.bsky.social went to Madagascar to find out what it takes to save one of the world’s most unique ecosystems — and learned that the answer begins with putting people first.
www.vox.com/climate/4649...
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In very very likely a first for @vox.com, this story is also available in Malagasy, Madagascar's national language.
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
Miankina amin’ny ranomasina izy ireo mba hivelomany. Saingy ankehitriny, miharava ny aina velona ao an-dranomasina.
Ny fiarovana ny tontolo iainana dia matetika nampifandona ny natiora sy ny olona mahantra. Mitady làlana vaovao i Madagasikara.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In very very likely a first for @vox.com, this story is also available in Malagasy, Madagascar's national language.
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
Ny krizy ara-politika sy ara-tontolo iainana ao Madagasikara. Mety hanampy ny famerenana amin’ny laoniny ny haran-dranomasina ve?
www.vox.com/climate/4654...
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The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
A data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity bill
Consumers are finally pushing back on AI-driven data expansion. Will it matter?
www.vox.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
A data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity bill
Consumers are finally pushing back on AI-driven data expansion. Will it matter?
www.vox.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...