Christine Spolar
@cspolar.bsky.social
Stuff I read: facts. Former FT, NYT, WashPost, Bloomberg, KFF Health
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Such a smart and timely story on the ecological nightmare that is Iran, and its human toll. I don’t think you’ll read the story anywhere except at Inside Climate News. From @katiesurma.bsky.social … insideclimatenews.org/news/1401202...
Iran’s Regime Has Survived War, Sanctions and Uprising. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down. - Inside Climate News
Decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests rocking the country.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Such a smart and timely story on the ecological nightmare that is Iran, and its human toll. I don’t think you’ll read the story anywhere except at Inside Climate News. From @katiesurma.bsky.social … insideclimatenews.org/news/1401202...
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🧵Context/analysis on Venezuela and Greenland from @insideclimatenews.org colleagues:
1/ Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say
insideclimatenews.org/news/0701202...
1/ Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say
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Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say - Inside Climate News
Given Venezuela’s murky political future, few analysts expect a rush to invest the billions needed to pump more oil from the world’s largest reserves.
insideclimatenews.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🧵Context/analysis on Venezuela and Greenland from @insideclimatenews.org colleagues:
1/ Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say
insideclimatenews.org/news/0701202...
1/ Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say
insideclimatenews.org/news/0701202...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Announces It Will Cease Operations www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Announces It Will Cease Operations
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January 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Announces It Will Cease Operations www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
Arizona's AG: “More and more people are finding themselves harmed by big corporations and by the consolidation of power...not very many politicians seem willing to get in there and lead the fight. I don’t have any problem doing that." @wyattmyskow.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0501202...
Arizona’s AG Is Clear-Eyed About the State’s Energy Costs and Water Scarcity—but Can It Help Her Win Reelection? - Inside Climate News
Kris Mayes, the only Arizona politician to win a statewide office as both a Republican and a Democrat, is fighting utilities, industrial ag, the mining industry and the Trump administration in a polit...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Arizona's AG: “More and more people are finding themselves harmed by big corporations and by the consolidation of power...not very many politicians seem willing to get in there and lead the fight. I don’t have any problem doing that." @wyattmyskow.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0501202...
Desflurane is a common anesthetic used in operating rooms worldwide. It’s also a climate super pollutant. The Yale New Haven Health System changed that and now relies primarily on sevoflurane--and saves $1.2 million a year. Read more w/ @mckennapr.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0501202...
Health Care Providers Are Dropping a Common Anesthesia Drug That’s Also a Climate Super Pollutant - Inside Climate News
Limiting use of desflurane helps hospitals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions; the European Union now prohibits its use during most procedures.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Desflurane is a common anesthetic used in operating rooms worldwide. It’s also a climate super pollutant. The Yale New Haven Health System changed that and now relies primarily on sevoflurane--and saves $1.2 million a year. Read more w/ @mckennapr.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0501202...
I'm in Germany this week and v glad to be reading @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The New German War Machine
After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again.
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I'm in Germany this week and v glad to be reading @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Venezuelan Oil Industry Trump Is Planning to Revive www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...
The Venezuelan Oil Industry Trump Is Planning to Revive
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January 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The Venezuelan Oil Industry Trump Is Planning to Revive www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...
Monuments in Texas say her tribe went extinct. But Donnel Point offers evidence of a people who lived then and now, say historians and resident Love Sanchez. The land--and @dylanbaddour.bsky.social--offer facts at odds with a narrative taught in Texas schools. insideclimatenews.org/news/2312202...
Indigenous Groups Fight to Save Rediscovered Settlement Site on an Industrial Waterfront in Texas - Inside Climate News
Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site at Donnel Point may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical industries.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Monuments in Texas say her tribe went extinct. But Donnel Point offers evidence of a people who lived then and now, say historians and resident Love Sanchez. The land--and @dylanbaddour.bsky.social--offer facts at odds with a narrative taught in Texas schools. insideclimatenews.org/news/2312202...
Fracking once was seen as an energy gift to Pennsylvania consumers. But companies now are exporting the gas. People in PA are paying big electric bills. @kiley.bsky.social asks: why aren’t residents benefiting more from the resource beneath their feet? insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania - Inside Climate News
Fracking was supposed to lower Pennsylvanians’ electric bills. Instead, they’re higher than ever—and they’re about to get worse.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Fracking once was seen as an energy gift to Pennsylvania consumers. But companies now are exporting the gas. People in PA are paying big electric bills. @kiley.bsky.social asks: why aren’t residents benefiting more from the resource beneath their feet? insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
Inside Climate News looks back on 2025: The United States largely ceded its leadership role in global climate policy, and helped solidify China as the ascendant power...and there is growing market, absent the US, for solar power and electric vehicles. insideclimatenews.org/news/2812202...
The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty - Inside Climate News
Global inaction on fossil fuel and plastic treaties, the dismantling of federal agencies and regulations and the rapid rise of data centers were just a few of the consequential stories that Inside Cli...
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January 3, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Inside Climate News looks back on 2025: The United States largely ceded its leadership role in global climate policy, and helped solidify China as the ascendant power...and there is growing market, absent the US, for solar power and electric vehicles. insideclimatenews.org/news/2812202...
Fracking and oil and gas waste? “There are no national regulations. There are only state regulations and they vary a lot,” said Sheldon Landsberger, an engineering professor at University of Texas at Austin. Read what Inside Climate News saw in Pennsylvania... insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...
Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’ - Inside Climate News
More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.
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January 3, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Fracking and oil and gas waste? “There are no national regulations. There are only state regulations and they vary a lot,” said Sheldon Landsberger, an engineering professor at University of Texas at Austin. Read what Inside Climate News saw in Pennsylvania... insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...
"American Canto is Nuzzi’s attempt to elevate a grubby affair to the status of the mythic, to transmute the base metal of Page Six sexting stories into the gold of literary reflections on the political moment." YES.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Tell-Nothing Memoir
Can “American Canto” turn scandal into literature?
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December 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"American Canto is Nuzzi’s attempt to elevate a grubby affair to the status of the mythic, to transmute the base metal of Page Six sexting stories into the gold of literary reflections on the political moment." YES.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Read every word.... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The New German War Machine
After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Read every word.... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
After Deadly Fire, Hong Kong Ominously Warns Grieving Citizens to Stay in Line www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
After Deadly Fire, Hong Kong Ominously Warns Grieving Citizens to Stay in Line
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December 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
After Deadly Fire, Hong Kong Ominously Warns Grieving Citizens to Stay in Line www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
The Pittsburgh Symphony Plays How an Orchestra Should Sound www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
The Pittsburgh Symphony Plays How an Orchestra Should Sound
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December 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Pittsburgh Symphony Plays How an Orchestra Should Sound www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
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What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
Miroslaw Chojecki, Solidarity’s ‘Minister of Smuggling,’ Dies at 76 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
Miroslaw Chojecki, Solidarity’s ‘Minister of Smuggling,’ Dies at 76
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Miroslaw Chojecki, Solidarity’s ‘Minister of Smuggling,’ Dies at 76 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
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Fully agree with my paper's editorial on Trump. Ukraine needs Europe to stop flattering Trump the conman and take a clear stand for its own survival and values. www.ft.com/content/8ccf...
Trump’s world view: cynical, self-interested and money-grabbing
Latest Ukraine peace plan presented by the US would be a capitulation to Moscow
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Fully agree with my paper's editorial on Trump. Ukraine needs Europe to stop flattering Trump the conman and take a clear stand for its own survival and values. www.ft.com/content/8ccf...
Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
AH! "Kyoto" has opened at Lincoln Center...timely play for these climate times (and before the #COP in November...) Here's my interview with the playwrights (during its London run) insideclimatenews.org/news/2903202...
Climate Change Is Must-See Theater in London. Meet the Playwrights Behind “Kyoto” - Inside Climate News
The 1997 U.N. climate agreement in Japan has been turned into a play that explores the politics and personalities behind the first global deal to limit greenhouse gases.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
AH! "Kyoto" has opened at Lincoln Center...timely play for these climate times (and before the #COP in November...) Here's my interview with the playwrights (during its London run) insideclimatenews.org/news/2903202...
Good morning...:) youtu.be/GFTHzzFA-TQ?...
ERIC LU – final round (19th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)
YouTube video by Chopin Institute
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October 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Good morning...:) youtu.be/GFTHzzFA-TQ?...
