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Get ready for five stories in five days.
In the five months since I left the Los Angeles Times — no, I can’t believe it’s been five months already — I’ve been working days, nights and weekends here at Climate-Colored Goggles to tell stories you won’t find anywhere else.
I broke the news that the Washington Post and CBS News were gutting their climate teams, and that Hollywood’s leading sustainability group had decided to cut ties with Toyota over the car company’s climate hypocrisy. I called out a top L.A. politician for denying that the Palisades fire was stoked by global warming (a story totally ignored by legacy media) and shared my frank analysis of the leading candidates for California governor. I celebrated the end of coal in California, and profiled the New Jersey-born clean energy engineer playing hockey at the Winter Olympics.
Between news events, I’ve explored how climate and energy are portrayed in movies, TV shows, auto shows, studio marketing campaigns, even at Disneyland — sometimes for better, sometimes not. I’ve continued shining a spotlight on fossil fuel advertising in sports, at Dodger Stadium and elsewhere. I’ve critiqued shoddy climate messaging, whether it’s coming from Matt Yglesias or Bill Gates. I’ve even tried my hand at the true crime genre, investigating a tragic desert murder with potentially significant implications for Western water and energy.
I’m extremely grateful to everyone supporting Climate-Colored Goggles with a paid subscription. Really, I’m grateful to everyone who has signed up — all 6,000 of you!
But right now, fewer than 10% of total subscribers are paying for my work. I know not everyone can afford to pay. But I hope and believe that more of you can.
So this week, I’m going to publish one story every day for the next five days (fingers crossed), in hopes of signing up 50 new paid subscribers this week.
If you’ve been enjoying Climate-Colored Goggles and want to help me keep doing it, please take this opportunity to chip in. I’m 33 years old and trying to build a career as an independent climate storyteller. I can’t do it alone.
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No matter what happens, I’ll keep most stories free for all readers. The climate crisis is too important to keep too much of this stuff behind a paywall.
I’m confident that if I work hard and tell stories that matter, this newsletter will work out. I hope you’ll help prove me right.
Sammy, the League of Women Voters loves you! Your reporting is spot on! We’ve developed Ten Actions for Cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions based on review of Climate Plans from around the country. These are the most effective and implementable actions that cities can take. The Ten Actions are a shortcut that cities can use. Starting from scratch and doing all the planning takes time and money. Can we share our one pager with you? There’s a backup report too.
Done.