THE ROCKY FILES: THE POWER OF PEOPLE
Rocky Kistner
There is nothing more impactful than stories about people on the front lines of climate change and environmental assaults. The fishermen, the farmers, the residents battling refinery pollution and bureaucracies. From the boreal forests of northern Alberta to the polluted refineries of the Gulf of Mexico, I have seen their story-telling power resonate with people all over the world. This site is meant to be a collaboration with people of all walks of life and all regions. Join me and tell your stories. We have the power to make change.
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Military funds spent on war in Iran could pay for Trump’s NOAA budget cuts in one day. Scientists say slashing NOAA’s funding in a climate emergency “is not streamlining. It’s sabotage.” @emorwee
Trump’s NOAA cuts would save less than a day and a half of Iran War spending
There's always money for war. But when it comes to protecting people from climate disasters, suddenly we're told the cupboard is bare.
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Tipping the AMOC tipping point: “For the first 30 years we considered this a low likelihood event — I would have said a 5 percent chance of occurring. It’s more like 50/50 now. I would even say more likely than not.” @YaleE360 @nicolakimjones
Why Fears Are Growing Over the Fate of a Key Atlantic Current
Scientists are increasingly worried that a vast system of ocean circulation, which delivers warmth to northern Europe ...
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Heat wave coming this summer and fall: "a Super El Niño "perhaps the most intense since the epochal El Niño of 1877. The global consequences of that climatic event were so devastating that the environmental historian Mike Davis called them “Late Victorian Holocausts.”
AI’s environmental toll: “there was a reduction in U.S. emissions in 2023 and 2024. That trend, however, was reversed in 2025, at least partially because of the increased electricity demand from artificial intelligence data centers.” @sciam
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high
These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be ...
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Awards
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Edward R. Murrow
Radio-Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow award For investigative reporting on U.S. congressional travel violations, American Public Media’s Marketplace and American RadioWorks (2006) -
George Polk
George Polk award for national television reporting“The Great American Bailout," associate producer PBS Frontline (1991) -
Investigative Reporters & Editors
Investigative Reporters and Editors national television award"That's What Friends Are For," Investigation of AIDS charity abuses by Dionne Warwick’s foundation, reporter and producer, ABC New Day One (1993).






















