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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Judge blasts Trump administration and reinstates 1,000 VOA staff: “The defendants’ persistent omission and withholding of key information in this case has been a Hallmark production in bad faith” @ScottNover @washingtonpost
Judge reinstates 1,000 Voice of America employees, deems wind-down illegal
A federal judge ruled that the administration’s dismantling of Voice of America was unlawful and ordered more than 1,000 employees back to work.
wapo.st
Blacks are more at risk from eating processed foods: "Black people had a 6.1% increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and dying from heart disease for each additional daily serving of ultraprocessed foods, compared with a 3.2% increased risk for other racial groups."
It's March and Nebraska is on fire: "The Morrill, Cottonwood, Anderson Bridge and Road 203 fires have burned a collective 747,167 acres of land in the state as of March 16 with 0% containment" via @usatoday @KateCPerez_
Over 700,000 acres of land burnt as Nebraska battles largest fires in state history
Hundreds of thousands of acres of land in central and western Nebraska are burning as the state fights to control the largest fires in its history.
www.usatoday.com
Wow. Alzheimers research cut 52%, mental health down 47%, basic biomedical research off 46%. We are destroying research we depend on.

We were told NIH funding cuts were about eliminating DEI.
But the data now shows grants are down across nearly every field of medicine: cancer, diabetes, mental health, brain disorders.
With the greatest cuts hitting Alzheimer’s research, down more than 50%.
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Exxon spill Mayflower, AR
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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).






















