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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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 ...
www.scientificamerican.com
Millions at risk on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from dangerous flooding: “The research is solid confirmation of what emergency managers have been saying for years. Realtors will hate it.' @borenbears @AP
New study finds 'alarming' high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts
One of the most comprehensive studies ever of flood risk has determined that more than 17 million people in eigh...
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This will be brutal.
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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).






















