🌵 Climate reporter (The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com) 🐝 Bee doctor (Ecology Ph.D. @UF) 🚴‍♀️ Outdoor athlete (runner, thruhiker, skier, former bike racer) 🖤 Listen. Be human. Fight bullshit. https://www.azcentral.com/staff/5308605002/joan-meiners/https://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3mvlc6xvl2s22Last month, a whole slew of news outlets publ. that the cottonwoods uprooted in AZ for the border wall were “ancient”, or 200 years old. Apparently none of them fact-checked this with a scientist. I did. She said they’re at most 146, but age is not why they matter: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/environment/climate/2026/09/15/cottonwood-trees-on-border-matter-at-any-age-scientist-says/91652016007/15 Sep 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlc6xvl2s22https://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3mvg7z6tmmc2eThis is NOT an “Exclusive!” Honestly, @washingtonpost.com, this is really gross. AZ local 12News had this scoop last week. When you steal work like this, you undermine public comprehension of why local journalism matters…AND your own *actual* source of info about what’s going on across the country. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg7z6tmmc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3musluea7os27It has been a wild week as a #climate reporter in Arizona. On Monday, I hiked to bottom of #GrandCanyon to report on the deadly flash flood. No one else has done that. Today, my story is front page of @azcentral.com. My photos are in WaPo. And I went on 12News to explain the role of #climatechange.05 Sep 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3musluea7os27https://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3muixpo47x22yAs far as I know, I’m the only reporter to make it to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on foot since the major flash flooding damage on Aug. 29. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcxDIfND04q/?igsi=N3JzOW9vbjJ4dWc=02 Sep 2026 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muixpo47x22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3mt3ciliwsc2kI dare anyone, including AI, to send this many messages in this amount of time with no mistakes. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2026/08/14/navajo-code-talkers-are-honored-in-phoenix-window-rock-events/91294485007/ Story for @azcentral.com by @debkrol.bsky.social14 Aug 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3ciliwsc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3mqcs5x7dlc26As of this week, Arizona no longer has rules guiding electric energy efficiency at regulated utilities. In March, state officials (2 of 5 are up for reelection this fall) also did away with longstanding rules for renewable energy generation. Details & context here: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2026/07/10/arizona-corporation-commission-guts-energy-efficiency-standards/90838372007/10 Jul 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcs5x7dlc26https://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3mptk2qxcmc22On the front page of The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com today: my story about a small town in northern Arizona near an active wildfire that just wants to celebrate #America250 by lighting shit on fire, never you mind their history of starting brush fires with fireworks.. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptk2qxcmc22https://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3mpqsebqfqk2iI spent all week covering the #PocketFire as it grew 20k acres, toward Flagstaff. Then the Mayor of nearby Williams told me: “(Flagstaff) likes to think they should be able to tell everybody to do the same thing they do. And I've let them know that's not the case." https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2026/07/03/williams-flagstaff-celebrate-july-fourth-in-different-ways/90784114007/03 Jul 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqsebqfqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3mpm5xty3zs2yThis asshat has never tried to be nonpartisan a day in his life. Taking cheap shots at old people for no reason doesn’t make you cool. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpm5xty3zs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joanmeiners.bsky.social/post/3mpekorj4sk2nThe American Southwest, my home, is burning — massive and deadly. That anyone could look at this map and still not think we have a real #climate problem (or that laying off firefighters saved us any $$) is so deranged. We all sadly predicted this, incl. me on our @azcentral.com podcast weeks ago. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jun 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:wi2tl2flt3x7k25zoixohmzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpekorj4sk2n