LoCI Controls uses remotely controlled sensors to help landfills reduce #methane leaks. If scaled up, the technology could have a big impact. Reporting by @IsobelWhitcomb:

Thanks to @billmckibben + @jaimealyse for selecting this wondrous, hopeful piece by our contributing writer, @IsobelWhitcomb https://t.co/vEwvgZ0kK7

Colorado has an opportunity to set a new standard and emerge as a national leader in detecting and mitigating landfill emissions. Learn more from @IsobelWhitcomb for @CanaryMediaInc:

Using @EPA funds, #Colorado will deploy cutting edge technology for detecting methane emissions from its 80 landfills, making it a leader among states. Reporting by @IsobelWhitcomb:

The September issue of @highcountrynews is another winner, if I may say so. Exceptional work by @Tanvim @SavannaStrott @IsobelWhitcomb B. "Toastie" Oaster @anthonyjwallace @Land_Desk @ben_a_goldfarb @sftrent @cwahmanholm @TheTinaVasquez @mileswgriffis. Do not miss this one.

In Portland, Oregon, activists, policy-makers and engineers are working to prevent "the next Fukushima" — an oil spill on par with Deepwater Horizon that's projected to occur if tanks aren't brought up to code. My latest for @highcountrynews

Until reporting this piece, I was wary of DEET myself and would opt for natural repellants. After speaking with two toxicologists, I'm now fully on board with DEET as the most effective, safest way to prevent insect-borne illness (and itchy bites!).

My first article for @nytimeswell covers DEET — an insect repellent that seems to repel many would-be users as much as it does mosquitoes.

Canary Butte Landfill in Corvallis is starting to attract the attention of State and Federal officials, who want to address the landfill's numerous violations of environmental policy. For @CanaryMediaInc, I interviewed @SenJeffMerkley on this issue.

Residents living near Oregon's methane-polluting Coffin Butte landfill have been sounding the alarm for years. Now @SenJeffMerkley and other members of Congress are demanding action, @IsobelWhitcomb reports in this follow-up piece https://t.co/ahxHg5RCil

Yesterday, I had my first radio appearance on @OPB ! Listen to me speak about Coffin Butte Landfill and the practice of landfilling in the US and beyond.

Landfills emit a cocktail of gases, including climate-warming methane, toxic vinyl chloride, benzene and more. For my first @CanaryMediaInc article, I travelled to rural Benton County to see how this pollution impacts daily life.

Numerous safety violations have been detected at the fast-growing landfill. It’s part of a larger pattern of problems with how the U.S. handles waste. Reporting by @IsobelWhitcomb:

First real wildfire-y satellite image of the summer. The Salt Creek Fire in southern Oregon looks like the real deal, and so does the Shelly down in NorCal. Doesn't bode well for smoke down south and it's just (check notes) July 8. We haven't even had thunderstorm hits yet.

The 2021 heat dome was a "once in 1,000-year event." This one isn't predicted to be as bad, but having it occur at all, just three years later, is terrifying.

is a species invasive if environmental destruction forces it to migrate? the question is getting trickier to answer as climate change reshuffles species worldwide. @IsobelWhitcomb with a vital story and a gorgeous ode to barred owls for @AtmosMag: https://t.co/g61o2GrNty

My new essay for @AtmosMag is my love letter for barred owls. In it, I grapple with the tension between the desire to preserve biodiversity and the reality of living on a dynamic planet that's changing faster than ever due to human-caused climate change https://t.co/BG8PBj7TB4

In "Beyond the Binary," published in the Nov. 2023 issue of #TPhysMag, we look at how researchers are expanding the understanding of the body beyond male and female. Article by @IsobelWhitcomb: https://t.co/x8d5XiypeO #PrideMonth #SABV

My daily to-do list: ☑️ Thing I already did but am writing down so I can check it off 🔲 Thing that is unimportant but easy so I will inevitably do it first 🔲 Thing that I will procrastinate, catastrophize, and eventually do 🔲 Thing I will continuously push to "tomorrow"

Nearly one year ago today, I experienced a concussion that put my life on hold for four months. Last week, I got to appear on Think to talk about the experience — and how concussion science isn't reaching the patients who need it.