Melina Walling
@MelinaWalling
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Climate & agriculture reporter at the Associated Press. Based in Chicago, covering the Midwest & beyond. | [email protected] | she/her
Joined January 2014
RT @MatthewDalyWDC: EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump, Zeldin. Letter is similar to one ear….
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A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees has published a declaration of dissent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over the agency's leadership and policies.
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RT @peterprengaman: Plant trees to combat climate change? AP colleague @MelinaWalling reports on a study that puts tree planting in perspec….
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Planting trees can help save the planet, right? A new study finds that to offset all the planet-warming carbon emissions from fossil fuel reserves, trees would have to entirely cover an area the size...
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RT @borenbears: The EPA rules that Trump Administration is looking to roll back are calculated to EVERY YEAR save 30,000 lives and $275 bil….
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When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.
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RT @scipak: ". global warming has notably reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in soil, lakes, rivers, snow an….
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New research finds that global warming has significantly reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in soil, lakes, rivers, snow and other places on land.
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RT @ECIU_UK: Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped? . Scientists are still studying….
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RT @methanepanel: New study shows grass-fed beef produces no less GHG emissions than industrial beef - though there are a broader range of….
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A new study out Monday finds that even in the most optimistic scenarios, grass-fed beef is no less carbon-intensive than industrial beef.
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RT @BasuAshis: Climate change contributed to a week of wild weather that upended life in the US. “Then, catastrophe in California, with win….
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The week began with a biting cold snap that hammered much of the U.S., the product of a jet stream that slips out of its usual path more often these days.
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RT @JeromeOLLIER: Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic - @psantalucia1975 @MelinaWalli….
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An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they...
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RT @alexa_stjohn: From @MelinaWalling: What this week's winter wallop means for farmers across the U.S.
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This week’s winter wallop across the U.S. means different things to farmers in different places. In Kansas, the biggest blizzard in more than a century had livestock producers scrambling to safeguard...
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RT @peterprengaman: Here is the @AP's end-of-the-year photo package. These photos are stunning. I had the honor of writing the text and wor….
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After heat records were smashed and a torrent of extreme weather events rocked countless countries in 2023, some climate scientists believed that the waning of the El Nino weather pattern could mean...
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Rich countries have agreed to pool together at least $300 billion a year by 2035 in climate finance. It’s nowhere near the full amount of $1.3 trillion that developing countries were asking for. How they got to this far-from-perfect arrangement:.
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In the wee hours Sunday at the United Nations climate talks, countries from around the world reached an agreement on how rich countries can cough up the funds to support poor countries in the face of...
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“You don’t help small farmers, where will you get your food?” wondered Esther Penunia, secretary general of the Asian Farmers Association. “Who will farm for you? Who will catch the fish, who will get the honey, who will plant your vegetables?”.
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Developing nations have a long list of changes their farmers need to make to adapt to a warming climate.
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RT @sibi123: In southern India’s tea country, small but mighty efforts are brewing to bring back native forests @aijazr @ShawnSebastian1 @A….
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RT @sabrinasidhu: For Fathimath Raaia Shareef from the #Maldives, the threat of climate change is all too real. Growing up, after she found….
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As leaders and negotiators grapple with big questions of money and power, youth COP attendees and activists from around the world grapple with their own questions about how much their voices matter.
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RT @ECIU_UK: Tea is a way of life in Azerbaijan and center stage at COP29. But it's not immune to climate change. @MelinaWalling & @suzanfr….
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As Azerbaijan introduces its vibrant tea culture to COP29 attendees, scientists are studying how to save it from climate change
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RT @peterprengaman: They gather the money to travel. Come up with creative slogans and signs. And then they find that their voices are stif….
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In the nosebleed seats of a nearly-empty Baku Olympic stadium coated with a layer of dust, activists used a giant banner to beam the words “Pay Up” to the world.
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RT @sibi123: @DoranyPineda90 and I report on the shadow of various global conflicts over @COP29_AZ .#climatechange #COP29Azerbaijan .https:….
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At the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, wars are top of mind for some leaders and activists who have converged to discuss ways to limit global warming.
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Demonstrators hoisted the fire-colored serpent with on their shoulders and heads. Together, their hisses filled the tent, bringing the snake to life. One activist called it “really uplifting” to watch the action come together despite challenges.
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In the nosebleed seats of a nearly-empty Baku Olympic stadium coated with a layer of dust, activists used a giant banner to beam the words “Pay Up” to the world.
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Was a pleasure reporting with @MutsakaFarai for this story on international food aid. A professor of food security thinks countries providing aid also need strategies to address problems “causing the hunger in the first place" -- like climate change.
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The United States foreign food aid program can be a big help when extreme weather fueled by climate change hammers communities.
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RT @DakotaRural: DRA's Frank James cautions that autonomous tech can't do everything in farming and it also disconnects farmers from the la….
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