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Hi Substack! I’m Chris Mooney, longtime climate journalist and author (currently a fellow and professor of practice at UVA).

I’m coming off nearly a decade in the newspaper world -- and this feels like a great platform for channeling some of that that experience, but also forging a new voice.

So I have launched ReportEarth, with a focus on climate data and its communication -- but room to wander.

Appreciate your interest!

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So, which is it?

If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.

And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.

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OK, it's possibly not optimal to post this at 11:15 in the evening, but the newsletter has been slow this week, so what the hell.

My review-that-I'm-not-calling-a-review of Abundance.

These are a lot of work, but I do read a lot of nerdy books, so let me know whether you’re interested in the format.

America probably can’t have abundance. But we deserve a better government.