Clare Fieseler, PhD
@fieseler.bsky.social
Journalist covering the ocean and climate change / currently: columnist @sciencepolitics.bsky.social / former: POLITICO, The Washington Post, The Post & Courier / National Geographic Explorer / signal @clare.14
Vital article. If even an experienced science journalist can fall afoul of the institutional misogyny threaded through medicine, what chance do the rest of us have? This is about the U.S, but the issues around “women’s complaints“, of course, apply internationally.
Clare Fieseler, PhD@fieseler.bsky.social · 2mo agoRead my full story here and why I think women deserve better: sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/16/w... @sciencepolitics.bsky.social
I’ve been quiet. Here’s why: At my 20-year college reunion in May, dozens of old friends arrived at our campus and started snapping photos on Georgetown’s front lawn. I, too, was on campus, but on the back side, at the university hospital, laid out on a gurney in the emergency room’s trauma suite…
I’ve been quiet. Here’s why: At my 20-year college reunion in May, dozens of old friends arrived at our campus and started snapping photos on Georgetown’s front lawn. I, too, was on campus, but on the back side, at the university hospital, laid out on a gurney in the emergency room’s trauma suite…
This is a must-read on the status of women’s health in America. Thank you to @fieseler.bsky.social for this personal reportage. Sending you all the positive healing vibes ❤️ sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/16/w...
What We Don’t Know About Women’s Health Can Kill Us - Science Politics
My symptoms weren’t just perimenopause. They were signs of cancer — and better care might save others from delayed diagnoses.
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I was on the “Tiny Matters” podcast talking about one of my favorite things…. offshore wind power! Listen here👇
SciComm Excellence@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org · 6mo agoIn the most recent episode of Tiny Matters, two #SciComm awardees, @samjscience.bsky.social and @fieseler.bsky.social, explore the fascinating science and history of wind power. 🌬️ 🎧 Listen here: www.acs.org/pressroom/ti... #WindPower
I was on the “Tiny Matters” podcast talking about one of my favorite things…. offshore wind power! Listen here👇
SciComm Excellence@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org · 6mo agoIn the most recent episode of Tiny Matters, two #SciComm awardees, @samjscience.bsky.social and @fieseler.bsky.social, explore the fascinating science and history of wind power. 🌬️ 🎧 Listen here: www.acs.org/pressroom/ti... #WindPower
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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*NEW* The dead whale found on a remote VA beach was the 2023 calf of the well-known whale “Porcia" #3293. According to NOAA, it marks the 43rd mortality in the ongoing "Unusual Mortality Event" impacting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...
*NEW* The dead whale found on a remote VA beach was the 2023 calf of the well-known whale “Porcia" #3293. According to NOAA, it marks the 43rd mortality in the ongoing "Unusual Mortality Event" impacting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...
*NEW* The freshly dead whale is a 3 year old female. What a loss. This species has less than 100 breeding females remaining. It's now washed up on a barrier island managed by The Nature Conservancy in VA. NOAA and other groups are attempting a necropsy to determine cause of death.
Clare Fieseler, PhD@fieseler.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm getting reports that another critically endangered North Atlantic Right whale was just spotted dead. Carcass spotted off VA coast. This marks the 2nd death in just three weeks for a species w/ about 400 individuals remaining. Last month's fatality, a male, died from fishing gear entanglement👇
I'm getting reports that another critically endangered North Atlantic Right whale was just spotted dead. Carcass spotted off VA coast. This marks the 2nd death in just three weeks for a species w/ about 400 individuals remaining. Last month's fatality, a male, died from fishing gear entanglement👇
Right whale 'Division' is found dead after entanglement in Georgia
A North Atlantic Right Whale, previously found entangled in a rope off of south Georgia, has been discovered dead off the coast of North Carolina
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BREAKING: Trump directs Pentagon to buy whale oil to revive whaling industry
Check out "Ocean Empire," a column on entanglements between the US, "an empire of political and cultural influence" and another empire, "the global ocean, which makes up 70 percent of our planet" - by the brilliant ecologist and journalist @fieseler.bsky.social. sciencepolitics.org/2026/02/05/o...
Ocean Empire - Science Politics
Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.
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Clare Fieseler, PhD@fieseler.bsky.social · 6mo agoOkay, another thing: If the ocean is not your thing, but outer space is... We've launched a new column for space policy, too! The great @dagomardegroot.bsky.social is at the helm for that one: HORIZONS OF HUMANITY. sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/13/h...
My 6 year old said one of the kids in her class rolled in late to class this morning and when the teacher asked why he was tardy he just said “I blame Bad Bunny.”
There it is. The very last BOOK WORLD. I’m still in shock that Jeff Bezos, the man who is everything he is today because of selling books, would abandon readers like this. I grieve for The Washington Post and everything that has been stripped from it.
Please correct this headline @apnews.com. All humans are primates. That’s a biology. What Trump posted was a depiction of the first Black U.S. president and First Lady as chimpanzees. That’s racist. (Please repost to get an AP editor’s attention on this.)
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Ob...
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🌊I have a new gig. 🌊 Introducing: OCEAN EMPIRE, my new column about U.S ocean policy and foreign affairs for @sciencepolitics.bsky.social. We are a brand new online magazine housed at Georgetown University. I'm thrilled to bring in-depth news analysis about what's happening to 70% of our planet.
Ocean Empire - Science Politics
Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.
sciencepolitics.org
@fieseler.bsky.social has a new column in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social! Ocean Empire will bring an essay a month. "The U.S. — this ocean nation I call home — is an empire of political and cultural influence whose reach, at times, seems unlimited." sciencepolitics.org/2026/02/05/o...
Ocean Empire - Science Politics
Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.
sciencepolitics.org
Marty Weil is a legend. He was the last reporter remaining from the Watergate era at the Post. Just an phenomenal old-school metro reporter. They axed him too. Please read this story to honor his tenure at the Post. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
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A column to keep an eye on, folks sciencepolitics.org/2026/02/05/o...
Ocean Empire - Science Politics
Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.
sciencepolitics.org
Clare Fieseler, PhD@fieseler.bsky.social · 6mo agoFrom abandoning treaties to defunding research to high seas attacks to pursuing deep-sea mining, America's offshore actions make headlines. But who is covering this in-depth? No national news outlet has a beat dedicated to the oceans. Maybe that changes. I'm writing OCEAN EMPIRE in the meantime.
🌊I have a new gig. 🌊 Introducing: OCEAN EMPIRE, my new column about U.S ocean policy and foreign affairs for @sciencepolitics.bsky.social. We are a brand new online magazine housed at Georgetown University. I'm thrilled to bring in-depth news analysis about what's happening to 70% of our planet.
Ocean Empire - Science Politics
Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.
sciencepolitics.org
The Post cutting its climate team is a textbook example of oligarchy hollowing out public institutions. You can suppress inconvenient truths, but physics, biology, and their consequences cast the final verdict. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
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I really love reading the Post’s Books section in their Sunday print edition at my kitchen table every Sunday. I relish the reviews. Discover new books. It is a pure delight, completely void of the uppity tone of the NYT Book Review. The Post’s Books section has now been “Eliminated.”
I'm sad to hear this, but looking forward to what Clare does next. I find good energy journalists to be surprisingly rare. Especially ones that have good judgement and write meaningful stories, instead of chasing sensationalism.
Clare Fieseler, PhD@fieseler.bsky.social · 6mo ago✨PERSONAL NEWS✨ I was let go from my staff reporter role at @canarymedia.com. Sadly the philanthropic funds supporting my beat came to an end. I love the staff there and will continue to root for them. Please support nonprofit journalism! Meanwhile, my ocean reporting found a new home. Stay tuned.
✨PERSONAL NEWS✨ I was let go from my staff reporter role at @canarymedia.com. Sadly the philanthropic funds supporting my beat came to an end. I love the staff there and will continue to root for them. Please support nonprofit journalism! Meanwhile, my ocean reporting found a new home. Stay tuned.
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
The Washington Post gave me my first newsroom job. And I’ve been a daily print subscriber for 8 years. Every morning, I open the door and reach down for the Post. My husband and kid read the headlines over oatmeal. Its reporting is intertwined with our daily lives. This feels like a gut punch.
Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social · 6mo agoNews: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports. “The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
The Washington Post gave me my first newsroom job. And I’ve been a daily print subscriber for 8 years. Every morning, I open the door and reach down for the Post. My husband and kid read the headlines over oatmeal. Its reporting is intertwined with our daily lives. This feels like a gut punch.
Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social · 6mo agoNews: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports. “The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Praying and singing in below freezing weather. Mostly clergy. A protest against ICE’s violence at the Minnesota airport.
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 6mo agoSinging
