David A. Taylor

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When Yale E360 launched in 2008, it was a pioneer in environmental journalism, filling a critical gap in coverage. As he prepares to step down, founding editor Roger Cohn reflects on his years at the magazine and his hopes for the future. e360.yale.edu/features/roger…

Tonight @PBSAmerMasters premieres the new film by Rita Coburn about the life and work of the great W.E.B. Du Bois. Hope you have a chance to watch: pbs.org/wnet/americanm…

The bucolic river is famous for reversing its current a few times each day. Now, an ongoing cleanup effort is reversing decades of industrial contamination. #NationalRiverCleanupDay bit.ly/4uWmIeu

Perseverance in the Wild Martian West 🤠 Our Perseverance Mars rover snapped some photos beyond the western rim of Jezero Crater—the farthest west the rover has ever gone on the Red Planet. See what we found there: go.nasa.gov/4eNxezT

Scouring the skies for #methane data, unpacking the “nuclear renaissance,” and a powerful BookShelf read on protecting Siberian tigers — highlights from the latest SEJournal. Full stories at SEJ.org/SEJournal #SEJReportersToolbox #SEJBackgrounder #SEJBookShelf

"In just over three weeks, we will hold the Gaithersburg Book Festival...@GburgBookFest is Free to attend, Free to park & Fun for all! We hope you can join us. Bring your friends, your book club, your family, and neighbors. Find out all the details at gaithersburgbookfestival.org."

"VCCA was a dream I didn’t know I was supposed to have." — Carol Barber 📷: Studio VA7 at VCCA, 2026 #VCCAFellows #MtSanAngelo #artistcommunity #artistresidency

@smbahr14 @nytimes Congrats!!

The staff of @nytimes won this year's Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, for articles that revealed how Trump & his inner circle were enriching themselves through national security dealings. I contributed reporting to one of the stories! 🏆 nytimes.com/interactive/20…

We are announcing today that The American Revolution will stream for free in its entirety on all PBS platforms from May 25th through July 12. Hope you have a chance to watch, ideally with friends and family, as you think about our 250th anniversary this July 4th. pbs.org/kenburns/the-a…

The Artemis 2 mission represents a step toward establishing a long-term human presence in space and sets up the moon as a lens for considering the future of exploration. bit.ly/4cdQ9R9

An intelligence report describes “high alert” in Kremlin “since the beginning of March 2026” about “the risk of a plot or coup attempt" against Putin. Security Tightens Around Putin Amid Coup and Assassination Fears occrp.org/en/news/securi… via @OCCRP

A valuable meeting spot for nearly 2,000 years discovermagazine.com/early-humans-r…

Tuesday is Portuguese Language Day. Follow @NacoesUnidas for updates on the UN's work in Portuguese — a language spoken by 300+ million people around the world. More from @UNESCO: unesco.org/en/days/portug…

Baby elephant Linh Mai made her public debut to the delight of thousands of @NationalZoo visitors on April 22, but elephant fans who weren’t at the Zoo still have a big reason to celebrate: the Elephant Cam is back on the Zoo’s website. bit.ly/4vR9G2Y

What Lies Beyond Artemis 2? These Other Missions Are Setting Their Sights on the Moon This Year—and on a Future With Humans in Space - @SmithsonianMag buff.ly/nDZS0gz Interesting report indicates upcoming landings aim to change the landscape of space exploration. #Moon

Applications open now open 🎉 Apply now in the member portal > Resources > Mentorship page #thepodcastacademy #podcastcommunity #mentorship #podcasting #careergrowth #thepodcastacademy

It’s always fun spotting these DC celebrities around the library. If you don’t know them—this is Go-Go and Punk, just being themselves.

Wildfires are intensifying due to climate and land-use change, affecting around 127 million hectares of forest annually. Read about the @FAO-hosted Global Fire Management Hub 👉 ow.ly/rt4450XmTEv #ClimateAction #GlobalFireHub

It's our home. This Earth Day, see our planet as our Artemis II astronauts saw it with these new images from the mission.

The Artemis 2 mission represents a step toward establishing a long-term human presence in space and sets up the moon as a lens for considering the future of exploration. bit.ly/4cdQ9R9