Rachel Ramirez

@rachelreports.bsky.social

I write The Confluence newsletter. Former CNN Climate Writer. AAJA + Uproot Project proud. Based in NYC. Filipina American & daughter of the Northern Mariåna Islands.

@rachelreports.bsky.social

Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off. As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week. It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/

Rachel Ramirez@rachelreports.bsky.social

Trump’s executive order took aim at “environmental justice” — eliminating positions and assessing spending on projects, including those aimed at poor, rural communities. I talked to former WH environmental justice advisers to the Biden administration on what this means. www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/c...

cnn.comTrump’s gutting of federal DEI programs will hit rural poor communities | CNNJust hours after his swearing-in this week, President Donald Trump signed action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.” Communities across the country, including in po...