Miranda Green of Atmos on disappearing climate data, how it's impacting journalists & their ability to tell important stories, and what we can do about it

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Kestrel Jenkins interviews Miranda Green about the challenges journalists face with disappearing climate data and its implications for storytelling.

In Episode 338, Kestrel welcomes Miranda Green, an investigative journalist focused on politics and climate change, to the show. As the author of Atmos Magazine's weekly newsletter, The Understory , Miranda takes a weekly look behind the climate headlines to question how decisions are made, why they matter, and what they reveal about this moment. "I think data to me is, they're facts. It's hard facts. It's looking at points that have been, you know, they're determined by scientists. They've been measured. They are proven points that then, I can use as building blocks to tell my story." -Miranda THEME — DATA & FASHION: METHODS & ACCESS This week, we're taking a bit of a pulled back lens, exploring data amidst the current volatile political landscape, with a focus on climate data. Also, to note, this episode was recorded in December of 2025 – as things are changing so rapidly in these times, I want to clarify that detail. We are in this period of so-called misinformation and an era in which DATA MANIPULATION, as this week's guest articulates, is very real. But it's not only the way the data is being adjusted to fit the user's agenda - there's also the reality that…

People in this episode

Host: Kestrel Jenkins

Guest: Miranda Green

Topics covered

• climate data
• journalism
• data manipulation
• politics
• misinformation
• environmental issues

Keywords

• climate change
• data
• journalism
• environment
• misinformation
• politics
• Atmos Magazine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atmos Magazine, EPA

Books & works: The Understory, Big Gov Wants To Take Away Your Climate Data

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