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- Every month, we have a goal of gaining 15 new members, which covers the costs of commissioning five new stories! Support the only Asian American-run news outlet covering health, climate, and the environment, starting at $2/month:
- Reposted by The XylomSEJ conferences connect environmental journalists across beats, backgrounds and newsrooms, strengthening reporting through shared learning. @alexip718.com of @thexylom.com shares why working alongside journalists from different backgrounds builds cultural competency & leads to better storytelling.
- After COVID-19, South Africa eased its visa policies. Vetted tour operators in India and China can now submit applications online, doing away with manual, paper-based processes. However, this has also made it easier for biopiracy traffickers to smuggle the country’s rare plant species.
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- STATEMENT: The Xylom joins a coalition of media outlets that regularly report on newsworthy events, led by @thecity.nyc and @freedom.press, to vigorously condemn the recent arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and Georgia Fort. www.thexylom.com/post/the-xyl...
- #1 World Wetlands Day is observed every year on Feb. 2 to raise awareness about the importance of wetlands. Did you know that historical land-use changes, such as dairy farming and plantation agriculture can lead to large-scale carbon loss from wetland surface waters?
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- In this week's newsletter: From removing signs in National Parks to withdrawing from the Paris Agreement a second time, the Trump administration is taking advantage of a people vastly underestimating its appetite for climate action and being trapped in regime-aligned information bubbles.
- Get the latest news updates on how the Trump administration is making our world sicker, poorer, and dirtier. Get our free newsletter along with the Climate News Task Force bundle, featuring @canarymedia.com @sentientmedia.org @floodlightnews.org @agwaterdesk.bsky.social @planetdetroit.org:
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- South Africa is home to more than 20,000 plant species. It's rare plants have a huge demand in China & Dubai, which is why cases of biopiracy are on the rise. Traffickers pay as little as a 20-kilogram box of cigarettes to smuggle plants from botanical gardens, says a reformed gang member.
- In the Philippines, some renewable energy activists have subsequently been charged, their organisational and personal bank accounts frozen. Here are the lived realities of red-tagging. This article was first co-published in English by Kodao Productions and @dialogueearth.bsky.social:
- A year ago, the Trump administration paused all foreign aid in the health sector for 90 days. A new Health Policy Watch report says that it resulted in devastating consequences in sub-Saharan Africa. In July 2025, we reported that dismantling USAID in Zimbabwe triggered a shortage of HIV medicines
- NEW: Exploiting the rampant poverty and unemployment in South Africa, international traffickers lure local youth into stealing rare plants for sale in Asian and Arab countries. Though laws have been strengthened, a technological solution would be more effective in curbing biopiracy.
- “Previously, I just used pesticides randomly, but this app makes my work easier,” a Tanzanian farmer says about an AI-based app. From Tanzania and Nepal to India and the U.S., farmers across countries show a clear curiosity about AI. Are bureaucratic hurdles slowing its wider adoption?
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- Philippine renewable power advocates falsely accused of having links to terrorism have seen their bank accounts frozen, some even abducted. This has led to delays or cancellations of local climate projects. This story was first published by Kodao Productions and @dialogueearth.bsky.social.
- January 26 is World Environmental Education Day, observed to raise environmental awareness. Check out our story from March 2025 on how Atlanta doctors are making a difference by discussing climate change with patients. (Co-published by the Atlanta Community Press Collective & 285 South)
- In our latest newsletter, our Managing Editor, Laasya Shekhar, shares how a recent @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social study on climate attitudes in India reflects her personal climate anxiety, and what she is doing about it in her community. buttondown.com/thexylom/arc...
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- U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said yesterday in Davos that the world needs to more than double oil production. What would that look like for Americans? In 2025, with @floodlightnews.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social @deceleration.news, we investigated the tragedy of Ingleside on the Bay, Texas:
- As political and financial pressures on independent news outlets continue to ratchet up, The Xylom relies on a stable source of reader revenue to keep investigating how regimes and industrial polluters are making our communities less clean and less safe. Help us meet our target of $7,500/month now:
- This week, @unesco.org issued a statement condemning state-sponsored internet shutdowns. In November, we reported on how a two-day Internet and mobile shutdown imposed by the Taliban caused devastating impacts on farmers across Afghanistan: www.thexylom.com/post/afghani...
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- For decades, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain — showing that Adverse Childhood Experiences like family separation can permanently reshape neural wiring. Check out his interview with @mindsitenews.bsky.social, co-republished by The Xylom.
- Anxiety, fear, and trauma shape the lives of Asian children, following Trump's immigration policies. Kirat’s father, a business owner who has lived in the U.S. since he was a teenager, was one of roughly 66,000 people held in ICE's custody. Since then, having fun has made Kirat feel guilty.
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- "Among younger adults, ages 18-34, weekly exposure [to climate change in the media] is much lower, across all political groups," finds @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social. It just happens that most of our readers are 18-34. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter for climate coverage young people trust:
- A new app, KilimoAI, is helping Tanzanian farmers reduce trips to agro-input shops, avoid unnecessary chemicals and cut costs. With a single click on a mobile application, farmers can detect crop diseases early. But can KilimoAI overcome bureaucratic challenges? www.thexylom.com/post/ai-agri...
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- In this week’s newsletter, Saugat Bolakhe reflects on how and why he chose to report on mad honey. "I began to see mad honey as existing at a unique intersection of indigenous culture, traditional medicine, fragile ecological systems, and a misinformed audience driven by influencer culture."
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- In this week's edition of our newsletter, our @scipsychedelics.bsky.social Ferriss–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow @scigat.bsky.social shares what drove him to cover Joe Rogan's obsession with his home country's mad honey. Read and subscribe here: buttondown.com/thexylom/arc...
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