"The above-average Atlantic Ocean temperatures, made worse by climate change, helped Melissa rapidly intensify into a category 5 storm."
"Tracy was the one pushing everyone to do more climate stories. She brought everyone together."
"Without Tracy, there is no climate unit."
Paramount’s merger with Skydance placed David Ellison as CEO and Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief, prompting wide newsroom cuts. CBS News cut most of its climate crisis production staff amid a round of roughly 100 layoffs. Senior coordinating producer Tracy Wholf and multiple climate producers were fired or reassigned, leaving environmental correspondent David Schecter without an assigned producer. Wholf had urged reporters to link Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification to above-average Atlantic temperatures amplified by climate change. Staff described the reductions as a “bloodbath” that dismantled the newsroom’s climate unit and affected multiple departments.
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