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Alejandro de la Garza

Freelance Climate Journalist. On 2 shows, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

journalistauthor@alexsdelagarza ↗time.com/author/alejandro-de-la-garza ↗

Alejandro de la Garza is a climate and technology journalist best known for his coverage of clean energy, electric vehicles, and solar geoengineering ventures like Make Sunsets. His investigative work for TIME on the 2023 East Palestine train derailment received the Society of Environmental Journalists' award for Outstanding Feature Story.

2shows
2appearances
9statements
5resolved
5supported
0contradicted
100%fully supported

Everything Alejandro de la Garza said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

CATALYST Assertion Not checkable as stated
De la Garza: Geoengineering researchers universally oppose Make Sunsets launches
“Any single person you talk to in solar geoengineering research, whether they're the most bullish on it or the strongest against it, they all think that what Make Sunset's doing is a bad idea.”
Alejandro de la Garza Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 7:04 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
CATALYST Insight
De la Garza: Environmental opposition no longer stops rogue geoengineering experiments
“Some kind of critical mass has been reached where two years ago, a strongly worded letter from indigenous groups and Greenpeace and other environmental organizations was enough to dissuade the researchers at the time from Doing this kind of thing from, in that…”
Alejandro de la Garza Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 24:48 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Supported
De la Garza: No US federal regulations prohibit launching sulfur balloons
“There's no federal regulation that prohibits someone from putting some of that burned sulfur in a balloon and letting it go.”
Alejandro de la Garza Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 5:21 A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Not checkable as stated
De la Garza: All solar geoengineering researchers oppose Make Sunsets
“Any single person you talk to in solar geoengineering research, whether they're the most bullish on it or the strongest against it, they all think that what Make Sunset's doing is a bad idea.”
Alejandro de la Garza Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 5:38 A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
CATALYST Assertion Supported
De la Garza: No US federal regulation prohibits releasing sulfur balloons
“There's no federal regulation that prohibits someone from putting some of that burned sulfur in a balloon and letting it go.”
Alejandro de la Garza Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 6:46 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Supported
Make Sunsets Sells $10 Stratospheric Sulfur Dioxide Cooling Credits
“So for 10 dollars, you can buy a promise from Make Sunsets that they're going to inject one gram of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. And also that one gram of sulfur dioxide, they say, will offset the emissions of one ton of carbon dioxide for a period of…”
Alejandro de la Garza Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 9:54 A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Not checkable as stated
De la Garza: Environmental opposition no longer stops rogue outdoor geoengineering
“Some kind of critical mass has been reached where two years ago, a strongly worded letter from indigenous groups and Greenpeace and other environmental organizations was enough to dissuade the researchers at the time from Doing this kind of thing from, in that…”
Alejandro de la Garza Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 20:32 A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
CATALYST Assertion Supported
De la Garza: Make Sunsets founder previously led Y Combinator hardware
“Luke Eisman is a serial entrepreneur. He worked at Y Combinator for a while as their head of hardware, director of hardware.”
Alejandro de la Garza Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 10:45 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Supported
De la Garza: Make Sunsets founder Luke Iseman led hardware at Y Combinator
“Luke Eisman is a serial entrepreneur. He worked at Y Combinator for a while as their head of hardware, director of hardware.”
Alejandro de la Garza Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 7:46 A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Alejandro's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

ShowRole thereEpsStatementsRecord
GREEN BLUEPRINTLEDGER Freelance Climate Journalist 1 5 100% 3/3 full record on the Green Blueprint →
CATALYSTLEDGER Freelance Climate Journalist 1 4 100% 2/2 full record on Catalyst →
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