Adding up UAE and Qatar’s bad climate behavior as the orange smoke spreads

By Trey Thoelcke Updated Jun 13, 10:05AM EDT · Published Jun 13, 4:02AM EDT

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Adding up UAE and Qatar’s bad climate behavior as the orange smoke spreads — © RobertBreitpaul / iStock via Getty Images

(A native of England, veteran journalist Matthew Diebel has worked at NBC News, Time, USA Today and News Corp., among other organizations.)

Growing up in England, it was pretty much inevitable that I would become a football — sorry, soccer — fan. For my sins, my team was Chelsea, which was then much less of the powerhouse that it became in the 2000s. But in the 1980s I moved to the U.S. and baseball became my new sports passion, though I still monitored what was going on in my native land.

And I still watched many World Cup matches, very much enjoying seeing the globe’s top stars in action. One of these was, of course, Lionel Messi of Argentina, whose on-field magic led him — justifiably — to be called the greatest player on the planet.

So it was with great pleasure that I saw on Thursday that the now-veteran star had signed with the U.S. Major League Soccer team Inter Miami, which means I have more chances to see him on TV…

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About the Author Trey Thoelcke →

Trey has been an editor and author at 24/7 Wall St. for more than a decade, where he has published thousands of articles analyzing corporate earnings, dividend stocks, short interest, insider buying, private equity, and market trends. His comprehensive coverage spans the full spectrum of financial markets, from blue-chip stalwarts to emerging growth companies.

Beyond 24/7 Wall St., Trey has created and edited financial content for Benzinga and AOL's BloggingStocks, contributing additional hundreds of articles to the investment community. He previously oversaw the 24/7 Climate Insights site, managing editorial operations and content strategy, and currently oversees and creates content for My Investing News.

Trey's editorial expertise extends across multiple publishing environments. He served as production editor at Dearborn Financial Publishing and development editor at Kaplan, where he helped shape financial education materials. Earlier in his career, he worked as a writer-producer at SVE. His freelance editing portfolio includes work for prestigious clients such as Sage Publications, Rand McNally, the Institute for Supply Management, the American Library Association, Eggplant Literary Productions, and Spiegel.

Outside of financial journalism, Trey writes fiction and has been an active member of the writing community for years, overseeing a long-running critique group and moderating workshop sessions at regional conventions. He lives with his family in an old house in the Midwest.