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‘NOT FOR SALE’ It turns out that not many Americans wanted to see our country’s public land sold — with polls showing 75-80% opposed — even 65% of Republicans Late Monday, that proposal got the axe 🪓 news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

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It’s #showyourstripes day. Do you know how much climate change has impacted your community? In northern california, this means increased risk of wildfire, increased health impacts of heat and smoke, and impacts on our natural places on land and in the sea. 🌎 🌊 🌲 showyourstripes.info

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‘Throwing us off a cliff': Megabill could derail hundreds of planned clean energy projects www.politico.com/news/2025/06... POLITICO analysis: 794 planned clean electricity generation facilities — 3/4 in GOP districts — that could lose subsidies under the House bill. The Senate is debating changes.

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At the end of this month, UC Davis will close the Public Scholarship & Engagement office, the only university wide office dedicated to improving community engagement and public impact.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

"The largest single sale of national public land in modern history" to pay for tax cuts for the rich... except that "selling off public lands will not reduce federal spending to any significant degree." But it will increase oil & gas drilling for oil CEOs. These people are absolute jackals.

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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

submitted 8 days ago • 260 comments

Got a new course approved for Fall that is focused on the legacy of Rachel Carson. ♥️ So excited to share this with students. Send me your favorite Carson writing and people you think are carrying on that legacy today!

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See which of YOUR public lands congress wants to sell off to the rich www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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I do think there is a shockingly big chance that FEMA can’t get out the door in the next major disaster. I can’t believe I’m saying that the summer of the 20 year Katrina anniversary but I — it just seems like that’s what’s happening here.

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Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.

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Our report ‘The long goodbye' details the remarkable shift toward renewable energy happening across China. It is this combination of ambition and urgency that the Climate Action Climate Innovation Forum will be championing on 25/06 #CIF25 events.climateaction.org/climate-inno...

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South Florida meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.

submitted 23 days ago • 110 comments

Methane is responsible for 30% of today’s global warming. So why is it still missing from most climate conversations? For our latest video, Mitzi Jonelle Tan is joined by @iea.org's Christophe McGlade and Global Methane Hub CEO @marcelomena.bsky.social

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Last year we lost one of the two Antarctic research vessels (the Gould). The FY2026 NSF budget request would eliminate the second (the Palmer). The same budget request eliminates funding for the design of a new Antarctic research vessel. These are not losses you can recover from in 4 years.

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Kelp forests on the coast of Maine are in decline owing to rapid ocean warming and are being replaced by turf algae, which alter the ecosystem’s chemistry, hindering the recovery of kelp forests. Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/4dwzl8j

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

I can’t find a better word than devastating for what’s happening to the next generation of scientists and early career researchers (soft money, lack of tenure) Every day brings something new, and the real funding fall-out (I think) is to come as existing grants run out. Recovery could take decades

submitted 35 days ago • 8 comments

This is phenomenal. Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment. It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

submitted 33 days ago • 379 comments

Thrilled to join this ambitious and esteemed group of international leaders working on climate solutions! 👏🏼 (read thread for more info!)

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

submitted 37 days ago • 27 comments

There’s a real rearranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic vibe going on in academia right now.

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it plans to rescind four Biden-era limitations on pollutants in drinking water. Read more in today’s climate briefing.

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

Effectively a full repeal of the largest climate bill in history. There’s no strategy for America’s future. We all get sicker and pay more in energy bills and suffer climate disasters, while some rich folks pay less in taxes. That’s it. Disgraceful.

submitted 45 days ago • 27 comments

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

submitted 51 days ago • 61 comments

A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies. TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.

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NEW: NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Here are the NSF funding data by state. Click on your state, peruse data, and then click on the Fact Sheet at the top to see annual spending. Then, please call your congressional reps. NSF money creates stable jobs for people at all career stages. tableau.external.nsf.gov/views/NSFbyN...

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Report from @science.org: • NSF staff told that its 37 divisions are being abolished. Programs within to be drastically reduced. • Layoffs expected, details via memo Friday 5/9. • Another round of grant terminations expected. (Already 1400 cancelled ~$1bn) www.science.org/content/arti...

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Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Look, everything sucks But there is a path for nearshore ocean conservation in the United States www.americanprogress.org/article/near... #OceanOptimism

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Talking with 5 high school science classes today about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, solutions to carbon pollution, and long term history of Earth’s carbon cycle. You can get a glimpse here. this is all federally funded science. Where would we be without it? m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Krg...

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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program -- $25,000 grants earmarked for early-career researchers whose NSF-funded research on STEM and education has just been terminated. www.spencer.org/grant_types/... hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/28/j... Thanks @lizneeley.bsky.social !

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In light of the skinny budget (55.8% reduction), 6 past NSF directors and 7 NSB chairs have sent the House Committee on Appropriations a letter advising doubling the NSF budget. "We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce?"

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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 56 days ago • 40 comments

Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that! My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social 🧪🌎🦑🐠

submitted 58 days ago • 14 comments

📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵

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I will be tuning in to the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the NRC hearing on Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s75c...

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