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One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.

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For more on that, read this great piece from @alexsteffen.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/environment/...

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Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings

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"Sentiment among the nation’s single-family homebuilders dropped to the lowest level in five months in February, largely due to concern over tariffs, which would raise their costs significantly." www.cnbc.com/2025/02/18/h...

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Wow I guess it wasn’t about protecting women after all. Who could have predicted?

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Wow sprawl is worse than I thought (and I thought it was bad).

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New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

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I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze. I worked at an organization that -helped veterans who have lost a limb -Assisted elderly and disabled people -Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs

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It’s a golden age for people who want to dump oil in their local river, get rid of inconvenient species, infuse the local aquifer with PFAS, or otherwise promote the march of human “progress.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...

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One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles. EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.

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How about the price of poultry ovums? Have they dropped yet?

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So proud of Bothell City Leaders and the Bothell United Methodist Church for working to create affordable housing. Great things are in the works!

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The egg industry has been impacted by a surge of bird flu cases, with more than 13 million egg-laying hens dying in December. That means a dozen large, Grade A eggs cost an average of $4.15 -- a nearly 37% increase from the year before. via @kcur.org

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Incredibly proud and grateful for our local firefighters who answered the call for help fighting the devastating fires in California. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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My amazing colleague, Erica Smithwick answers the question, "Is climate change to blame" for the California fires? "The answer, simply, is yes." iee.psu.edu/news/blog/ho...

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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

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@davina425.bsky.social's HB 1183 has a hearing on Tuesday 1/21 at 10:30am. It's a grab bag of good code improvements to boost homebuilding. Sign up to testify: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie... Sign in pro: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie... Submit written testimony: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

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How the wildfires in LA could affect California's home insurance market The wildfires that destroyed homes in LA will test California’s efforts to stabilize the state’s insurance marketplace after many insurers stopped issuing residential policies due to fire risk.

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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

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This is one of the neighborhoods that State Farm already pulled out of earlier this year, thanks in no small part to how climate change is exacerbating wildfire risk.

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As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area. It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.

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california's insurance market was already in slow collapse, and FAIR is likely not stable with further events like this.

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Premiums have risen approximately 20% between 2020–2023 and are increasing for both homeowners insurance (which covers fire, etc.) and for hazard-specific insurance (for earthquakes, floods, and other climate-related exposures). @stevekoller.bsky.social www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/insuran...

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You cannot claim to be pro environment & then be against density. Being anti-density means you are pro sprawl, pro endless roads & commutes, pro development in the farm lands and forests outside of cities. Pro your kids having to move elsewhere so they can afford to buy a house.

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The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year. 12 people. $2 trillion. Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024. Our problem isn’t an issue of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.

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This is how you crush fossil fuels: “the combination of solar-photovoltaic generation and battery storage will be cheaper than the cost of coal-fired power in China, and new gas-fired plants in America” www.economist.com/the-world-ah...

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"Coal demand set a record high in 2024, according to the International Energy Agency’s annual report." What a way to end the year. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” Via @theguardian.com

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If ever a life should be celebrated and emulated, this is it.

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Methane has around 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide making it a pretty lethal ghg. Just sayin’.

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It’s also not taking into account the microplastics we are probably ingesting because of that plastic bottle.

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Check out this WA map which shows pollution exposure by census track. It’s a little unsettling know how bad our air pollution is but now you can see why it’s critical we find ways to reduce greenhouse gases and other pollutants. fortress.wa.gov/doh/wtnibl/W...

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Food for thought

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The global erosion of women’s rights reminds us that these freedoms require constant vigilance & active defense. How much are we willing to fight for the rights of half the world’s population? #WomensRights www.hercampus.com/school/notti...

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Ship strikes are the leading cause of whale deaths…

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The water wheel at Pacific Science Center is way harder to move than you would think. I would make a terrible gerbil! By the way if you or your kids are into making and fixing things, they have an amazing Maker’s Space that’s open to the public!

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