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Thank you @dfarber1950.bsky.social Dan Farber for another clear-sighted article. "Willful Ignorance as Government Policy" legal-planet.org/2025/05/05/w...

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Bees in the US are emerging 10.4 days earlier in the spring than they did 130 years ago. A biologist explains how a timing mismatch with flowering plants is worsening pollinator decline and reducing food production. buff.ly/pG5fXgA #climatechange 🌎#climatesky

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DOGE strikes again, putting people out of work, devastating nonprofits, and generally taking money from those who work and giving it to the multi-billionaires.

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⚒️🧪 Even more sobering to me is that by removing the nodules, which take millions of years to form, the very slow ecosystem recovery will be to a very different state than what was there before. A signal of our thoughtlessness that could last until the ocean floor itself is subducted.

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Brain drain in the US. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

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Recycled Nissan Leaf batteries support remote New Zealand EV chargers #Energysky #RemoteCharging #renewables www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/04/02/r...

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Why Indigenous nations are walking away from pipeline talks in Michigan grist.org/indigenous/w...

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“The [new executive order] exposes as a lie any idea that there is a concern about forest management from this administration...The only thing it cares about is plundering the forest for private gain. That is now very plain for all to see.” 🌏 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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🌍 Nature is declining faster than ever. Since 1700: 🔹 Wetlands: -85% 🌊 🔹 Coral Reefs: -50% 🪸 🔹 Forests: -32% 🌳 🔹 Ecosystems: -47% overall A great visualization of @ipbes.net data by Visual Capitalist and Zero Carbon Analytics ⤵️ www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/visualizi...

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@georgemonbiot.bsky.social has an article in the Guardian that, to me, really sums up the current US situation. Thank you for a clear-eyed take on the situation. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The Housatonic River was similar!

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Does he think he is Mars' Ironman?

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Huge: The Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed to me that it has halted evaluations for pending permit actions related to renewables. The most confusing part? Its unclear why, and the EO they cited in their statement to me doesn't even mention renewable energy. heatmap.news/sparks/army-...

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Wow. Last month wasn't just a usual hottest January on record. Despite cool La Niña conditions, it was even hotter than last years record-breaking El Niño January! Graph by @hausfath.bsky.social

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Our current energy system is very inefficient with most primary energy inputs wasted. That means: ➡️ vast savings are on offer ➡️ renewables & electrification key ➡️ no need to replace all primary energy More on what Primary Energy Fallacy is in my article👇 knowledge.energyinst.org/new-energy-w...

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Why is Massachusetts so far behind? www.utilitydive.com/news/new-yor...

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It may be chilly, but 2024 was the hottest year on record, breaking the 1.5°C limit. Ruben Reuter visited the University of Edinburgh to meet Dr Audrey Cameron and our deaf researchers developing new BSL for climate change. Accessible climate conversations matter. Watch now: youtu.be/wuL7ee5LpXo

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Good news. (I’d love to see one in its habitat.) ⛰️ 🇰🇿 “Kazakhstan has implemented a snow leopard conservation project under the UN Development Program. As a result, the snow leopard population has increased by more than 26% since 2019. 🌏 timesca.com/kazakhstans-...

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Batteries Save the Day - wish we could get more built on brownfields in Pittsfield, MA. @nofrackedgasinmass.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/batteries-sa...

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Aquarium responds to entanglement of two North Atlantic right whales sighted off Massachusetts 🦑🌎🌿🐋 www.neaq.org/about-us/pre...

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If you use "natural" fossil gas, consider what you are doing to the people of Pennsylvania. Whistleblower Demands PA’s Gov. Fix ‘Completely Unregulated’ Fracking Wastewater Network www.desmog.com/2024/12/23/j...

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US brain drain - it has been happening for while. We no longer attract top students from around the world the way we used to. But it could get much, much worse. ‘Waging war on science’: Researchers worry about their jobs under Trump 2.0 grist.org/politics/sci...

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Marine heat wave confirmed cause of death for 4 million birds (Common Murres) in 2016. Half of Alaska’s Common Murre population at the time. Largest documented animal die-off in modern history. As little as 2C temp increase drastically their altered food chain. 🧪🌎🦉 www.science.org/content/arti...

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Populations have not recovered from the impacts of the 2015/16 marine heatwave that resulted in half of Alaska's common murres dying. Research by Heather Renner of the Alaska Maritime NWR & colleagues. 🧪🪶🌎 #seabirds

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Community power - especially if it is really locally generated, carefully sited, clean energy and even better if it can accepted vehicle and home to grid - is coming! New Hampshire is moving much faster than Mass. @massgovernor.bsky.social @nofrackedgasinmass.bsky.social 350.org/community-po...

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This is how to do it, kids: Home insurance is now a climate story. Put it on the front, and put "climate change" at the top. Especially now that deniers will control the federal and state government. www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/hom...

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Alaska LNG is expected to carry up to 3.9 billion cubic ft of gas per day and result in at least 2.3 billion metric tons of GHG emissions 8 young Alaskans are suing the state to stop it. This week they were in court for a hearing on state’s bid to dismiss www.climateinthecourts.com/court-consid...

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Interesting analysis by @energyinnovation.bsky.social of the potential effects of Project 2025 on the Massachusetts economy. energyinnovation.org/wp-content/u...

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