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New to BSKY. Works at Natural Resources Defense Council on issues related to flooding, sea level rise, and escalating disaster risks due to climate change (and a real downer at cocktail parties).
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With this President seeking to control so much, you should understand the legal history and what's truly at stake if he's successful. Very insightful piece from @casssunstein.bsky.social

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If you or someone you know has been impacted by LA fires, please consider contributing to this study with responses to a short survey.

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Oh?

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Conservatives monitoring egg prices during Biden's administration compared to during Trump’s administration:

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“It was another Elon Musk headache,” said one Trump appointee, who said they were supportive of DOGE’s ambitions but growing weary of its interruptions. "Every day, same team, different problems.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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For all the turmoil, chaos, and people's lives upended, DOGE and Trump have accomplished little on the fiscal savings front. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

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Agencies now send mass emails to staff, directing them to ignore mass emails from other offices. Anybody else think this not a good way to run gov't? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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In less than two months, we arrived here?!?! www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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As we await the next round of terminations at FEMA, here is a little background info. We cover the extent of FEMA disaster response/recovery missions and the staffing shortfalls the agency is already struggling to remedy. www.nrdc.org/media/trumps...

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Great way to engage people in the solution and the problem.👏

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THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT.

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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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How AMS and NWA have stepped up for the weather and climate community www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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"If you want to have a functioning insurance program, if you want to have insurable properties 50 years from now, those are all being built today. We don't just throw houses away after five years and rebuild them again to the new code." www.law360.com/insurance-au...

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As I told NPR, "Everything we build today needs to be built for the world we're going to inhabit decades from now. And we know what the failure to do that looks like because it's all around us." www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

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More bad news for disaster recovery efforts. The New York Times is reporting that Trump admin will cut HUD's disaster recovery team by 84%. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/c...

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In the DC area? I'll be there for a screening of the documentary, Built to Last. Good time to talk about the need to build smarter for an uncertain future.

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Morning after regrets, anyone? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The nation's ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters just took a severe hit. That also includes dealing w the inevitable impacts of climate change www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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But of course Trump didn't know anything about this Project 2025 thing during the campaign...

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seeing posts on linkedin trying to help climate impact scientists slashed in the federal purge find jobs in the private sector and this is of course admirable (and private sector you do in fact need these people!) but so sad to see public knowledge turn into private knowledge so palpably

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As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

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This is the way (to quote the Mandalorian)

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Important thread by my friend and scientist should be read by all @jacquelyngill.bsky.social

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Clearly, the concept of 'rule of law' wasn't covered in the White House employees' orientation “Seventy-seven million Americans voted to elect this president, and each injunction is an abuse of the rule of law and an attempt to thwart the will of the people.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Sheryl Crow has sold her Tesla and donated the proceeds to NPR. “My parents always said... you are who you hang out with”

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Oh yeah! I've had a Yuba Mundo cargo bike for about 10 years and it's awesome.

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Some advice to contemplate in these times. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...

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NRDC and the Association of State Floodplain Managers put out the following press statement re: the Trump administration's decision to lower flood protection standards. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

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Making post-disaster rebuilding unsafe again. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/c...

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Changing their stories... subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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Taking on the big national security issues of our day. 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

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Insurance companies aren't going to save California. Only lowering the risks can do that. “The responsibility now is on local governments to build better,” said CA Insurance Commissioner Lara. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/c...

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Anti-science = Pro-ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...

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