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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD
@anauc.bsky.social
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Personal account of a DC climate scientist, policy wonk, politico, mom, cat servant & occasional poet ❤️🧑‍🧑‍🧒🐈📚⚽️🦉🌲🏔️🌎
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · Jul 3
As @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social said as he concluded his speech: “We’re going to press on until victory is won.”
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Jul 3
Grateful to all the Congressional Staff who worked tirelessly to try to make this bill at least a little less bad. Your work mattered. The road ahead is long. The only way through is together.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Jul 3
This bill will make us all sicker, poorer, less safe, and less free.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 3h
That frog guy is one of the savviest political actors in this cursed year
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Ha, it's a frog!
On the role of humor in resistance movements
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 18h
Mike Johnson called us back from July 4 recess on 7/3 so he could gut Americans’ healthcare in the Big Ugly bill. Since then, he has only had the House in session for 19 of the subsequent 104 days. That’s how we ended up here.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Neguse: "What Trump is attempting to do is create a perception that he has all the power & create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the public. We've gotta resist the temptation. He's electorally unpopular. In fact, the most unpopular POTUS at this juncture than any modern POTUS in history"
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 18h
Such a great interview! Thanks!
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 1d
Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030.

The newly published 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment shows that nations are 63% off track from meeting their zero-deforestation target.
Global goal of zero deforestation by 2030 is severely off track
Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. The newly published 2025 Forest…
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 1d
54 years ago today (Oct 15, 1971) "Inadvertent Climate Modification: Report of the Study of Man's Impact on Climate." published.

allouryesterdays.info/2023/10/14/o...
Cover of Man's Impact on Climate: Report of the Study of Man's Impact on Climate.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d
This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 1d
Republicans might start listening to you if you carried a gun 😂
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 1d
Because republicans are in control?
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 2d
There is some work on it like this
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/poli...
Policymakers Are Relying on Science More Than Ever
But there’s little common ground in the research that Republicans and Democrats cite.
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 2d
They memory holed their own 2022 redistricting too! www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
How Gerrymandering and Fair Maps Affected the Battle for the House
Four takeaways on how voting maps made the difference in a tight fight for the House in 2024.
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 2d
Yep just read
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 4d
Good #Caturday night (if I can get my pjs from underneath Bumi)!
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 4d
Congrats!
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Hey Spirits! @heyspirits.bsky.social · 4d
More of Trin's banger wow we thought you'd never ask
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d
Imagine that
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6d
Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
Russ Vought v @russvought The RIFs have begun. 12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 6d
Today, @cms.int officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct. These animals were once wide-ranging through Europe, Africa, and Asia, and now they're gone. 🧪🌍

www.cms.int/news/slender...
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 6d
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 6d
Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”
Kavanaugh concurrence
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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 7d
When the power went out in Spain this spring, many people immediately pointed the finger at the country's solar and wind power as the cause.

That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation?

It had an impact.

Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️
After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 6d
Why did I spend all that time on fieldwork & in the lab to earn my PhD? I should have just made the proof!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7d
We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 8d
Amazing to see solar generate a record 39% of California’s electricity from January through July. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Solar is crushing gas power in California this year
The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…
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Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 8d
Another hit from @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG 🧟🎃😱
(Not sure she still uses B'sky...)
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