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Amy Scott

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Senior Correspondent at Marketplace and Host of the climate podcast How We Survive.

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Amy Scott @amyscott.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to announce that SAVING ETTING STREET, the documentary film I co-directed with Dena Fisher, will have its world premiere at #DOCNYC. In-person and virtual screenings next month!
www.docnyc.net/film/saving-...

SAVING ETTING STREET - DOC NYC

WORLD PREMIERE Shelly, a brash, no-nonsense carpenter, is on a mission to empower Black women to reclaim their futures, one home at a time. Through her

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 4d

Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live.

www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

Headline: "Cincinnati Public Schools' homeless student sleep lot is first in Ohio, says coalition"
By Grace Tucker and Elizabeth B. Kim
Cincinnati Enquirer

"There are now so many families living out of their cars in Cincinnati that the city's school district is opening a parking lot for them to have a safe place to stay overnight."

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Amy Scott @amyscott.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Michael. I really want to get you and Loren on a stage together.

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In this episode, I go meat shopping with @mikegrunwald.bsky.social, sample cattle feed, and confront some hard questions about what's really "best" for the planet. Maybe my favorite one yet!
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...

The Land Problem

We need to make more food with less land. Could factory farms be the key?

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14d

Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 17d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Amy Scott @amyscott.bsky.social · 16d

SAVING ETTING STREET - DOC NYC

WORLD PREMIERE Shelly, a brash, no-nonsense carpenter, is on a mission to empower Black women to reclaim their futures, one home at a time. Through her

www.docnyc.net

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 25d

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Sep 17

"I'm all about free speech, but..."

Lots of that going around these days.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 17

Rep. Ronny Jackson calls to forcefully mass institutionalize trans people and calls them a cancer.

www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...

Alt text: A screenshot of a news article excerpt. The text quotes a person making derogatory comments about transgender women, saying they have "an underlying level of aggressiveness" and claiming left-wing media tells them daily that they are victims. The speaker argues that transgender Americans face psychiatric issues and that society needs stronger mental health interventions. He continues by saying, "We have to treat these people. We have to get them off the streets, and we have to get them off the internet," calling transgender identity a "virus" and a "cancer" spreading across the country.

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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · Sep 15

🔥 The world’s top climate scientists have found that global warming is accelerating. Oceans are rising faster than ever, and the 1.5°C target is slipping away, but there’s still a narrow path forward. #ClimateAction

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections

They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Marketplace @marketplace.org · Sep 2

Join @amyscott.bsky.social‬, host of How We Survive, and Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer @elizkolbert.bsky.social in conversation with @kairyssdal.bsky.social on September 9.

Register for free at mktplc.org/4mUAhXz.

Presented by Odoo with additional underwriting support from The Economist.

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Amy Scott @amyscott.bsky.social · Aug 29

If you're a cis person, like me, look at this map and just imagine how much smaller this country is for trans people -- especially youth -- and the people who love them right now.

Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: August Edition

The situation has deteriorated for transgender youth around the country, with many clinics shuttering and state AGs unwilling to enforce law. For adults, some states see higher risk.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Amy Scott @amyscott.bsky.social · Aug 7

Energy Sec. Chris Wright, former fracking CEO: “I just made a list of who do I think are the true, honest scientists.”

Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Aug 7

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Trump admin is altering previous National Climate Assessments. These were produced by hundreds of climate scientists and mandated by Congress. (1/2)

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Rebecca McCarthy @rebeccamccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Groundwater (!!) is contributing more to sea level rise than melting in Greenland and Antartica

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Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise

Overuse of groundwater has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheets.

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Amy Scott @amyscott.bsky.social · Aug 5

"The participating households were expected to collectively save more than $350 million each year on utility costs."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/c...

E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 1

meanwhile Fox News is talking about Hillary's emails

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yesterday: the economists were wrong, tariffs are clearly working

Today: Ok, we need to fire the economists because the jobs data doesn't look good

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Amy Scott @amyscott.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks to the fantastic @shannonosaka.bsky.social for filling us in on the climate impacts of the new Republican tax cuts and spending law -- and how to take advantage of clean energy tax credits before they're gone.

Burning Questions: Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” passed. What now for the climate?

This will hurt the United States’ energy transition and our global competitiveness.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.