Grey Gowder
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Grey Gowder
@greygowder.bsky.social
Storyteller & Media Producer, Founder of The Hope Summit and the Carolina Ocean Alliance, Systems Thinker, and Community-Driven Solutions Accelerator.
The ocean is not a sacrifice zone. 📍American Samoa opposes deep sea mining—so should we. Let’s uplift Indigenous leadership and protect our shared home.

If you are a resident of (or part of the diaspora of) US overseas territories, sign the petition now ➡️ forms.gle/kiyrpNjMcAB2...

#OceanJustice
Petition to Oppose Imposition of Deep Seabed Mining on American Samoa/Petición para oponerse a la minería de los fondos marinos profundos en Samoa Americana
This petition is organized by Right to Democracy and America the Beautiful for All Coalition in support of leaders and communities from American Samoa and all U.S. territories. When signing the petiti...
forms.gle
June 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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REMINDER
March 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Last summer, we covered what Project 2025 and a second Trump administration would mean for the ocean.
How Trump’s Project 2025 would reshape America’s oceans
Near the end of last year, the Heritage Foundation unveiled Project 2025, a sweeping, 900-page document that outlines their vision for a second Trump administration. Authored by key leaders of the …
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March 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
March 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Every single fucking Republican president in my lifetime has crashed the goddamn economy. How many times are we going to let this happen?
March 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Many of the Trump administration's actions will kill millions of people worldwide in the coming years, including those related to weather, the environment, and climate. That's not hyperbole.
Trump's firings at US weather agency will put lives at risk, scientists say
Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.S. government's weather forecasts, will put American lives at risk and stifle crucial climate research.
www.reuters.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Attempted mass firings at NOAA, and other threats, could shatter a 200-year legacy of science for the benefit of the American people, experts warn as the Trump administration wreaks havoc on one of the world’s premier research agencies.
Experts Say Attempted Mass Firing of NOAA Workers May be Illegal and Threatens Public Safety - Inside Climate News
Weather forecasters, climate modelers, glacier scientists and crew members on research ships received termination emails, while a federal judge simultaneously ordered the Trump administration to resci...
insideclimatenews.org
March 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I am proud to include the Carolina Ocean Alliance as one of nearly 400 (and growing) organizations and businesses that signed on to this letter to show our support for the incredible people who work at NOAA and the life-saving and life-changing work they do every day.
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I know it's not the CDC ... but has anyone backed up NOAA's digital library?

Created in 2013, it has *all* the scientific reports, journal articles, guidelines and other info authored or co-authored by NOAA. Think Deepwater Horizon reports, etc.

I'm concerned.

repository.library.noaa.gov/welcome
Welcome to the NOAA Institutional RepositorySearchSearchSearchhomehome
repository.library.noaa.gov
February 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Taken literally, "anti-woke" means ignorant

Perhaps, "self-proclaimed ignoramus"
February 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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February 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.
February 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Yesterday ~68 people employed in HHS's Administration for Children & Families early childhood offices were terminated. I'm told Office of Head Start lost ~20% of staff; Office of Child Care lost ~25%
These workers process grants for preschools/childcare centers, monitor health/safety issues, etc.
February 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Minor oversight by the kiddies: www.the-independent.com/news/world/a... If you move fast and know nothing, then yes, you break things.
February 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.

Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Public Environmental Data Partners archives climate datasets, uploading copies to public repositories and cataloging where and how to find them if they go missing from government websites. Scholars explain:
How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see
Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.
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February 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.
February 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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JUST IN:

Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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trump’s desire to take over the kennedy center feels like the same ideological vein as guys who want AI to replace art. they can’t imagine creating anything from a place of sincere emotion so they seek to destroy it.
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.

NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.

This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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www.wired.com/story/treasu...
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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The U.S. Department of Labor is organizing a protest. Elon Musk’s staff will be present at the Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C., today at 4 p.m. It was mentioned that staff should plan to stay late after the 4 p.m. meeting to assist with setting up Elon Musk staffers into their systems.
February 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM