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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Sep 12

An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Study finds critically endangered sharks being sold as food in U.S. grocery stores

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has uncovered that shark meat sold in U.S. grocery stores, seafood markets, and online vendors often comes from endangered species and ...

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Sep 10

A New, ‘Adorable’ Deep-Sea Fish Swims Into View www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

A New, ‘Adorable’ Deep-Sea Fish Swims Into View

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fascinating and fun finally! A calculator for cost and carbon savings for EVs. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Electric Vehicle vs. Gas Car Calculator

There’s one month left to get a federal subsidy. Our calculator lets you compare models and see whether an E.V. is cheaper in the long run.

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Here's something we can do now to make sure people can vote in elections: www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...

Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Of course they are. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/new-for... #regulatetoxicchemicals #dontdefertocorporates

New 'forever chemicals' found in killer whale blubber - Oceanographic

Previously undocumented in wildlife, a new group of forever chemicals - PFAS - have been found in the blubber of killer whales in the Arctic.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Aug 14

The onerous process Oregon put in place in the 1970s to stymie nuclear plants is now being used to stall wind and solar projects, and one 76-year-old has filed more challenges to green energy proposals than anyone in the state.

How One Woman Is Stalling Green Energy Projects in Oregon

Irene Gilbert is a 76-year-old retired state employee on a mission, fighting energy projects like large wind farms in Oregon’s rural communities. Renewable energy advocates and lawmakers treat activis...

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Aug 12

EV investment that drives accessibility to affordable electric cars is a key component to addressing the climate crisis. #climate #crisis #EV #Fossilfuel

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Ford announces $2 billion investment in Louisville assembly plant aimed at cheap EVs

The Detroit automaker plans to produce a midsize, four-door electric pickup at the Louisville Assembly Plant, slated for 2027.

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Aug 4

Offshore wind is moving ahead - it is an important part of the solution to our planet's most pressing, existential crisis. The shift from the energy of the past to the energy of the future. #oceansolution #climatecrisis #offshorewind

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The Largest US Offshore Wind Project Is Ready to Go Despite Trump’s Vendetta

But his tariff war could add hundreds of millions to the price tag

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Jul 31

100%. More than what they paid for.

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Jul 28

Carbon removals fund kicks off to speed decarbonization.
#ClimateCrisis #solutions
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New carbon-removals fund aims to accelerate decarbonization

A new revolving fund from climate non-profit Terraset could reduce upfront risk for investors in carbon removals.

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Jul 22

Exploring the ocean's depths: www.npr.org/2025/07/21/g...

COMIC: Exploring the ocean's wonderous, mysterious depths

Did you know that we know less about the sea than we do about space? With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know about Earth's ocean.

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Jul 14

Enough said. Here is all we need to know to attack the #climatecrisis from the man who could/would have turned it around. www.linkedin.com/posts/yberno...

Raging Al Gore is back 🤬 And we need every second of it. | Yoann Berno

Raging Al Gore is back 🤬 And we need every second of it. When he gets mad, the truth gets louder. He just ripped into the fossil fuel industry’s latest PR stunt: “Climate realism.” That we can'...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · Jul 7

“The Senator’s wake-up calls about government inaction take on a new urgency in Trump 2.0.”

Link in bio.

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our national security depends on our ability to harness domestically sourced energy www.stripes.com/opinion/2025... #cliimate #ocean #blueeconomy

Our national security depends on our ability to harness domestically sourced energy

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Jun 30

Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/c... #ClimateCrisis #Jobs

Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Jun 26

Fast-tracking offshore mining is disturbing. We have little experience or precedent, and we need standards and precautions. www.doi.gov/pressrelease... #oceans #mining

Interior Streamlines Offshore Mineral Policies to Strengthen U.S. Supply Chains and Security | U.S. Department of the Interior

The Department of the Interior today announced new policy steps to speed up the search and development of critical minerals offshore—resources vital to the nation’s energy, technology and defense need...

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Jackie Savitz @jackiesavitz.bsky.social · Jun 25

Good Ideas and Bright People Working on Climate Change by Rob Etgen talbotspy.org/good-ideas-a...

Good Ideas and Bright People Working on Climate Change by Rob Etgen - Talbot Spy

I have often heard it said that the Delmarva Peninsula is the third most vulnerable region to sea level rise in America. Whatever our rank, we are certainly

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Jun 16

Ours is the first study to demonstrate an historical increase (by a factor of three!) in the occurrence of atmospheric resonance, which is associated with many of the most devastating and deadly persistent summer weather extremes in recent years (e.g. Pacific Northwest Heat Dome of summer '21) 🧵

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Jun 16

"Increased frequency of planetary wave resonance events over the past half-century" | Our new article in @pnas.org by @xuekeli.bsky.social, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social, Shannon Christiansen & yours truly: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...