Don Haas (formerly Don Duggan-Haas)
@drdonhaas.bsky.social
Director of Teacher Programming, The Center for Climate Change Education at PRI
Co-author of The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change
Deputizer of climate communicators
Thinks we should talk more about fire
https://climate.earthathome.org/
Co-author of The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change
Deputizer of climate communicators
Thinks we should talk more about fire
https://climate.earthathome.org/
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Here's an excerpt:
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Here's an excerpt:
Starting in half an hour!
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Upending Assumptions About Life On Earth
Thu 13 Nov, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM [EST]: Dr. Sol M. Gruner, John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University The discovery of living organisms in deep rock has upended assumptions about...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Starting in half an hour!
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Hot off the presses!
"Overcoming Obstacles to Evolution and Climate Change Education: A Synoptic Review from a US Perspective," by yours truly, Don Haas (@drdonhaas.bsky.social), and Jamie L. Jensen, is now published!
International Handbook of Research on STEAM Curriculum and Practice
This comprehensive handbook delves into timely issues in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture, and mathematics) curriculum and praxis. Cutting-edge research will help STEAM educa...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Hot off the presses!
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It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
1) Fossil fuel
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
Climate Education is Changing in New York State!
Check out my fresh blog on what's happening!
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Check out my fresh blog on what's happening!
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Climate Education is Changing in New York State — Paleontological Research Institution
by Dr. Don Haas On November 4, 2025, at the meeting of the Board of Regents, the Regents provisionally adopted instructional requirements for personal finance and climate education, marking the shi...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Climate Education is Changing in New York State!
Check out my fresh blog on what's happening!
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Check out my fresh blog on what's happening!
www.priweb.org/blog-post/cl...
Thursday at 7pm EST: Upending Assumptions About Life On Earth - on Science in the Virtual Pub!
Dr. Sol M. Gruner, John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University
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Dr. Sol M. Gruner, John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University
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Upending Assumptions About Life On Earth
Thu 13 Nov, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM [EST]: Dr. Sol M. Gruner, John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University The discovery of living organisms in deep rock has upended assumptions about...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Thursday at 7pm EST: Upending Assumptions About Life On Earth - on Science in the Virtual Pub!
Dr. Sol M. Gruner, John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University
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Dr. Sol M. Gruner, John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University
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If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers!
climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...
If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers!
climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...
Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees
University of California, San Diego, requires all students to learn about climate change, while other schools have added environmental sustainability requirements.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers!
climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...
If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers!
climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...
Yeah. Sigh.
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yeah. Sigh.
Reposted by Don Haas (formerly Don Duggan-Haas)
@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️
HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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November 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️
HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
1-2
HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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Trick or treaters at my house will get to choose candy or fossil seashells.
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Trick or treaters at my house will get to choose candy or fossil seashells.
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The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
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The report says the world’s addiction to fossil fuels causes toxic air pollution, wildfires and the spread of diseases such as dengue fever, and millions each year are dying owing to the failure to tackle global heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The report says the world’s addiction to fossil fuels causes toxic air pollution, wildfires and the spread of diseases such as dengue fever, and millions each year are dying owing to the failure to tackle global heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“A top source of young people’s hope for the future was faith in their own resilience. Which flies in the face of young people being these fragile snowflakes that crumble at the slightest pressure.”
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health
There is a lot of positive news about young people's well-being that is not receiving much attention.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“A top source of young people’s hope for the future was faith in their own resilience. Which flies in the face of young people being these fragile snowflakes that crumble at the slightest pressure.”
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us Monday at 7pm EDT for our Favorite Climate Lessons Panel of high school teachers teaching climate electives!
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Favorite Climate Lessons Panel
Mon 27 Oct, 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM [EDT]: Are you interested in teaching more about climate change? Are you interested in creating and teaching a new elective course for your school? Join us for our second...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Join us Monday at 7pm EDT for our Favorite Climate Lessons Panel of high school teachers teaching climate electives!
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GSA peeps! Join me tomorrow at 2:05 in 301B! gsameetings.secure-platform.com/connects25/s...
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Another fun Jim Henson & Frank Oz pairing of Ernie & Cookie Monster from SESAME STREET’s 2nd season. The comedy feels very much in the Muppet house-style, finely honed over hundreds of TV appearances/ads. I also very much sympathize with the message - From both perspectives.
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Another fun Jim Henson & Frank Oz pairing of Ernie & Cookie Monster from SESAME STREET’s 2nd season. The comedy feels very much in the Muppet house-style, finely honed over hundreds of TV appearances/ads. I also very much sympathize with the message - From both perspectives.
Join us Thursday @7pm EDT for "We need to conserve biodiversity. Improving our teaching will help" w/ Suzanne Macey, Ph.D., Asst. Dir. for Capacity Development, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History on Science in the Virtual Pub!
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We need to conserve biodiversity. Improving our teaching will help.
Thu 23 Oct, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM [EDT]: Suzanne Macey, Ph.D., Assistant Director for Capacity Development, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History Headlines about the...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Join us Thursday @7pm EDT for "We need to conserve biodiversity. Improving our teaching will help" w/ Suzanne Macey, Ph.D., Asst. Dir. for Capacity Development, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History on Science in the Virtual Pub!
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Empirical reality, determined by established facts and subject to revision on new evidence is the basis of all science since the Enlightenment.
Also of the engineering letting you read this.
So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also of the engineering letting you read this.
So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s anti-truth crusade is not just an attack on facts – it’s an unravelling of the Enlightenment | Polly Toynbee
The US president, JD Vance and Nigel Farage seem to believe that checking facts is a form of censorship. Nonsense: speech is only free when it is anchored in truth, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynb...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Empirical reality, determined by established facts and subject to revision on new evidence is the basis of all science since the Enlightenment.
Also of the engineering letting you read this.
So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also of the engineering letting you read this.
So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Who's going to GSA?
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I dropped my subscription when they changed their editorial direction. I do miss it, but I won't back unless they change direction back. Ugh.
Who would have thought that 25 times as many people would be getting their daily news updates from a Boston College history professor (Heather Cox Richardson, who has 2.5 million subscribers) than from the Washington Post.
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I dropped my subscription when they changed their editorial direction. I do miss it, but I won't back unless they change direction back. Ugh.
Ugh.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 11% of its staff today, including many people working on an active Mars rover mission. “There’s no whitewashing the ‘doomsday-eve’ feeling that's looming over all our heads,” wrote one JPL’er. eos.org/research-and...
JPL Workforce Decimated - Eos
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.
eos.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ugh.
Reposted by Don Haas (formerly Don Duggan-Haas)
Renewables have overtaken coal. Now is NOT the time to turn back the clock on progress.
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Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Renewables have overtaken coal. Now is NOT the time to turn back the clock on progress.
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