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Jane Ahn
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Studying environmental sociology, religion, and STS @uwsoc.bsky.social
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The Trump administration is full on contradictions, but gutting FEMA at the start of hurricane season and calling up the military over state objections both show its lack of concern for public safety and wellbeing.

#MemeTherapy #ClassicMemes #FEMA
June 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Today is a dark day for climate: The EPA announced its plans to unravel critical safeguards that protect people from harmful carbon emissions and hazardous air pollution released by fossil fuel-fired power plants.

UCS Statement: act.ucsusa.org/4jKvPsk
June 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This is a real thing being posted and circulated by the Department of Homeland Security, referring to undocumented immigrants as “foreign invaders” and urging good Americans to turn them in.

(I’ll leave it to BlueSky historians to find comparisons to WWII era materials.)
June 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The US Senate repealed three federal waivers that let California and other states that follow suit set pollution standards to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Statement by Steven Higashide, director of the Clean Transportation Program at UCS: act.ucsusa.org/3Fw8hth
May 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
When I said "Reporting this piece felt a little bit like trying to write about a rodeo while riding a bull and juggling at the same time" I really meant that

What's going on with climate-enviro issues in the courts now, and what to expect in the next four years: thebulletin.org/2025/04/can-...
Can US courts save the Earth?
These are some of the biggest issues, current and future, to look out for in the climate-environmental law space.
thebulletin.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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There is a difference between 1) having emotions about the state of the world and 2) trying to convince people that it’s too late to act on climate (a false premise that assumes climate change is pass/fail when it’s a matter of degrees).

Impeding climate action is complying in advance.
March 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM