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Dan Becker @ The Safe Climate Campaign @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social advocates strong environmental action, holds automakers and other polluters & govt accountable for cutting pollution to fight climate change. Washington, DC. safeclimatecampaign.org
The Clean Air Act prevented more than 2.3 million premature deaths, 200,000 heart attacks, millions of cases of acute bronchitis and asthma attacks, 135,000 hospital admissions, 17 million lost workdays, 5.4 million lost school days due to respiratory illness caused or exacerbated by air pollution.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Clean Air Act prevented more than 2.3 million premature deaths, 200,000 heart attacks, millions of cases of acute bronchitis and asthma attacks, 135,000 hospital admissions, 17 million lost workdays, 5.4 million lost school days due to respiratory illness caused or exacerbated by air pollution.
Fossil fuel disinformation and corruption campaign. The oil, gas and coal industries continue to deny the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is dangerously heating the planet. By Lisa Friedman, @stevenleemyers.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Fossil fuel disinformation and corruption campaign. The oil, gas and coal industries continue to deny the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is dangerously heating the planet. By Lisa Friedman, @stevenleemyers.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Trump-Vance environmental rollbacks came one after the next this week, harming everything from rare whales to protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams, weakening the Clean Water Act to jeopardizing the Hudson River‘s health @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Trump-Vance environmental rollbacks came one after the next this week, harming everything from rare whales to protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams, weakening the Clean Water Act to jeopardizing the Hudson River‘s health @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
Lost Science: She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat. “There was no warning, no conversation,” just a single email, said Jane Clougherty, environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year. @sachimulkey.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Lost Science: She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat. “There was no warning, no conversation,” just a single email, said Jane Clougherty, environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year. @sachimulkey.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk. @lizagross.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk. @lizagross.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk. @lizagross.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk. @lizagross.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
The cost of deregulation exceeds the benefits. The Trump administration's regulatory rollbacks could cost the U.S. $153 billion and nearly 3,300 lives annually, according to calculations by a think tank at the New York University School of Law.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The cost of deregulation exceeds the benefits. The Trump administration's regulatory rollbacks could cost the U.S. $153 billion and nearly 3,300 lives annually, according to calculations by a think tank at the New York University School of Law.
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"Breakbone" fever!
As climate change allows the Aedes aegypti to move northward, survive higher elevations and stay active for longer into the fall, dengue fever is fast emerging as one of the most dangerous of the world’s diseases. @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...
As climate change allows the Aedes aegypti to move northward, survive higher elevations and stay active for longer into the fall, dengue fever is fast emerging as one of the most dangerous of the world’s diseases. @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...
November 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Breakbone" fever!
As climate change allows the Aedes aegypti to move northward, survive higher elevations and stay active for longer into the fall, dengue fever is fast emerging as one of the most dangerous of the world’s diseases. @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...
As climate change allows the Aedes aegypti to move northward, survive higher elevations and stay active for longer into the fall, dengue fever is fast emerging as one of the most dangerous of the world’s diseases. @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1011202...
“And it was evening…”
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“And it was evening…”
A deal with the devil, literally!
Center-right EU group seeks far right support to gut green rules in key Parliament vote next week. It would mean EU’s green reporting rules will be significantly relaxed and apply to fewer companies. @maxgriera.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Center-right EU group seeks far right support to gut green rules in key Parliament vote next week. It would mean EU’s green reporting rules will be significantly relaxed and apply to fewer companies. @maxgriera.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A deal with the devil, literally!
Center-right EU group seeks far right support to gut green rules in key Parliament vote next week. It would mean EU’s green reporting rules will be significantly relaxed and apply to fewer companies. @maxgriera.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Center-right EU group seeks far right support to gut green rules in key Parliament vote next week. It would mean EU’s green reporting rules will be significantly relaxed and apply to fewer companies. @maxgriera.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Not only has Trump abandoned America’s promises to the rest of the world that it would control the greenhouse gas pollution that is dangerously heating the planet, it has been pressuring other countries to back away from efforts to fight climate change. Lisa Friedman www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Not only has Trump abandoned America’s promises to the rest of the world that it would control the greenhouse gas pollution that is dangerously heating the planet, it has been pressuring other countries to back away from efforts to fight climate change. Lisa Friedman www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Red sky at night, enviros delight!
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Red sky at night, enviros delight!
The Alps Are Melting. Blatten, Switzerland was crushed by a glacier. It’s a sign of the economic and emotional costs of a warming Europe. Researchers have long warned of the accelerating dangers that climate change. @jimtankersley.bsky.social and Sergey Ponomarev. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Alps Are Melting. Blatten, Switzerland was crushed by a glacier. It’s a sign of the economic and emotional costs of a warming Europe. Researchers have long warned of the accelerating dangers that climate change. @jimtankersley.bsky.social and Sergey Ponomarev. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
Sun sets on Washington!
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Sun sets on Washington!
Fall colors welcome November! Breathe deeply and try to think of how good it will feel when Trump is just a bad memory!
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fall colors welcome November! Breathe deeply and try to think of how good it will feel when Trump is just a bad memory!
Lancet: Failure to curb climate change has seen the rate of heat-related deaths surge 23% since the 1990s, reaching 546,000 a year. Last year was the hottest year on record, with catastrophic consequences. Fossil fuel burning helps kill 2.5 million people annually. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Lancet: Failure to curb climate change has seen the rate of heat-related deaths surge 23% since the 1990s, reaching 546,000 a year. Last year was the hottest year on record, with catastrophic consequences. Fossil fuel burning helps kill 2.5 million people annually. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Another price of firing government workers!
Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa. Trump's staff purge and the federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations. @byscottdance.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa. Trump's staff purge and the federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations. @byscottdance.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Another price of firing government workers!
Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa. Trump's staff purge and the federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations. @byscottdance.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa. Trump's staff purge and the federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations. @byscottdance.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Climate supercharger!
Unusually warm ocean temperatures, along with tropical climate warming, is forecast to strengthen Melissa’s top wind speed by about 9 mph, resulting in it becoming a Category 5 storm, and increasing its potential damages by up to 50%. www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
Unusually warm ocean temperatures, along with tropical climate warming, is forecast to strengthen Melissa’s top wind speed by about 9 mph, resulting in it becoming a Category 5 storm, and increasing its potential damages by up to 50%. www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Climate supercharger!
Unusually warm ocean temperatures, along with tropical climate warming, is forecast to strengthen Melissa’s top wind speed by about 9 mph, resulting in it becoming a Category 5 storm, and increasing its potential damages by up to 50%. www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
Unusually warm ocean temperatures, along with tropical climate warming, is forecast to strengthen Melissa’s top wind speed by about 9 mph, resulting in it becoming a Category 5 storm, and increasing its potential damages by up to 50%. www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
End of day! Take a deep breath of clean air!
October 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
End of day! Take a deep breath of clean air!
Turn off the news, look up and calm down!
October 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Turn off the news, look up and calm down!
Trump can’t take a backhoe to this!
October 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Trump can’t take a backhoe to this!
It's what he's doing to the environment and the metaphor for his entire administration!
Trump’s move to demolish part of the White House to make way for a $250 million ballroom is eliciting outrage and calls for more oversight before any further changes are made. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump’s move to demolish part of the White House to make way for a $250 million ballroom is eliciting outrage and calls for more oversight before any further changes are made. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It's what he's doing to the environment and the metaphor for his entire administration!
Trump’s move to demolish part of the White House to make way for a $250 million ballroom is eliciting outrage and calls for more oversight before any further changes are made. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump’s move to demolish part of the White House to make way for a $250 million ballroom is eliciting outrage and calls for more oversight before any further changes are made. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
It’s been a busy year at EPA. Especially for lobbyists who previously lobbied on behalf of industy. One advocating for continued use of a contentious weedkiller called dicamba is now in charge of pesticides policy. @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
October 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It’s been a busy year at EPA. Especially for lobbyists who previously lobbied on behalf of industy. One advocating for continued use of a contentious weedkiller called dicamba is now in charge of pesticides policy. @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
What he‘s doing to the whole country!
October 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
What he‘s doing to the whole country!
Making America uncompetitive again to benefit big oil!
Trump illegally cancels more than $700M to support the manufacture of advanced batteries from recycled EV batteries. The cancellations affect plans to build plants in red states.
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Trump illegally cancels more than $700M to support the manufacture of advanced batteries from recycled EV batteries. The cancellations affect plans to build plants in red states.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Making America uncompetitive again to benefit big oil!
Trump illegally cancels more than $700M to support the manufacture of advanced batteries from recycled EV batteries. The cancellations affect plans to build plants in red states.
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Trump illegally cancels more than $700M to support the manufacture of advanced batteries from recycled EV batteries. The cancellations affect plans to build plants in red states.
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