Tessa Hill
@tessahill.bsky.social
Climate change, oceans, blue carbon and coastal communities. Professor, researcher, educator, author. 🌊
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Tessa Hill
@tessahill.bsky.social
· Nov 22
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If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
Time to submit public comment on the proposal for offshore drilling in CA , AK, and Gulf. www.regulations.gov/document/BOE...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Time to submit public comment on the proposal for offshore drilling in CA , AK, and Gulf. www.regulations.gov/document/BOE...
Important update to this. The last two weeks have shown that faculty are holding up higher ed as it crumbles from pressure from the federal gov.
www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-t...
www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-t...
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Important update to this. The last two weeks have shown that faculty are holding up higher ed as it crumbles from pressure from the federal gov.
www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-t...
www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-t...
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While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
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I missed this when it initially came out, but now it seems the whole country is about to see this video, through one frame or another.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I missed this when it initially came out, but now it seems the whole country is about to see this video, through one frame or another.
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How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Driving Plastic Production and Pollution | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Pivot to Plastic Is Polluting Our Planet
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Driving Plastic Production and Pollution | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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Absolute solidarity to all the women out there who have had a man at work lean forward, point a finger at you, and mutter the equivalent of “quiet piggy” while all of your colleagues just stand around and do nothing.
There’s a reason why that was so triggering to so many people.
There’s a reason why that was so triggering to so many people.
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Absolute solidarity to all the women out there who have had a man at work lean forward, point a finger at you, and mutter the equivalent of “quiet piggy” while all of your colleagues just stand around and do nothing.
There’s a reason why that was so triggering to so many people.
There’s a reason why that was so triggering to so many people.
Um hi Harvard don’t you have a written policy that would address whether or not he can keep teaching???
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Um hi Harvard don’t you have a written policy that would address whether or not he can keep teaching???
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Curious about what's happening at #COP30? @roycerk2.bsky.social and I recapped the first week for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
COP30 So Far: Protestors, Polluters and Paying for Pollution
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Curious about what's happening at #COP30? @roycerk2.bsky.social and I recapped the first week for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
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Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Massive gratitude to @democracyforward.org and @aaup.org for defending higher education and first amendment rights. 💪 👏🏼
BREAKING: We won a court order blocking Pres. Trump’s attempt to stifle First Amendment rights and gain political control over the University of California system.
The President can't force people to think or believe only the way he does. This is a key victory for our clients and the rule of law.
The President can't force people to think or believe only the way he does. This is a key victory for our clients and the rule of law.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Massive gratitude to @democracyforward.org and @aaup.org for defending higher education and first amendment rights. 💪 👏🏼
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
Great thread ⬆️ ⬇️
After an usually weak land carbon sink in 2023, there were articles about its potential collapse. The truth is more complicated; while there is no impending collapse there is growing evidence of a long-term weakening of both the land and ocean carbon sinks due to human activity.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Great thread ⬆️ ⬇️
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Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe.
The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
This includes timeless Carson statements such as: “Now we are receiving sharp reminders that our heedless and destructive acts enter into the vast cycles of the earth and in time return to bring hazard to ourselves.” 👀
We are in week 7 of our class on Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. In the next week - Week 8 - we will read chapters 15-16 of the book, as well as Carson’s statement before Congress (June 4, 1963): awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2018/01/09/s...
Statement before Congress - June 4, 1963
[June 4, 1963 | Washington, D.C.] Rachel Carson's statement before the Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations of the Committee on Government Operations
Mr.
awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This includes timeless Carson statements such as: “Now we are receiving sharp reminders that our heedless and destructive acts enter into the vast cycles of the earth and in time return to bring hazard to ourselves.” 👀
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NOAA cut funding for critical parts of the tsunami and earthquake detection system in Alaska, primarily in the Aleutians. I spoke to Wash Post about negative impacts. But, hey, what are the chances of a deadly tsunami being triggered in Alaska? (Gift article, not behind paywall) ⚒️ wapo.st/4qKvavQ
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NOAA cut funding for critical parts of the tsunami and earthquake detection system in Alaska, primarily in the Aleutians. I spoke to Wash Post about negative impacts. But, hey, what are the chances of a deadly tsunami being triggered in Alaska? (Gift article, not behind paywall) ⚒️ wapo.st/4qKvavQ
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“Because things are at a loggerhead in D.C., a lot of the success has to take place at the local and state level,” says U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois. “Every position matters: school board, library board, park district board.”
Why talking to your state and local leaders matters » Yale Climate Connections
These officials make key decisions about climate solutions, and they can be easier to reach than federal leaders.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Because things are at a loggerhead in D.C., a lot of the success has to take place at the local and state level,” says U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois. “Every position matters: school board, library board, park district board.”
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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This is encouraging: we are making progress and we’re in a much better position than we would be without the action stimulated by COPs over the years.
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
The UN climate summits are working – just not in the way their critics think
Many say UN climate summits are pointless. They’re wrong.
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is encouraging: we are making progress and we’re in a much better position than we would be without the action stimulated by COPs over the years.
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
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The Bay Area is more than halfway toward its goal of restoring 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands, which are a natural buffer to floodwaters from future sea level rise.
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1998...
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1998...
Rising Tides Drive a Bay Area Push to Bring Back Vanished Marshlands | KQED
The region has restored nearly 58,000 acres of tidal wetlands, bringing new life to the Bay’s edge and fresh hope for flood protection.
www.kqed.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Bay Area is more than halfway toward its goal of restoring 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands, which are a natural buffer to floodwaters from future sea level rise.
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1998...
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1998...
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Inexplicably, the pro-ballroom vote failed to materialize last night
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Inexplicably, the pro-ballroom vote failed to materialize last night
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If you want to know which chemical firms are employing hundreds of lobbyists to prevent forever chemicals from being banned. All the info here: share.google/mSa8IeNiwcAR...
The Forever Lobbying Project
The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.
share.google
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you want to know which chemical firms are employing hundreds of lobbyists to prevent forever chemicals from being banned. All the info here: share.google/mSa8IeNiwcAR...
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For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
It’s not too late! You can still join my students and I in reading Silent Spring, and exploring how this book, and Carson’s legacy, is as powerful today as ever. Use my posts as a reading guide! 📚 🌲 🦅
I’m behind on updates on my #RachelCarson course. We are in week 6 - if you are following along, we have read chapters 11&12, plus listened to podcasts about her life & the book this week.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It’s not too late! You can still join my students and I in reading Silent Spring, and exploring how this book, and Carson’s legacy, is as powerful today as ever. Use my posts as a reading guide! 📚 🌲 🦅