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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · Apr 22

Air, Water, Soil, Wildlife, Forests, Our Earth.
We only have one.
If we do just one thing each day to support our environmental stewardship, just one… maybe we can shift our planet back toward a healthier flourishing earth.
🌍 🌴🎋💦💧🐟🐬
#EarthDay #StarterPack

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · 15h

“The debate over AI’s environment impact remains one of the most fraught in tech policy. Depending on what we read, AI is either an ecological crisis in the making or a rounding error in global energy use. As AI moves rapidly into video, clarity on its footprint is more urgent than ever.”
#Greensky

OpenAI’s newly launched Sora 2 makes AI’s environmental impact impossible to ignore

As AI shifts from text to video, its appetite for power and water soars, presenting a climate-policy issue.

theconversation.com

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 20h

Beautiful, unique, stylish, adorable, phenomenal performer.
Diane, fly with the angles. Rest in Power.

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · 3d

“Your life matters, and you are here for a reason.”-Jane Goodall

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · 19d

It’s so very simple.
Thank you, Jane Goodall.

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 10d

One of the purest, most beautiful humans to walk this earth has left. Godspeed to you, Jane. Our love, prayers, and appreciation will always remain with you.
💕🙏🏻. 🌳🌲🦍🐒🦧🌍🌎🍃🌳

@janegoodall.org
Love to all at the institute.

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · 19d

It’s so very simple.
Thank you, Jane Goodall.

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · 20d

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
- Albert Einstein

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · Sep 11

“A new peer-reviewed study examined the impact Indigenous territories have on human health in two categories of diseases, finding that municipalities located close to Indigenous lands with intact forests have a reduced risk.”

Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find - Inside Climate News

A new peer-reviewed study examined the impact Indigenous territories have on human health in two categories of diseases, finding that municipalities located close to Indigenous lands with intact fores...

insideclimatenews.org

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · Sep 11

“Scientists say such source attribution could help power litigation aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry accountable for damages from heat waves and other extreme weather linked to climate change.”

#GreenSky

World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows - Inside Climate News

Scientists say such source attribution could help power litigation aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry accountable for damages from heat waves and other extreme weather linked to climate change.

insideclimatenews.org

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · Aug 19

“The Trump administration is moving to shut down two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health, potentially shutting off an important source of data for scientists, policymakers and farmers.”
#GreenSky

Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health

The Trump administration wants to end two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health

www.actionnewsjax.com

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Mike Pusateri @mikepusateri.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm so glad you're running! Absolutely everyone in #SAGAFTRA should vote for Karen Brown!

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · Aug 19

These elephants are drunk.
The Marula fruit in their local habitat has them tipping over on the way home.
Should we send pickle juice to help with tomorrow morning?

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · Aug 10

The pure innocence, love, awareness of all beings. Let’s continue to nurture them.

via @plumesofficiel on IG
#GreenSky #wildlife

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · Aug 2

John Lennon: Always ahead of the curve.

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · Aug 1

Without a smile, a laugh, a creative quip or two in your feed? Can’t have that!
This pack is chock full of incredibly cool inspirational writers, comedians, and core Dem sources for your perusal.
A follow all pack fully vetted with love & stardust.
🥰💫✨💫

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · Aug 4

Majestic sensitive conscious beings.

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · Aug 6

Beautiful.. Pink Floyd “I wish you were here” Flash Mob

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · Jul 30

In 1995, 14 wolves were released into Yellowstone National Park. It was the beginning of healing an entire ecosystem…

#GreenSky

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GMO/Toxin Free USA @gmofreeusa.bsky.social · Jun 7

Registered with the EPA as a non-selective contact pesticide, diquat kills all vegetation that it touches. And that's not all.
usrtk.org/healthwire/d...
Buy organic to avoid diquat!

Diquat herbicide poisons the gut, may severely damage other organs, research shows

Diquat, an herbicide banned in Europe but still widely used in the U.S., damages the intestines and the liver, kidney, and lungs, according to a new review of more than 100 studies.

usrtk.org

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GMO/Toxin Free USA @gmofreeusa.bsky.social · Jun 17

Do you want a world with a diversity of fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables, or do you want a world of unhealthy, ultra processed junk made from GMO corn and soy? #NationalPollinatorWeek

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · Jul 27

In a landmark finding, the United Nations’ top court on Wednesday issued an advisory opinion stating that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right.

#GreenSky #Humanity

UN’s Top Court Rules That ‘Clean, Healthy’ Environment Is a Human Right - EcoWatch

In a landmark finding, the UN’s top court stated that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right.

www.ecowatch.com

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · Jul 27

The #Klamath River returns to life! A reawakening ecosystem!
via @francesfisher11.bsky.social
#GreenSky

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OceanBlueStar 🌎💧🐬 @oceanbluestar.bsky.social · Jul 23

“With more than 41,000 wildfires already this year, the 5,100 unfilled positions — 26 percent of the USFS firefighting force — are especially concerning for regions like the Pacific Northwest that are facing extremely high wildfire risk in 2025.”
#GreenSky

Firefighter Shortage Across U.S. Poses ‘Dangerous’ Risks as Peak Wildfire Season Ramps Up - EcoWatch

More than 25% of USFS firefighting positions are vacant, creating shortages as extreme conditions lead to wildfires across the country.

www.ecowatch.com

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · Jul 12

Looking for accounts to help you get into #GoodTrouble ?
Here you go. Enjoy! (I may have to do a sequel. I couldn't get everyone into this one I wanted to. Ran out of room. 🙄 Seems a lot of people want to get into good trouble these days.)

go.bsky.app/7huxLuk

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