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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 3d

🌊Coastal communities from California to Australia are reeling as toxic tides kill sea lions, dolphins, and entire fisheries. 𝐃𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢 reveals how these marine die-offs are a #climate emergency with human costs we can’t ignore. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Marine Die-Offs Signal a Climate Emergency — Change The Chamber

(October 5, 2025) Mass die-offs of sea life are sweeping coastlines as warming seas and pollution trigger toxic blooms and heatwaves. Scientists warn these cascading losses are a glimpse of what’s to ...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 5d

Change the Chamber is calling out the government shutdown as reckless politics putting lives, #climate protections, and jobs at risk. Congress must end this crisis now!
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CTC Condemns the Recent Government Shutdown as Harmful and Wholly Avoidable — Change The Chamber

(October 3, 2025) Change the Chamber calls out the government shutdown that’s putting public health, climate protections, and essential services at risk. Furloughing workers and stalling disaster resp...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 6d

From Kingston to Kansas, #extremeheat is reshaping fertility and #maternalhealth. 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 and 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 uncover the crisis in the latest installment of CTC’s #OurClimateOurHealth Series. #ClimateFriday #EJFriday ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Womb with a View (of 1.5°C) — Change The Chamber

(October 2, 2025) Extreme heat is putting pregnancies at risk, increasing the chances of stillbirth, preterm birth, and lasting health complications. At the same time, rising temperatures are making d...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 7d

Despite efforts to silence #climate science, scientists are tirelessly rebuilding and sharing the truth online. It’s a reminder that facts about our planet’s future can’t be erased.

Despite the Trump Administration’s Best Efforts to Suppress It, Climate Science Is Alive and Well Online - Inside Climate News

Hundreds of scientists worldwide are collaborating to combat misinformation by making accurate climate information widely available to the public.

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 8d

Gold mining is threatening the #BlackHills (again). 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 exposes how it could contaminate water, devastate #ecosystems, and desecrate #Lakota sacred lands.

Exploiting the Black Hills (Again) — Change The Chamber

(September 30, 2025) Gold mining is once again threatening the sacred Black Hills, putting water, ecosystems, and Lakota culture at risk. Despite treaties and court rulings, corporations still push to...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 11d

#AI is transforming #ESG, from automating emissions tracking to exposing #greenwashing, but as 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐫 warns, without transparency and ethical guardrails, it could fuel bias and #emissions instead of solving them.

AI and ESG: Unlocking Potential While Managing the Risks — Change The Chamber

(September 27, 2025) AI is transforming ESG with smarter data, risk insights, and green finance checks, but without transparency and ethical guardrails, it could deepen bias and emissions.

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 12d

Tropical Storm Chantal nearly broke records in NC. The Haw River rose 30 ft overnight, highways closed, and families sought refuge in shelters. 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 makes it clear: even ‘small’ storms bring major threats.
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Chantal: A Big Storm for a Small County — Change The Chamber

(September 26, 2025) Tropical Storm Chantal drove the Haw River up 30 feet overnight, flooding homes, churches, and highways across Alamance County. It’s a stark reminder that “small” storms are growi...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 13d

In the first installment of our #OurClimateOurHealth Series, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 and 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 reveal a startling fact: we are living beyond our planet’s limits, and our health is paying the price! #WorldEnvironmentalHealthDay

Beyond Overshoot - Rethinking Health and Wellbeing in an Unbalanced World — Change The Chamber

(September 26, 2025) Earth Overshoot Day marks when humanity’s resource use outpaces what our planet can regenerate—pushing ecosystems and human health past their limits. These crises show that protec...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 14d

The DOE says ocean acidification isn’t real. 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 calls it what it is: a lie that risks #ecosystems, food chains and millions of lives.
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DOE Report Misinformation: Ocean Acidification is not Ocean Neutralization — Change The Chamber

(September 25, 2025) The DOE’s 2025 report denied ocean acidification, but the science is undeniable. Rising CO₂ is making oceans more acidic, threatening coral reefs, marine life, and the millions wh...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 16d

Gold mining in Senegal brings wealth, but at the cost of poisoned rivers, destroyed forests, and sick workers. 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 exposes the human and #environmental toll.
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The Toll of Gold Mining in Senegal — Change The Chamber

(September 22, 2025) Gold mining in Senegal fuels jobs but spreads mercury poisoning, deforestation, and river pollution—endangering communities, food supplies, and ecosystems. A new Faleme River ban ...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 19d

💡Even as #climate challenges grow, hope is alive. The 2025 #Grist50 highlights 50 changemakers building resilience & solutions across the U.S. grist.org/fix/grist-50...

Introducing the 2025 Grist 50 list

Climate solutions are more important now than ever. Read about 50 leaders shaping the future of climate progress.

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 21d

Oil giants have money. Banks have power. We have the truth. Naomi Klein shares why facts and independent journalism are our strongest weapons.

Wealth and power shape the climate emergency – the most important tool we have to defend ourselves is the facts | Naomi Klein

The corporate-financed backlash to calls for global climate progress has been greatly empowered by the Trump administration. It’s never been more critical to challenge the misinformation that could tu...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 21d

“We live on a planet where the cheapest way to make #energy is to point glass at the sun.” @billmckibben.bsky.social shares 4 #solar breakthroughs reshaping 2025, and why this could be civilization’s turning point.

4 truths about solar power, from a legendary climate activist

Bill McKibben offers a hopeful account of solar energy’s life-changing economic potential in his new book, “Here Comes the Sun.”

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 22d

🔥 100M+ Americans were hit by #extremeheat this summer. Workers felt it hardest. How do we keep them safe? Join our #ClimateWeekNYC webinar for solutions that actually work!
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🔗 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 22d

DOE’s #climate report wasn’t science—it was spin.
❌ Cherry-picked data
❌ Bad citations
❌ Ignored adaptation
85 scientists fought back.

An Energy Department Climate Change Report ‘Completely Ignored’ Adaptation, Rutgers Professor Says - Inside Climate News

Pamela McElwee joined a group of 85 climate scientists who refuted DOE’s faulty science last week. Trump’s climate denialism, she believes, is designed to sow confusion—and inaction.

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 22d

🍃 $1.5B wind farm.
🏡 350k homes powered.
💼 Jobs for hundreds.
❌ And it’s blocked—all to protect #fossilfuels!

Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere

The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 23d

We’ve faced #environmental crises before — banning whaling, removing lead from gasoline, saving the ozone layer. History shows that collective action can change the course of disaster. We have the knowledge and the capacity. Now, we just need to choose to act!

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 28d

Over 1M North Carolinians rely on the Haw River and Jordan Lake, but decades of industrial pollution have left them toxic. In this eye-opening piece, 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 reveals the invisible threat still flowing through our water. #PFAS

North Carolina’s Contaminated Haw River and Jordan Lake — Change The Chamber

(September 11, 2025) Jordan Lake and the Haw River, vital water sources for over a million North Carolinians, are polluted with toxic PFAS chemicals from decades of industrial waste. Despite ongoing c...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · 29d

Sunset, storytelling, and shared hope. 𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐲 captured a special night at Conner Prairie, where #climate action met community and connection. This is what building a just future feels like.

Sunset Stroll/Climate Cafe at Conner Prairie — Change The Chamber

(September 9, 2025) At a vibrant climate event at Conner Prairie, Change the Chamber’s Nouran El Bolkiny and Evey Mengelkoch sparked powerful conversations on nature, sustainability, and equity. They ...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · Sep 7

𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 details how the Trump administration didn’t just ignore #climatechange. They wiped out critical data, banned key climate terms, and shut down tools like #FEMA’s risk index, blocking scientists and the public from essential climate info. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

How the Trump Administration is Attempting to Erase Climate — Change The Chamber

(September 4, 2025) The Trump administration erased climate data and limited access to environmental information, hiding the true risks of climate change. They also censored climate discussions and sh...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · Aug 14

As extreme weather batters the U.S., the Trump administration is slashing #climate programs, defunding FEMA, and halting weather research. 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 makes it clear: this isn’t incompetence — it’s calculated. Lives are at risk.
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The Future of Extreme Weather Under the Trump Administration — Change The Chamber

(August 14, 2025) Extreme weather is hitting harder than ever, but instead of boosting protection, the Trump administration is slashing climate programs and emergency funding. Critical tools are being...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · Aug 5

Summer 2025 is brutal, but it might also be the coolest summer of the rest of our lives. The planet is heating up fast, and the #fossilfuel industry is still steering the ship. Here’s what you need to know. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #ExtremeWeatherSZN

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

It's hot and getting hotter. But climate action is cool.

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · Aug 2

A government #climate report filled with debunked misinformation is being used to roll back protections. Experts say it’s propaganda disguised as science, a dangerous step away from reality and #publichealth.

Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation

Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · Aug 1

Flooded farms, poisoned rivers, disappearing crops. Colombia’s food system is unraveling. Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities are on the frontlines, bearing the worst. A critical story from 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 this #EJFriday. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Colombian Farmers’ Environmental Crisis — Change The Chamber

(July 31, 2025) Colombian farmers, Afro-Colombians, and Indigenous communities bear the brunt of environmental impacts in Colombia. Deforestation, rising water levels, and extreme weather events have ...

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Change the Chamber @changethechamber.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌊The #Texas floods weren’t isolated. They were the outcome of a warming planet, gutted weather services, and leaders who called life-saving warning systems “too expensive.” #ClimateChange didn’t do this alone. Policy did!

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