@drhershkowitz.bsky.social
Environmentalist. Sustainability Advisor NY Yankees, NBA, Pirates, Former Senior Scientist NRDC, Founding Chair Sport & Sustainability Int’l, Co-Founder & Past Pres Green Sports Alliance.
As Olympics Open, Pope Warns Against Using Sports for ‘Propaganda’ & contrasted “the common good” represented by sports with the “refusal to cooperate with each other” that resulted in war. @sportpositive.bsky.social
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As Olympics Open, Pope Warns Against Using Sports for ‘Propaganda’
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February 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
As Olympics Open, Pope Warns Against Using Sports for ‘Propaganda’ & contrasted “the common good” represented by sports with the “refusal to cooperate with each other” that resulted in war. @sportpositive.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/w...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team: The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 climate journalists @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @climate.noaa.gov #climate open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team: The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 climate journalists @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @climate.noaa.gov #climate open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
These Four States Are in Denial Over a Looming Water Crisis: “Lake Mead is two-thirds empty. Lake Powell is even emptier.”
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Opinion | These Four States Are in Denial Over a Looming Water Crisis
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February 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
These Four States Are in Denial Over a Looming Water Crisis: “Lake Mead is two-thirds empty. Lake Powell is even emptier.”
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“Multiple generations of students & their parents fled the humanities & the liberal arts, driven by the belief that the prime purpose of education is to learn how to make money” @neatoday.bsky.social @dissentmag.bsky.social @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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Opinion | Time to Say Goodbye
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January 31, 2026 at 5:08 AM
“Multiple generations of students & their parents fled the humanities & the liberal arts, driven by the belief that the prime purpose of education is to learn how to make money” @neatoday.bsky.social @dissentmag.bsky.social @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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A federal judge ruled DOE violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a report on global warming @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social
A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
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January 30, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A federal judge ruled DOE violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a report on global warming @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social
“Olympic host cities go big when the Games are in town. But after just a few weeks of competition the entire city is emptied. In some cases, world-class facilities can be unused for years after the Olympic medals are handed out.” @sportpositive.bsky.social
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Chilling photos show abandoned Olympic venues and villages around the world
From Rio to Athens, these Olympic arenas, buildings and villages from around the world lay abandoned. See eerie photos from the inside.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:22 PM
“Olympic host cities go big when the Games are in town. But after just a few weeks of competition the entire city is emptied. In some cases, world-class facilities can be unused for years after the Olympic medals are handed out.” @sportpositive.bsky.social
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Walking to the night session @australianopen.bsky.social while it’s 113F 🥵🎾🇦🇺☮️ @sportpositive.bsky.social advocates Do More 😞
January 27, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Walking to the night session @australianopen.bsky.social while it’s 113F 🥵🎾🇦🇺☮️ @sportpositive.bsky.social advocates Do More 😞
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The National Basketball Players Association has released a statement on the killings in Minneapolis:
“Following the news of yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, a city that has been on the forefront of fight against injustices, NBA players can no longer remain silent”
“Following the news of yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, a city that has been on the forefront of fight against injustices, NBA players can no longer remain silent”
January 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The National Basketball Players Association has released a statement on the killings in Minneapolis:
“Following the news of yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, a city that has been on the forefront of fight against injustices, NBA players can no longer remain silent”
“Following the news of yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, a city that has been on the forefront of fight against injustices, NBA players can no longer remain silent”
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
If sport has the power to change the world, now is the time for it to do so! What does it mean to sing the National Anthem & wave flags at sports events while a masked federal military force is handcuffing children & attacking & killing Americans? #Sports world: what does it mean to be an American?
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
If sport has the power to change the world, now is the time for it to do so! What does it mean to sing the National Anthem & wave flags at sports events while a masked federal military force is handcuffing children & attacking & killing Americans? #Sports world: what does it mean to be an American?
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STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c... @yalesph.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu
Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars
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January 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c... @yalesph.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu
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Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
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"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
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Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries
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January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
Danish pension fund to sell all U.S. Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. finances. EU holds $2.34 trillion in US treasury bonds. If it unloads even a fraction of that over Trump’s idiotic #Greenland threat US economy is sunk @ec.europa.eu @politico.eu @senatefinance.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social
BONDS.IT
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January 20, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Danish pension fund to sell all U.S. Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. finances. EU holds $2.34 trillion in US treasury bonds. If it unloads even a fraction of that over Trump’s idiotic #Greenland threat US economy is sunk @ec.europa.eu @politico.eu @senatefinance.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social
Sports broadcasting in the USA is broken. Fans are being forced to pay more & more to watch less content & more unceasing ads for gambling. The contrast with watching sports broadcasting abroad is striking @sportpositive.bsky.social @atptour.bsky.social @wtatour.bsky.social @espn.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Sports broadcasting in the USA is broken. Fans are being forced to pay more & more to watch less content & more unceasing ads for gambling. The contrast with watching sports broadcasting abroad is striking @sportpositive.bsky.social @atptour.bsky.social @wtatour.bsky.social @espn.com
The @australianopen.bsky.social should definitely not allow broadcasting behind a paywall. Shame on @espn.com which shows no commitment to #tennis only about sucking more $ from fans @atptour.bsky.social @wtatour.bsky.social
How ESPN’s Australian Open coverage left some American tennis fans cold
How ESPN’s Australian Open coverage left some American tennis fans cold
How ESPN’s Australian Open coverage left some American tennis fans cold
The decision to put the three biggest Australian Open courts behind an additional paywall sparked anger among fans.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The @australianopen.bsky.social should definitely not allow broadcasting behind a paywall. Shame on @espn.com which shows no commitment to #tennis only about sucking more $ from fans @atptour.bsky.social @wtatour.bsky.social
How ESPN’s Australian Open coverage left some American tennis fans cold
How ESPN’s Australian Open coverage left some American tennis fans cold
Alliances meant to steer investments toward clean energy and away from fossil fuels have largely fallen apart @billmckibben.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @democrats.org @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
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How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
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January 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Alliances meant to steer investments toward clean energy and away from fossil fuels have largely fallen apart @billmckibben.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @democrats.org @standupforscience.bsky.social
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U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded. America’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4 percent in 2025 after two years of decline amid a resurgence of coal power. @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/c...
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U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded
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January 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded. America’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4 percent in 2025 after two years of decline amid a resurgence of coal power. @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
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Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet “Emissions will be higher. Trump’s greenhouse gas emissions will cause Trump’s heat waves, Trump’s droughts, Trump’s floods, and Trump’s wildfires.” @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @unep.org
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet
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January 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet “Emissions will be higher. Trump’s greenhouse gas emissions will cause Trump’s heat waves, Trump’s droughts, Trump’s floods, and Trump’s wildfires.” @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @unep.org
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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“His administration dismantled a wide range of climate & pollution regulations & gave a boost to fossil fuel production while attempting to curtail the growth of wind and solar energy”. @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
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How Trump’s First Year Reshaped U.S. Energy and Climate Policy
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January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“His administration dismantled a wide range of climate & pollution regulations & gave a boost to fossil fuel production while attempting to curtail the growth of wind and solar energy”. @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
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May she RIP. More than an enviro journalist, she was a humanitarian & among her last words, written literally from her death bed, she condemned #RFKJr Let that sink in 🙏
@rfk-junior.bsky.social
Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
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Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35
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January 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
May she RIP. More than an enviro journalist, she was a humanitarian & among her last words, written literally from her death bed, she condemned #RFKJr Let that sink in 🙏
@rfk-junior.bsky.social
Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
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Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
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Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
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December 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
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I thought the slogan for RFK Jr’s movement was Make America Healthy Again?
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I thought the slogan for RFK Jr’s movement was Make America Healthy Again?