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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · 2h

What's with all this "climate religion" talk? I break it down in my latest post. What MAGA gets right, and wrong, about the climate movement. open.substack.com/pub/suzannec...

"A Dagger in the Heart of the Climate Change Religion"

What MAGA leaders have right, and wrong, about the climate movement

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Krish O'Mara Vignarajah @krishvignarajah.bsky.social · 2d

🇦🇫 Thousands of Afghan allies who stood beside U.S. forces are still waiting for the safety they were promised.
🤝 The Enduring Welcome Act (HR 4995) would protect and continue this vital resettlement work.

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · 21d

Want to get involved in the fight against climate change? @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social's 2025 (on-line) Inclusion Conference starts tomorrow! CCL works across the aisle to get local, regional and national climate-friendly legislation moving forward. www.eventbrite.com/e/rooted-in-...

Rooted in Care, Growing in Community: CCL's 2025 Inclusion Conference

Dedicated to strengthening communities, cultivating connections, and grounding our movements in care to grow resilience and rise together.

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · 22d

They shut it down, but it's back on line! The Fifth National Climate Assessment is up at nca5.climate.us That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! While the administration mothballed climate.gov, a volunteer staff is determined to make sure we still have access to the best science. Please support their work.

Fifth National Climate Assessment

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the sc...

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · 29d

Sun day is just five days out! Time to get busy for renewable energy. Check out this great post from @billmckibben.bsky.social about upcoming events and opportunities.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Five days out!

As we roar towards Sun Day, the official documentary debuts this morning!

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Sep 16

Trump shut down NOAA's site for climate communication, climate.gov. Now, former staffers are building back, with independent, nonpartisan climate.us. But they need funding to get their work up and running. Check it out. No donation is too small. donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

Climate.us: independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics | Multiplier (Powered by Donorbox)

The truth about climate is being erased. Act now to save it.In June 2025, under pressure from political appointees, NOAA shut down daily operations of its award-winning Climate.gov website. They hid C...

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Sep 16

“Why disturb land that has sacred value when we could just put the solar panels over a canal and generate more efficient power?”
grist.org/energy/calif...

California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online

The 1.6-megawatt pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Sep 6

If you're into tiny glow-in-the-dark carbon sequesterers, sacred springs, and thinking more about a living landscape, here you go.
open.substack.com/pub/suzannec... #climatechange #ireland #carbonsequestration #sustainability #religiousstudies

(Tiny) New Allies in the Fight Against Climate Change

Lessons from West Cork, Celtic Christianity, and Bioluminescence

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh yes. More of this please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump

Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Aug 17

I am so in love with this song. "Water is a living being. We've forgotten we are water."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUv...

SÍGUEME (Official English Sub) - Xiuhtezcatl feat. Renata Flores

YouTube video by Xiuhtezcatl

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Aug 17

Can't afford a new EV? No problem. Convert your internal combustion engine to a plugin hybrid for $6,000. Besides, it's simply not sustainable to trash all the existing cars on the road--this conversion model is genius.
www.geekwire.com/2025/forget-...

Forget new EVs: This Seattle startup converts gas cars to cut carbon emissions now

Seattle startup Blue Dot Motorworks is building kits to affordably convert gas cars into plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

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Charlie Koven @ckoven.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is such a loss. I've served on the selection committee for this program for the past three years, because it has funded so many incredible people doing such important research over the years. It should be expanding to meet the new challenges of climate change, but instead is totally defunded.

Recipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Jul 9

Shout out to folks in the Seattle area! Join me at a phenomenal panel at Seattle Climate Week centering Indigenous, Black, Muslim, and Lutheran leaders on how to cope with climate anxiety and take action for change. lu.ma/pgyfc762 @seattleccl.bsky.social

Turn Anxiety into Action: Cultures of Hope in a Changing Climate · Luma

Many of us struggle with burnout and wrestle with profound feelings of climate anxiety. This panel discussion is for anyone looking for deeper engagement,…

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Jun 19

Looking forward to joining this intercultural and interfaith panel on climate anxiety at Seattle Climate Week! lu.ma/pgyfc762

Turn Anxiety into Action: Cultures of Hope in a Changing Climate · Luma

Many of us struggle with burnout and wrestle with profound feelings of climate anxiety. This panel discussion is for anyone looking for deeper engagement,…

lu.ma

Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Jun 19

Looking forward to joining this intercultural and interfaith panel on climate anxiety at Seattle's Climate Week!
lu.ma/pgyfc762
#climateanxiety #climate #pnwclimateweek

Turn Anxiety into Action: Cultures of Hope in a Changing Climate · Luma

Many of us struggle with burnout and wrestle with profound feelings of climate anxiety. This panel discussion is for anyone looking for deeper engagement,…

lu.ma

Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Jun 14

Wrote this back in April, but it's feeling very relevant today. #nokings
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When Protest is a Ceremony, It Changes the World

Let's Make Some Magic

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · May 25

These senators in particular need to hear from us! UT (Sen. Curtis), NC (Sen. Tillis), ME (Sen. Collins), AK (Sen. Murkowski), FL (Sens. Moody, Scott), KS (Sen. Moran), SC (Sens. Graham, Scott), TX (Sen. Cornyn), SD (Sen. Thune), LA (Sen. Cassidy), PA (Rep. McCormick), OH (Reps. Moreno, Husted)

Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · May 25

Live in a state with a Republican senator? Reach out NOW and urge them to defend 25D Residential Solar Tax Credit! 100,000 US jobs are at stake, many of them in red-states. Losing 25D means huge losses in US jobs and manufacturing, and greater reliance on foreign oil. #solarpower #climatechange

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · May 23

Aw, cmon! Guinness!? Time to get your act together.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/g...

Guinness maker Diageo funding powerful US campaign group fighting climate change laws

Multinational drinks company Diageo, which makes Guinness and other alcoholic drinks, is coming under fire from environmental experts after a new investigation revealed that it donated to a powerful U...

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · May 12

Indigenous people--and women and girls in particular--are missing and murdered at higher rates than any other demographic in this country. Interior Secretary @debhaalandnm.bsky.social led efforts to address this crisis. Now those efforts are being undermined.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Trump administration hides reports on missing, murdered people

Reports on murdered and missing Indigenous women and people have been removed from government websites, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes.

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · May 10

Live in a Republican district? Reach out today to your members of congress to advocate for the IRA and protect clean energy tax credits.

Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · May 2

Repealing the IRA's clean energy tax credits would be a bad move.

"Strip the IRA, and we lose supply chains. We lose factories. For what? To make China stronger? To make our grid weaker? To raise bills?"

Read the full piece from America's former Secretary of Energy: heatmap.news/ideas/energy...

Jennifer Granholm: For Real Energy Dominance, We Need the IRA

Biden’s Secretary of Energy argues that if Trump wants to achieve his goals, preserving his predecessor’s manufacturing incentives is the only way.

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · May 2

89% of us support climate action. But we mistakenly think we're in the minority. It's time to rally for the future we want.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?

Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thank you, @jamestalarico.bsky.social. We need voices that amplify the radical, inclusive compassion of the Gospels.

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · Apr 22

Christ says what we do for “the least of these” we do for him — so where is Christ today?

Christ is the immigrant deported without due process.

Christ is the protester kidnapped in an unmarked vehicle.

Christ is the student in an overcrowded classroom in a defunded school.

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Apr 29

I'm not Catholic, but it's undeniable how important Pope Francis was for environmental justice. By wedding care for the poor with care for the Earth, he reminded us all that true justice demands being a voice for the voiceless, and protecting the powerless.
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/pope...

Pope Francis’ uncompromising defense of nature may be his greatest legacy

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was as much a tireless advocate for nature as he was the poor and marginalized the world over. While his death leaves a vacuum of moral environmental le...

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Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD @scrawfordobrien.bsky.social · Apr 4

Finally, we're taking action against these blasted penguins and their economic overreach.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump tariffs: How island of penguins and seals ended up on list

The remote Heard and McDonald Islands haven't been visited by humans in almost a decade.

www.bbc.com

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