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Susan Gemmill

@sgemmill.bsky.social

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Swimmer, pluviophile, lover of history & dogs. Writer/author. Middle child 🙄 USAF brat. Democrat. I stand with Ukraine. #cleanenergy #environment #EPA 🚫MAGA 🚫unsolicited DMs, seriously. #RebelAlliance #PADems #VoteLocalPA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🇺🇦📎❌👑

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Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 3h

Please...make it stop 💔😭

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5h

Four dead, 12 injured after a mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, following a homecoming football game. (NYP)

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 4h

This is the way. 🍪

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 4h

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Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 4h

#SCOTUS

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 4h

Parts of #NovaScotia, #NewBrunswick experiencing once-in-50-year drought

‘We haven't really experienced this for many, many years,’ says Acadia University professor

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick experiencing once-in-50-year drought | CBC News

Parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are in the midst of exceptional drought — the most extreme category on the national scale.

www.cbc.ca

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Senseidai2547 @senseidai.bsky.social · 6h

Why would we want clean energy that would power almost 2M homes when we can continue to drill for dirty oil and coal and line the pockets of big business?

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica
#TrumpIsACriminal

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...

An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 20h

Congratulations! 👏👏👏

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 21h

A Bitcoin mine moved into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but for the time being, the operation’s loud computers have been silenced by litigation.

A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy - Inside Climate News

The mine’s computers emitted a loud, persistent hum that has, for the time being, been silenced by litigation.

insideclimatenews.org

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Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 22h

More #atacama 🌸🌻🌵

Atacama desert in Bloom

Photos of the rare event of Atacama desert in bloom, desierto florido in Chile. Every five to eight years after rain the driest desert blooms

atacamaphoto.com

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 22h

#atacama 🌵🌸🌻🌼🌺

The world's driest desert blooms into a rare, fleeting flower show

A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers.

apnews.com

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 1d

Albie may just be my favorite role of yours (and that's saying something)! 🫶

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 1d

😝🫧🫧

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 2d

You bet!

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 2d

There's just so much wrong with this. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Scott 🌊(OC SoCal) @skinoc.bsky.social · 2d

Because bribery works.

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.yahoo.com

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 2d

Pennsylvanians, please vote "YES" to retain our Supreme Court judges!
#Pennsylvania

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 2d

Vote "YES" to retain!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 2d

Vote, Pennsylvania!! 🗳️
#Vote
#Pennsylvania

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 4d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

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Amarie @humanwolf.bsky.social · 3d

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-solar-...
The solutions really do exist‼️
The fate of humanity lies in our own hands dear humans
#NatureHoldsAllTheSolutions
#ResistanceEarth
#ProudBlue

First Solar Furnace to Recycle Steel Can Melt Metal with Sunshine in 2 Hours

The Swiss import most of the steel they use, including 15,800 metric tons for the watchmaking industry alone.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

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Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 2d

An excellent new podcast re: #climate
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social

Episode 2: Carbon Suckers

Podcast Episode · Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C · 10/05/2025 · 30m

podcasts.apple.com

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Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 2d

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Halloween Chocolate Can Be Scary!

Go fair trade with your Halloween chocolates to protect farmers and children.

greenamerica.org

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way.

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 3d

So much heartbreak, so much heartache for what?
🤦🏻‍♀️😰 😡

Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 3d

The heat is on.

#globalheating
#ClimateActionNow
#ActOnClimate

Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 3d

Last month observed above average temperatures across large portions of both the #Greenland and #Antarctic Ice Sheets. Anywhere in dark red shading is more than 5°C warmer than the 1981-2010 climatological average.

Data available from doi.org/10.24381/cds...

Map of Greenland showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in September 2025. Red shading is shown for warmer than average temperatures, and blue shading is shown colder than average temperatures. Anomalies are calculated relative to 1981-2010.

Polar stereographic map of 2-m air temperature anomalies in the Antarctic for September 2025. Red shading is shown for warmer anomalies, and blue shading is shown for colder anomalies. There is a sharp gradient in temperature anomalies across the region. Anomalies are calculated relative to a 1981-2010 baseline.