Scott Brassfield MD
climatemd.bsky.social
Scott Brassfield MD
@climatemd.bsky.social
FP doc in Colorado Springs. Concentrating on climate change, plastic pollution, and habitat destruction now that my planet’s triaged to critical care
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Just like removing military facilities from Colorado to punish us for our mail voting system, it is unconstitutional to coerce Indiana (or any state) to do his bidding on redistricting by threatening to remove the state's guard bases and road funding. Good for Indiana in not caving to pressure.
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Must watch from Yellow Dot!
POV: Big Oil explains the weather they caused.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The lawless wannabe king can’t push our AG and future governor around @indivisiblecs.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501cos.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social
President Trump has no constitutional power to issue a pardon of Tina Peters, as I discussed on @kylec.bsky.social. She is in Colorado state prison because she was convicted by a jury of her peers. I will continue to defend the rule of law and protect Colorado.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-X...
Colorado AG says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after Trump announced a pardon
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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“The entirety of humanity has become one big business, and each of us is, willingly or not, part of this ever-growing, destructive, polluting, utterly pointless corporation”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Tina Peters is in Colorado state prison because she broke the law and was convicted by a jury of her peers. In Colorado, no one is above the law. I’m not afraid of Donald Trump or his political pressure—I will always stand up for the rule of law and fight for what’s right.
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Arctic sea-ice extent on November 30th was about 400,000 square kilometers below the previous record low for the date, set in 2016.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Um, I know we shouldn’t NEED an example of an unlawful order but here we are. Our military should not be blowing up unarmed civilian planes. ✈️

The President is demented. Can we either impeach or invoke the 25th Amendment now?
The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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BOOM: Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Section 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. Guess what their example of an unlawful order is? Wait for it ... It's "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked." ✅ Hegseth is SCREWED.
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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You don't have to be an Einstein to figure this out.
But...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Soc...
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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NEW: Colorado’s county election clerks (majority Republican) implore Gov Polis (D) not to release Tina Peters to the Trump administration. Their joint letter says it would be a slap in the face to clerks who endure threats due to Peters’ election rigging conspiracy theories.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excellent article with the unlikely, but also undoomer finding, that if the world cut ghg emissions 50% by 2035 the world would return to lower degrees of warming
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:

"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."

www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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For humans, nature is nothing but a huge supermarket: we have always been much more interested in owning it than understanding it
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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This economic system takes living organisms, strips them of their rights, turns them into products, and replaces their sovereignty with an expiration date. Humans are not exempt from this treatment.
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Phil’s opponent, Senator Bennet, was one of seven Democratic Senators who voted to confirm Trump’s DOE head Chris Wright, an oil company exec and fracking and fossil fuel advocate. Let’s elect Governor Weiser to fight for clean energy development in our majestic state!
We continue to hold this administration accountable and fight for Colorado. 👇
A federal court ruled for Colorado and partner states, striking down an unlawful DOE policy that threatened funding for state-run energy programs.

AG Phil Weiser co-led the case, defending clean energy progress and lowering costs for families.

Court's opinion and order: https://bit.ly/3WRdpNN
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Have you heard about this?

"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."

h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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In case you missed it, wide-ranging and insightful.

"there's actually a connection between global heating and the rise of fascism ... this like general sense of fear that things aren't going well, which makes a populace susceptible to authoritarianism"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGeT...
Billions of People Will Die | NASA Climate Scientist Warning
YouTube video by Science Talk
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our next Guv is an infatigable litigator for impartial justice and the Constitution. A couple weeks back he filed our 41st antiregime lawsuit & no telling how many now!
BREAKING--We took Trump’s USDA to court—and we won a ruling, now upheld on appeal. 600,000 Coloradans will get the food assistance they’re owed.
Because the rule of law—and human decency—matter and we will keep fighting for them.
coag.gov/press-releas...
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Dropped everything to publish this new op-ed to @mongabay.com by former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson

She calls Bill Gates' new essay on #climatechange dangerous & false

“The great challenge of our time is to build a future where every person can thrive on a healthy planet,” Robinson argues:
No, Bill Gates, we don’t have to choose between people & planet (commentary)
Bill Gates has long been a leading voice in the global response to human health and climate change. His climate investments and advocacy have helped drive innovation, expand access to clean energy, an...
news.mongabay.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Great to join Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera to commemorate #NativeHeritageMonth and to join the community celebration of Judge Christy Arguello.
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This @coveringclimatenow.org panel shows tragic,and to me inexplicable, flaws in Gates’ logic. Gates negates significant Gates Foundation contributions to human health by attacking efforts by climate scientists and organizations to protect a livable environment all humans depend on
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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We don't have a bandana for dogs at our merch store yet, but you can get creative if you want your pup to represent. Check out the merch we have at store.philforcolorado.com.
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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He just changed the the title of his book...
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Katharine’s Astronomy magazine article is an excellent exposè of how, immediately, we must all turn what we know in our heads into effective action
For more on this, check out the essay I wrote for Astronomy magazine (yes, really!)

www.astronomy.com/science/solv...
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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If we don’t fix the climate, pollution, and nature crises, we can’t fix anything. They are already actively amplifying poverty, hunger, and division. They are what stand between all of us, regardless of geography or ideology, and the better future we all seek. That's why I'm convinced that ...
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM