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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 4h

CCL supports the Fix Our Forests Act to improve forest management practices and reduce wildfire risk. This legislation also provides support for firefighters on the front lines.

Learn more at cclusa.org/fofa 🔥

Support the Fix Our Forests Act | Citizens' Climate Lobby

Tell your senator on the Agriculture Committee you support healthy forests, wildfire management, and bipartisan climate solutions.

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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 4h

The U.S. Forest Service has treated about 4 million fewer acres than this time last year. We're way behind on thinning, prescribed fire, and related actions.

www.eenews.net/articles/shr...

Shrinking Forest Service falls behind on wildfire prevention

"Operational challenges" have hampered the use of prescribed fire to reduce potential wildfire fuel, according to Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz.

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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 1d

Optimism and pessimism. The IEA renewables 2025 update is fascinating. It ratchets down both US and China's renewable buildout from the 2024 report. US down more than 40% (!) and China down about 5%.

Forecast revisions from IEA Renewables 2025 report.

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 5d

September 2025 was the third warmest September on record at 1.47C above preindustrial levels in ERA5, behind only the prior two years (2023 and 2024).

With 9 months of the year now in, I estimate 2025 will approximately tie with 2023 for the second warmest year on record at ~1.48C.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 8d

Was honored to write this profile for Daniel Swain ( @weatherwest.bsky.social) for Time Magazine's 2025 "#TIME100 Next": time.com/collections/...

Daniel Swain Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next

Find out why Daniel Swain is on this year’s list

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8d

If the U.S. government shuts down on Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of workers will be sent home without pay, disrupting a wide range of federal programs. But not all agencies have released contingency plans for how they would operate. Here’s what we know. nyti.ms/4nncpwq

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8d

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.

Yes: free.

If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

Self-Generation Incentive Program

The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 11d

Really proud of our team at Project Drawdown.

We just launched the biggest thing we’ve ever done — by far.

A billion times more data than anyone has ever collected before, providing localized intelligence on 150+ climate solutions.

For free.

Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 15d

Project Drawdown has always been the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions 🌏.

With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.

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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 14d

In a speech to the UN yesterday, President Trump falsely claimed that climate change is a "con job," that renewables are "too expensive," and that coal is "clean."

@apnews.com takes a closer look at the president's statements and the scientific reality.

In front of drowning nations, Trump calls climate change a 'con job.' Here are the facts and context

In his address at the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump excoriated renewable energy, international climate diplomacy, the science of global warming and other environmental i...

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Climate Action Tracker @climateactiontracker.org · 16d

COUNTRY ANALYSIS: We have downgraded the #US climate action to "Critically insufficient" - it's the most aggressive, comprehensive and consequential climate policy rollback the CAT has ever analysed.

🔗 bit.ly/CAT_US

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 17d

I have a new @nytimes.com guest essay w/ @davidkeith.bsky.social about sunlight reflection. We note its not a solution for climate change and at best a band aid to treat systems, and suggest if its ever done it should only be to replace the cooling from air pollution today:

Opinion | A Responsible Way to Cool the Planet

A small, carefully scaled geoengineering program could compensate for the loss of cooling as we eliminate sulfur pollution.

www.nytimes.com

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 18d

Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 18d

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 18d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 21d

Global warming has accelerated since the 2000s. Sea level rise is also accelerating. @hausfath.bsky.social @dananuccitelli.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/clim...

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections

They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 21d

#Climate Change Is Accelerating, Scientists Find In ‘Grim’ Report #pollution #climatechange

@dananuccitelli.bsky.social reports for @climateconnections.bsky.social

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Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections

They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

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Evan George @evanlgeorge.bsky.social · 22d

It’s remarkable that with everything else that’s raging, climate and energy still managed to dominate the legislative session that just wrapped in Sacramento. My recap:

legal-planet.org/2025/09/16/w...

California Takes a Stab at Climate and Energy Costs - Legal Planet

Which Climate and Energy Bills Did California Pass? The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 23d

Global EV market in August 2025:

1.7M sales
up 25% YTD
up 15% vs August 2024
up 5% vs July 2025

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🔌💡 🔌🚗 #upshift

Global EV market surges with 1.7M sales in August, up 25% YTD

Global EV sales hit 1.7 million in August, up 15% year-over-year, with North America, Europe, and China driving strong growth.

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 23d

We're halfway between the IPCC 6th and 7th Assessment Reports, and an international team of 61 scientists updated some of the key metrics used in the reports. As I wrote for @climateconnections.bsky.social, the findings were pretty bleak, but there are some glimmers of hope 🧵 (1/6)

Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 23d

🔥 The world’s top climate scientists have found that global warming is accelerating. Oceans are rising faster than ever, and the 1.5°C target is slipping away, but there’s still a narrow path forward. #ClimateAction

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections

They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 23d

The authors conclude, “This is also the decade when global [greenhouse gas] emissions could be expected to peak and begin to substantially decline. Depending on the societal choices made in this critical decade, a continued series of these annual updates could track an improving trend.” (6/6)

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections

They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 23d

A small silver lining is that at current emissions rates, the 2°C carbon budget won't be breached until around midcentury, which leaves several decades to bring emissions down. Co-author @hausfath.bsky.social noted, "global CO2 emissions have slowed notably over the past 15 years or so" (5/6)

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 23d

That accelerated warming is causing accelerated sea level rise, now at 4.5 mm/yr, up from 3.7 mm/yr since 2000, which itself is double the 1.85 mm/yr rate since 1900. Lead author Piers Forster noted these unprecedented rates are "expected from greenhouse emissions being at an all-time high" (4/6)

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 23d

The paper finds that we're on track to burn through the 1.5°C carbon budget within 3 years, and breach that long-term temperature marker by around 2030. We're now 1.24°C hotter than pre-industrial temperatures, rising at about 0.27°C per decade. That's nearly 50% faster than the '90s & '00s (3/6)

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 23d

Earth’s energy imbalance, driven by the increasing greenhouse effect, is the cause of global warming. And it's been consistently rising every decade. In fact, the global imbalance has more than doubled just since the 1980s. And we're still adding ~50 billion tons of climate pollution annually (2/6)

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 23d

We're halfway between the IPCC 6th and 7th Assessment Reports, and an international team of 61 scientists updated some of the key metrics used in the reports. As I wrote for @climateconnections.bsky.social, the findings were pretty bleak, but there are some glimmers of hope 🧵 (1/6)

Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 23d

🔥 The world’s top climate scientists have found that global warming is accelerating. Oceans are rising faster than ever, and the 1.5°C target is slipping away, but there’s still a narrow path forward. #ClimateAction

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections

They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 23d

🔥 The world’s top climate scientists have found that global warming is accelerating. Oceans are rising faster than ever, and the 1.5°C target is slipping away, but there’s still a narrow path forward. #ClimateAction

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections

They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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