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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · 5h

Jon Batiste offers us a little bit of climate action joy:

Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 5h

😍 Jon Batiste has released a climate change song. 😍https://www.jonbatiste.com/petrichor/#/

Petrichor - Jon Batiste

Official Website

www.jonbatiste.com

Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · 7d

“The reason this work is important is because climate change feels abstract and nebulous. You hear about two degrees Celsius of warming. To most people, that’s just an imperceivable difference on their home thermostat. But our findings here are tangible.” www.kqed.org/science/1998...

California’s Ancient Glaciers Are Melting Away for the First Time in Human History | KQED

New research shows that California's Sierra Nevada glaciers, which will vanish in decades, have remained intact for at least 10,000 years.

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · 7d

Aw, thank you. It's more out of disorganization and laziness! I just need to get my act together

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · 7d

much more sensible

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · 8d

Help a journalist friend?

Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 15d

Do you work in conservation science, particularly outside the U.S.? Did you lose your job or funding for your job because of cuts to U.S. federal agencies? Do you want to talk about it? DM me please. (This is for a @biographic.bsky.social story)

[Iceland photo for attention only]

Grassy dunes, the ocean, and jagged mountains in Iceland

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Hayhoe's framing has changed my life. I talk to people often who are cynical and despondent. I'm an anxious overthinker myself, but acting like I have hope, doing the practice of hope, has given me actual hope too. Why not act like you can make a difference? Why not try?

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Jan 9

I define hope as the belief that our actions can make a difference. For me, it's not an emotion but rather a daily practice.

Every week I share good news of climate solutions, not-so-good news on how climate change is affecting our lives, and something concrete we can do about it.

Subscribe here:

Talking Climate | Katharine Hayhoe | Substack

Subscribe to Katharine's newsletter for a clear-eyed and hopeful look at climate science and solutions. Receive weekly climate updates, good climate news, event information, ideas on things to do and ...

www.talkingclimate.ca

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · 15d

Enjoying exploring the new Drawdown tool

Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 15d

The Drawdown Explorer has launched! Get ready to:
build with it, invest with it, plan with it, lead with it!

And help us spread the word! ⬇️

#drawdownexplorer #climatesolutions #projectdrawdown

drawdown.org/explorer

Drawdown® Explorer

We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

drawdown.org

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · Aug 22

After reading through the descriptions of the autism-related research projects that were cut, I was struck by how complicated the science is — especially when compared to the simple (and debunked) theory that vaccines cause autism.

www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.

While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

www.propublica.org

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Sara Gaiser @akrazia.bsky.social · Aug 21

We get a really really big deportation machine.

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 21

All this tax increase and we don't even get awesome schools, universal healthcare, transportation infrastructure and cleaner air and water

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 21

What Danielle said.

According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%

Let me put that another way.

President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · Aug 21

A thing I really need people to keep in mind: 15% tariffs are high, historically speaking. 10% tariffs are high.

The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · Aug 19

Chopping wood. Fishing. Dropping an f-bomb. Kettlebell swings for the love of God. Beard. “I’m very angry.”

My political ad guy-meter just broke.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · Aug 19

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm so sorry to hear that. That sounds horrifying.

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yikes

KQED Science @kqedscience.bsky.social · Aug 15

Valley fever, a fungal infection once seen mostly in California’s Central Valley, is now appearing more often in parts of the Bay Area.

California Valley Fever Cases on Track for Record High | KQED

Valley fever, a fungal infection once seen mostly in California’s Central Valley, is now appearing more often in parts of the Bay Area.

www.kqed.org

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 14

this is an incredible video. thanks for sharing

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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · Aug 13

Residents In California’s Most Polluted Communities Call For Local Climate Change Focus

This comes as the legislature is expected to debate the future of the state's program to fight climate change next week.

dlvr.it

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'll admit to having a soft, warm spot in my otherwise cold, cold heart for geothermal

The Climate Center @theclimatecenter.bsky.social · Aug 13

✨ Recent advances in geothermal technology mean that generating clean, round-the-clock geothermal power could soon be possible almost anywhere. On August 28, join us to learn more about Advanced Geothermal Energy Systems. Register now: https://loom.ly/EUYy2bg

@asmdianepapan.bsky.social

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Brian Watt @radiobwatt.bsky.social · Aug 13

www.kqed.org/news/1205190...

Casual Carpooling Has Officially Returned to the Bay Area | KQED

A widely publicized launch from an Oakland site may have produced modest results, but advocates celebrated the first time communal carpools have rolled across the Bay Bridge in more than five years.

www.kqed.org

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Terre Logsdon @terreal.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you care about the climate, give this a listen. Sobering.

Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · Aug 11

I published a video focused on my perspective on the 1.5°C temperature target and what it will mean to exceed it. This monologue is an honest (and unvarnished) scientifically-informed personal reflection, so I hope you'll give it a listen. #ClimateChange www.youtube.com/watc...

Thoughts from a climate scientist on what it means to exceed the 1.5°C global warming target

In 2015, global nations pledged to take actions to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the pre-industrial baseline temperature in what has come to be known as the "Paris Agreement." In 2023 and 2024, global temperatures approached or even exceeded that warming target on a temporary basis--an

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 13

CLEARLY I DON'T think it's OK to say "Oh they're probably a pedophile" when there's no evidence to support that

Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 13

Was it Voltaire who said something like "I don't agree with what you say but I'll defend your right to say it"?

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 13

But maybe I'm in the minority here, and that's OK

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 13

No, I wouldn't! But there's a pretty big gap between trusting someone w/ your kids and accusing them of crimes because you don't like their face, opinions or employer, no? I know it's OK to joke around on a place like this, but I don't think it's funny to preemptively accuse someone of pedophilia

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 13

They are. Does that makes it OK to accuse them of anything we like without evidence?

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 12

Care about fires? Spend some time w/ @wildland-zko.bsky.social's new series touring LA examining how to fight, prepare for, and live with modern fires.

"If you can understand how fire works in a place, you can live there without being terrified all the time."

the-lookout.org/danger-in-pl...

Danger in Plain Sight - The Lookout

Learn more about the five-part video series DANGER IN PLAIN SIGHT where wildfire experts take a deep dive into the LA fires (Jan 2025).

the-lookout.org

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Danielle Venton @dventon.bsky.social · Aug 12

Cool job alert

Brian J Harvey @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social · Aug 12

Join us at the University of Washington in the #HarveyLab in the School of Environmental & Forest Sciences.

We're currently recruiting a postdoc in forest disturbance & landscape ecology for a project focused in western US + w/ international collaborators.

Details below. Apply by end of August!

Jenna Morris @jenna-e-morris.bsky.social · Aug 11

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY:
Come work with us in the Harvey Lab at Univ. of Washington (depts.washington.edu/bjhlab/)!

We're hiring a postdoc in Forest Disturbance and Landscape Ecology. Full details here: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...

Application review starts Aug 31

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