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Greg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 20h

Amazing work by friends @kbdobbin.bsky.social, @alfencl.bsky.social and Justin McBride (@uclaurbanplanning.bsky.social)

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Linking variation in water democracy to system performance on the human right to water

Nature Water - Access to safe, affordable and accessible drinking water is influenced by various socioeconomic factors. A survey of a large number of California water systems shows how different...

www.nature.com

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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 11d

Was there for work in August and had a lovely time. Here’s a recent look at those ‘mean’ streets

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Maven's Notebook @mavensnotebook.com · 19d

Axed Colorado River nominee alleges interference: ‘Never seen this kind of vitriol’ #cawater #westwater #ColoradoRiver www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

Axed Colorado River nominee alleges interference: ‘Never seen this kind of vitriol’

Colorado River talks to save Lake Mead may go on without a permanent commissioner.

www.reviewjournal.com

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Earth Journalism Network @earthjournalism.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣Help us make heat risk visible! We're looking for original photos of the impacts of extreme heat around the world, and the ways people are responding to it. Learn more and enter by August 29: https://loom.ly/Fz8N4Og

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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · Aug 12

Just a grandma ruthlessly breaking the speed limit and her grandson yelling weee! What hooligans!

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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · Aug 8

So, my support for trans rights means I can’t get the grant to do the water resource engineering research even when I’m the best one for the job. And I thought they were all about ‘merit’ and ‘efficiency’… 🧐

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Aug 7

“Discretionary awards shall not be used to fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate … denial by the grant recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic”

TL;dr grants to be denied to entities who acknowledge the existence of trans people

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

www.whitehouse.gov

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · Aug 6

Among the many things that bum me out about anti-vaccine nonsense is that every rich person knows vaccines work. Bezos could dedicate a great metropolitan newspaper to saying so. The LA Times is owned by a biotech billionaire. But saying so could affect their personal bottom line now, so.

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · Jul 29

SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:

Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them

New AI regulations suggested by the White House mirror changes to environmental permitting suggested by Meta and a lobbying group representing firms like Google and Amazon Web Services.

www.wired.com

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · Jul 22

Looking for a speaker? I am contractually obligated to give a few “high level” talks each fiscal year and given the chaos, I’ve got a space open for 2025-26. Send me a note if you want to talk science/research/climate communication, water/wildfire/disaster, community engagement. I hear I do okay!

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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · Jul 11

In the airport with a 3+ hour delay and our toddler keeps yelling ‘I ready’. Me too buddy, me too 🤣

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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · Jul 8

Same in AZ 😔

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · Jul 7

Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science!

The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic

A map of the US with the states the republican senators are from marked in red and states the democratic senators are from marked in blue:
Senator Susan Collins (Republican - Maine)
Senator Mitch McConnell(Republican - Kentucky)
Senator Lisa Murkowski(Republican - Alaska)
Senator Lindsey Graham(Republican - South Carolina)
Senator Jerry Moran(Republican - Kansas)
Senator John Hoeven(Republican - North Dakota)
Senator John Boozman(Republican - Arkansas)
Senator Shelley Moore Capito(Republican - West Virginia)
Senator John Kennedy(Republican - Louisiana)
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith(Republican - Mississippi)
Senator Bill Hagerty(Republican - Tennessee)
Senator Katie Britt(Republican - Alabama)
Senator Markwayne Mullin(Republican - Oklahoma)
Senator Deb Fischer(Republican - Nebraska)
Senator Mike Rounds(Republican - South Dakota)
Patty Murray(Democrat - Washington)
Richard Durbin(Democrat - Illinois)
Jack Reed(Democrat - Rhode Island)
Jeanne Shaheen(Democrat - New Hampshire)
Jeff Merkley(Democrat - Oregon)
Christopher Coons(Democrat - Delaware)
Brian Schatz(Democrat - Hawaii)
Tammy Baldwin(Democrat - Wisconsin)
Chris Murphy(Democrat - Connecticut)
Chris Van Hollen(Democrat - Maryland)
Martin Heinrich(Democrat - New Mexico)
Gary Peters(Democrat - Michigan)
Kirsten Gillibrand(Democrat - New York)
Jon Ossoff(Democrat - Georgia)

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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · Jul 3

a woman in a wheelchair is smoking a cigarette and says " cookie crumbled a little different for me here "

ALT: a woman in a wheelchair is smoking a cigarette and says " cookie crumbled a little different for me here "

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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · Jul 2

Oh wow, yes! 😂

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · Jun 29

Rural healthcare is already hanging on by a thread. With Medicaid cuts here in rural Arizona - which will affect several members of my nuclear family and half the population here, at least - I do not see how healthcare facilities will manage. The knock-on impacts are hard to even fathom.

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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · Jun 29

Same, thanks for the inspiration

Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · Jun 28

As a life long Unitarian Universalist how will my religious principles including the ‘respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person’ be honored? Can I opt out of the homophobia?

ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 27

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled public schools must allow opt-outs from any lesson parents believe will interfere with their child's religious development, including LGBTQ-themed materials.

This will make it difficult for public schools to teach lessons that may trigger religious objections.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · Jun 27

“and every June you’ll have to spend a day rapidly reloading the page to see how many of your rights have expired” -the Founders probably

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Melissa Sevigny @melissasevigny.bsky.social · Jun 26

A refreshing breakthrough on #ColoradoRiver negotiations: let's manage the river based on the actual water it has, not what was legally promised 100 years ago. (The fact that this idea is simultaneously "innovative" and...obvious...says a lot about western water policy) www.upr.org/mountain-wes...

New Colorado River proposal breaks over year long negotiation deadlock

Colorado River states appear to be coalescing around the early makings of a new plan to share water in a way that accounts for climate change.

www.upr.org

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jun 22

I can’t fucking believe we’re doing this.

Analysis: US strikes mark a stunning demonstration of military might and presidential power

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Manuela Brunner @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social · Jun 6

We are looking for a #Postdoc in 'hydrological modelling and climate impact assessments of extreme events'. Are you excited about #flood modeling and working on an applied project in the Canton of Valais? Apply here:
apply.refline.ch/273855/1743/...
@slfdavos.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

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ashleymorrison.bsky.social @ashleymorrison.bsky.social · Jun 15

Great turnout at Phoenix AZ #NOKINGS today! Made me proud to be an American!

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 30

🚨🚨 Friday night news drop from National Science Foundation!! 🧪

NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a **quarter million people**

🧵 on some highlights...

Senior Researchers 60,400 --> 16,900
Other Professionals 14,400 --> 4,100
Postdoctoral Associates 5,500 --> 1,000
Graduate Students 41,500 --> 12,400
Undergraduate Students 37,300 --> 8,000
PreK-12 Teachers 42,900 --> 8,200
PreK-12 Students 128,100 --> 39,400
Total Number of People 330,100 --> 90,000

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · May 12

Effectively a full repeal of the largest climate bill in history. There’s no strategy for America’s future. We all get sicker and pay more in energy bills and suffer climate disasters, while some rich folks pay less in taxes. That’s it. Disgraceful.

Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · May 12

The House Republican's budget bill is starting to drop. It extends trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy while effectively crippling US manufacturing & energy industries and raising energy costs. It's effectively full repeal of the IRA. Here's tax portion waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/u... 🔌💡

waysandmeans.house.gov

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Lindsey Jurca @ellejurca.bsky.social · May 7

An excellent read by @amywestervelt.bsky.social on the potential climate upsides of US isolationism. We’ll no longer 'be the baby throwing food' at the table, and that just might make a difference. drilled.ghost.io/make-america...

Make America Matter Less (MAML? Is this a thing?)

Last month I traveled to Phoenix for the Society of Environmental Journalists conference. Although I am an American citizen, I live in Latin America and so I was advised not to bring my phone or lapto...

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