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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 4h

More than 6x as many Americans die from air pollution as opioid overdose. Why isn’t Trump bombing oil tankers as well as?

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 6h

When tax breaks for billionaires were set to expire in December, Republicans made that priority number 1—because heaven forbid billionaires have to worry about filling up their private jets!

But tax credits for families to afford health care? Republicans refuse to talk about it.

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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social · 6h

I don't want higher insurance prices. I don't want AI. I don't want a ballroom at the White HOuse. I don't want dictatorship. I don't want ICE ar the military rousting people in our streets. I'm so negative.

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 11h

Since 2019, the world has added 215% new solar generation capacity. During that time we also added 6% and 11% more coal and methane generating capacity as well though.

We now have to start decommissioning that fossil fuel generation capacity faster if we want to limit warming to less than 2 degrees

Installed electricity capacity
Gigawatts
World

Solar
wind
Hydro
Bioenergy
Other renewables
Nuclear
Gas
Coal
Other fossil

Data: Ember Electricity Data Explorer, ember-energy.org EMB=R

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you

Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 20h

I so appreciate your work on promoting green hydrogen & am so disappointed in the know nothings in the Trump administration for stopping this

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 23h

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Discontented Bike Person @b1kes.bsky.social · 23h

Paging Mark Carney.

Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

Carbon capture is the filtered cigarette of our time

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 21h

Once again, Trump recognizes an actual problem and comes up with a "solution" that will make it worse. Enough already.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

Flight delays started to climb Tuesday evening across the United States amid air traffic controller staffing challenges, as people responsible for guiding planes through the skies approach nearly a week of working without a paycheck thanks to Trump’s government shutdown.
#TrumpShutdown

Flight delays spread amid controller staffing issues as shutdown drags on

www.politico.com

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 23h

Its not even my favorite Wilco album but yes

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 1d

The government’s own data rebuts Trump Admin claims that wind and solar are driving up electricity prices, Politico reports share.google/RTIXPPQMXrTH...
“[T]he data say pretty much the opposite” of Trump & Secretary Wright’s claims.

Among the 22 states that drew higher-than-average shares of their power from wind and solar, 17 had below-average electricity prices in June, according to EIA data.

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 1d

As the US cancels industrial decarb and DAC funding, Germany unveiled a 6 billion euro ($7 billion) funding initiative today aimed at industrial decarbonisation www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

www.reuters.com

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Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

The former U.S. surgeons general appointed by every Republican and Democratic president since George H.W. Bush have written an op-ed warning Americans that RFK Jr. is endangering the health of the nation by leading the department down a road which lacks scientific integrity and transparency.

6 Former Surgeons General Say RFK Jr. Is Endangering the Health of the Nation

The bipartisan group of surgeons general included Democratic and Republican appointees dating back to the early 1990s.

truthout.org

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 1d

www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...

New England quits coal!

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

www.canarymedia.com

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for pointing this out

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 2d

Shell is so heavily invested in the "LNG or bust" strategy we should not expect anything resembling truth out of them on the topic.

Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 2d

This is the CEO of Shell.

"Sawan described LNG as one of the most effective tools for lowering global emissions"

This is completely detached from science and reality.

Shell positions LNG as key focus for the next decade

CEO Wael Sawan sees surging demand for liquefied natural gas as key to cutting global emissions and boosting performance. | MobilityPlaza

www.mobilityplaza.org

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 1d

My point exactly!!

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1d

I should add that this is not, at least on parchment, an insoluble problem. The Constitution provides a solution to the abuse of Presidential authority: impeachment and removal.

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 1d

If she offered to compromise before the vote on the continuing resolution I might take that as a good sign but this doesn’t sound like that

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 2d

Governor Newsom has a bill on his desk to hold utilities accountable, and get them to stop passing along their dark money campaigns to everyday Californians.

Is he going to side with utilities, or side with the public and help lower electricity rates?
energyandpolicy.org/california-l...

California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs.

energyandpolicy.org

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately with confusion rampant at the top, it is falling to states and alliances like the West Coast Health Alliance to fill the void in clear healthcare messaging.

@governor.ca.gov @doh.wa.gov

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

Carbon capture is the filtered cigarette of our time

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

But I see from your profile that you know this. Apologies for sounding like a mansplainer