Renee Ness
@reneeness.bsky.social
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President Trump’s executive order to boost domestic mineral production has environmentalists concerned for the future of national monuments and public lands.
Trump Executive Order Streamlines Mining Permits. Environmentalists Fear What Comes Next - Inside Climate News
President Donald Trump signed an executive order behind closed doors on Thursday that aims to fast-track mining projects across the country and prioritize mineral production on public lands with suita...
insideclimatenews.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
President Trump’s executive order to boost domestic mineral production has environmentalists concerned for the future of national monuments and public lands.
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Beautiful, powerful letter
I have been asked by Harvard colleagues if they should keep quiet so as not put the larger Harvard community at risk with their words
Took me a while to ruminate
My response:
Harvard is its people and their voices
If we are silent then there is no Harvard to save
I have been asked by Harvard colleagues if they should keep quiet so as not put the larger Harvard community at risk with their words
Took me a while to ruminate
My response:
Harvard is its people and their voices
If we are silent then there is no Harvard to save
Agreed. We are speaking up where we can.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A Statement by Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty
A Statement by Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty The Attack on American Education, from our Perspective as Teachers College Faculty March 19, 2025 We are a group of Teachers College facult...
docs.google.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Beautiful, powerful letter
I have been asked by Harvard colleagues if they should keep quiet so as not put the larger Harvard community at risk with their words
Took me a while to ruminate
My response:
Harvard is its people and their voices
If we are silent then there is no Harvard to save
I have been asked by Harvard colleagues if they should keep quiet so as not put the larger Harvard community at risk with their words
Took me a while to ruminate
My response:
Harvard is its people and their voices
If we are silent then there is no Harvard to save
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NOAA is going to lose 1000+ employees today.
Will you join me in sending love notes to the remaining employees at NOAA labs & offices around the country?
Instructions & ~200 addresses here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I'm starting to send mine today.
💙 @noaa.gov 🌊
@savenoaa.bsky.social
Will you join me in sending love notes to the remaining employees at NOAA labs & offices around the country?
Instructions & ~200 addresses here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I'm starting to send mine today.
💙 @noaa.gov 🌊
@savenoaa.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NOAA is going to lose 1000+ employees today.
Will you join me in sending love notes to the remaining employees at NOAA labs & offices around the country?
Instructions & ~200 addresses here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I'm starting to send mine today.
💙 @noaa.gov 🌊
@savenoaa.bsky.social
Will you join me in sending love notes to the remaining employees at NOAA labs & offices around the country?
Instructions & ~200 addresses here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I'm starting to send mine today.
💙 @noaa.gov 🌊
@savenoaa.bsky.social
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Congratulations Dylan! 🎉
We are proud to have published this important story, and so many others you've contributed.
We are proud to have published this important story, and so many others you've contributed.
March 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Congratulations Dylan! 🎉
We are proud to have published this important story, and so many others you've contributed.
We are proud to have published this important story, and so many others you've contributed.
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Yet another dedicated scientist and public servant, this time from US Fish and Wildlife, showing up unpaid after she was fired to volunteer to protect an endangered species.
What are we even doing here.
🎁 link: 🧪
What are we even doing here.
🎁 link: 🧪
After Elon Musk Fired Her, She Kept Showing Up to Work—for Free
The billionaire and his followers are out to cull federal employees they think are lazy and overpaid. But without people like Bianca Sicich, the Attwater’s prairie chicken could go extinct.
www.texasmonthly.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yet another dedicated scientist and public servant, this time from US Fish and Wildlife, showing up unpaid after she was fired to volunteer to protect an endangered species.
What are we even doing here.
🎁 link: 🧪
What are we even doing here.
🎁 link: 🧪
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Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting
Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions
www.science.org
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
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After that public flogging, I'm even more embarrassed to be an American, and hope Ukraine pulverizes both Putin and Trump.
February 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
After that public flogging, I'm even more embarrassed to be an American, and hope Ukraine pulverizes both Putin and Trump.
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One year ago, a flock of wildfires spread across the Panhandle, killing three people and more than 15,000 head of cattle.
The town of Canadian is determined to move past the deadly fire. But they are reminded almost daily another catastrophe is possible.
The town of Canadian is determined to move past the deadly fire. But they are reminded almost daily another catastrophe is possible.
A year after Texas’ largest wildfire, Panhandle residents tugged between hope and anxiety
The Panhandle town of Canadian is determined to move beyond the deadly fire. And yet, they are reminded almost daily another catastrophe is possible.
www.texastribune.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One year ago, a flock of wildfires spread across the Panhandle, killing three people and more than 15,000 head of cattle.
The town of Canadian is determined to move past the deadly fire. But they are reminded almost daily another catastrophe is possible.
The town of Canadian is determined to move past the deadly fire. But they are reminded almost daily another catastrophe is possible.
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I have airport disease.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
February 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I have airport disease.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
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If you're in the Austin area on Tuesday, this promises to be a great discussion of climate change and environmental reporting with former NYT reporter @revkin.bsky.social. Free food! Y'all come!
February 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If you're in the Austin area on Tuesday, this promises to be a great discussion of climate change and environmental reporting with former NYT reporter @revkin.bsky.social. Free food! Y'all come!
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Want to tell the public what US government workers actually do, vs. the propaganda spewed by DOGE? This incredible website, "We the Builders," is asking for first-person testimonials from government workers about their actual jobs, and how they make the government work. www.wethebuilders.org
We are the builders
We find the truth and tell the truth
www.wethebuilders.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Want to tell the public what US government workers actually do, vs. the propaganda spewed by DOGE? This incredible website, "We the Builders," is asking for first-person testimonials from government workers about their actual jobs, and how they make the government work. www.wethebuilders.org
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Calder is Colder. His Flamingo from Skydeck Chicago this morning.
January 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Calder is Colder. His Flamingo from Skydeck Chicago this morning.
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My new essay at Scientific American is out. #fires #climate #water
"We know what’s coming, but we also know what to do...It's time to listen to the science, stop listening to the deniers and work to make our dystopian future, once again, fiction."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/los-...
"We know what’s coming, but we also know what to do...It's time to listen to the science, stop listening to the deniers and work to make our dystopian future, once again, fiction."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/los-...
We’re Living in a Dystopian Climate Thriller. It's Time to Rewrite the Ending
Decades of warnings went ignored about the threats from climate change. With homes everywhere now burning, flooding and washing away, it’s time we start listening to scientists’ climate solutions
www.scientificamerican.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My new essay at Scientific American is out. #fires #climate #water
"We know what’s coming, but we also know what to do...It's time to listen to the science, stop listening to the deniers and work to make our dystopian future, once again, fiction."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/los-...
"We know what’s coming, but we also know what to do...It's time to listen to the science, stop listening to the deniers and work to make our dystopian future, once again, fiction."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/los-...