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Sarah Sax

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Current researcher @climaterights.bsky.social investigating the human rights impact of climate change. Award-winning journalist and video producer. Past @vice @highcountrynews. Follow me for climate/environment news (and rants). Opinions + typos all mine

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Sarah Sax @sarahlsax.bsky.social · May 13

Honored to have won the @spj-posts.bsky.social Stillwater Award for best collaboration together with @chriswblackwell.bsky.social for our @prismreports.org piece on climate change and prisons. If you haven't already, read it here prismreports.org/2024/07/25/d...

Decarceration is the best way prisons can adapt to climate change

Most prisons have no real plan for how to deal with the kind of misery climate change inflicts—and will inflict—on incarcerated people

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 8h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 2h

Fucking vampires.

Amazon got a 100 percent property tax abatement... and has fires on the regular.

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First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

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Lotte Leicht @lotteleicht.bsky.social · 6d

Warmest congratulations to the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change & Julian Aguon on receiving the 2025 Right Livelihood Award! 👏👏👏

You took on the #ClimateCrisis, & carried the voices & lived experiences of frontline communities to the #ICJ & you won‼️

www.linkedin.com/posts/lotte-...

2025 Right Livelihood Laureates Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Julian Aguon | Lotte Leicht

✨ Warmest congratulations to the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Julian Aguon on receiving the 2025 Right Livelihood Award – the “Alternative Nobel Prize”! 👏👏👏 You took on the gr...

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 6d

Billionaires shouldn’t be allowed to hoard power while workers struggle. Portland proved CEO pay taxes can work—now it’s time to bring maximum wage laws nationwide.

Could a “Maximum Wage” Combat Billionaire Power?

Nearly a decade after Portland passed a landmark law to rein in CEO pay, social movements should aim to replicate the city’s success across the country.

inthesetimes.com

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Robb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 6d

At @cape-acme.bsky.social we're sometimes asked, Why don't doctors stay in their lane?

The answer: health is about more than health care.

Planetary health is public health, which is why the first National Day of Action on Planetary Health is happening Oct. 6.

healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topi...

Planetary health is public health - Healthy Debate

Ignoring planetary health would be a gross dereliction of duty by the public health profession.

healthydebate.ca

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 8d

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Lotte Leicht @lotteleicht.bsky.social · 8d

Trump & his enablers do not care about your kids & grandkids

By expanding coal mining -the most GHG polluting industry- they are turbo-charging the #ClimateCrisis threatening rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations in the US & around the world
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry

White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years

www.theguardian.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8d

A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED:

I just unlocked a new level of rage.

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

'I want his name to be known': Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out

Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."

www.npr.org

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 12d

If the goal was to "Cut Energy Waste" rather than "Increase Energy Efficiency", we would be much further along in addressing the problem.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 12d

Growing food crops under solar panels is called Agrivoltaics. Lots of crops benefit from growing underneath them. I know in Maine they were piloting wild blueberries, and in Massachusetts cranberries. You can also graze animals like sheep or if you mount them high cows (not goats - they climb)

Lewis Standing @lewis-standing.bsky.social · 14d

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China is halting the expansion of the gobi desert by planting goji berries beneath solar panels.

The shade reduces heat and water stress on the plants.

Excellent

China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands

In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels.

www.reuters.com

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12d

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

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Grist @grist.org · 15d

Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis
The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."

grist.org/climate/trou...

#Arctic #Climate #Heat #Ice #Svalbard #Environment #Geography

Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis

The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15d

The humble bicycle is such an incredible, miraculous technology www.cnn.com/2025/09/20/h...

Cycling linked with lower dementia risk, study finds | CNN

Cycling instead of driving has been linked with a lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a large study has found.

www.cnn.com

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Sarah Sax @sarahlsax.bsky.social · 16d

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After 20 Years, an Agreement to Protect the 'High Seas'

What is the High Seas Treaty? Learn how this landmark UN agreement protects marine biodiversity and ecosystems in international waters and equitably shares ocean resources.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 16d

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women.

The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers.

This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny.

www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids

The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing

www.salon.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18d

Reflecting on Charlie Kirk's assassination, the hosts of "Hard Fork" discuss freedom of speech and the terrifying new reality of extremely online violence. nyti.ms/4nknwq8

"You really do not wanna live in a country where the people — the comedians on TV — cannot make fun of the president. Like that is rarely a sign of a healthy democratic society." - Kevin Roose, co-host of "Hard Fork"

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19d

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

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Sarah Sax @sarahlsax.bsky.social · 22d

This is really great news on the COP front! As confirmation for COP starts, non-gov participants will be required to
👉 disclose who is funding them and
👉 confirm that their individual objectives are in full alignment with global climate goals kickbigpollutersout.org/COP30-next-s...

RELEASE: UN climate regime responds to civil society pressure to address Big Polluter interference in climate action | Kick Big Polluters Out

kickbigpollutersout.org

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22d

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Sarah Sax @sarahlsax.bsky.social · 22d

RELEASE: UN climate regime responds to civil society pressure to address Big Polluter interference in climate action | Kick Big Polluters Out

kickbigpollutersout.org

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