Susan Eastwood
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The Christian nationalist Russ Voight (Office of Budget and Management and master of the effort to dismantle fed govt) plans to dismantle this NCAR with research that addresses hurricanes, air travel in extreme weather, etc. bc some of its work is a large source of "climate alarmism."
#climatechange
#climatechange
White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
The Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, which is the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. The center was founded in 1960 a...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Christian nationalist Russ Voight (Office of Budget and Management and master of the effort to dismantle fed govt) plans to dismantle this NCAR with research that addresses hurricanes, air travel in extreme weather, etc. bc some of its work is a large source of "climate alarmism."
#climatechange
#climatechange
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The EPA has purged its website of information about the indicators and impacts of climate change. These changes constitute, by far, the most extensive removal of climate change information from the EPA’s website during this administration. envirodatagov.org/epa-scrubs-i...
EPA Scrubs Information About Climate Change Indicators and Impacts – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
The Climate Change Impacts and Risk Analysis (CIRA) page on December 3, 2025 (left), and December 5, 2025 (right), after it was […]
envirodatagov.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The EPA has purged its website of information about the indicators and impacts of climate change. These changes constitute, by far, the most extensive removal of climate change information from the EPA’s website during this administration. envirodatagov.org/epa-scrubs-i...
A San Diego Zoo Galápagos Tortoise, Thought to Be 141, Is Dead www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: A San Diego Zoo Galápagos Tortoise, Thought to Be 141, Is Dead
Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise described by her care specialists as “the queen of the zoo,” was euthanized last Thursday after suffering “ongoing bone conditions related to advanced age,” the San Diego ...
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A San Diego Zoo Galápagos Tortoise, Thought to Be 141, Is Dead www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act
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November 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...
CT Officials, Environmental Groups Back Wind Power In New London Event ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/11/17/c...
CT Officials, Environmental Groups Back Wind Power In New London Event | CT News Junkie
In September, the Trump Administration halted work on Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project 32 miles southeast of the Connecticut coast. At the time, the project was 80 percent completed.
ctnewsjunkie.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
CT Officials, Environmental Groups Back Wind Power In New London Event ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/11/17/c...
The Future of Energy Has Arrived — Just Not in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/p...
The Future of Energy Has Arrived — Just Not in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Future of Energy Has Arrived — Just Not in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/p...
Reposted by Susan Eastwood
Critics of renewable energy often claim that these technologies are making the world’s electricity grids more vulnerable to power outages.
Hard data suggests otherwise.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/13/f...
Hard data suggests otherwise.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/13/f...
Fact check: Do renewables really make electricity grids less reliable?
In Germany, power availability to homes and businesses has increased over the years – even as the share of renewables has climbed.
theprogressplaybook.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Critics of renewable energy often claim that these technologies are making the world’s electricity grids more vulnerable to power outages.
Hard data suggests otherwise.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/13/f...
Hard data suggests otherwise.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/13/f...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe."
"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe."
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe."
"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe."
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' @filippograndi.unhcr.org, the UN high commissioner for refugees, said: “Funding cuts are severely limiting our ability to protect refugees and displaced families from the effects of extreme weather. If we want stability, we must invest where people are most at risk" '
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day, according to a report by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).
Floods, storms, drought and extreme heat are among the weather conditions driving conflict and displacement, alongside slow-onset disasters such as desertification, rising sea levels and ecosystem destruction, which are threatening food and water security. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
' @filippograndi.unhcr.org, the UN high commissioner for refugees, said: “Funding cuts are severely limiting our ability to protect refugees and displaced families from the effects of extreme weather. If we want stability, we must invest where people are most at risk" '
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"To continue protecting birds in an age of chaos is an act of defiance against cynicism"
An important and very relevant opinion:
theornithologist.org/in-defence-o...
🪶🌎 #ornithology #conservation
An important and very relevant opinion:
theornithologist.org/in-defence-o...
🪶🌎 #ornithology #conservation
In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World
In a world torn by wars and crises, bird conservation can seem irrelevant. Yet to protect life itself is not indulgence – it’s resistance.
theornithologist.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"To continue protecting birds in an age of chaos is an act of defiance against cynicism"
An important and very relevant opinion:
theornithologist.org/in-defence-o...
🪶🌎 #ornithology #conservation
An important and very relevant opinion:
theornithologist.org/in-defence-o...
🪶🌎 #ornithology #conservation
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
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Daily Inhalation of Lung-Penetrating Microplastics in Homes and Cars Estimated at 68,000 Particles—A Staggering 100 Times Earlier Estimates
In a groundbreaking study published in the open-access journal PLOS One, researchers from the Université de Toulouse, France, presented alarming findings…
In a groundbreaking study published in the open-access journal PLOS One, researchers from the Université de Toulouse, France, presented alarming findings…
Daily Inhalation of Lung-Penetrating Microplastics in Homes and Cars Estimated at 68,000 Particles—A Staggering 100 Times Earlier Estimates
In a groundbreaking study published in the open-access journal PLOS One, researchers from the Université de Toulouse, France, presented alarming findings concerning human exposure to microplastic particles in indoor air. The research, led by Nadiia Yakovenko and her colleagues, significantly expands the existing knowledge on airborne microplastics, suggesting that people may be inhaling far higher quantities of small, lung-penetrating particles than previously suspected.
scienmag.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Daily Inhalation of Lung-Penetrating Microplastics in Homes and Cars Estimated at 68,000 Particles—A Staggering 100 Times Earlier Estimates
In a groundbreaking study published in the open-access journal PLOS One, researchers from the Université de Toulouse, France, presented alarming findings…
In a groundbreaking study published in the open-access journal PLOS One, researchers from the Université de Toulouse, France, presented alarming findings…
Community solar in Pa.: Bypassing the energy bottleneck penncapital-star.com/commentary/c...
Community solar in Pa.: Bypassing the energy bottleneck • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Pennsylvania is in a race against time: can we bring enough new energy onto the grid to meet our region’s growing power demand (primarily fueled by new data centers, both speculative and real) in time...
penncapital-star.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Community solar in Pa.: Bypassing the energy bottleneck penncapital-star.com/commentary/c...
Reposted by Susan Eastwood
Administrator Lee Zeldin said the EPA would scrap what is known as its endangerment finding, established under President Barack Obama.
The determination called climate change a danger to human health and therefore gave the EPA power to regulate the greenhouse gases.
From @statesnewsroom.com
The determination called climate change a danger to human health and therefore gave the EPA power to regulate the greenhouse gases.
From @statesnewsroom.com
Trump’s EPA proposes rollback of basis for climate change rules • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency submitted a proposal Tuesday to rescind a 2009 finding that has provided the foundation for the agency’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions that cause clim...
penncapital-star.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Administrator Lee Zeldin said the EPA would scrap what is known as its endangerment finding, established under President Barack Obama.
The determination called climate change a danger to human health and therefore gave the EPA power to regulate the greenhouse gases.
From @statesnewsroom.com
The determination called climate change a danger to human health and therefore gave the EPA power to regulate the greenhouse gases.
From @statesnewsroom.com
Reposted by Susan Eastwood
Gift on microplastics
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Guest column | I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life.
Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure.
wapo.st
July 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Gift on microplastics
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Trump's EPA is undoing MAJOR health and climate protections, which means:
💊 $42 million more in health care costs by 2032 due to pollution
🏞️ Coal plants tripling mercury pollution
📈 Higher energy bills
💰 Padding the profits of oil & gas at OUR expense
Text SIERRA to 69866 to get involved!
💊 $42 million more in health care costs by 2032 due to pollution
🏞️ Coal plants tripling mercury pollution
📈 Higher energy bills
💰 Padding the profits of oil & gas at OUR expense
Text SIERRA to 69866 to get involved!
July 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump's EPA is undoing MAJOR health and climate protections, which means:
💊 $42 million more in health care costs by 2032 due to pollution
🏞️ Coal plants tripling mercury pollution
📈 Higher energy bills
💰 Padding the profits of oil & gas at OUR expense
Text SIERRA to 69866 to get involved!
💊 $42 million more in health care costs by 2032 due to pollution
🏞️ Coal plants tripling mercury pollution
📈 Higher energy bills
💰 Padding the profits of oil & gas at OUR expense
Text SIERRA to 69866 to get involved!
Climate Science Is Now the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...
Opinion | Climate Science Is Now the Law
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Climate Science Is Now the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...
Reposted by Susan Eastwood
"One nation in particular stands out as a block to an effective plastics treaty: Saudi Arabia, the world’s second biggest oil producer. Via its oil company Saudi Aramco, it owns Sabic, one of the world’s biggest producers of plastic."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"One nation in particular stands out as a block to an effective plastics treaty: Saudi Arabia, the world’s second biggest oil producer. Via its oil company Saudi Aramco, it owns Sabic, one of the world’s biggest producers of plastic."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mobilizing my doubts and worries about climate change ctmirror.org/2025/07/22/i...
Mobilizing my doubts and worries about climate change
Most Americans are worried about climate change -- reasonable response to rising sea levels, heat waves, bigger wildfires, longer droughts, stronger storms.
ctmirror.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Mobilizing my doubts and worries about climate change ctmirror.org/2025/07/22/i...
Reposted by Susan Eastwood
Despite the hundreds of millions of metric tons of plastic floating in our oceans—not to mention the microplastics in our saliva, blood, breast milk, and semen—researchers have been unable to account for all the plastic ever produced. A new study has just tracked down a large portion of it.
You Don't Want to Know Where Scientists Just Found 27 Million Tons of Plastic
For years, scientists have struggled to solve the
gizmodo.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Despite the hundreds of millions of metric tons of plastic floating in our oceans—not to mention the microplastics in our saliva, blood, breast milk, and semen—researchers have been unable to account for all the plastic ever produced. A new study has just tracked down a large portion of it.
Reposted by Susan Eastwood
Bipartisan lawmakers want Washington to study microplastics health risks
Bipartisan lawmakers want Washington to study microplastics health risks
www.plasticsnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Bipartisan lawmakers want Washington to study microplastics health risks
Europe’s Leaders Are Doing Something Disastrous www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
Opinion | Europe’s Leaders Are Doing Something Disastrous
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Europe’s Leaders Are Doing Something Disastrous www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
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Microplastics shed by food packaging are contaminating our food and drink, study finds
edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
Microplastics shed by food packaging are contaminating our food and drink, study finds | CNN
Microscopic bits of plastic are sloughing off into food and beverages when consumers unwrap the plastic packaging, a new study has shown.
edition.cnn.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Microplastics shed by food packaging are contaminating our food and drink, study finds
edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...