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That’s great!!

by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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I contributed along with @jonlevybu.bsky.social @nckmllx.bsky.social @kaichenyale.bsky.social @rycalder.bsky.social @calebdresser.bsky.social @energymorgan.bsky.social @anorisarma.bsky.social and many other lovely people who are not on here.
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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We also find major deficiencies in how the health impacts of this action are quantified, ranging from air quality to questions about electricity reliability. There is much more, but in the end, we conclude that the evidentiary basis for greenhouse gases is robust, and stronger than it was in 2009.
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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We also find increases in other health harms that did not get attention in the 2009 endangerment finding, including mental health harms, displacement, violence, harms to workers, and harms for those experiencing displacement...
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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increases in foodborne illnesses, Valley Fever, and other climate sensitive diseases, harms to air quality, and many other diseases.
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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Major findings: There is increasing certainty in health harms due to climate change and that greenhouse gases pose an indisputable danger to human health and well-being. These health harms span harms due to heat, extreme weather including floods, droughts, storms, and wildfires...
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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Proud to be part of the Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health that just put together a report summarizing the evidence of health harms of climate change to date. Report is here: zenodo.org/records/1728... 🛟 #climatesky
Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health in the United States Comment on EPA's Proposed Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding
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Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore, Katharine Hayhoe, A. E. Dessler , and 14 more

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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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I would like to rebrand climate change as "fossil fuels taking away your temperature freedom" #greensky, 🔌💡 | 🛟 #climatesky How do I do this? Do I submit a formal application somewhere?
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by A. E. Dessler — Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Gavin A. Schmidt

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Another expert review of the science behind the endangerment finding, this time from health professionals.

they conclude that CO2 emissions "pose a clear and indisputable danger to human health and well-being."

drive.google.com/fil...
This Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health in the United States comprises 114 scientists with experience researching various dimensions of the health effects of climate change. We are submitting this public comment in response to the proposed reconsideration of the Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards. Our overall conclusion is that EPA is incorrect in its assessment of uncertainties in the 2009 Endangerment Finding as a reason to reconsider the rule, given that the scientific evidence since that time reduces the uncertainty regarding health harms from climate change stemming from greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions, by altering the climate and disrupting earth systems, pose a clear and indisputable danger to human health and well-being.
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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Thank you! You’re making me feel much less bad about leaving tonight…
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Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore, Richard S.J. Tol, Peter Thorne , and 4 more

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breaking from me: the trump administration just suffered its first major loss in court over its onslaught on offshore wind

the revolution wind project can now resume construction after a federal judge found its developer orsted was likely to win against the trump order to stop work

@heatmap.news
Trump Just Suffered His First Loss on Offshore Wind
A judge has lifted the administration’s stop-work order against Revolution Wind.
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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I can confirm the Nextgen Acelas are really nice.
Interior of a really nice new train that’s about 1/4 full. Rows of seats with four seats in each row and blue signs hanging overhead saying welcome aboard
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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I’ve met plenty of climate deniers. I’ve never met a COPD denier or a heart attack denier…
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by Bruce P. Lanphear — Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore

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The Science of Delay
The lesson of PFAS is the same lesson we should have learned from lead, asbestos, and air pollution: if we wait until the evidence is definitive, we’ve waited too long.
The Science of Delay
Why we wait until millions are harmed by toxic chemicals before we act
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by A. E. Dessler — Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore, Katharine Hayhoe, Paul Dorfman , and 16 more

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Our comment on the DOE CWG report is done. It tips the scales at 439 pages, approx. 3x longer than the DOE report.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

Example: refuting one sentence.
DOE CWG STATEMENT (second paragraph of section 2.1.1, page 3): “Piao et al. (2020) noted that greening was even observable in the Arctic.” COMMENT: This statement implies that the Arctic greening signal was caused by elevated CO2 , however that is not the scientific consensus. Piao et al. (2020) attribute the greening trend in the Arctic predominantly to growing season length driven by warmer temperatures (see also Y. Zhang et al., 2022). Piao et al. (2020) also note that this positive impact of increasing temperatures appears to have weakened over the past four decades, “suggesting a possible saturation of future greening in response to warmer temperature” (see also comment on greenness trends related to Section 2.1.1, first sentence of Page 4). It is also important to put Arctic greening more broadly into the context of the carbon cycle and other impacts. While above-ground plants may have displayed more leaf area over the past decades, rising temperatures also thaw permafrost and drive accelerated decomposition in highly carbon rich soils (Turetsky et al., 2020), a process which is expected to accelerate as climate continues to warm (Miner et al., 2022). Thus even with Arctic greening, high latitude terrestrial systems may become net carbon sources to the atmosphere, causing an amplifying feedback (Braghiere et al., 2023). Other risks to the Arctic linked to higher CO2 levels and rising temperatures are not mentioned in this report (Virkkala et al., 2025). The Arctic is warming at a rate of 2 to 3 times the global average, leading to thawing of permanently frozen soils (permafrost), with downstream impacts including loss of structural support for buildings and subsidence, threatening communities, roads, runways, and other assets across Alaska (Manos et al., 2025; University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering US Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District & Laboratory, 2019).
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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Fantastic!!
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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For example/context, Boston University (famously located in Boston) has a PPA with a wind farm in South Dakota (famously not Boston), displacing coal, which is already pretty much gone from the New England grid. I for one would rather see that than getting hung up on 24/7/365 matching...
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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What kind of alternative market or standard formulations are out there? Is there capacity/interest in focusing on carbon emitted, or even including air pollution and health impacts?!?
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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Giancarlo is in a corner, but he likes it there. He’s a good bike
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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Definitely a gorgeous bike!
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Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore, Katharine Hayhoe, Suresh Venkatasubramanian , and 42 more

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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.

NYT just covered it. 1/n

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
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Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore, Greg Linden

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Solar executives warn that Trump attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices — via @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/08/24/s...
Solar executives warn that Trump attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices
Renewable power executives say difficulty getting permits, rising costs due to tariffs and the end of key tax credits are making it tough to plan.
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Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore, Gavin L. Foster, Christopher Wright , and 3 more

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This is fucking crazy!

The offshore wind farm is almost finished!
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Kills Massive Offshore Wind Project
The DCNF has learned that the Department of the Interior (DOI) is halting all activity on a massive offshore wind project on Friday effective immediately.
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Local average Alberta Man: "The best thing the Alberta government could do to help affordability is to give people transport options that reduce the need to own multiple automobiles" #yycbike #yegbike edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Edmonton man says bike lanes save his family thousands of dollars every year
What’s the impact of more bike lanes? An Edmonton man says they save his family saves thousands of dollars annually.
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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by Ken Caldeira — Reposted by: Jonathan J. Buonocore, Richard S.J. Tol, Matthias Cuntz , and 1 more

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Grok showed up in my Tesla this morning, and started speaking to me without me trying to trigger it.

I saw a tab called "conspiracy theories", clicked it and asked Grok about climate change.

This is what Elon Musk is telling Tesla drivers about climate change.
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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Love this. Honestly, the env. ethics, env. philosophy, and globalization and environmental policy classes I took in college did as much to influence me as a scientist as my science classes did. theconversation.com/studying-phi...
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
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by Jonathan J. Buonocore

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Pinball machine fire
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