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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
As buildings crack under record heat, architects are rediscovering ancient technologies—windcatchers, clay walls, and shaded courtyards—that kept cities habitable long before air-conditioning. Read about the past and future of cooling our buildings by Yasmin Alrabiei below:
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The Future of Cooling Was Invented Thousands of Years Ago | Atmos
As buildings crack under record heat, architects are rediscovering ancient technologies.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
In wetlands and backyards across the world, fireflies are vanishing—dimmed by habitat destruction, pesticides, climate change, and the spread of artificial light. As they're pushed to the edge of extinction, we risk losing not just the species—but the stories, memories, and magic they carry.
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Where Have All the Fireflies Gone? | Atmos
Fireflies are disappearing in many parts of the world, writes Oliver Milman, author of The Insect Crisis.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Research shows language shapes belief. As the planet heats up, new words seek to better express—and motivate a stronger response to—the environmental chaos of our time.
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Can Better Words Lead to Better Climate Action? | Atmos
Research shows language shapes belief. As the planet heats up, new words seek to better express the environmental chaos of our time.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The latest tool to stop the spread of invasive spotted lanternflies isn’t a powerful pesticide or a cutting-edge machine—it’s a good boy with an insatiable nose and a knack for tricks. Read more from @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social below.
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One Solution for Invasive Spotted Lanternflies? Your Pet Dog, Study Finds | Atmos
A pack of “community science” dogs of all breeds and ages help sniff out the devastating invasive insects.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
60% of adults are taking dietary supplements in a bid to slow down the effects of aging. But as the $6.3 trillion wellness industry churns out collagen shots, cold plunges, and snail mucin, our fixation with anti-aging may be undermining our personal and planetary well-being.
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The Surprising Cost of Our Quest to Defy Aging | Atmos
From snail mucin to IV drips, longevity products and wellness supplements come at a high environmental cost.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
From water-hoarding cacti, to needled pines, and sun-soaking monstera leaves are perfectly adapted to their natural environments. For Atmos Volume 11: Micro/Macro, Riley Black delves into the fossilized past of ancient flora
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The Minor Miracle of a Fossil Leaf | Atmos
Fossilized leaves write a delicate story of Earth’s history into stone, for those who know how to read it.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Love it or hate it, Manhattan's $9 congestion pricing toll was a win for the climate. By 2045, the MTA predicts greenhouse gas emissions from the Central Business District will decrease by about 10%. Now, Trump wants to end it.
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Manhattan’s $9 Toll Was a Win for the Climate. Trump Wants to End It. | Atmos
The resounding success of New York City’s congestion pricing provides a blueprint for advancing social and environmental policies nationwide
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Palestine's national flower mirrors its people’s plight. The Faqqu’a iris is one of the most striking plants in the region. Like so much of Palestine’s heritage, it is under threat by Israeli settlement. For Atmos, Marta Vidal breaks down the flower’s history and increasingly unstable future.
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How Palestine’s National Flower Mirrors Its People’s Plight | Atmos
Palestinians see the Faqqu’a iris as a symbol of resilience, but Israeli occupation threatens its habitat, advocates, and even its name.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
From fireflies to elephants, animals have evolved ways of 'speaking' to one another. In this week's edition of The Overview, @willowonearth.bsky.social decodes the fascinating and diverse ways organisms communicate.
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Nature Speaks: Decoding the Fascinating and Diverse Ways Organisms Communicate | Atmos
Whether through light, electricity, vibration, dance, or chemicals, our world is always speaking. Will we pause to listen?
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Trump has slashed environmental protections and unraveled clean energy progress. Some of his policies may unwittingly open the door for wins the environmental movement has fought decades for. Read about these unexpected climate wins by @jakehallwrites.bsky.social here: atmos.earth/the-accident...
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The climate crisis is ravaging once-beautiful areas of natural beauty. Once idyllic tourist spots, heat and drought-stricken regions are far from the oases you'd see on Instagram. @matthabusby.bsky.social explores the impact on the land and the livelihoods of those who call it home.
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TripAdvisor Promised Paradise. Climate Change Had Other Plans. | Atmos
These heat-and-drought-stricken tourist destinations are far from the oases you’d see on Instagram.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Advocates for a nature-based economy say markets for rubber and other forest products can help preserve the Amazon—but not everyone is convinced. @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social journeyed deep into the Amazon to learn about the ancestral history—and complicated future—of harvesting the rubber tree.
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Can A Sneaker Brand’s Ambitious Plan Help Counter Amazon Deforestation? | Atmos
Advocates for a bioeconomy say markets for rubber, açaí, and other forest products can help preserve the Amazon—not everyone is convinced.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Trump’s divisive “Big Beautiful Bill” would devastate lives and the climate—but on nature preservation, bipartisan pushback yielded a rare environmental win. Words by @yessfun.com
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A Rare Showing Of Bipartisanship Stopped The Senate’s Public Land Grab | Atmos
Trump's divisive “Big Beautiful Bill” would devastate lives and the climate—but on nature preservation, bipartisan pushback yielded a win.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
How do I decide to bring children into this world? How do I deal with climate anxiety? How do I speak to climate-denying family members? You ask, Unthinkable's climate-conscious therapists answer. Read some of their responses below.
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Tools to Cope With Climate Anxiety (and Your Climate-Denying Uncle) | Atmos
A climate-aware therapist answers your questions on how to cope with fear, talk to skeptics, and keep showing up.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria last year, people in Syria are working to rebuild a nation that has long relied on air-polluting private generators to compensate for damaged infrastructure and a lack of public power. They want a greener future—can their new government deliver?
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Syrians Want a Green Future. Can Their New Government Deliver? | Atmos
The fall of the Assad regime has offered the Syrian people a revolutionary moment to rebuild with the environment in mind.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Abandoned buildings could be a key climate adaptation tool. Across the Global South, a new generation of designers is reimagining architectural failure as a tool for adaptation and survival in a warming world. Read the full story for Atmos below:
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How Abandoned Buildings Can Make Communities More Climate-Resilient | Atmos
Across the Global South, a new generation of designers is reimagining architectural failure as a tool for adaptation and survival.
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Jason Dinh @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
the east coast is HOT right now—and your neighborhood's outdoor cats can't access the air conditioning. want to know how to help them? learn more in this story on @atmosmag.bsky.social 🌎🧪
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The Surprising Connection Between Feral Cats and Extreme Heat | Atmos
The evolutionary ancestors of house cats evolved in the desert, but that doesn’t make them immune to heat waves.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Rocks have shaped our planet—can they help us understand its future? For Atmos Volume 11, Marcia Bjornerud, a professor of geology and author of "Turning to Stone," speaks about the scale—and wonder—of Earth’s foundations. Rocks, she says are archivists that hold clues to Earth’s histories.
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Why One Geologist Thinks We Should All Pay More Attention to Rocks | Atmos
Professor Marcia Bjornerud urges us to understand rocks as records of earlier versions of the planet—and as a call to protect its future.
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Jessica Bristow @jessicabristow.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A very much still relevant case for climate reparations from 2021: atmos.earth/climate-repa... @atmosmag.bsky.social
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There’s No Black Liberation Without Climate Reparations | Atmos
For Juneteenth, Tamara Toles O'Laughlin examines how we can repair the damage to Black communities through climate reparations.
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Water Hub @waterhub.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Rivers remind us that power doesn't come from force, it builds through patience, connection, and return. 🌊 This #NationalRiversMonth, join us in reading Willow Defebaugh's reflection on what rivers teach us about time, connection, & care. More in @atmosmag.bsky.social: atmos.earth/the-overview...
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The Wisdom of Rivers | Atmos
Rivers serve as a reminder of the sagacity of surrender: of moving with life, not against it.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The evolutionary ancestors of house cats evolved in the desert, but that doesn’t make them immune to heat waves.
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The Surprising Connection Between Feral Cats and Extreme Heat | Atmos
The evolutionary ancestors of house cats evolved in the desert, but that doesn’t make them immune to heat waves.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Our June digital cover story explores trans histories and futures, asking the question: How did those who came before us survive worse fires and maintain their power? Read more here: atmos.earth/the-fruits-w...
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Karen Gray is fermenting @karengray.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
In @atmosmag.bsky.social : Whatever form they take, the bits of the natural world we collect and carry with us connect us back to the landscapes we call home. atmos.earth/wild-relics/
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Wild Relics: How Shells, Stones, and Bones Carry Stories of Home | Atmos
Whatever form they take, the bits of the natural world we collect and carry with us connect us back to the landscapes we call home.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Funeral services like burial and cremation can have high environmental costs. But the British startup Resting Reef is using human and pet ashes to create reef structures that can regenerate marine biodiversity, filter water, prevent coastal erosion, and capture CO2. Photos: Resting Reef
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"Aren’t researchers supposed to be perfectly objective, unemotional, and neutral about the world we study? I can’t be. I need to declare a conflict of interest regarding Earth: Everyone I love lives here." In her new book, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social explores what it means to be a climate scientist:
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The Emotional Whiplash of a Climate Scientist | Atmos
Dr. Kate Marvel explores the grief, anger, wonder, and love she feels studying climate change in an excerpt from her new book, Human Nature.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
How would you describe what it feels like to be trans in this time, in one word? Twenty visionaries from across the trans community share their answers with Atmos:
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
You can read the introduction to my book in the wonderful Atmos magazine here: atmos.earth/the-emotiona...
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The Emotional Whiplash of a Climate Scientist | Atmos
Dr. Kate Marvel explores the grief, anger, wonder, and love she feels studying climate change in an excerpt from her new book, Human Nature.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 17/06/2025
A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015, indicating the birds may soon be expanding their range south from Scotland into England, where they’re currently considered locally extinct.
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Golden eagle spotted in England for first time in more than a decade
A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015, indicating the birds may soon be expanding their range south from Scotland into England, where they’re currently…
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have found deep-sea spiders that consume methane. These three tiny species shift our understanding of how methane cycles through the ocean and show how little we know about the deep-sea ecosystems where the spiders live. Photos: Shana Goffredi
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
In nature, small actions can change everything. In 1972, mathematician and meteorologist Ed Lorenz coined the term the "butterfly effect" to refer to the fact that extremely small perturbations can compound into dramatic differences over time. Photographs: Stefanie Moshammer
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The Colorado River is making a remarkable comeback. In Glen Canyon, beavers and cottonwoods are returning, as well as river otters, herons, and coyotes. The ecosystem's return is an opportunity to radically rethink our relationship with water, the planet, and the future. Read more here:
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Decades After Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River Reclaims Its Path | Atmos
Damming the famed river drowned canyons and their ecosystems for decades. Now, the river seems to be undergoing a restoration of its own.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Trans communities are facing a wave of legislative attacks. But trans people have always been here—and they aren’t going anywhere. Read our June digital cover story featuring 22 trans trans leaders, artists, and organizers: atmos.earth/the-fruits-w...
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Fifty countries have ratified the High Seas Treaty, which would protect 30% of the world's oceans. The treaty will only become legally binding after 60 countries join. Major nations including the U.S., U.K., and China have yet to do so. We cannot afford to keep waiting to protect our oceans.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Pangolins are considered one of the most trafficked animals on Earth. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to declare seven species as endangered. This comes after the Trump Administration proposed no longer prohibiting habitat destruction under the Endangered Species Act.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
More than five million people gathered at over 2,100 rallies across the U.S. this weekend to protest against President Donald Trump's abuses of power and civil rights violations, including recent ICE raids. Photos: Reuters
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The onslaught trans people are facing today is nothing new—throughout time, trans people have been creating means to grow from barren soil. “I feel more motivated than anything,” said Them editor-in-chief Fran Tirado. Read our June digital cover story here: atmos.earth/the-fruits-w...
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
In 2025, lawmakers have already passed more than 100 anti-trans bills across the U.S. But who is funding this legislation? An independent analysis of 45 right-wing groups advocating against trans rights found that 80% have received donations from fossil fuel companies or billionaires.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The damage done to ecosystems by deep sea mining might be irreversible. Deep-sea mineral extraction could damage biodiversity up to 25 times more than land mining, and restoration could cost twice as much as extraction, according to one report. Read more here:
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Trump’s Rush to Mine Earth’s Final Frontier | Atmos
Metals accrued over the seafloor over millions of years. The damage caused by mining them could be irreversible.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
"Intersex people existed in Ancient Greece. Trans people existed in Ancient Greece. At the dawn of our civilization, it’s carved in marble." For our June cover story, world-renowned drag queen Jinx Monsoon explores the history of trans people and the magic of liberation: atmos.earth/jinkx-monsoo...
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Domicide is the deliberate destruction of home by human agency in pursuit of specific goals. If domicide in Gaza is marked by bombardment, in L.A. it is militarized raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement targeting communities already bearing the brunt of climate change. Read more here:
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From Gaza to LA, the Right to Remain Is Under Attack | Atmos
Across borders and crises, homes are being destroyed—by airstrikes, fire, and force. Climate justice requires naming this violence: domicide
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A new study reveals that the world's oceans entered the ocean acidification "danger zone" in 2020 as a result of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As the UN Oceans Conference continues this week, we need real action from countries to protect our oceans, not more shallow commitments.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Six more activists from the Freedom Flotilla will be deported from Israel, including Rima Hassan and Thiago Ávila who were held in solitary confinement. These activists were attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and were intercepted and detained by Israel in international waters.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 11/06/2025
If you’re worried about property destruction wait until you hear about climate change
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Eighteen more countries just ratified the High Seas Treaty, bringing it closer than ever the 60 needed for official enforcement. The treaty would be the first legally binding agreement to protect marine biodiversity in international waters from destructive practices, including deep-sea mining.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
More than 7.8 million acres in Canada have already burned from wildfires this year. The 25-year average for land burned annually is 7.3 million acres. Multiple massive fires of greater than 250,000 acres are still ongoing in five provinces.
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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"Vivian Taylor, a climate policy expert who co-authored the analysis, said the fossil fuel industry has a real interest in funding panic over transgender people: It distracts the public from 'the very real and ongoing risks that climate change creates.'"
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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · 10/06/2025
my latest for @atmosmag.bsky.social is a collaboration with @emorwee.bsky.social's HEATED newsletter — all about the fossil fuel billionaire assholes funding groups on the right pushing anti-trans rhetoric atmos.earth/fossil-fuel-...
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Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement | Atmos
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
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Kit O'Connell (🏳️‍🌈Big & Bright Queerdo👽) @kitoconnell.com · 11/06/2025
Fascinating and provocative investigation by @yessfun.com
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
New maps show reforesting areas across the globe could remove 1.5bn tonnes of CO2 a year without harming people or wildlife. Reforestation opportunity maps like this are essential as regrowing trees remains a cost-effective option for removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Graphic: @theguardian.com
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