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Claire Richards, PhD, RN

@clairerichards.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Nursing Climate & Energy Justice, Planetary Health Disruption, Resistance I criticize the Dems too.

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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 3h
Protested today for a moratorium on data centers. There were just five of us! We joked about how more people would have come if we had said they were Trump's data centers.
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ANHE has joined EPN and other national organizations calling for a Data Center Health Protection Pledge, so the health costs of data center growth receive the same attention as electricity costs. Read more (link in bio) zurl.co/Inp2i
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Why am I not surprised that the NYT would write about a tar sands oil pipeline without mentioning anything about climate change or environmental harm of extracting and transporting oil???
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seeds for Liberation screening, 10/6. Watch out for time zone! www.youtube.com/live/-VTvyL0...
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A Saturdays with Renee Movie Screening: Seeds for Liberation
YouTube video by Black Liberation Media
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
White house AI chat bot seems to limit number of messages because it starts to share its opinion after a while.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation," former special counsel Jack Smith said during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. to.pbs.org/4hwiB3E
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WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation'
Smith, who in 2022 led investigations into Trump and secured two indictments, said he made decisions in the case "without regard” for Trump’s “political association activities, beliefs, or candidacy i...
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.instagram.com/p/Dd1nduqH4f... bwahahaha!!!! #climatechange Climate Defiance
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climatedefiance on Instagram: "We chucked Schumer's innumerable failures right in his face. When faced with America's latest round of fascism, Schumer has not res…"
We chucked Schumer's innumerable failures right in his face. When faced with America's latest round of fascism, Schumer has not responded by throwing a punch, or even by merely *doing his job*. Instead this human white flag and 45-year incumbent has been busy perfecting the goosestep.The most powerful Democrat in the United States is not some hapless, hand-wringing bystander to American tyranny — this corrupt careerist is an active and willing participant in it.Funding it. Voting for it. Excusing it.Unacceptable.Politicians like Chuck Schumer are the reason people believe there's a uni-party in the United States. Schumer is the least popular Democratic Senate leader since 1985 — and while our country and planet face existential collapse, he smirks at galas sponsored by Amazon. There is no place in leadership for a man who approves fracked gas pipelines, who is funded by BlackRock and AIPAC, and whose own daughter lobbies state governments on behalf of OpenAI.In this terrifying moment of climate breakdown, we deserve real leaders, not spineless shills. We can and will demand that our leaders fight for us.View all 5,994 comments
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sure we made gas cost 5 bucks a gallon but, and hear me out, what if we also made you have to buy more
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
During the middle of his war with Iran-which sent gas prices spiraling out of control-Trump decided to lower fuel economy standards That, of course, means Americans will spend more money buying more gas And-to top it off-he’s poisoning the environment as well
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Join the ANHE Food & Agriculture Committee for a three-part discussion series, drawn from chapters in the 4th Edition of the Environmental Health in Nursing. Register here for all three webinars: zurl.co/7jMTJ
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Data Center Moratorium Now! Day of Action October 4, 2026
Data Center Moratorium Now! October 4
12 pm 
Waypoint Park
WA-305 & Winslow Way E
Bainbridge Island
https://actionnetwork.org/events/moratorium-on-data-centers-now/
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Congress needs to hear from you, the climate majority! Claim your FREE postcard packet and host a postcard party at home, work, or your place of worship. Write it, address it, and send it together. Goal: 2,500 postcards. → zurl.co/uTOkH 🔗 in bio #ElectionEarth2026 #ClimateVoter #ClimateMajority
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scathing and accurate: thehill.com/opinion/camp...
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Trump’s approval plunges into the 20s, and Republicans give up
With the midterms approaching, it’s clear the MAGA base is now deserting President Trump — and the GOP — in record numbers.
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just discovered this: www.criterionchannel.com With international films. Maybe a way to virtually escape the US?
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The Criterion Channel
A movie lover’s dream, the Criterion Channel offers classics and discoveries from around the world, thematically programmed with special features, on a streaming service brought to you by the Criterio...
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Make Polluters Pay Health Professionals Listening Session is on Tuesday, October 20th at 6pm PDT (virtual). REGISTER HERE: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Make polluters pay. Health professionals listening session
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Love the nerdy ethics humor :) www.thehastingscenter.org/beep-beep-it...
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Beep-Beep! It’s Bioethics! : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
I didn’t expect the film to confront me with questions about research ethics, informed consent, and harms to research participants any more than Wile E. Coyote expected those rocket shoes to drag him ...
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nurses treat the asthma attacks and cardiovascular strain linked to diesel and traffic pollution every day — especially in communities along heavily trafficked freight corridors. Clean air isn't separate from patient care. It is patient care. This #NTDAW26, let's invest in both. #ThankATrucker
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Grist @grist.org · 20/09/2026
While tech oligarchs grandstand about the existential danger AI superintelligence poses to humanity, former EPA officials say we should be worried about a more immediate threat to our health: the data centers that power those AI models. (via @motherjones.com) bit.ly/4ADOjEX
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We are the climate majority. This week, make it visible. Take the pledge. Invite your people. Make the climate majority visible. → zurl.co/6QIAb #ElectionEarth2026 #ClimateVoter #VoteForClimate
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TONIGHT! A gorgeous book you should get even if you can't come to any of Leah's events. A fast-paced, vivid (but thoughtful!) account of how the Inflation Reduction Act was created and passed.
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While chatting, we realized that our 10 year old did not know who the KKK was. So we watched a PBS documentary with him but it felt overly sympathetic to racist white people and did not share the perspective of Black people at the time. What are your favorite documentaries about racism in America?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
By the limited media coverage, you'd never know this is an existential crisis. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
DUE TOMORROW: Applications for the 2027 ANHE Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship! 🌎💙 🗓️ Apply by September 4, 2026. Learn more and apply today (link in bio): zurl.co/VpZNS
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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yes!! This is a fantastic first step - every governing body everywhere should take note and begin work to get genAI out of schools (and out of our lives in general) ASAP.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 02/09/2026
Thermal drone imaging shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne complex in New Jersey is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators.
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Major East Coast Data Center Accused of Violating Federal Law
Thermal drone imaging shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne complex in New Jersey is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
sure www.pecva.org/work/energy-...
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New Study Highlights Public Health Impacts of Gas Turbine-Powered Data Centers - The Piedmont Environmental Council
As data centers requiring more and more power continue to flood our region, we are seeing a concerning new trend: data center proposals that include onsite natural gas turbines to use as their main po...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/09/2026
boosters want us to believe opponents of data centers are a bunch of nimbys that just indiscriminately oppose development. they don’t want people to see (or hear!) what it’s actually like to live next to one of their monstrosities.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am endlessly thankful to Just Stop Oil for taking to the streets again today But it's not easy seeing such good, generous-hearted and courageous people being handcuffed and taken away, many possibly to long jail sentences It shouldn't have to be this way
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/09/2026
To understand the importance of systemic change, I highly recommend:
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Forget your carbon footprint. Let's talk about your climate shadow.
To truly evaluate your impact on the environment, you have to go way beyond recycle bins and energy bills.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/09/2026
I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
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Petisia @petisia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca called for rescinding the executive order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' that violates the terms of the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua―citing a 225-year-old treaty between Native Americans and the U.S. government. thehill.com/homenews/adm... #PINKS
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Gary, Indiana, Is America’s Latest Climate Victim - The American Prospect
This community has already faced structural racism and disinvestment. A two-week blackout unleashed a humanitarian disaster.
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Climate change is increasing the cost of food.
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Why Your Food Bills Are Likely to Go Up
Extreme weather events this year are starting to hurt food production in serious ways, which is likely to push up everyone’s food prices. And that’s before the weather-wrecking super El Niño has reall...
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just as world leaders decide to ignore climate change, everything climate scientists predicted is coming true.
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The devastating forces behind the deadly Himalayan flood
Torrent that tore through settlements near Nepal’s border with China comes as scientists warn climate change is increasing risks
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Right now the government is putting our communities, our water security and our climate ambitions second to the demands of tech giants. It's time to slam the brakes on water-guzzling, energy hungry datacentres.
Greens call for temporary ban on new data centres
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
apnews.com/article/usai... #Nepal
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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 27/08/2026
Experts say the devastating flash floods in Nepal were likely caused by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, and that climate change increases the risk of such events. Once again, communities least responsible for climate change bear the brunt of its impacts. Learn more:
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
With 350+ Dead and 1,300 Missing, Nepal Carnage Seen as Climate Disaster “Delay is deadly,” said one campaigner. “Without a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, the planet will continue to heat up and lives can be lost in a flash.” www.commondreams.org/news/nepal-f...
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With 350+ Dead and 1,300 Missing, Nepal Carnage Seen as Climate Disaster | Common Dreams
Tragedy strikes as a massive flash flood devastates Nepal, leaving hundreds missing and homes destroyed. Could global warming be to blame for the deadly ice avalanche that triggered this disaster?
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The tragedy here is just unimaginable: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
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Survivors of Nepal Flood Left in Stunned Disbelief: ‘They All Died, and I Lived’ (Gift Article)
A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A direct line can be drawn from the fossil fuel corporation CEOs in their smart suits and swanky offices, to the brutal deaths of the terrified people you can see in these films Himalayan glaciers are collapsing, and meltwater lakes breaching, due to global heating www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Hundreds missing, including 291 foreign tourists, after deadly flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border
In Tibet, CCTV captured a wall of mud and water hitting a border crossing. The missing in Nepal include more than 100 from India and 12 from the UK.
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NPR @npr.org · 26/08/2026
The disaster is linked to climate change, with experts noting the region's vulnerability to extreme weather. n.pr/4cvl1On
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8 dead, hundreds missing as Nepal avalanche triggers flash floods
The disaster is linked to climate change, with experts noting the region's vulnerability to extreme weather.
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
DUE NEXT WEEK: Applications are now open for the 2027 ANHE Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship! 🌎💙 🗓️ Apply by September 4, 2026. Learn more and apply today: zurl.co/Jutky
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Claire Richards, PhD, RN @clairerichards.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When OMB comments start disappearing archive.ph/wojjf#select...
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Thousands of residents in Gary, Indiana — a predominantly Black city — have been without power since an August 11 storm. Reporting by Randy Gyllenhaal/WTHR
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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 24/08/2026
Checking in from Indiana with WCK's Roo. 📍 Thousands of families are entering their 3rd week without power. WCK is on the ground working with local restaurants & food trucks to ensure meals reach everyone who needs them, including vulnerable populations who have few other options. #ChefsForIndiana
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I would advise everyone to follow @NormEisen.bsky.social on what the Roberts Court did today regarding Trump’s attempt to curb mail in voting. Heck, follow Norm on all things legal when it comes to this lawless president.👇
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🎧 New episode of the Nurses for Healthy Environments Podcast! How can nurses turn local advocacy into broader environmental health change? Listen now (link in bio): zurl.co/QNbCQ
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: A coalition of pro-voting organizations is asking a federal court to stop the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from finalizing a rule restricting mail-in voting this week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Court must enforce injunction blocking USPS from finalizing rule restricting mail voting, says voting rights groups
“By issuing this final rule, the Trump administration has flouted the court’s injunction,” says voting rights groups.
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