Reposted by Daphne WyshamMiriam Grace in October @miriamgrace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The argument went from “it’s ok to cut NEPA because clean air and water do these reviews better” to absolute crickets when Trump unilaterally decided to completely dismantle those protections 102
Reposted by Daphne WyshamErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Quite notable that @whitehouse.senate.gov notes purported economic and development benefits but absolutely zero about emissions benefits. 162
Reposted by Daphne WyshamErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Here's the view from the American West, far from the ruins of Washington, D.C. politics.westernlaw.orgFive-alarm fire: Radical Senate ‘permitting reform’ bill threatens to eviscerate environmental, wildlife, water, climate laws - Western Environmental Law CenterThe Republican-controlled Senate will soon formally announce a legislative “permitting reform” deal to speed the development of AI data centers and energy infrastructure. We expect the Senate will the... 087
Reposted by Daphne WyshamErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We're about to hear a load of B.S. about bipartisanship, affordability, and energy. All in service of AI tech, energy, & finance. Not people. We will hear little to nothing about the harms this bill will cause to the West's public lands, waters and wildlife, and communities. Presser at 12:30 ET.youtube.comHeinrich, Lee, Capito and Whitehouse Press Conference to Discuss Bipartisan Permitting Reform DealYouTube video by Senate Energy Dems 52711
Reposted by Daphne WyshamZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 21/09/2026This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/... 7330164
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The latest revelation about Syngenta--on Paraquat and its link to Parkinson's disease--suggests the Supreme Court and the EPA failed to protect us. careygillam.substack.com/p/new-intern...careygillam.substack.com 010
Reposted by Daphne WyshamGary Ruskin @garyruskin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Pesticide use around homes and farms is linked to childhood leukemia and brain tumors. Forty years of studies find higher cancer risks among children exposed during pregnancy and early life to pesticides used on farms, lawns and pets. Via @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/p...usrtk.orgPesticide use around homes and farms linked to childhood leukemia, brain tumorsForty years of studies find higher cancer risks among children exposed during pregnancy and early life to pesticides used on farms, lawns and pets. 049
Reposted by Daphne WyshamFriends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 03/06/2026What's been announced? 🐷 Moratorium on new pig factories and expansions 🏘️ Municipalities regain the right to reject pig factory applications 💧 Nitrate limits in drinking water reduced from 50 mg/l to 6 mg/l 🚜 Redirect agricultural subsidies to benefit smaller farms & producers 132
Reposted by Daphne WyshamSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 09/05/2026It’s raining microplastics in Jakarta and the problem is only getting worse. They can also be a vector for pathogens that stick to them. Pay close attention to the canary in the coal mine.youtube.comJakarta: Invisible pollution is falling from the sky | DW NewsYouTube video by DW News 22010
Reposted by Daphne WyshamFriends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · 23/04/2026According to the American Lung Association's latest State of the Air report, 44% of the US population reside in areas with unhealthy levels of pollution 33 million of these individuals are younger than 18 years old. www.cbsnews.com/news/america...cbsnews.comNearly half of U.S. kids are breathing unhealthy air, report says. These are the cleanest and most polluted cities.The new report evaluated air quality in different parts of the country by measuring the presence of ozone and particle pollution in the atmosphere. 032
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Wow: 1 in 5 Americans are consuming nitrate-contaminated water, thanks in large part to factory farms. insideclimatenews.org/news/2704202...insideclimatenews.org 010
Reposted by Daphne WyshamJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden. The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite. The real risk is fossil fuel dependency. 11645309
Reposted by Daphne WyshamFriends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · 12/03/2025BREAKING: EPA will close its environmental justice offices. This work spans 30+ yrs and is supported by ample research. This is nothing more than a racist attack on low-income and communities of color who suffer most from the consequences of pollution. foe.org/news/epa-env...foe.orgDecision to Close EPA’s Environmental Justice Offices a Danger to Americans’ Health and SafetyThis amounts to a racist attack on low-income and communities of color who suffer most from the consequences of pollution. 0123
Reposted by Daphne WyshamFriends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Now, more than ever, we need to continue making progress on the state and local level – and we’re fighting for increased protections in Connecticut, Maryland & Colorado. States need to listen to the science over the exploitative, disinformation-spreading pesticide industry. foe.org/projects/pes...foe.orgPesticide PoliciesWe need policy makers to put the health of people and pollinators above the profits of the pesticide industry. 022
Reposted by Daphne WyshamFriends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · 15/01/2026VICTORY! A bill was just signed into law to expand access to nondairy milk options for students! Under current law, students are only guaranteed a substitute for cow’s milk if a parent submits a doctor’s note documenting a disability. foe.org/victory-stor...foe.orgExpanding Access to Non-dairy Milk in SchoolsFor far too long, students have been denied access to nutritious plant-based beverages at lunch. This bill changes that. 221
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 05/02/2026"...All this suggests the agricultural and food sectors are our most likely path to achieve the methane reductions and cooling required to stave off runaway warming and economic collapse. It may be the only chance we have of doing so.." www.paulgilding.com/cockatoo-chr...paulgilding.comWhy The Climate Emergency is now The Methane Emergency — Paul GildingWe are about to go through the most profound shift in the climate debate in 20 years. The result will be the end of the gas industry’s hope of being a transition fuel, a brutal market disruption to th... 000
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 29/01/2026The rest of the world is heading in the right direction. We just need to accelerate this trend. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever - Carbon BriefSales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) overtook petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025. 120
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Some possible problems in trying to rollback the endangerment finding: Trump's climate denial approach might fail in court. wapo.st/4riopklwapo.stTrump’s biggest climate rollback stalls over fears it will lose in courtTrump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of the agency’s “endangerment finding” over concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a court challenge. 000
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Bless you, Mark, and RIP Renee. Be Good. www.etonline.com/media/videos...etonline.comMark Ruffalo Gives Impassioned Plea for America After Killing of Renee Good (Exclusive)Mark Ruffalo chats with ET's Kevin Frazier at the 83rd Golden Globes, airing live on Sunday on CBS and Paramount+. The actor reacts to being nominated for his role in 'Task.' He also gives an impassio... 130
Reposted by Daphne WyshamJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/01/2026New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...404media.coInside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t... 14569044592
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 12/01/2026A clear statement of priorities: Industry's bottom line more important than human lives. Of course. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...nytimes.comE.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution 010
Reposted by Daphne WyshamAndy Gheorghiu @andygheorghiu.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Every EU company/bank with US #LNG ties is fueling Trump's fascist domestic agenda & imperialistic aggressions abroad! Time to cut the fossil chains @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @marossefcovic.bsky.social @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu! 0118
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 28/11/2025We’ve got the roadmap, so let’s start walking our talk. fpif.org/cop30-failed...fpif.orgCOP30 Was Underwhelming, But a Path Away from Fossil Fuels Already Exists - FPIFExisting plans to triple renewable energy, double efficiency, and slash methane — coupled with real regulations like the EU’s — offer a way forward. 160
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Let's go! ...Niklas Höehne from the NewClimate Institute said: “The changes in the energy system would be so significant from tripling renewables, doubling efficiency, reducing methane, that they would actually trigger the transition away from fossil fuels... www.theguardian.com/environment/... 130
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Progress (and lack thereof) since Paris Climate Agreement: A good summary. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.com10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are (Gift Article)Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot. 140
Reposted by Daphne WyshamAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11/11/2025Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources." 222352708
Reposted by Daphne WyshamDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/11/2025NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.washingtonpost.comThis lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo... 8448287
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Methane action would pay for itself at least 6 times over. Why are leaders kicking the can down the road, costing all of us trillions? Might have something to do with discounting the future. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41166471/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govGlobal methane action pays for itself at least six times over - PubMedWe provide a comprehensive assessment of the economic benefits and costs of global methane emissions abatement, anchored on the Global Methane Pledge. We use an integrated assessment model to estimate avoided climate damages at the global and country levels, including quantification of tipping point … 010
Reposted by Daphne Wysham🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I guess Trump needs to explain why elections were more secure under Joe Biden than they are under him. Must be the auto pen. 017115
Reposted by Daphne WyshamAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I suppose not surprising if you know America, but, wow, there are 2 million Muslim women in the U.S. and only just now, tonight, has even one single part of the country elected a Muslim woman to any statewide office. 124855
Reposted by Daphne WyshamLead Locally @leadlocally.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Y'all!!! Virginia just won a pro-climate democratic trifecta! 0107
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Recovery for Haiti (& all of us) beyond temporary aid = stop oil companies from collecting billions in government subsidies and tax breaks each year, even as they report record profits and fund misinformation campaigns to block climate action. #polluterspay www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...theguardian.comHurricane Melissa live updates: dozens reported dead in Haiti after river flooded by hurricane bursts banksMayor of a southern Haitian coastal town ‘overwhelmed by the situation’ as he pleads for government support 020
Reposted by Daphne WyshamSteve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 28/10/2025What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible. Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event. 33876363444
Reposted by Daphne WyshamBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/10/2025“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.washingtonpost.comParis said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes. 10669251
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 24/10/2025A 30% increase in Obamacare premiums?! Meanwhile, our national debt has skyrocketed to $37 trillion under Trump in '25. For every $1 Washington spends on Obamacare, it’s spending about $3 on interest to service the national debt. @jeff-merkley.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comAverage Obamacare premiums are set to rise 30 percent, documents showThe price increases — affecting up to 17 million Americans who buy coverage on the federal marketplace — are by far the largest annual premium increases in recent years. 010
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Memphis is the new playground for Musk's fracked methane-powered AI plants. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/35-gas-turbi...climateandcapitalmedia.com35 gas turbines, no permits: Elon Musk’s dirty xAI secretIn Memphis, AI’s environmental impact is invisible, until you turn on the camera 031
Reposted by Daphne WyshamMary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 09/10/2025www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccu-... OMG!! We can transition to 100% clean #renewable energy using less land than O&G, and we can clean up the O&G stranded assets. Also--we can hold O&G accountable for the cost of clean up. @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.socialyoutube.comBusting a myth on how much land is needed for the U.S. to run on 100% renewables vs fossil+biofuelsYouTube video by Mark Z. Jacobson 034
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 09/10/2025This is an amazing graphic depicting in real time LNG tankers headed to the EU and elsewhere. Well done, @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social experience.arcgis.com/experience/d...experience.arcgis.com 000
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 04/10/2025“They dragged little Greta by her hair before our eyes, beat her, & forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...theguardian.comIsrael accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flagsActivist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water 020
Reposted by Daphne WyshamClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2025CAN condemns the illegal Israeli aggression against the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and its activists. International law is clear. Israel is in violation. We call for the immediate and safe release of those illegally abducted by Israel. Full statement: climatenetwork.org/2025/10/02/c... #FreePalestine 07836
Reposted by Daphne WyshamLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 01/10/2025"Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor for the very thing that affects them the most." BBC News - Pope Leo condemns climate change critics www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPope Leo hits out at critics of global warmingIn his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change. 211444
Reposted by Daphne WyshamGlobal Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ) @gcdcj.bsky.social · 01/10/2025225+ Organizations demand COP30 center people, not polluters. #COP30 is not a place for #BigPolluters to make business deals! @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social 167
Reposted by Daphne WyshamThe Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 30/09/2025424.15 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Sep-2025 1136
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 29/09/2025"...This is also the first time that China has announced a target that covers not only carbon dioxide (CO₂) but all GHGs including methane and nitrous oxide, says Zhang Da, who researches energy economics and climate change at Tsinghua University in Beijing..." www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comChina pledges to cut emissions by 2035: what does that mean for the climate?The country’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases will largely determine the world’s emissions trajectory, researchers say. 030
Reposted by Daphne WyshamDr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list - Politico politi.co/4mIbi9Fpoliti.coEnergy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words listIt is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change. 63422
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Best sign so far: "Portland isn't a war zone. It's a book store with a city around it." www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/09...oregonlive.com‘President Trump, we will see you in court,’ Oregon leaders promise at downtown rallyOver 1,000 people marched through downtown Portland in a peaceful match to protest the deployment of federal troops. 020
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Perfect response! What city is next? When can we stop putting up with this ridiculous behavior and get our elected officials to say "ENOUGH!"? 010
Daphne Wysham @daphnew.bsky.social · 27/09/2025It is so important that we have strong, free, public media, especially now. 000
Reposted by Daphne WyshamRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 863204867351