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David McGlinchey

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Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance | Environmental policy & climate resilience

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“They won’t insure you,” Ms. Rojas said. “No one will buy from you. You’re kind of stuck where you are.” Our political leaders might not believe in climate change, but insurance companies know the score. And it's being felt disastrously, all over the country. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas (Gift Article)
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Have NEVER seen a marathon with a finish this close
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
There aren't nearly enough rooms for COP30 delegations. Belem always seemed like a confusing choice. Why pick a city that doesn't have enough beds? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/c...
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Brazil Invited the World to the Amazon. It’s Become a Big Headache.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
It’s like buying a car “and then running it into a tree after a few years, just to save the price of tank of gas,” said David Crisp, a former scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...
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Two Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped.
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
It was a pleasure to meet Dr. Asmeret Berhe @aaberhe.com (former Director of the Office of Science at the Department of Energy) during her visit to @woodwellclimate.bsky.social today. Excellent talk on soil carbon/precipitation shifts, and smart perspective on the future of federal climate science
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding has underpinned recent U.S. efforts to reduce GHG emissions, and is now a target for the Trump Administration. I wrote an explainer with @woodwellclimate.bsky.social colleagues about the very endangered Endangerment Finding www.woodwellclimate.org/why-is-the-e...
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Why is the Endangerment Finding so important to protect? - Woodwell Climate
The Endangerment Finding is a foundation of U.S. climate policy ant it is under threat from the presidential administration.
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
If you happen to be visiting Cape Cod next week, stop by, have a drink, and join Sue Natali and I for a discussion about maps 😎 bit.ly/4fKIBXJ
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Woodwell Climate Conversations: Mapping the Arctic, Charting the Future
Harnessing finance and science to scale nature-based climate solutions.
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Eos @eos.org · 19/08/2025
Today marks day 1 of public hearings on the EPA’s reconsideration of the endangerment finding, a 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases threaten public health. Follow along with us👇🧵
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
A 17km horseback trek brought us to the Dukha reindeer herders' autumn camp in the West Taiga this week. We're here to co-create maps, sharing the story of their nomadic life and how they're navigating climate change and land use changes. Drone 📸: IG @l.s_ragchaa @permafrostpathways.bsky.social
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
After many days of travel: inc four flights, 8 hours of 4x4 off roading, and a half day (and into the night) on horseback, we’ve reached the Dukha reindeer camp on the east taiga of Mongolia, just 10 miles from the Russian border. And they have starlink! 🙂
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Excited to be visiting a new (to me) part of the permafrost region this month, with friend/colleague Marina Tonkopeeva of the International Centre for Reindeer husbandry, new collaborators from the Dukha indigenous community, and local science experts. I wonder what maps will come of this trip?!
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Eric Fisher @efisherwx.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
2 months down in Climatological Summer At Blue Hill Observatory, last year was # 1 warmest at this point This year, # 2
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The Trump administration's climate science report is riddled with cherry-picked data, sweeping claims easily contradicted by a vast body of research and long-debunked climate denial tropes. @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and I fact-check some claims here: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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EPA attacks climate science. Here are the facts.
The Trump administration's proposal to roll back the endangerment finding includes many misleading and inaccurate claims.
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Excited to welcome the amazing Gina McCarthy to the Woodwell Center next week. As U.S. climate policy moves backward, her insight and expertise on how to move forward will be incredibly valuable. Register below to attend in-person or to watch online.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
China is betting on the future of energy with renewables. The United States under Trump is betting on the past with oil and gas. It’s pretty clear who will win. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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China's Clean Energy Boom Could Win the Race to Power the Future
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions. GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc. This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth. www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
Excerpt from proposed NOAA budget showing zero funding for Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Proud that the Woodwell Climate Research Center (@woodwellclimate.bsky.social) is a member of the Friends of NOAA coalition. Timely work to support an incredibly important agency - for climate, weather, and oceans. See the coalition's new website here: friendsofnoaa.net
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Friends of NOAA
Supporting the mission, products, and services of NOAA
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Unpacking the Recent Heat Wave with an animation of NOAA's Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) data 🗺️ Stay cool this summer folks!
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Christina H-M @c-h-m.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I love seeing adaptation and resilience action like this in other municipalities! The more local action we see, the better we will all be prepared. More than half of the world's population already lives in urban centres, and we also serve as emergency response hubs for rural climate disasters.
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We’re proud to have worked in Chelsea, MA, to develop a granular climate risk assessment for local officials. This is a resilient community that is leading on adaptation strategies
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
New roof top exhaust fan being installed for our laboratory at the Woodwell Climate Research Center (@woodwellclimate.bsky.social)
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Excellent scientist and human being. Take a moment and read about Shiloh Schulte, who helped restore American Oystercatcher populations. “When we commit to conservation, we can restore declining species.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/07/m...
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Scientist at Plymouth conservation nonprofit dies in remote Alaska crash - The Boston Globe
Shiloh Schulte, 46, held a doctorate degree and lived in Kennebunk, Maine, where he previously served on the town’s Select Board.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency's head said during a briefing that he hadn't been aware the US has a hurricane season. www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff…
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Exclusive: FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say
Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I dug into the NSF cuts & other ways that the Trump administration is shutting down climate science. “Basically it’s a shit show,” Princeton’s Michael Oppenheimer says, “and how bad a shit show it is will depend a lot on what happens in the courts and Congress over the next few months.”
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The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies
Tens of millions of dollars in NSF grants have been slashed, and scientists fear the US is about to lose a generation of climate researchers.
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Alan Winfield @alan-winfield.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio... Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Senators coming for my job now.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Starve science and you harm the nation snd its future. What happens when you have national leaders who don’t believe in the future? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Excited to be part of the Woodwell team at the Mountain Film Festival in Telluride this week. Reach out and say hi if you happen to be at the event. Also, be sure to grab a coffee at Telco coffee shop and take a peek at some beautiful maps/art while you're here. www.telluridenews.com/news/article...
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'Data Is Beautiful'
The creator of Mountainfilm 2025’s annual mural — a series of colorful, cascading panels outside the Telco coffee shop — got a “huge congratulations” on Instagram from an unlikely source
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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Thank you @permafrostpathways.bsky.social ! I am very excited that this special issue is out there with articles from RedFire, Community Wildfire Protection Plans from AVF, articles on the Wildland Fire Initiative, the upcoming Expert Group, just a ton of great contributors here.
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Congratulations to Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social for developing this special Arctic issue of #Wildfire magazine in partnership with the #ArcticCouncil and the International Association of Wildland Fire. Sue Natali and Brendan Rogers also authored an article on wildfire and #permafrost thaw.
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Wildfire Magazine - Special Issue
Wildfire Magazine - official publication of the International Association of Wildland Fire. IAWF partnered with the Arctic Counci to bring you this special issue - Wildfire In the Arctic
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“Let’s be ambitious enough to work together on wildland fire outside of the initiative in a real way.” Congratulations, Edward Alexander, whose term as Head of Delegation for Gwich'in Council International to the Arctic Council concludes this week. Read his remarks: www.linkedin.com/posts/dinjii...
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We concluded our 14th Meeting of The Arctic Council this morning. I was… | Edward Alexander | 13 comments
We concluded our 14th Meeting of The Arctic Council this morning. I was pleased, and honored, to provide the Gwich'in Council International statement at the conclusion of two years of work. We hav...
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Excited to be the Mountainfilm 2025 mural artist in Telluride! My mural, "Cartographies of Arctic Change" (a massive 26.5' x 36'!), visualizes our Arctic research. It's going up now on Telco Coffee, a wall previously graced by JR, Gregg Deal, Banksy, and more. Come see it in Telluride!
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Finally, a pope who probably knows who the Smashing Pumpkins are
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/05/2025
Where does Pope Leo stand on climate change? He believes it's time to move "from words to action" (he's right on that!) and has previously highlighted the actions the Vatican is taking to reduce its own emissions through solar panels and electric vehicles. Read more:
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The new pope, Leo XIV, has spoken out about urgent need for climate change action
As a cardinal, Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was aligned with Pope Francis's views on the environment.
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A team from @woodwellclimate.bsky.social joined the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission today to talk abt climate hazards & the risk assessment that we completed for Chicopee, MA. Proud to have provided pro-bono climate risk assessments to more than 60 communities around the world, with more to come.
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"The risks Arctic fires pose on local ecosystems and the communities that depend on them, as well as the destabilizing effect they can have on the global climate, require a rethinking of how fires will be managed in the future." Powerful StoryMap from @gwandaii.bsky.social @gridarendal.bsky.social
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The Arctic is on Fire
Raven, a young Gwich’in woman and firefighter from Inuvik, remembers preparing the local community center to welcoming fire evacuees from Old Crow, a fly-in community some 150 kilometers West of Inuvi...
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New Pope is a climate guy. Fired up
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Gary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
not saying anyone should, but I bet you could convince Trump to re-open Alcatraz in under 20 minutes
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Insurance is the issue that will force many politicians to deal with climate change. Tune in now to watch my @whitehouse.senate.gov and my colleague Dominick Dusseau speak about "Insurance in the Era of Climate Change," at a congressional briefing hosted by @eesionline.org: www.eesi.org/livecast
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Eric Fisher @efisherwx.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
It's hard to imagine a dumber time in human history than what we're living through right now
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
After the Trump admin dismissed the scientists working on the key National Climate Assessment, two major science societies are picking up where they left off: www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/c...
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Earth science societies take on US climate report after Trump administration dismisses researchers | CNN
The new research will be published in a special collection across 29 peer-reviewed research journals.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Trump just now: "We are going to be taking away Harvard's tax exempt status." 26 U.S. Code § 7217: "It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request an ...investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer." The president is an applicable person.
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
National Science Foundation staff were told on April 30 to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice.” This follows closely on a new NSF policy to screen grant proposals for “topics or activities that may not be in alignment with agency priorities.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Forest stability is a measurement of a forest's resistance to disturbances, both manmade and natural. This map by @cmshintani.bsky.social shows that forest stability is a marker of our oldest, strongest forests.
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The Trump Administration today dismissed researchers working on the *congressionally mandated* National Climate Assessment and said the scope of the report “is currently being re-evaluated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
“The American public needs to understand that you can’t just turn a science switch off and then turn it back on again,” said Rick Spinrad. Great reporting by @sachimulkey.bsky.social on the current dismantling of US scientific research capacity: what it means for now--and for future generations.
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A siege on science: How Trump is undoing an American legacy
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has slashed federal agencies, canceled national reports, and yanked university funding.
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David McGlinchey @davemcg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
“One of the things that has made America great and will keep America great is our scientific excellence and world leadership in climate science,” said Woodwell Center President Max Holmes “Gutting those things will send our country in a different direction.” grist.org/science/amer...
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A siege on science: How Trump is undoing an American legacy
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has slashed federal agencies, canceled national reports, and yanked university funding.
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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Wildland fire in the Arctic is changing rapidly. With half the state of Alaska lacking snow cover and experiencing deep drying, fuels are prepped, if the early spring produces some lightning, for fire. We could be off to the races to add another red stripe, maybe a much longer one than we've seen.
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