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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow

@elliecohen.bsky.social
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Collaborative, science-based, accelerated and equitable climate action. Born ~315 PPM. 🌈 🚴🏽‍♀️🌎🏳️‍🌈✡️

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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/09/2026
The world will zoom well past its target for global temperature rise in the next few years, a new United Nations report warned, exposing people and ecosystems to profound climate impacts that nations had pledged to avoid.
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The world is certain to overshoot a critical climate threshold, U.N. warns
In a first-of-its-kind report, leading scientists describe a narrowing path for coming back from catastrophic warming.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“The new report…identifies a triple play of #climateaction: accelerating the phaseout of fossil fuels & transition to #renewableenergy, slashing methane pollution & protecting…lands, forests and oceans, that take heat-trapping CO2 out of the atmosphere.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0209202...
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Climate ‘Overshoot’ Is Coming—Are We Ready? - Inside Climate News
If global warming remains above 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new U.N. report says “there are no good outcomes.”
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Very good article on the left’s anti-semitism. I have experienced it in CA’s climate movement for supporting Israel & opposing Hamas - despite my disgust w/ Netanyahu & gang. Grateful for a democracy in the Middle East that supports women’s & LGBTQ rights & more… www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The Left’s Antisemitism Is Still Festering
It shouldn’t have taken this long for prominent Democrats to confront their party’s antisemitism problem. But left-wing influencer Hasan Piker apparently crossed a line.
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Hellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🔥Nothing Can Prevent the New Wildfires. We Have to Adapt. “This is a wickedly hard problem. We have to stop telling ourselves it will be easy to solve”. #ClimateEmergency 🌎 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/o...
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Opinion | Nothing Can Prevent the New Wildfires. We Have to Adapt.
Suppression is not enough.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“The cost of climate-worsened wildfire smoke alone is larger than what earlier studies said every other estimated cost of climate change would be, combined.”
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
WTF??? Remember the US is the #1 cumulative GHG polluter – most responsible for the conditions that make it so much easier for the boreal forests of Canada to burn. Truth is stranger than fiction esp under Tr*mp! Ever read Louise Penny‘s latest – the Black Wolf?! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...
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Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs for Wildfire Smoke Over U.S.
The president said on Friday in a social media post that Canada was failing to manage its wildfire response as smoke has blanketed U.S. cities including New York and Chicago.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Yes, among progressives, we Jews generally — but especially those of us who oppose Netanyahu but support Israel — are outsiders more and more. #StopAntisemitism A Profound Question Haunting Jews Today www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...
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Opinion | A Profound Question Haunting Jews Today
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A University of Hawaiʻi report says that building more solar farms with battery storage is the most cost-effective way to power Oʻahu, rather than building new power plants. The electricity company doesn’t agree. Lol.
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UH Report: Oʻahu Needs More Solar, Not New Power Plants
Economists say solar plus battery storage is the best option for Oʻahu.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Again, if there's a Democratic majority in the House in 2027, I think it's imperative that they start impeaching Supreme Court justices.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This will be one of the coolest summers going forward. Every molecule of carbon dioxide we put in the atmosphere today will be heating our planet for hundreds of years. Time to go all electric (EV, heat pump+) the best investment for our kids and our future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It’s hard to believe that my last day before entering retirement is next Tuesday, June 30. The #Climate Center’s Board and management team are making progress toward hiring a new CEO to take us to even greater heights. You’ll be hearing more from them soon! theclimatecenter.org/climate-targ...
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Farewell and hope for our future
It’s hard to believe that my last day before entering retirement is next Tuesday, June 30. The Climate Center’s Board of Directors and management team are making progress toward hiring a new CEO to ta...
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Bruno Fernandes needs punched in the throat @thombomb816.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A Black man with the surname Freeman scored for the USA on Juneteenth in a home World Cup match.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Release The Epstein Files NOW!😡
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🤝 A high-ambition coalition of Global South nations call for Santa Marta Conference to recognize need for a new legal instrument for a fair phase out of fossil fuels.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Boosting EV investments in the state budget is essential to help low- and moderate-income families in the Valley afford cleaner vehicles @AssemblyDems @CASenateDems www.fresnobee.com/opinion/read...
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To protect public health, California must embrace clean transportation | Opinion
“Diesel pollution is linked to asthma, heart disease, lung cancer, premature death and harm to children’s developing lungs and brains.”
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
🌎 The Climate Center Action Fund endorses Tom Steyer and Katie Porter for governor. Proven climate leaders! We urgently need a #climate champion as our next governor. As goes #California so goes the world! t.co/BBhLgUkA49
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🌎 Great CEO job opportunity for the fabulous organization that I've had the honor of leading these past 7 years! 🌞 Read my retirement announcement here: theclimatecenter.org/climate-targ...
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🌎 Incredible CEO job opportunity at the fantastic organization I've had the honor of leading over the past 7 years! Please share widely: the360group.us/TCC_CEO_PD.pdf 🌞Read my retirement announcement here: theclimatecenter.org/climate-targ...
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
With gas prices spiking, Jennifer Granholm in @sfchronicle.com recollects severe impacts of U.S. auto industry's overreliance on inefficient cars & calls for @assemblydems.bsky.social @casendems.bsky.social to double down on #EVs in the budget. Read more here: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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To save the U.S. auto industry, California should double down on electric vehicles
OPINION: Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to kill the electric vehicle industry, California should move ahead with policies to bolster it, Jennifer M. Granholm writes.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
#EVs can help #California for people, savings & the grid, per @kenalex.bsky.social @latimes.com. #CALeg, @assemblydems.bsky.social, @cademocrats.bsky.social It's time to look at ALL the solutions #EVs can deliver. @theclimatecenter.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: In wildfire country, EVs aren’t a grid problem — they’re a power solution
California needs a smarter, more flexible power grid — and EVs are actually one of the most powerful tools we have to strengthen it.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a major climate case against fossil fuel companies Alito has not recused himself, despite owning nearly $200,000 in fossil fuel stocks—including in Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips, which are being sued in cases that would be directly affected by a SCOTUS ruling
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Sam Alito has an oil money problem
30 percent of Alito’s individual stock portfolio is directly tied to fossil fuels.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/02/2026
Need more of this.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Advocates respond to the $10M fine against @MartinezRefCo for 160+ violations from 2020-2024, hoping this is the start of real change and accountability from the refinery, www.healthymartinez.org
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Healthy Martinez: A Refinery Accountability Group
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
@theclimatecenter.bsky.social's new study found that #California funneled $28 billion from 2013-2024 to corporate polluters thru 2 @airresources.bsky.social programs designed to CUT #climate pollution!! Tell the CARB to end giveaways and invest in solutions! theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels...
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Tell the California Air Resources Board to end giveaways to corporate polluters
California’s flagship climate programs funneled nearly $28 billion to oil companies and biofuel suppliers from 2013 to 2024, according to a new report from The Climate Center.  Cap and Invest (formerl...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
In most democracies Trump’s reckless and wild abuse of power through his tariffs would cause the government to fall or the leader to be removed. The imposition of these harmful tariffs against the will of Congress, the courts, our allies, and our people are clear grounds for his removal.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
With the repeal of the endangerment finding, legislators must step up and use the state budget to invest in clean car and truck incentives AND pass #AB1777 to cut diesel pollution. #StopDieselDeath calmatters.org/environment/...
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Can California Set Its Own Car Emissions Standards? Trump's Climate Reversal May Force the Issue
Withdrawal of federal climate authority could ironically give California broader power to regulate emissions and sue oil companies.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
#California gave away $28 BILLION to big polluters-- funds that should have been spend on #climate solutions!! Whaaaaat?? We need to stop this! That $28 billion could have paid for the installation of 2.8 million level-two EV chargers in the state (we have a little over 200,000 now)!!
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
NEW - Big Oil spent $34 million lobbying Sacramento in 2025 to stonewall and roll back common sense climate and public health policy. Enough is enough. It's time for California to say no to the influence of dirty fossil fuel corporations in Sacramento. lastchancealliance.org/big-oil-spen...
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Big Oil spends $34 million to stonewall and roll back critical health and climate policy in 2025 - Last Chance Alliance
Sacramento, CA — New lobbying disclosures reveal California fossil fuel companies spent an egregious $34 million influencing lawmakers in Sacramento, not too
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🎉 My personal news! 🌎 I’m so proud of what we’ve achieved together. Thank you for being part of @theclimatecenter.bsky.social to advance accelerated, equitable #climate policy in #California. Let's keep on keeping on to secure a climate-safe future for all! theclimatecenter.org/climate-targ...
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Personal news from Ellie
I can’t believe it, but it’s true. I turn 70 this year, and after 47 years working to secure a better future for all life on our planet, the time has come for me to retire! This is a bittersweet momen...
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The Climate Center @theclimatecenter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
✊ From @elliecohen.bsky.social: The Trump Administration's revived plans for drilling in California are meeting resistance. Be part of it! Learn more: loom.ly/yKIhStQ
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Fight new oil and gas drilling in California
A few weeks ago, the Trump administration reintroduced plans to open nearly 2 million acres of California’s public lands to oil drilling and possibly fracking through the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In 2019, a coalition of California environmental groups successfully fought off Trump’s first attempts to open these lands — including areas close ... Read more
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EnviroVoters @envirovoters.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
BREAKING: Governor Newsom scores an 82% (B) in our #2025EnviroVotersScorecard See more about his score here: bit.ly/3MswBQd
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 09/02/2026
Curious about the meaning behind the utility poles in Bad Bunny’s Superbowl half-time show? There’s a long and troubled history of grid unreliability in Puerto Rico, and we’ve got the receipts.🧵👇
Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Let’s do all of these #California!! @governor.ca.gov newsletters.democracydocket.com/its-not-too-...
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It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Trump reportedly told Sen Schumer he’d release federal funds if Penn Station and Dulles airport were named after him. This is a crime. NY, VA? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump asked for Dulles Airport, Penn Station to be named after him in exchange for Gateway money to be released
Trump has named several landmarks and initiatives after himself since returning to office.
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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 06/02/2026
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer. (I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
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EnviroVoters @envirovoters.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"The next governor is going to have to do everything left of the next fire to make sure that we’re resilient and we’re ready. So, yes, we can always be the fourth-largest economy in the world..." -Eric Swalwell, US Representative bit.ly/4qRUlMP
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EnviroVoters Hosts First Climate Forum for 2026 Governor's Race
California Environmental Voters hosted California’s first climate-focused gubernatorial forum in Pasadena.
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EnviroVoters @envirovoters.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
At EnviroVoters' climate-focused gubernatorial forum, @katieporterca.bsky.social underscored that clean energy is cheaper, and key to meeting both climate and affordability goals. “We have to move away from the energy sources of yesterday.”
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EnviroVoters @envirovoters.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“We’re seeing corporate arrogance and a sense that they don’t have to obey the law. In [CA], that absolutely can't be true. It's the governor's job to make sure that the companies responsible live up to their legal and moral responsibilities.” Tom Steyer at EnviroVoters' Forum
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
WTF?? After the deal with @schumer.senate.gov … so typical of T and his thugs…and @democraticparty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Join us: LIVESTREAM-- Wed Jan. 28 at 4pm PT- #CLIMATE FORUM with California's candidates for governor www.youtube.com/live/OsLcWGl...
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Our Climate Future: A Forum with California's Next Governor
YouTube video by California Environmental Voters
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Matt Henry @menrywy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
People say ICE is shooting people because they’re scared and intimidated and not well trained for high pressure moments but it’s more likely (and chilling) that a lot of them are taking pleasure in this. What then?
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#EVs #cleanenergy #V2G #bidirectional
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 13/01/2026
Last week, UCS released a new backgrounder highlighting how grid-integrated electric vehicles can help support a clean, reliable, and more affordable electricity system in California. Read it here: act.ucsusa.org/3NoUWXh
Graphic showing three stages of the electric system: electricity generation, electricity delivery, and consumers. It highlights benefits of clean energy such as lower costs, reduced fossil fuel use, more efficient grids, fewer infrastructure needs, and more affordable, reliable energy with battery backup for consumers.
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
#AbolishICE #DumpTrump
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Ellie Cohen #climateactionnow @elliecohen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thanks @anntelnaes.bsky.social
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