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Ivan J. Ramirez

@ivanclimateaffairs.bsky.social
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I am a geographer in Colorado. My scholarship focuses on the intersections of climate change, urban health, and community engagement. Visit: Civic Engagement and Climate Justice clas.ucdenver.edu/hbsc/thinklab

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 10/10/2026
“I believe my state has a right and duty to protect my health and hold corporations like Suncor responsible for the damage they've caused,” said Alina Miranda, who lost her home and pets in the Marshall Fire. “The Supreme Court should not take away the ability of my local government to protect me.”
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let me know if you want to come to a virtual talk next wk on “Reimagining Leadership.“ Time tbd. The focus is on cultivating critical, creative, and caring capacities in medicine, but I think it applies beyond that. I’m pretty sure we can do this without any leaders.
Ruha’s title slide for “Reimagining Leadership” with a quote by Saidiya Hartman: “Care is the antidote to violence.”
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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Student and youth protests from Sao Paolo to Paris. People organizing from Madrid to Santo Domingo. Shit is bad but the people power is rising.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No AI for kids. Full stop.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 09/10/2026
"It's been hotter. It's been drier. Our river for the first time in anybody's memory: puddles," said Deirdre Macnab, a cattle rancher from Colorado. "There is no food. It is very frightening." Big Oil has lied about the climate harms of its products for decades and must be held accountable.
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Butchered the acronym, but the point stands
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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A tale of 2 kids from 1980s Kansas - one (me) became an @ipcc.bsky.social author and climate scientist. The other became the lawyer for the oil companies in the recent Supreme Court hearing on climate superfund bills www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Why Cities and States Are Fighting Climate Change in Courtrooms (Gift Article)
Faced with a president who has called global warming a hoax, officials have filed dozens of suits against oil companies to try to cover the costs of extreme weather.
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
PAHO’s annual meeting opened with calls for stronger regional cooperation — and sharp political tension, as the U.S. warned the agency against expanding into climate, gender and misinformation issues. 📖 ⬇️ & 🔁🙏 healthpolicy-watch.news/pahos-annual...
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
you don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The measles surge that RFK Jr happily drove has infected at least 50 pregnant women in PA "Doctors in outbreak areas are making changes to how they care for pregnant patients & their babies, offering a glimpse of what may be in store across the nation as cases spread" 19thnews.org/2026/10/penn...
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What Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak could mean for pregnancy care across America
It's raising new questions about immunity testing before pregnancy, early vaccinations for babies and the many complications that could rise from infection.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2026
“They Knew, They Lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps. As justices weighed the merits of Boulder’s case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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“They knew, they Lled”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps
As justices weighed the merits of Boulder's case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 02/10/2026
Local to Colorado? Be sure to check out the rally being organized by @350colorado.bsky.social in downtown Boulder that same day. 👇
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I'm attending the Boulder v. Big Oil Press Conference and Rally! Join me?
Join me!
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 29/09/2026
Metals found in the ash of the 2023 Maui wildfires showed up in survivors’ bodies months later and were linked to impaired lung function.
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Long After Wildfire Smoke Is Gone, Heavy Metals Could Still Be Harming Survivors’ Lungs - Inside Climate News
A new study from University of Hawai‘i researchers links metals found in the ash of the 2023 Maui wildfires with impaired lung function.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration is cutting financial aid for degrees it says don’t “pay off”—including social work, early childhood education, and the arts. These careers contribute meaningfully to our society and we should be creating pathways to education, not erecting barriers. Congress can fix this!
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 27/09/2026
The last three months are the warmest on record globally, relative to every other June-July-August period since 1850. Data from NOAA/NCEI's NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0.
Line graph time series of global land mean surface temperature anomalies for each June-August period from 1850 through 2026. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly averaged for June-August 2026 was 1.21°C for global land areas. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. Data from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0.
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 26/09/2026
Mary Beard, Chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel, on why she dislikes the phrase ‘I really love reading’. This clip is provided courtesy of the Southbank Centre, and you can watch the full Booker Prize 2026 shortlist event on their YouTube channel: youtube.pulse.ly/axkmrdaxr9
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Vernice Miller-Travis lays out next steps to "get our government back" and "restore sanity" starting with "firing all these jokers that don't know shit and don't care about shit." At @weact4ej.bsky.social Envisioning the Future of the Environmental Justice Movement Convening at NY #ClimateWeek
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Additionally, Medicaid enrollment is also linked to other federal assistance programs such as the Free School Lunch program. Any decline in Medicaid enrollment among students can drastically decrease funding for critical programs that keep students healthy."
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The Implications of H.R.1 on School Medicaid and School Health Services
School Medicaid supports student health and learning. Yet, H.R.1 jeopardizes this sustainable funding source for schools across the country, raising concerns about student wellbeing.
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Ivan J. Ramirez @ivanclimateaffairs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Shut out of global climate forums, Puerto Ricans bet on the power of community
Puerto Rico's environmental groups are developing grassroots strategies to fight the climate crisis, collaborating with and strengthening the power of their communities
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Ivan J. Ramirez @ivanclimateaffairs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Climate resilient landscapes (Denver, CO)
YouTube video by Climate Mayors
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.
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Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From the disruption speech: "We are not doing what is NECESSARY, we are only doing what keeps up the appearance of doing SOMETHING whilst still maintaining our cocoons of comfort and convenience. We are signaling that we know, but we still disavow the REAL consequences of that knowledge."
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Benedict Cumberbatch presents How to Live on Earth. “Living on Mars would be horrible. Let’s try to live on Earth.”
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How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch
YouTube video by Open Planet
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Not one single person in that room was for the data center. And the city council just went ahead and approved it,” says Jazmin Villegas, who lives in Red Oak, Texas.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 19/09/2026
"All of this analysis, the stats, the records is here to show one thing. We are having a profound climate impact on billions of people right now. Not five, ten, fifteen years from now. But right now." ➡️ Check out our latest state of the climate webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrXC...
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Climate Central’s Monthly Briefing Highlights: August 2026
YouTube video by Climate Central
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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It was shit when Larry Sumners said it and it’s still shit. These people are so intellectually lazy. it would just be annoying if they didn’t also hold so much power. instead, they just force eugenics on the rest of us
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“The timing is right to accelerate the energy transition to electricity,” says Thailand energy minister www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Thailand Sees Energy Transition as Shield Against Oil Volatility
Thailand is using the oil shock caused by the Iran war to accelerate a shift toward electrification and domestically sourced energy, trying to turn a supply crisis into a push for greater security.
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our music and our memories are being wiped out. AMERICA built this city. Not a president. Join us!
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Founder of WRI and NRDC:
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate. We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(WSJ) - American oil executives warned for months that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz was bound to cause a fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here. @wsj.com $CVX www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is giving power plants a free pass to pollute while also trying to undermine the government's authority to act in the future. Power plants are the largest industrial source of carbon pollution in the U.S.
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 14/09/2026
The US in 2026 as we cross 1.5°C of heating and climate chaos spreads globally.
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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“The business model that they have embraced is uniquely antithetical to shared human existence” 🤯 @naomiaklein.bsky.social is speaking the terrifying truth, we are witnessing it happen. This isn’t just “pr” and those saying so are in denial. Get mad and demand accountability.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 12/09/2026
The real low point in Kevin Gallagher's speech earlier this week was when he claimed the gas industry receives no government subsidies. Between direct grants - $15m - and free credits - $85m - Santos has received $100m worth of federal subsidies for its Moomba CCS project. I guess he forgot those.
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Talarico interview on Kimmel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 11/09/2026
One of the most underappreciated climate risks is dangerously warm overnight temperatures. We’re seeing an increasing frequency of nighttime lows staying at 80°F (26.67°C) or higher. There’s no question that 2026 was the warmest contiguous US summer for this impact. Data: doi.org/10.7289/V5SX...
Line graph showing average minimum temperatures for each June-August in the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) from 1895 to 2026. There is a long-term increasing trend. Data is from NClimGrid. The average for 2026 was 61.7°F.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/09/2026
“If you’re technology challenged,” Jarvis said, “it doesn’t help that someone comes up with a technology-based solution.” This is the fundamental problem with shoving AI into everything The single biggest thing needed for better rural health is BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE
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Trump officials say AI will help save rural health care. Some leaders in the field don’t believe it
Rural health care providers have struggled for years. The Trump administration is pointing to a cutting-edge, if unproven way to save them: artificial intelligence.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Musk is already underwater in polls and if Democrats lean in they can make him even more toxic. He's declared open war on you all and is pushing a toxic, destructive, racist agenda. Maybe it's time to push back? I don't know, I'm just spitballing here.
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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The 48 contiguous United States have just achieved an unhappy trifecta: the warmest August, warmest summer, and warmest calendar year to date in 131 years of national recordkeeping. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/we-j...
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We just had the hottest August, hottest summer, and hottest year to date in U.S. history » Yale Climate Connections
NOAA data show unprecedented heat, as deepening drought, shrinking reservoirs, and a severe wildfire season underscore the growing impacts of a warming climate. Could El Niño bring some relief?
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The US just had its hottest summer on record, beating the Dust Bowl era year of 1936, which is widely considered the benchmark for the hottest summer. www.cnn.com/2026/09/09/c...
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The US just had its hottest summer on record, beating the Dust Bowl era | CNN
The US just had its hottest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, soundly beating the summer of 1936 — during the Dust Bowl era — as well as the summer of 2021, according to new data released Wednesda...
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Ivan J. Ramirez @ivanclimateaffairs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New article with Mickey Glantz. Full article: Art Mimics Life Mimics Art: Jules Verne’s 19th-Century Arctic Science Fiction as the 21st-Century Arctic Reality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Art Mimics Life Mimics Art: Jules Verne’s 19th-Century Arctic Science Fiction as the 21st-Century Arctic Reality
Published in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development (Vol. 68, No. 5, 2026)
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I better see you tomorrow morning. We got a stage and ASL interpreter and everything 😎
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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What do they think is happening now because of fossil fuels? 1/
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Global move away from oil could lead to conflict and migration, experts say
Researchers urge governments to help worst afflicted countries, such as Nigeria and Algeria, which rely on oil revenues for public services
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Ivan J. Ramirez @ivanclimateaffairs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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I read the new UN climate report so you don't have to.
TL;DR they are calling for radical transformation of our society.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Spain wants to tax fossil fuel producers in order to fund climate adaptation An application of the 'polluter pays' principle Economists estimate cost of climate-change induced drought in Europe this summer was €50bn, one bank says €180bn Someone's got to pay for it www.ft.com/content/86da...
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Spain pushes for EU oil and gas tax to pay for climate change response
Rising extreme weather costs fuel campaign ahead of new resilience strategy
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