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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 5h

Borrowing from the SPR because you jacked up the price of oil because you claimed that domestic production insulated the US from global commodity markets and didn't look at a map before you bombed Iran is no basis for national energy policy. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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White House taps Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The US will offer to loan energy producers up to 40 million barrels of oil.

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Melissa Smith ❌👑☮️✌🏻❤️💪 @melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Do you really, really need to shop at Amazon? Really? #ditchprime

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Outdoor recreation could be a powerful constituency for climate action - and honestly, it should be. We have more sway than we realize. Here are some ways to get in the game, with some pretty cool insights from those who are already doing the work. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/10-t...

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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our friends at @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social are hosting a webinar about data centers and public opinion on September 3. Register here: yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A flyer with the title, 'How public opinion is shaping data center development.' The panelists are Neha Gour of George Mason University, Kristin Eberhard of Rewiring America, and Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz of YPCCC. The webinar is at 12 PM Eastern on 9/3

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This perfectly captures the way the whole country feels right now.

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Shannon T. @shan73198.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

MT peeps- this is a candidate in Billings who could flip a seat in the MT legislature and could use some help- whether through $ or volunteering if you live close. Let’s roll. #MTPol noell4mt.com?fbclid

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Home | Rebecca Noell for Montana

Vote Rebecca Noell For Montana House District 49 Democratic candidate for Montana House of Representatives District 49. Advocate for public education, publi ...

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

One less gas appliance in the world! Today our 25 year old, gas water heater got recycled. The new tank is electric, and powered by rooftop solar. It took about 1.5 hours of sunshine to heat a full tank of cold water. Now, it's charging the car. Plenty of sunshine to spare (blue bars). Amazing.

An old hot water heater sitting in the driveway next to a contractor's truck

A graph of solar production and electricity use at our home. The sun makes a lot of energy, and we used some to heat water and some to charge the car. Yay for free electricity!

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Does anyone know of an indoor air quality monitor with an alarm? (not a push notification, but an actual alarm) We went to bed with the windows open and woke up to AQI of 180 outside. No fun! Seems preventable with the right setup. Thanks for any recommendations!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/08/2026

A society that vilifies scientists and healthcare workers for trying to save lives is a society determined to destroy itself.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 30/07/2026

Summer days featuring conditions that promote wildfire ignition, intensity, and spread have more than doubled across large parts of the Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy, and Greece since 1981, according to a study in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/44U6vLR 🌎🧪

This is figure 1, which shows that a lengthy spell of blistering heat fueled major wildfires in August 2025

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Good grief, this hits home.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 21/07/2026

The U.S. Secretary of Defense just stated that—so far—the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion dollars. That's since February. That same amount is how much the United States spent on planetary science from FY2013 through FY2026 inclusive. Thirteen years of planetary science or five months of war.

The Curiosity rover on Mars. At about $2.6 billion, it buys you about ten days of Iran war.

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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Important New York Times story is out today on our investigation: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Here's a fun little coincidence I noticed: Every Republican Congressmember loudly blaming Canada's forest management policies for this year's unprecedented wildfires (and ignoring climate change) is a massive recipient of fossil fuel funding. Receipts👇

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hey look, we can't accommodate climate change, we've got traditions to uphold and television contracts to consider! I mean, we've fucked over the climate and made summers super deadly, but don't expect us to actually change anything, okay?

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It's the time of year when this NASA page about wildfires and climate change becomes sadly relevant. But the good news is that the page is still up! It walks through the ways we know that our warming climate is causing larger and more destructive wildfires - the evidence is clear.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Scientists--if your funding was cut over the last year (for research on climate, global health, DEI, LGBTQ or womens health, etc) but you managed to keep the research going, I want to talk to you for an upcoming article! Plz contact me: gewin at me dot com. Re-posts appreciated!

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 30/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ As Pride Month comes to a close, we want to reiterate that at AGU, we stand with our LGBTQIA+ community—because inclusion drives innovation, and representation matters.

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

My husband complained to our local TV news and I could not be more proud. It annoyed us every night, "Welp another *weird* record high temperature, yet again!" As if there is no explanation. TV meteorologists explain all kinds of weather to their audiences, and they should include climate change.

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 19/06/2026

Happy Juneteenth! 161 years ago today, the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were finally freed. Let us celebrate our ancestors’ strength and resilience, and remind ourselves of the work we still have to do to create the future they dreamed of.

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Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

THANK you, KTLA

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12/06/2026

Incredible - dramatic improvements in air quality in London are linked to a measurable impact on Londoners' health: 9.3% drop in heart-related emergency admissions 5.1% drop in hospital admissions of all illnesses and health conditions Cleaning up our air protects our future.

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Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests

Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Capitalism is neat because the world's first trillionaire had the resources to end global hunger and instead actively chose to starve hundreds of thousands of people to death

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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Dear Humanity, #ClimateChange threatens our existence. If we don't act soon there'll be catastrophic biodiversity loss & untold amounts of human misery. Time's running out. Yours, 15,000 concerned scientists Act, before action is no longer possible. #ClimateCrisis

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13/05/2026

On this not-fighting-about-climate-change stuff we’ve been seeing, here’s some relevant new polling. 🧵

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The conservative justices on the Supreme Court arguing that you can separate race and partisanship got me thinking about these maps. starkeycomics.com/2021/06/11/h...

How a coastline 100 million years ago influences modern election results in Alabama.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Montana Plan offers a practical, lawful solution to tackle one of the biggest issues underlying everything else we care about: reclaiming democratic control and putting power back in the hands of regular people, not special interests.

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Doug Sloane @dougsloane.eurosky.social · 28/04/2026

Just to put it all in one place 1. Posted a picture of Biden hogtied. 2 Mocked Paul Pelosi 3. Said he was glad Mueller died 4. Threatened the entire Iranian civilisation with being wiped out 5. Fomented an actual coup with extreme violence 6. Is a rapist But the left should tone down the rhetoric

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Here's a little spoof of the media segment that every news channel has made lately. Let's talk to drivers about high gas prices! But there's a twist! ⚡⚡ www.youtube.com/shorts/suRnn...

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Gas prices are high; these drivers don't care.

YouTube video by YaleClimateConnections

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

"When I started writing about the climate crisis in the 1980s I was in my 20s, I didn’t fully comprehend that there could be a force...so steeped in greed & power that it would sacrifice the earth & its inhabitants for its own narrow interests. But there is, it’s Big Oil." @billmckibben.bsky.social

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

America's right-wing in a single exchange. It's perfect.

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This is an excellent summary, very skimmable if you just want to get a sense of the highlights. A key distinction of our current energy crisis: "This time the alternative is superior." People - and governments - can walk away from being held hostage by fossil fuels. The freedom feels so good!

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 15/04/2026

"Replacing oil imports for road transport with EVs could save importers over $600 billion a year – the single largest lever any country has to cut its import bill."

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The New Twin Fossil Shock

How the energy crises of the 2020s speed up the electric age

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Here's a short and sweet public radio spot about my recent article on the ski industry's response to climate change. Of all the pieces I've published in my career. This is the one that has generated the most negative pushback. Fascinating. app.publicnewsservice.org/story/advoca...

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Advocates: MT, U.S. ski industry should do more on climate change

As winters get warmer and drier in Montana and the western U.S., environmental advocates say the ski industry could do more to address climate change.An analysis by Yale Climate Connections

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Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Happy Earth month! Yesterday, the EPA published a draft rule to effectively gut federal coal ash regulations. Coal ash is the toxic sludge that power companies have dumped in unlined pits for decades, it's leaking and contaminating water across the country. earthjustice.org/press/2026/e...

In December 2008 one billion gallons of toxic coal ash spilled from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant, covering 300 acres, destroying homes, poisoning rivers and contaminating coves and residential drinking waters. (Photo courtesy of United Mountain Defense)

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Today's average gas price in the U.S. is $4.15 per gallon. Charging an EV at home is much cheaper - as of today it's a 62% savings. Not to mention, it's far less polluting. Win win!

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2026

I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is.

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I went to Sen. Daines (R-MT) office this morning. I read Trump's tweet to them, then told them they are all responsible for letting things become so unhinged and dangerous. They could do something any day now. Like today. Today would be a great day to have the govt actually function as designed.

Me, looking tired of this shit, standing outside the office of Republican Senator Steve Daines (Montana), after telling them to fucking do something about Trump's unhinged, illegal, genocidal war crimes. I was going to go running this morning but I did this instead.

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

On average in the US, it's 62% cheaper to charge an EV compared to pumping gas. The winning states: 🏆🏆 Washington: charging an EV is 77% cheaper than gas! 🎉 🏆 Idaho and Nevada: 75% cheaper Click on the link for an interactive version with details for each state. www.datawrapper.de/_/YJS7j/

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Here's how much cheaper it is to fill your car with electricity compared to gasoline | Created with Datawrapper

This map shows the % saved when comparing at-home EV charging to gasoline. Hover over each state for detials. Figures reflect electricity prices as of January 2026 and regular gasoline as of Ap...

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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The US average price to charge an EV at home is equivalent to paying $1.57 per gallon of gas. That's a 62% discount on today's gas price. Explore the savings in all 50 states - interactive map at the link below ⤵️ yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/what... @climateconnections.bsky.social

A map of the USA with states shaded various colors of green. Darker colors show states where charging an EV is cheaper, such as North Dakota, Idaho, Nebraska, and Missouri. Pale green colors show states where charging an EV is more expensive, such as Hawaii, Massachusetts, California, and Maine. In every state, home charging an EV is much cheaper than gasoline.

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NSIDC @nsidc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.29 million square kilometers (5.52 million square miles) on March 15, edging just below last year’s record and statistically tying for the lowest maximum in the 48-year satellite record. @cires.colorado.edu bit.ly/4sBUe95

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

@theopennotebook.bsky.social is a tiny nonprofit trying to make it possible for any journalist on any beat to access the tools they need to cover climate change, global health, technology, and other important issues. Can you join us as a monthly donor? Even $5/month would be amazing. 🙏

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Support The Open Notebook - Support Science Journalism

Please help support The Open Notebook, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive global community that enables journalists who cover science to learn and...

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