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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑

@martaschaaf.bsky.social
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DrPH; Director of the Program on Climate, Economic & Social Justice & Corporate Accountability at Amnesty International; former Mailman School at Columbia University; Organize w/ClimateFamiliesNYC.org; not going into ‘internal exile.’ All views my own.

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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Yet another example of the US using their direct lobbying power to coerce the entire world to the bottom on regulating planet heating fossil fuels www.politico.eu/article/unde...
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Under US pressure, EU moves to soften rules for fighting climate superpollutant
The Commission is poised to weaken enforcement of its methane regulation.
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Frank Conde Tangberg @frankctangberg.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
➡️Trash climate science, discredit expertise + manipulate information ecosystem ➡️Lock in fossil dependence at home + abroad by exploiting economic interdependence + asymmetries of power ➡️Stoke social divisions, sabotage community relationships + divert attention 📝 @martaschaaf.bsky.social/Nazia Erum
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Authoritarianism is supercharging the climate crisis
OpEd on building a case for human-rights-centred climate politics
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🗞️New OpEd: #Authoritarian leaders pursue muscular governance that puts the concerns of a few people ahead of the planet. By @martaschaaf.bsky.social and Nazia Erum in @dialogueearth.bsky.social . Read more: dialogue.earth/en/justice/a...
dialogue.earth
Authoritarianism is supercharging the climate crisis
Such politics delay climate action by attacking the science, civic space and human rights that make climate action possible
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Climate Families NYC @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today in Brooklyn, dozens of children and families marched to @schumer.senate.gov’s to say #NoWar & #NoTrump. All the children are ours. Every single one.
People standing on a bench in front in of a park holding signs
Two children with signs that read No War! A little boy at a rally with a sign that reads “no war just peace”A crowd in Grand Army plaza Brooklyn
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Climate Families NYC @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Wake up everyone. We cannot be silent while the president of the United States threatens to destroy an entire country. What will you tell your kids you did in this moment?
Families art build and rally for peace, 5 pm tonight in grand army plaza bk
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Climate Families NYC @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
@nyrenews.bsky.social @renewableheatnow.bsky.social @doctorvive.bsky.social @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social @comradeswkids.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov @hiksmash.blacksky.app
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
When those in power try to silence us or cut us off from each other - by limiting education, censoring ideas, blocking news, or keeping the rest of the world in the dark - we don’t just sit back. We stand together. #WorldBookDay2026
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This is quite serious to the millions having their lives upended or ended but the guys in charge are unalterably unserious
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Hoping to stave off discussions of its energy use, big tech is hyping AI as a climate solution. Instead, AI is a climate problem. And like so many other “solutions” peddled by industry, misstatements, cherry picked data and slick PR are behind the claims, not actual data.
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
“The resolution attempts to turn the ICJ’s interpretation of key legal standards into a practical roadmap for state accountability, which is likely to trigger pushback from…countries wary of their historical responsibility” says @candyofime.bsky.social apnews.com/article/un-r...
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Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal
The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including repa...
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This article by Paul Krietman in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social is beautiful - it sets up the long game for de-colonial struggles in Hong Kong & Taiwan and, without stretching it, relates it to the political situation in the U.S. Perspective is important to imagining & securing a different path.
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Chilling and powerful. "The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don’t know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough."
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Authoritarianism 101: the sloppiness is a feature, not a bug. It directs money to regime cronies (Palantir), discretion to paramilitaries, and fear to citizens. A system designed for legitimate law enforcement or border control would not fulfill these goals as well.
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ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Washington Post layoffs come at a moment when press freedom is already under assault by the Trump administration, and journalists around the world face repression at the hands of their governments.
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Today, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on Sunrise Wind offshore Long Island. With the ruling, all five under-construction offshore wind projects halted by the Trump administration have been allowed to resume work.
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The current U.S. administration seeks to damage climate action in the U.S. and globally; strong resistance from governments and people is key to safeguarding our collective future. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...
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How is US President Trump impacting global climate action?
Five Trump‑era policies adversely affecting global climate efforts
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement threatens a “race to the bottom” in global climate action. Other historic emitters must also continue to phase out fossil fuels irgently, despite coercion and bullying from the US. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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US withdrawal from landmark Paris Climate Agreement threatens “a race to the bottom”
The US withdrawal from other major climate pacts aims to dismantle the global system of cooperation on climate action
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Jackson Heights Indivisible @jh-indivisible.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
HOLD THE LINE SCHUMER!! @schumer.senate.gov
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Let us use this period of justified rage, sadness and insecurity to reflect on the feelings our friends and colleagues have experienced here and abroad for decades
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Some reasons authoritarians lie: 1) relentless conspiracy theories pollute the info environment, damaging truth as a shared basis for collective action 2) scientific & other sources of information are forced into the service of the authoritarian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump says the big US winter storm is proof of climate hoax – here’s why he’s wrong
US president asks ‘whatever happened to global warming?’ Well, it could be making our winter storms worse
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
How many more people must die before U.S. leaders act? 📞 CALL 347-514-6400 NOW to be connected to your representatives. Urge them to use their legislative power to stop any new funding for ICE and demand real accountability!
Protest banner reading "NOT ANOTHER DIME FOR ICE AND BORDER PATROL TO VIOLATE OUR HUMAN RIGHTS" and "ICE OUT!" displayed at night with a U.S. flag in the background.
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 24/01/2026
As a physician I can say with utmost confidence that the biggest threat to public health in our country at this point is our own fucking government.
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Snowstorm or no, I plan to go to this and demand that Schumer use his power to stop ICE. Two people are dead. Join me.
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The Trump regime is systematically removing science, transparency and democratic process from policy-making, hiding behind closed doors as they craft policy to provide more money to a few, and pollution and costly unnatural disasters to the rest of us.
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It is minus 12 F In Minneapolis; thousands are out protesting. Thank you, Minnesotans for claiming the streets for human rights, solidarity, and love.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Important to remember: The reason why RFK Jr will not feel even slightly bad about these 10,000 low-income people losing access to life-saving antiviral medicines is that he is an AIDS denialist He does not think HIV is the cause of AIDS His conspiracy theories are killing people
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
At #WEF #Davos, the world’s richest will meet under “A Spirit of Dialogue”. But dialogue w/out multilateral cooperation & int’l law means nothing. While most of the #SDGs are off-track, authoritarian practices threaten peace, worsen the climate crisis & erode #humanrights. A 🧵
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
“Withdrawing from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in particular is unprecedented and the United States will be the only country to have done so.” www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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US international withdrawals aim to tear apart global cooperation
This is a reckless, vindictive assault on the UN and the rules-based order
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I went to an emergency rally last night and am going to another one this w/e. There were folks out all day today in NYC and beyond. As helicopters circle my neighborhood, I feel grateful for those who keep coming out to exercise our right to peaceful assembly and to demand change. We cannot stop.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the shooting and killing of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal agent during immigration enforcement operations today.
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Ian Gary @ianpgary.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A win for hugely profitable U.S. corporations but a big loss for almost everyone else. The FACT Coalition's @zorkamilin.bsky.social on why this deal undermines global progress to stop tax dodging by multinational corporations. @factcoalition.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
100 agree. Whatever our position in society - we all must stand in opposition to the harm we witness the regime doing. This is especially the case for those in trusted positions with expertise or who otherwise hold power, including health providers.
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Fossil fuels are a major currency in the U.S. slide towards kleptocracy. The demand for Venezuela’s vast oil reserves isn’t there w/o the U.S.’ and other petrostates’ coercion & bullying. The transition to renewables is evermore urgent. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
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Opinion | So It Was Always About the Oil
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
“Said the President, he’s got his war Folks don’t know just what it’s for No one gives us rhyme or reason You have one doubt, they call it treason” youtu.be/wDUk9Lsy_yQ?...
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Compared to What
YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
If you want to register your opposition: Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD, Dean of the Faculty: deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu; dean’s office phone: 617-432-0037 Alan Garber, MD, President of Harvard University: president@harvard.edu; president’s office phone: (617) 495-1502 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Public Health Faculty Slam Harvard’s Removal of FXB Center Director Mary Bassett | News | The Harvard Crimson
More than 400 Harvard affiliates signed a petition to reinstate the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights in a withering rebuke of the University’s decision to dis...
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New Amnesty report exposes torture, & forced disappearances in Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.” The term “Alligator Alcatraz” is meant to imply that, like Alcatraz, it is a prison for convicted criminals. It is not. It is a an arbitrary detention site. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
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Dr. Cecília Tomori @drtomori.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
On World AIDS Day #WAD2025, a reminder that global health cuts have already caused hundreds of thousands of lives, many because of disrupted access to HIV treatment, others to malnutrition and other essential services. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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COP30: Rights trampled, yet people power demonstrates that humanity will win
People power, including by Indigenous Peoples... was instrumental in achieving a commitment to develop a Just Transition mechanism at COP30
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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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Türkiye: New climate summit host must respect, protect and facilitate climate justice advocacy before, during and after COP31
Türkiye will host next year’s COP31 summit as the location of the annual United Nations climate summit.
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
At #COP30 there is a lot of talk about subnational action in the U.S. NY Gov @kathyhochul.bsky.social positions herself as a subnatjonal climate leader, but in the last 2 weeks, she has approved a new pipeline, provided a permit for fracked gas fueled crypto , & delayed an impt climate law.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/11/2025
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
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Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, potentially threatening the health of more than 2 billion people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research. A damning new report by Amnesty International, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that more than 18,300 oil, gas and coal sites are currently distributed across 170 countries worldwide, occupying a vast area of the Earth’s surface. Continue reading...
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The climate team and many, many colleagues worked tirelessly to produce this report, which exposes the breadth and depth of harms fossil fuel infrastructure causes to those living nearby. FF pollute the homes of their neighbors and the climate of all of us.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/11/2025
Amnesty International warns fossil fuel infrastructure is a 'major source of human rights violations' around the world.
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World’s ‘fossil fuel obsession’ threatens billions of lives: Amnesty
Amnesty International warns fossil fuel infrastructure is a 'major source of human rights violations' around the world.
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Climate Families NYC @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Congratulations to Mayor Elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! We look forward to working for green and healthy schools for all NYC kids alongside your administration! 🌱🎒🎉
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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The onslaught is constant - but this is a helpful data point in the generational impact of the war on academia. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2025
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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Climate Families NYC @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
On October 18 we'll be joining millions of Americans in peacefully taking to the streets to say #NOKINGS, No ICE, No dictators and no troops in our cities. RSVP to join our family friendly contingent(snacks, art making etc!): act.climatefamilies.org/no-kings-fam...
Yellow and orange text: NO KINGS, Mass Protest Oct 18, NYC families contingent, bit.ly/NYCFamiliesNoKings. Drawings of three children holding protest signs on a blue background
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