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We are changemakers, a community of ocean lovers, guided by the principle that we are stronger and more influential together.

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Healthy Ocean Coalition @oceancoalition.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
7 Directions of Service is an Indigenous-led collective rooted in environmental justice and community organizing, operating on the ancestral homelands of the Occaneechi-Saponi. They're dear friends and partners of ours, please support and share their silent auction! givebutter.com/c/zPXwDE/auc...
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YESA Farm Silent Auction: Rooted in Generosity, Growing in Purpose
Nourishing Land, Culture, and Community—One Bid at a Time
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Grist @grist.org · 19/05/2025
As temperatures rise, the US Corn Belt could see insurance claims soar. Crop insurance is a lifeline for farmers. But research shows it's not ready for climate change. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Corn #Climate #Insurance #Farms #Farmers #Agriculture
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As temperatures rise, the US Corn Belt could see insurance claims soar
Crop insurance is a lifeline for farmers. But research shows it's not ready for climate change.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
If you’re a scientist with even a little bit of experience talking about your science to the public, I’d encourage you to sign up to do one of these. I can help. 🧪🌎🦑
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The Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Calling all US meteorologists and climate scientists! Starting May 28th, we will be holding a marathon livestream to share our work with the public and show why the services we provide should not be cut. Learn more & sign up to speak here: wcstreamathon.netlify.app
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The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Small 🦈 grants by @saveourseas.bsky.social Thanks for amplifying @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @megmarigold.bsky.social
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Healthy Ocean Coalition @oceancoalition.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Staff and budget cuts are fraying local offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The cuts are already leading to degraded weather forecasts and adding chaos to commercial fisheries. www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
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Local scientists, fisheries and weather forecasters feeling impact of NOAA cuts
Staff and budget cuts at local offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are degrading weather forecasts and adding chaos to New England's commercial fisheries. Proposed a...
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Opportunity👇: 7-months programme designed to support 24 changemakers through leadership training, mentoring skills, fundraising tools, and critical dialogue.... Deadline 13 June 🗓️ global-diversity.org/the-conserva...
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The Conservation & Communities Fellowship - 2025 Call for Applications - Global Diversity Foundation
GDF Conservation and Communities Fellowship 2025 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS An online and in-person programme for Global South leaders and organisations working at the frontline of conservation. APPLY HERE...
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Just imagine what we could fund (schools! healthcare!) if we weren't subsidizing Big Oil and Gas and the destruction they cause.
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are a Violent Betrayal of the American People
The U.S. government’s continued subsidies for the fossil fuel industry cost us billions of dollars every year, as well as our health, safety, and environment.
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Rep. Darren Soto @repdarrensoto.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Here are some inconvenient truths: 1⃣Climate change is real 2⃣Oil production has dropped under Pres. Trump 3⃣The GOP reconciliation package adds $4.5T to the national debt In the Natural Resources Committee, we're asking Republicans to work with us on an organized, long-term clean energy transition.
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Rep. Emily Randall @repemilyrandall.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
House Republicans are trying to sell off our public lands to give handouts to big oil. I’ll be voting no on that.
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 07/05/2025
Yesterday, GOP leadership told their members *not to speak* during a 14-hour “debate” on their plan to sell off public lands to fund billionaire tax cuts. 🤫 They couldn’t defend it, they just voted for it. That’s not leadership.
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I just discovered that the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee traded stocks of oil and gas companies just as Republicans are about to pass a budget to benefit the very same companies. The corruption is astounding.
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Yesterday, I revealed the Chair of the Natural Resources Committee is trading oil & gas stocks right as we're considering a budget with unprecedented handouts to those very same oil & gas companies. As Republicans try to profit off of the tax breaks they're giving to Big Oil, we're fighting back.
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Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth @elfreth.house.gov · 07/05/2025
I came to Congress to steward our natural resources, have honest conversations even when we disagree, and uplift the voices of #MD03.
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Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth @elfreth.house.gov · 07/05/2025
15 hours and nearly 100 amendments later, me and my Democratic colleagues continue to use every tool at our disposal to combat the Trump Administration's harmful policies – especially those that threaten the Chesapeake Bay and our state’s precious natural resources.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This week, in the House Natural Resources Committee, Oregon’s public lands are under attack. As the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, I’m using every tool I’ve got to stop the GOP’s reckless push to sell off what belongs to all of us.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I’m using every single tool at my disposal to stop House Republicans’ Big Oil give away. Our children deserve better.
Politico article on Rep. Dexter’s amendments in the House Natural Resources Committee markup of the Republican budget.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🧵 House Republicans are trying to gut our environmental protections. As Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee, I’m raising the alarm on the 5 worst climate provisions in their reckless budget reconciliation bill.
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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández @fernandez.house.gov · 06/05/2025
Today, Republicans are holding a yard sale for America’s backyard. They're jamming through some of the nastiest environmental laws ever seen to give tax cuts to billionaires. Why? Because they want to raise a billion dollars to pay for those tax cuts. youtube.com/shorts/UbLWw...
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Republicans Sacrifice Public Lands and Communities for Billionaire Tax Breaks
YouTube video by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Then there was that time the Republicans didn’t stick around in committee for THEIR OWN reconciliation bill. We’re motioning to adjourn on this ridiculous bill. #DemsShowUp!
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Everything about this Reconciliation bill in Natural Resources is a total lie. It’s bad for our: - Economy - Environment - Communities That’s why we’re prepared to sit here all day and fight it every step of the way.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We’re more than 8 hours into this Reconciliation markup in the House Natural Resources Committee and the GOP has completely stopped engaging on answering basic questions about their own bill. We have never seen anything like it. It’s going to be a long night.
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 07/05/2025
In an effort to conceal their scheme to sell off our public lands, House Republicans were ordered by their leadership not to debate or even speak during our 13-hour committee proceeding.
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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We have a moral imperative to address climate change, which will have enormous impacts on the future we leave behind for our kids and beyond. Today, at the @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing, I spoke out on the GOP's giveaway to Big Oil, the most sweeping attack on our environment in history.
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Today, Republicans are pushing the most extreme anti-environment bill in American history – betraying our public lands, clean air and water, and the American people in the process.
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Republicans are pushing the most extreme anti-environment bill in American history
YouTube video by Congressman Jared Huffman
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
House Republicans’ budget cuts national park funding, slashes clean air and water protections, and pushes the most extreme anti-environment bill in American history as the cherry on top. Today, while Democrats called out this billionaire giveaway, House Republicans hid in their offices.
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Are you ready to be a climate champion at work? 💪 ✅ If you are a non-sustainability employee who understands climate change and is ready to take action, apply for our 3-Part Employee Training today! Applications are due May 30. form.jotform.com/251126066118... #climateaction #climatejob
What you'll gain:
An understanding of ambitious corporate climate action and how you play a key role
A brainstormed list of climate actions you can take in your role and workplace 
New connections and confidence
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
new specifics on how to share tips with ProPublica.. www.propublica.org/tips/federal...
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Do You Work For the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants To Hear From You.
We’re doubling down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy. With your help, we can dig deeper.
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Grist @grist.org · 07/05/2025
Coming this summer: Record-breaking heat and plenty of hurricanes. Forecasters are predicting higher temperatures across the U.S. and up to 10 hurricanes. Cutting federal programs could leave people even more vulnerable. grist.org/extreme-heat... #Disaster #Hurricane #Heat #Climate #Environment
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 07/05/2025
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
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IPSO - International Programme on the State of the Ocean @oceanipso.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Happy #DeepDay! Today, we join @deepseaconserve.bsky.social in celebrating deep-sea science & knowledge - key to unlocking the mysteries of our planet’s largest, least explored ecosystem. Understanding the deep sea is essential for protecting ocean health and ensuring a thriving future on Earth.
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Healthy Ocean Coalition @oceancoalition.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
States are championing effective, community-led ocean conservation. Under an administration that is rolling back environmental protections and funding, state leadership will be even more crucial. www.americanprogress.org/article/exec...
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Executive Summary: Nearshore Ocean Progress
Increasing focus on nearshore ocean conservation will benefit people and communities and provide more effective protections for wildlife.
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
5-7 weeks puts us right into hurricane seasons, btw. What happens when there’s a storm but the shelves are already empty?
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Grist @grist.org · 05/05/2025
Trump radically remade the US food system in just 100 days. The people who grow and sell America's food no longer trust the USDA. We made a timeline to show you what happened. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Food #Trump #Chefs #Hunger #Agriculture #Farms #Farmers
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Trump radically remade the US food system in just 100 days
The people who grow and sell America's food no longer trust the USDA. We made a timeline to show you what happened.
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Healthy Ocean Coalition @oceancoalition.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🗣️ NEW PAPER ALERT! We teamed up with some of the best and brightest in the ocean conservation space to highlight success stories demonstrating the importance of state - and community-led efforts to provide a blueprint for nearshore protection & ocean progress www.americanprogress.org/article/near...
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Nearshore Ocean Progress
Increasing focus on nearshore ocean conservation will provide benefits to people and communities alongside more effective protections for wildlife.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that! My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social 🧪🌎🦑🐠
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Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service)
Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/04/2025
Studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastic, which may originate from everyday products such as food packaging or plastic toys, can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses. In turn, the microplastics can injure or even kill bees, and make pollination more difficult. wapo.st/3RDRRBO
Honey bees — the most important pollinator of crops — seem particularly affected by microplastics in experiments. The text reads, “Microplastics may be confusing bees and hurting pollination.” Photo from iStock.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 30/04/2025
UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days. We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
Screenshot of table showing number of grants and total value terminated by NSF directorate. STEM Education directorate is highlighted, with 417 terminations totaling 322 million dollars.

CSV of table:
Directorate,No. Terminated,Total Value
Biological Sciences,46,"$27,960,075"
Computer and Information Science and Engineering,85,"$44,630,113"
Engineering,94,"$33,472,485"
Geosciences,52,"$36,454,740"
Mathematical and Physical Sciences,30,"$6,418,312"
Office of the Director,7,"$4,859,738"
STEM Education,417,"$322,680,063"
"Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences",266,"$77,635,904"
"Technology, Innovation and Partnerships",46,"$62,231,309"
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
David Attenborough’s new film focuses on the immensely destructive practice of bottom trawling. NZ is the last country bottom trawling the South Pacific. It must be stopped. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film
The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawling
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Healthy Ocean Coalition @oceancoalition.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Trump’s mine-everywhere order calls for a list of public land with potential mineral deposits and prioritizing mining as the #1 use on those lands. The order threatens to cut off access to some of America’s most iconic places. Curious to learn more? www.americanprogress.org/article/insi...
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Inside Trump’s Plan to Sell Out America’s Public Lands to Mining
President Trump’s “mine everywhere” executive order calls for a list of national public lands with potential mineral deposits and the prioritization of mining on those lands—a move that would cut off ...
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 30/04/2025
In Tornado Alley, meteorologists say the Trump administration’s efforts could endanger the warning system residents rely on for safety. Reporting by Holly Bailey www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Forecasters fear job cuts in severe weather season could be devastating
In Tornado Alley, meteorologists say the Trump administration’s efforts could endanger the warning system residents rely on for safety.
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Healthy Ocean Coalition @oceancoalition.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Fewer than four months in, the Trump administration has implemented about a third of the more than 300 policy objectives outlined in Project 2025. All of these actions have something in common: they’ve flowed directly from the executive branch of government. grist.org/accountabi...
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Project 2025 was extreme. Trump's first 100 days have been even more radical.
The president's environmental policies mirror the far-right blueprint — and push the boundaries of the Constitution.
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Just sat down on the Capitol Steps with my good friend @booker.senate.gov to have a real conversation about the dangerous situation we confront in America. And what we can all do to stop it. Tune in live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBej...
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edgery.bsky.social @edgery.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
There is no “historical myth” about birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment, affirmed by SCOTUS in 1898, is clear. Thank you, @hcrichardson.bsky.social for setting the record straight in light of 🍊🤡 deporting US citizen children. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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April 26, 2025
Early yesterday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent three U.S.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
This is a story about deep sea mining, beautifully told. Mining something that takes millions of years to form. What could go wrong? Ehm…🛢️👀 Letting an industry with a terrible record on land do the same in the ocean where there’s way less oversight. What could go wrong? 🤔
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The promise and risks of deep-sea mining
A vast treasure of critical minerals lies on the ocean floor. Should they be extracted to help fight climate change?
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Alright enough people asked for various sizes that we're going to do another run of these. ALL SIZES OPEN, when we hit 36 shirts we can send to the printer squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/save...
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SAVE OUR FREAKS, Pre-order #2
Back by popular demand! We're doing a second pre-order of these. We need to hit 36 shirts to send it to the printer, so tell your friends! Deep...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I'll say this as many times as it needs to be said. Save our Freaks. Don't mine the Deep. (also maybe unfollow NOAA. They're a disinformation account at this point. Fuck.)
a screenshot of a skeet from NOAA that says "These minerals are currently sitting atop the sea floor, waiting to be scooped up and processed. Through #NOAA’s mapping tech and licensing abilities, we are helping industry leaders find, collect and bring back these minerals to benefit the #USA & domestic manufacturing."
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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I’m not going to retweet that NOAA propaganda post about deep sea mining. Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.
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