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Randall Kramer

@rakramer.bsky.social
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Environmental Economist at Duke University interested in environment | biodiversity | development | global health | One Health | poverty | food security sites.nicholas.duke.edu/kramerresea…

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hey POTUS & Congress, are you listening? Are you calling your counterparts in the EU, China, India, Russia, and Brazil to respond to this warning? I hope so. OpenAI and Anthropic researchers are calling for an AI slowdown after a colleague quit, warning of extinction.
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OpenAI and Anthropic researchers call for AI slowdown after resignation
Several employees at both labs have publicly backed calls to slow AI development, citing fears of extinction from self-improving systems
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This post is ten years old and still accurate. #climatechange
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New article by me in World Development! We explore how displacement and resettlement due to the Belo Monte Dam in the Brazilian Amazon shaped women's water security. Download the paper for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
My new article in World Development:

Hydropower development, resettlement, and urban water security: Evidence from Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Good news and bad news: Last year, 30% of the world’s carbon emissions were taxed - up from 7% in 2010. Yet prices in most countries remain too low to have much impact on behavior.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/c... “The new gas-burning plant…would be permitted to release … more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country.”
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New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. (Gift Article)
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
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Gen Z started Madagascar revolution. Then it was hijacked by Russia
Weeks after an October coup installed a military junta, the Russian Africa Corps arrived to supply arms and shore up the new regime
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Good news! DC Circuit Court struck down EPA's effort to undo a key safeguard on particulate pollution: lnkd.in/gfcK2df8 Dr. Limaye and I published Op Ed about this issue last month: lnkd.in/gTyE_cWE @maibached.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @csfh-lab.bsky.social @cchyale.bsky.social
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Catherine Machalaba @catherinemachalaba.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#WorldFemaleRangerWeek starts tomorrow. Learn more about why it's important to celebrate the vital contributions of female rangers, the risks they face in their work, and how we can help to support their essential Planetary Health efforts: adventure.com/world-female...
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These female rangers risk their lives to protect nature. But who’s protecting them?
To mark World Female Ranger Week 2026, founder Holly Budge shares why more needs to be done for the women on the frontlines of conservation.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Very good solar news
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
As Detroit stalls, China races ahead to define the future of transportation.
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Frozen To -22 Degrees, BYD’s New EV Just Charged To 97% In Only 12 Minutes
The new Denza Z9GT is powered by BYD’s second-generation Blade Battery tech, which makes EV recharging as quick as getting gas.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“The markets are hungry. They are hungry for a clean commodity.”
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
“There will be a significant boost to renewables and nuclear power and a further shift towards a more electrified future, and this will cut into the main markets for oil.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 20/04/2026
Durham Thurs Apr 23 @ 5pm — "Climate Solutions: A Conversation With Katharine Hayhoe" at Goodson Chapel, Duke Divinity School. Free + open, registration required. duke.is/0423
A screenshot of the Duke page with the title of my talk, a photo of me and Dean Lori Bennear, and the same information as in the post above.
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🍂 Megs 🍂 @megshensley.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Gah! Give us trains! Traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains! Plain trains! Stop making up new things! Give us TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS!
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Polling has become increasingly hard to do well, but THIS is not the solution. “Polling companies see an opportunity to use A.I. agents to simulate survey responses at a small fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...
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Opinion | It’s Called Silicon Sampling, and It’s Going to Ruin Public Opinion Polling
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Disappointing to see this surge in deforestation in Indonesia after earlier progress in curbing forest loss.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New open access article led by Kayla Kauffman shows strong connections between sociodemographic variables and individual land use; which are important for developing interventions to limit deforestation, protect individual health, and advance adaptive farming practices rdcu.be/e9XfH
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Sociodemographic characteristics predict land use patterns by farmers near a protected area in Madagascar
Scientific Reports - Sociodemographic characteristics predict land use patterns by farmers near a protected area in Madagascar
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Brenntag Mid-South continues to amass serious environmental violations related to its chemical repackaging plant in East Durham, where state inspectors cited the company in November for failing to clean up leaking barrels on the property.
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A Global Chemical Giant Racks Up Violations in Durham, Where Drinking Water for a Million Is Threatened
Acetone, ethanol, 1,4-dioxane and methylene chloride were among contaminants found in a stream near Brenntag Mid-South’s chemical repackaging facility.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
NYC congestion pricing: multisolving for the masses. Less traffic, fewer injuries, less air pollution (and thus better health), and more business prosperity. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @mason4c.bsky.social @climatemuseum.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Among the 93 locations that previously hosted the Winter Olympics, only 52 are projected to remain viable in 25 years
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is the world RFK Jr dreamed of, and his dreams have, sadly and very predictably, come true For decades he was one of the world’s most extreme, most kooky, & most dangerous anti-vaxx activists, so why on earth would he change course when given the task of running the US health system?
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
How the Tar Heel state shaped the history of modernist architecture—and how local preservationists help keep the dream alive today.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Guess who’s turning 217 today? It’s Charles Darwin! 🥳 Born in 1809, he transformed the way we understand the natural world. He developed the theory of evolution by natural selection in his 1859 best-seller, ‘On the Origins of Species’. Send him your birthday wishes in the comments! 👇
A white statue of Charles Darwin sitting crossed legged on a chair. On the image, there’s text saying ‘Happy 217th birthday Charles Darwin!’. A birthday hat with polka dots has been photoshopped on top of the statue’s head.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/02/2026
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance theonion.com/terrified-conservative…
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This thread describes a collection of Nature Reviews Biodiversity articles that outline challenges, propose solutions and summarise progress in meeting the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows. What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
As Bill Foege (RIP) said: RFK Jr “would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he’d kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is…killing a single person..seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”
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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"Only 12% of medical schools worldwide include air pollution in their formal curricula. Patients, such as young children with asthma, often visit doctors who may not ask about environmental triggers or provide advice on reducing exposures" ✍️ @klburke.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01...
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Why air pollution is an underreported health story of the decade
Air pollution is a global public health emergency. Journalists must emphasize health equity, economic loss and systemic bodily harm.
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 01/01/2026
Lemurs play a key role in Madagascan ecosystems as seed dispersers, but they are threatened by climate change and human activities such as deforestation. Experts stress the importance of community conservation projects. Read more in The Conversation: ow.ly/B7Yu50XAvYM
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Lemurs can help save Madagascan forests, but first we need to protect them
Climate change, forest fragmentation and hunting threaten lemur populations in Madagascar, and impact the health of mothers and infants.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
“The benefits of spending time in nature are nearly endless.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream. Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads. Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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Patrice Boivin 🇨🇦 @patboivin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
That's about the duration of WW2. It took the EU that long instead of a month?
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Ben Cushing @bmcushing.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
👀 If the NYC pension boards adopt the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendations and move BlackRock's $42B mandate to other asset managers, it could be one of the most consequential climate-related actions ever taken by a pension fund in the US or anywhere in the world.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
www.threads.com/@npr/post/DR...
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NPR (@npr) on Threads
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
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Prof William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 20/11/2025
Immigration officers hauled away a construction worker in Cary NC. "A half mile up the road, they looked at his wallet and saw he was a citizen," said his supervisor. "They pulled him out of the van and threw his wallet out the window. He had to walk back here." #ncpol www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
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Human Behavior & Evolution Society @humbehevosoc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University! The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health. More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
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Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke - HBES
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783 Position Description The Pontzer Lab in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University seeks two Postdoctoral Associates for research in h...
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Robert Califf @robcaliff.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
More good news for coffee enthusiasts from my specialty! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Caffeinated Coffee Consumption or Abstinence to Reduce Atrial Fibrillation
This clinical trial compares the effect of caffeinated coffee consumption vs abstinence from coffee and caffeine on recurrent atrial fibrillation.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Despite what Bill Gates says, the new State of the Climate Report says “we are hurtling toward climate chaos”
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
While I believe that Bill Gates deserves high praise for his sustained commitment to protecting public health, I agree with @michaelemann.bsky.social that he is failing to understand that we must—and can—rapidly quit fossil fuels while addressing illness and poverty. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Scientists found PFAS in fresh vegetables & fish, eggs & beer. Pine needles, honey & house dust. Landfills, compost and sewage sludge. 
Blood of horses. Blood of dogs. Their own blood. 
1st in a series re: NC's PFAS crisis under Trump @cleancapefear.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1210202...
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A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals - Inside Climate News
For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quash...
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
If there’s one place on Earth you don’t want to be, it’s in the mouth of a Komodo dragon. Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Zero traffic deaths is achievable, with political will
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Great news for the long struggling USFWS red wolf restoration program in North Carolina
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/07/2025
The New York Times recently covered work by The Nature Conservancy in their 50 States, 50 Fixes series! This edition focuses on restoring peat bogs in North Carolina.
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North Carolina’s Bogs Have a Dirty Secret, and That’s a Good Thing
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Congratulations Fidy! A well deserved recognition of your path breaking work in Madagascar!
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy. It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.' www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A very insightful take on the U.S. drug pricing problem and how best to solve it by Rob Califf
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