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Sari Kovats

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Professor of Climate and Health @LSHTM

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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📣 Registration is now open for experts to review the First Order Draft of the Working Group II contribution to IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Interested experts can register until 20 Nov 2026: bit.ly/4y1LI58
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Ladd Keith @laddkeith.com · 05/08/2026
📬 ICYMI: I started a newsletter. It's called Heatshed, and it's about how we plan for and govern extreme heat. I've written for journals and op-ed pages for years. This is where I get to think in public at the speed the problem moves. #extremeheat #heatshed #heatplanning #heatgovernance
Heatsheds cross city, regional, and state boundaries. (Source: NASA Earth Observatory)
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Global Heat Health Information Network @heathealth.info · 30/06/2026
Heat doesn't affect everyone equally. The most vulnerable - including outdoor workers, older adults, unhoused people, and those with chronic illness - often face danger well before 🌡️ reach official alert thresholds. Here's who is most at risk, and why heathealth.info/heat-and-hea... #ExtremeHeat
Image showing older persons on a park bench on a very hot day, all having fans and trying to cope with heat. Heat doesn't affect everyone equally. The most vulnerable - including outdoor workers, older adults, people without stable housing, and those with chronic illness - often face danger well before temperatures reach official alert thresholds.
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ISEE Env Epi - Global @isee-global.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
💼 Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health is hiring faculty in Environmental Health Sciences (Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor ranks). 💻 ISEE Job Board: members.iseepi.org/members/classifi…
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/06/2026
As we have experienced this week, extreme temperatures are no longer a future threat. They are a present danger. Today, I’m launching London’s first ever heat plan: a city-wide plan to adapt our capital, protect communities, and build a climate-resilient city.
Silhouette of Big Ben and surrounding London skyline at sunset, with a bright sun glowing behind the clock tower and casting a warm orange glow across the sky. Below, on an orange background, bold black text reads: “Get heat-ready, London.” Smaller text reads: “Heat Ready London will protect Londoners from hotter temperatures and help us build a more resilient city.” The Mayor of London logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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ISEE Env Epi - Global @isee-global.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🌎 Call for Abstract & Symposium Proposal submissions | ISEE–AWPC 2026 — Bangkok, Thailand | 14–16 Dec 2026. Theme: Environmental & Planetary Health in Asia: Pathways to Resilient Communities and Sustainable Futures. 🗓 Deadline: 30 June 2026 ➡️ isee-awpc2026.org
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Global Heat Health Information Network @heathealth.info · 11/06/2026
As the #WorldCup kicks off today, one question hovers: how hot is too hot? Here's how we can combine knowledge & coordination mechanisms to protect health in every sport. 👉https://heathealth.info/news/extreme-heat-a-new-red-card-for-sports/ @undrr.bsky.social @wmo-global.bsky.social @who.int
Football players during a match in hot conditions
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Ladd Keith @laddkeith.com · 09/06/2026
📢 Our new open-access paper is out in Urban Climate on using three plan evaluation approaches to better understand how Arizona cities are advancing heat resilience. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #extremeheat #heatresilience #urbanplanning
Plan networks in Arizona cities
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 05/06/2026
New research by Shahpara Nawaz and colleagues: "Personal hygiene-related challenges faced by people with disabilities affected by cyclone and flooding in Bangladesh: A qualitative study" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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Personal hygiene-related challenges faced by people with disabilities affected by cyclone and flooding in Bangladesh: A qualitative study
Many people with disabilities experience challenges in practising good hygiene. Climate hazards exacerbate those challenges. This phenomenological qualitative study explored how climate hazards influe...
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League of Comic Geeks @comicgeeks.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
What's your favorite Star Wars moment in comics, film, TV, and games? Comics writer Greg Pak reflects on the legacy of Star Wars, sharing his favorites, in our latest Stories That Shaped Us. @gregpak.net leagueofcomicgeeks.com/news/5772296...
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Stories That Shaped Us: Greg Pak on Star Wars | League of Comic Geeks
In celebration of our 'May the 4th' Star Wars Community Event, writer Greg Pak reflects reflects on his relationship with everyone’s favorite galaxy far, far away. Find out his favorite Star Wars stor...
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 26/05/2026
We have provisionally broken the UK record for highest daily minimum temperature in May... again 😮 Temperatures didn't fall below 21.3°C overnight at Kenley Airfield, making it a 'tropical night' (no lower than 20°C). Remarkably, the record was also broken yesterday.
A map of the UK showing a new May record for highest daily minimum temperature of 21.3 degrees Celsius recorded in Kenley Airfield, Surrey
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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
IPCC invites government representatives and experts to review the second draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities The review period runs from 8 May to 3 July 2026. Interested experts can register till 26 June 2026: www.tinyurl.com/srcities Read more 👉 bit.ly/PRSRSOD
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Sari Kovats @sari-kovats1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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FindAPhD : HPRU Climate Change and Health Security PhD Studentship at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Apply for a PhD: HPRU Climate Change and Health Security PhD Studentship at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 16/04/2026
In a new Editorial, members of PLOS Climate's Health section set out a collective direction for climate-health scholarship that is scientifically robust, socially just, and grounded in real-world impact. 🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 10/03/2026
4-year fully funded PhD position in 'Climate-related health impacts on children' @hydr-vub.bsky.social. Apply now: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 03/02/2026
If you're working on climate misinformation/disinformation and looking for a home for your research...👇👇 latitude.plos.org/2025/08/plos...
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PLOS Climate: Submit to our Focus Topic on Misinformation and Disinformation - Latitude
PLOS Climate is calling for submissions for a new focus topic on Climate Misinformation and Disinformation. The unprecedented spread of misinformation and…
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Ben Cooke @ben-cooke.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Hello environment / climate peeps of Bluesky! I'm just doing some planning for what to write about in 2026. Do drop me a DM if you'd like to chat about anything you'd like to see the Times environment section cover this year.
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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
For his incredible contribution to tackling climate change, Committee member Professor Piers Forster has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours 2026 🏆 Read our statement: www.theccc.org.uk/2025/12/30/p...
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Professor Piers Forster awarded CBE in New Year Honours - Climate Change Committee
The Committee and secretariat congratulate Professor Piers Forster on being awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
NCAR is a unique & valuable asset - far more than a climate model, or observations, or technology, or training ground, or gathering space. It covers weather, space weather, data, climate, paleo-climate, and everything in-between. It's building is an icon, but it's iconic status goes far beyond that.
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Interested in MSc Public Health for Eye Care or MSc Public Health for Global Practice? Applications open via the FCDO UK for candidates from lower-middle income commonwealth countries to gain skills to support sustainable development. Apply by 9 Dec 2025👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Applications are open for the Joint PhD Programme for Global Health @lshtm.bsky.social with Nagasaki University! Students benefit from a community of global researchers & expertise in international public health & tropical medicine. Apply by 9 Jan 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/resear...
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REACH Research Project @reachproject-lshtm.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
At #COP30 🌍, our researcher Aline do Monte Gurgel engaged with Agnes Soares, Director of Environmental Health Surveillance and Worker Health (DSAST/SVSA) at Brazil’s Ministry of Health, already familiar with our work! We presented our COP 30 report and look forward to continued engagement.
Agnes Soares (right), Director of Environmental Health Surveillance and Worker Health (DSAST/SVSA) with Aline do Monte Gurgel (left), REACH project Reseacher at COP 30, Brazil.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🧵🚨 The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news. Today our report is published! www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n... 1/11
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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
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Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
A reminder to please support non-profit publishers. It’s good for science and scientists. It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars. It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals. Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.
Slide with text “Support Society Journals:
Society-based journals help build and advocate for our scientific communities” showing the logos for non profit publishers ASM, ACS, ASBMB. microbiology society, Science, and ISME. Underneath “for-profit journals do not” showing logos for Nature, Elsevier, Frontiers, CellPress, and MDPI.
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
As the POTUS claims climate change is a 'scam', what's the truth about climate conspiracies & dis/misinformation? Join us, @pallavis.bsky.social & @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social on 9 October to unpack the impact of climate disinfo on public opinion, media, politics & everyday life. ✍️ buff.ly/DxIDIOk
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Paracetamol use during pregnancy does not increase risk of autism Laurie Tomlinson explains best available evidence shows #paracetamol safe to take during pregnancy & urges parents to seek reputable sources of information, & medical advice from GP. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
At LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED event experts discussed the threat of false or misleading health information Watch a recording of the event online and find out more about health #misinformation & what we can do to fight it. 📽️👉 youtube.com/live/H_nClQ2... #PublicHealth
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C40 Cities @c40cities.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
What is climate disinformation and how can cities fight back? From Amsterdam banning fossil fuel adverts to Kingston, California challenging misconceptions about urban traffic, cities around the world are stepping up to safeguard their residents. Fighting climate disinformation is climate action.
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Kicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 29/08/2025
Reminder: we're calling for submissions for a new Focus Topic on misinformation and disinformation. Read more 👇 latitude.plos.org/2025/08/plos...
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PLOS Climate: Submit to our Focus Topic on Misinformation and Disinformation - Latitude
PLOS Climate is calling for submissions for a new focus topic on Climate Misinformation and Disinformation. The unprecedented spread of misinformation and…
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EUPHA @eupha.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Our new EUPHA website is live! 🎉 It’s more than a redesign — it’s your gateway to Europe’s public health community. RSVP events, join Sections, read the latest news & research, all in your language. 👉 Explore: eupha.org
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 19/06/2025
AGU is partnering with the @ipcc.bsky.social‬ to expand access to climate research for authors of the Seventh Assessment Report. All IPCC authors will now have full access to AGU publications — helping ensure global, equitable scientific contributions. 🌍📚 🔗 buff.ly/N4DvcCS #AGU #IPCC
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 11/08/2025
"While heat is the leading cause of weather-related death, heat injury and mortality can be prevented if cautionary measures are taken. Currently, there is no federal mandate requiring employers to provide workers adequate water, rest, or shade despite such a proposal being supported by voters."
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As States Continue to Fail Workers, We Need Federal Heat Protections
It's getting hotter. And states keep blocking heat protections for outdoor workers—including, most recently, Kentucky.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Water shortage in England declared "Nationally Significant Incident" as climate-change induced hot, dry weather continues Many areas in drought conditions with bans on hosepipe use Outlook for rain remains below normal www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · 08/08/2025
⏰ HAPPENING TODAY: Online #webinar at 2-4pm EAT! 🔗 Register now bit.ly/3TUbVRq to join a conversation that will shape #SoAR2025 & influence the road to #COP30. Co-organised with ARIN & STEP Change metrics working group @southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/07/2025
The babies who were conceived during the famine and whose mothers were undernourished while their brains were being built—those brains were smaller. When those people were adults, their brains were wired in a different way.
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How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come
Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Heat waves make the news when they impact Global North countries Constant, extreme heat is a daily fact of life for billions in the Global South
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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🌍 Join the #IPCC in Nairobi! 📅 Monday, 14 July 🕤 9:30 AM – 1:45 PM 📍 UoN Towers, 5th Floor, University of Nairobi The University of Nairobi is holding a unique public lecture and outreach event with the IPCC Chair Jim Skea and leading IPCC experts. 📢 Open to the public!
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Global Heat Health Information Network @heathealth.info · 24/06/2025
Heat is killing tens to hundreds of thousands of people every year, but the true burden remains unclear. This week in London, global experts are working to create standardized metrics for heat-related illness and death. Subscribe to follow the project: ghhin.org/subscribe/
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 11/06/2025
Did you hear? The editors of PLOS Climate's Health section are calling for submissions on heat and health. Read more 👇 latitude.plos.org/2025/03/plos...
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PLOS Climate: call for submissions on heat and health - Latitude
The editors of PLOS Climate’s Health section are calling for submissions on the theme of heat and health.  As the impacts of…
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Kristie Ebi @krisebi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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New profile series maps action on Extreme Heat across the UN system
Increasing awareness and capacity to better manage and adapt to the health risks of dangerously hot weather in a changing climate.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Wake-up call… Lincolnshire has suffered some of the worst flooding in its history in recent years Lincolnshire’s newly elected Reform council has abolished the flooding committee This is who they are Please wake up to this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform UK-run Lincolnshire County Council scraps flood committee - BBC News
The work will be incorporated into another committee despite all other parties opposing the change.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 23/04/2025
This first article in a seven part series presents an overview of the essential elements of the GRADE approach that has proved useful in systematic reviews, health technology assessment reports, and clinical practice guidelines www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Schematic overview of Core GRADECore GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach to rating certainty of evidence in intervention effects
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Christine Wiedinmyer @cwiedinm.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Here is an article and a list of NOAA datasets expected to end and be unavailable in the next few weeks. Please make sure you get in and download what you need!! eos.org/research-and...
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NOAA Datasets Will Soon Disappear - Eos
NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, products, and catalogs related to earthquakes and marine, coastal, and estuary science.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
PV for a neonatal unit. This must be one of the most effective aid projects conceivable, in terms of lives saved per $ spent. Any academics out there want to work on quantifying it? Please RT. youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
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How Solar Is Saving Babies’ Lives in Sierra Leone — Ep204: Project Bo
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 11/04/2025
Proposed cuts by the Trump administration would wipe out NOAA’s Ocean and Atmospheric Research office among a raft of other reductions to one of the main scientific agencies of the US
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Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s climate research
Proposed cuts would wipe out NOAA’s Ocean and Atmospheric Research office among a raft of other reductions to one of the main scientific agencies of the US
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Urban Health in Africa Edited by Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 03/04/2025
Our Health section editors are calling for submissions on the theme of Heat and Health. Learn more in this blog post 👇 latitude.plos.org/2025/03/plos...
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PLOS Climate: call for submissions on heat and health - Latitude
The editors of PLOS Climate’s Health section are calling for submissions on the theme of heat and health.  As the impacts of…
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Ladd Keith @laddkeith.com · 03/04/2025
"Layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services have dealt a critical blow to the agency's efforts to manage rising temperatures made worse by climate change." www.scientificameric... #extremeheat #heatresilience #heathealth
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Trump Staff Cuts Hollow Out Extreme Heat Programs
Layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services have dealt a critical blow to the agency's efforts to manage rising temperatures made worse by climate change
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Texas needs more power to purify the waste water from oil&gas extraction - 26GW - than a medium sized country It's a brilliant example of the bonkers world that obsession with fossil fuels takes one to insideclimatenews.org/news/2403202...
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Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Require More Energy Than Most US States - Inside Climate News
One company wants small nuclear reactors to power the energy-intensive process of purifying vast volumes of toxic “produced water” for use in agriculture and industry.
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