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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 7h

This week the HS club was all about solar energy. ☀️ We advocated to get solar panels on our school & learned more about the process the school system is undergoing to get them on lots of schools. Rooftop solar reduces air pollution, reduces global warming & provides hands-on STEM experiences. 1/2

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...

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The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever

Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29.

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Adam Pollack @crispapoll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Respectfully, that’s not the full story here. Among other details, during the last administration there was over $1B in some years available for predisaster voluntary flood buyouts. Perhaps more importantly, nobody forced homeowners to buy these properties

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fascinating read about how realtors manage extremely wealthy clients versus upper middle class home buyers.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Back to School Time! ⏰ My Enviorthon Club High Schoolers surprised me! They insisted we pick club meetings back up the first week of school. I love their enthusiasm! They were incredibly inspired by the light pollution community engagement work we did last year.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sign about George Mather, first head of our national park system, from Great Falls park.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

National Park week, so I didn’t need to pay to visit Great Falls.

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The Virginian-Pilot @pilotonline.com · 23/08/2026

Virginia Tech part of federal push to expand mining workforce: mrf.lu/2Cc4D

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Virginia Tech part of federal push to expand mining workforce

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The Virginian-Pilot @pilotonline.com · 27/07/2026

‘We’re All Plastic People Now:’ Award-winning documentary screens at WRL and Tabb Library this week: mrf.lu/2c3bp

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‘We’re All Plastic People Now:’ Award-winning documentary screens at WRL and Tabb Library this week

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

His research — which focused on the Philippines and the Coral Triangle between the Indian and Pacific oceans — shaped conservation efforts around the world…

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Erin 🌱 @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Heat wave visitor. We gave it some water on the tarp 🦋

A yellow swallowtail butterfly on a hot orange tarp. The tarp is dry, but the photographer carefully added some water for the butterfly after the photo was taken.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy 4th & 250th bday party to all my naturalist friends. You all make things country better and you need to hear that every single day! ❤️

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The Garden Dude 🪴🏳️‍🌈 @rudiev.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Coneflowers are holding up much better in this heat than I am 🥵

A cluster of bright pink coneflowers against the backdrop of other green plants of varying sizes and shapes

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/06/2026

NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

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To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk

Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tree in the * Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier*

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Herring Cove in Nova Scotia. The Bay of Fundy will *cover* all this ground as the tide returns. 🇨🇦

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Really important news coverage about kids and education in the US and Canada. Take a look here 👇

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Wild investigation out in HEATED today from @marinscotten.bsky.social An education nonprofit that provides free energy/environment lessons to school kids is constantly calling itself "objective" and "nonpartisan" Turns out, it's secretly funded by the fossil fuel industry

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An education nonprofit, secretly funded by Big Gas

The Switch Energy Alliance markets its free classroom materials as “objective.” But they are backed by the fossil fuel industry, a HEATED investigation shows.

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The Virginian-Pilot @pilotonline.com · 24/06/2026

Plans for UVA’s new data center project grow in size and cost: mrf.lu/nS2l

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Plans for UVA’s new data center project grow in size and cost

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Some good news: church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

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Biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis soars

Church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Bay of Fundy low tide and high tide at Hopewell Rocks! But this happens all over and it fun to watch from different places.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

My son wanted to see the Bay of Fundy in Canada on a 4 day road trip in October and I convinced him to do a slower trip this summer. We added in a few other stops and have had a fantastic time. 🇨🇦

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Meet my little dumpster diving friend.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Spotted in the St John City Market. ❤️

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A garden in St John New Brunswick. 👇

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Just have to share the best shop for international cookbooks I’ve ever been in. It’s at Rehoboth beach and called The Beach Shop.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Today is Endangered Species Day Endangered Species Day, observed annually on the third Friday of May, is "an opportunity to learn about endangered species and to take action to help these vulnerable plants and animals."

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

PBS. *Wilding* Wednesday April 22 and steam with WETA+.

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 25/04/2026

CCNow and @caadcoalition.bsky.social are developing a new, improved, and global Journalist Field Guide to Covering Climate Disinformation, building on CAAD’s existing resource. buff.ly/a0upSn7

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

We’re doing bioblitzes here in the mid Atlantic. It’s lots of fun so wherever you are find a group and go for a walk.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It's important to notice Earth Day with High Schoolers. They might be busy with AP exam prep and prom, but they want it noticed by their schools! (Source: High School students!)

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Susan Wise Bauer @sjwbauer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

And the Wall Street Journal says: "The Great Shadow' benefits from Ms. Bauer’s keen sense for the way the bodily experience of disease so readily takes on psychological and spiritual freight..."

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

A must read. Blocking climate policy was the instigation for the birth of the Supreme Court shadow docket. Let’s be very clear that ‘vote for the climate candidate’ is hollow advice when 1) our courts don’t understand climate science 2) rightwing justices change procedures to prevent climate action

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

“With a solar-powered laptop on a fold-out desk, Wilson began drafting her demands for Dow, the largest North American chemical manufacturer and the operator of the 4,700-acre complex outside her tent, about two hours southwest of Houston.”

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Why do drinking reservoirs ban swimming but allow motor boats? (Macintosh lake in NC.)

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Friends, @alixhui.bsky.social and I and 70+ historians have been working on this gigantic project for three years and it finally feels like it's going to be real.

Page proof screenshot from MIT Press "A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World: Responding to the Global Climate Emergency"

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Wow--it stars tomorrow! APRIL 8-15, 2026

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Excited to learn about LA Climate week being held in April laclimateweek.com which looks like a great model of local groups collaborating. Groups Involved: Collidescope Foundation Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC) Various UCLA sustainability groups

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LA Climate Week - LA Climate Week

Designing LA’s Climate Future, Together. la climate week 2026 APRIL 8-15, 2026 We have an unyielding belief in a future where all life can thrive.LEARN MORE ABOUT USWe are dreamers […]

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Evan George @evanlgeorge.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

There's some good news on the climate beat this week thanks to recent hires, expansions, and investments from HEATED to the LA Times to POLITICO and Drilled. legal-planet.org/2026/03/04/w...

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Is Climate Journalism Up to the Task in 2026? - Legal Planet

Bad news and good news on the climate reporting beat. The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental news from Legal Planet.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Same deal with professional climate denier Ryan Maue: www.desmog.com/ryan-maue/

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Word Up! Geosmin: An earthy scent produced by soil microbes, especially noticeable after rain.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

There are many effective solutions to climate change. And many proposed solutions don't work or pose serious risks. Want to know the difference? Check out the Drawdown Explorer. drawdown.org/explorer

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Drawdown® Explorer

We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I remember reading about this when it was first published and this is good follow up reporting on dark money interests manipulating national policy.

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va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Bird Event in DC! Join filmmaker Cintia Cabib and the DC Bird Alliance for a free screening and discussion of “Bird Walk” on Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Auditorium. 1/3 dclibrary.libnet.info/event/15837812

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Bird Walk Screening

Documentary Screening and Discussion . Event starts at April 18, 2026 2:00 PM EDT

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