Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change “Scientists are unequivocal: The dangers of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions were clear in 2009 & they have only grown more evident since.” @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation “The US EPA on Thursday made a critical announcement. It repealed the scientific determination that gives the government the authority to combat climate change.” Science is not just another opinion. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

“Nero, on Tarpeian Rock,/ watched as Rome went up in flames;/ crying ancients, screaming infants,/ and not one thing caused him sorrow.”☹️ @housedemocrats.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @demsocialists.bsky.social

Michael Pollan on R.F.K. Jr. “More people will die from his vaccine policies, red meat has enormous environmental impacts& Most people don’t need more protein.” @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/video/podcas...

Genius half time show by #BadBunny, brilliantly conceived & beautifully executed & the biggest FU to MAGA degenerates ever broadcast. An incredibly humanitarian way to use his visibility as the most popular singer in the world today & #LadyGaga, #RickyMartin, #CardiB were his backup performers! #NFL

As Olympics Open, Pope Warns Against Using Sports for ‘Propaganda’ & contrasted “the common good” represented by sports with the “refusal to cooperate with each other” that resulted in war. @sportpositive.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/w...

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team: The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 climate journalists @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @climate.noaa.gov #climate open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

These Four States Are in Denial Over a Looming Water Crisis: “Lake Mead is two-thirds empty. Lake Powell is even emptier.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...

“Multiple generations of students & their parents fled the humanities & the liberal arts, driven by the belief that the prime purpose of education is to learn how to make money” @neatoday.bsky.social @dissentmag.bsky.social @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...

A federal judge ruled DOE violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a report on global warming @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social

“Olympic host cities go big when the Games are in town. But after just a few weeks of competition the entire city is emptied. In some cases, world-class facilities can be unused for years after the Olympic medals are handed out.” @sportpositive.bsky.social nbcconnecticut.app.link/pij6wmy5j0b

Walking to the night session @australianopen.bsky.social while it’s 113F 🥵🎾🇦🇺☮️ @sportpositive.bsky.social advocates Do More 😞

The National Basketball Players Association has released a statement on the killings in Minneapolis: “Following the news of yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, a city that has been on the forefront of fight against injustices, NBA players can no longer remain silent”

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

If sport has the power to change the world, now is the time for it to do so! What does it mean to sing the National Anthem & wave flags at sports events while a masked federal military force is handcuffing children & attacking & killing Americans? #Sports world: what does it mean to be an American?

STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE

Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c... @yalesph.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer www.investing.com/news/stock-m...

This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

Danish pension fund to sell all U.S. Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. finances. EU holds $2.34 trillion in US treasury bonds. If it unloads even a fraction of that over Trump’s idiotic #Greenland threat US economy is sunk @ec.europa.eu @politico.eu @senatefinance.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social

Sports broadcasting in the USA is broken. Fans are being forced to pay more & more to watch less content & more unceasing ads for gambling. The contrast with watching sports broadcasting abroad is striking @sportpositive.bsky.social @atptour.bsky.social @wtatour.bsky.social @espn.com

The @australianopen.bsky.social should definitely not allow broadcasting behind a paywall. Shame on @espn.com which shows no commitment to #tennis only about sucking more $ from fans @atptour.bsky.social @wtatour.bsky.social How ESPN’s Australian Open coverage left some American tennis fans cold

Alliances meant to steer investments toward clean energy and away from fossil fuels have largely fallen apart @billmckibben.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @democrats.org @standupforscience.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded. America’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4 percent in 2025 after two years of decline amid a resurgence of coal power. @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/c...

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet “Emissions will be higher. Trump’s greenhouse gas emissions will cause Trump’s heat waves, Trump’s droughts, Trump’s floods, and Trump’s wildfires.” @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @unep.org www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

“His administration dismantled a wide range of climate & pollution regulations & gave a boost to fossil fuel production while attempting to curtail the growth of wind and solar energy”. @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

May she RIP. More than an enviro journalist, she was a humanitarian & among her last words, written literally from her death bed, she condemned #RFKJr Let that sink in 🙏 @rfk-junior.bsky.social Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...

Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025

I thought the slogan for RFK Jr’s movement was Make America Healthy Again?

‘This Is Our Time’: Acclaimed Poet to Honor Mamdani With Inaugural Poem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...

“She called out her cousin #RFKJr for his actions as secretary of Health and Human Services, describing him as “an embarrassment to me and my immediate family.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...

This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year: “In the 11 months since he was confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has wreaked steady havoc on the nation’s vaccination policies and programs.” @hsph.harvard.edu @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...

@mta.info Hi MTA, as a lifelong NY’er I love our subway & Metro North but may I request that you please stop selling video ads on Metro North that continually flash lights & moving images that cannot be ignored from any seat on the train. Those ads are making me & others dizzy & feeling ill 🙏

“they have become adept at applying a veneer of scientific legitimacy to their ideas, and they’ve prepared a superficially compelling response to seemingly every argument that doctors make to encourage immunization.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o... @yalesph.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

New York Is Going to Flood. Here’s What the City Can Do to Survive. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

“Cover Up” on @netflix.com An essential lesson for our time & easily one of the most important documentaries ever made: Netflix documentary hailed 'masterpiece' earns 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating #TheBeatles @taylorswifteras.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @hrw.org @colbertlateshow.bsky.social

This message hits hard.

Seventy-five percent of English speakers speak it as a second language

SCOOP-3: In January, Oak View Group, then controlled by Tim Leiweke, donated $250k to Trump's inaugural. In July, Leiweke was charged in a bid-rigging case. He was expected to testify in the DOJ's case against LiveNation. But this month, before either case went to trial, he was pardoned by Trump

Not in my name 😠 Trump wants the EU to exempt American oil & gas companies from law aimed at curbing emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas. @billmckibben.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @politico.eu @michaelemann.bsky.social #UNFCCC @sportpositive.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/c...

Those who know Bondi, who know Sydney, who know Australians are all devastated by this. Bondi is a sacred place, a refuge of health, beauty & joy. May this tragedy not be in vain. I am confident that Australia will demand real action restricting guns & increasing vigilance on those who buy them 🇦🇺

Listening to a book is not the same as reading a book @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @bpl.boston.gov @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social @nycschools.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...

“Every drop of water on the planet carries chemical traces of where it’s been, whether that’s a river, a melting glacier or a cloud…Analyzing those traces helps to better understand the complex paths that water takes between the Arctic Ocean & the North Atlantic.” @noaa.gov @billmckibben.bsky.social

“Stadiums are secular megachurches, where believers gather to share communion, to exalt and mourn, and to don the vestments of faith” & where “Every inch of space is monetized.” @sportpositive.bsky.social

"Children playing in their yards are struggling to breathe. The air is filled with wood dust. Residents endure asthma, bronchitis & cardiovascular disease across the U.S. South and rely on oxygen tanks to get through the day because of pollution from wood-pellet biomass plants." #biomass @dsawsp.org

RIP: “a sociologist who examined the aftermaths of floods, nuclear accidents, hurricanes and chemical spills to illustrate how disasters damage what he called the “tissues of communal life,” inflicting collective trauma that can outlast physical wounds” @appli.org www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

“Many hoped that the era of climate denial was finally over. Ten years later it has roared back stronger than ever. The oil, gas & coal industries continue to downplay scientific consensus that burning of fossil fuels is heating the planet.”@sportpositive.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

“Belson has covered #NFL for years. His unique access & firm grasp of football culture have produced “Every Day Is Sunday,” a polished, entertaining account of what he aptly calls “an immensely profitable American religion.”@theathletic.com @sportbusiness.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Listening is not reading. I am delighted dyslexic people listen to books but that’s not reading. I reread sentences, write notes in margins, pause to contemplate ideas & look up words. I can’t drive when I read @britishlibrary.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...