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...

A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much. @realestatenews.com @realestatechick.bsky.social @realestateportugal.bsky.social @sportpositive.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico @nrdc.org @earthjustice.org @foeus.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social @sportpositive.bsky.social #UNFCCC www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

When inflation was less than what it is now Rs were all over it & put Ds on defense even when not deserved but the Ds in DC don’t know how fight @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

They came from the Andes in Ecuador & the Amazon rainforest in Peru. They were joined by activists from the Brazilian forests & savannas. Together, they numbered in the thousands, young & old, women & men.” @iwrising.bsky.social @indigenousja.bsky.social @hrw.org www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/c...

“Global fossil fuel emissions are on track to soar to record highs in 2025 and show no signs of declining overall” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c... @insideclimatenews.org @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @unep.org

“In a major new report the Int’l energy agency has a different message about a peak in fossil fuel use: It’s complicated.” #UNFCCC @insideclimatenews.org @climateconnections.bsky.social @climate.noaa.gov @michaelemann.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @unep.org www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c...

“leaders of America’s biggest companies once made pledges to stop polluting, fund the energy transition & called for laws to reduce planet-warming emissions. But at this year’s climate summit no prominent American leader made the trip” @billmckibben.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...

After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot “Most of her neighbors didn’t have electricity. But she did.” @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @energycommerce.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...

The U.N.’s Emissions Gap Report measures the disparity between what world leaders have promised to do to limit the rise in global temperatures and what they are actually doing @sportpositive.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/c...

Ban sports betting: “Gambling doesn’t just sponsor sports games. It shapes them, deciding which matchups are worth watching & how players are covered. Gambling doesn’t just buy ads. It owns sports networks that prod fans to bet ever more.” @sportpositive.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

“Marathon runners consistently finished slower in cities with higher levels of dangerous particles in the air, researchers found” @nyrr.bsky.social @sportpositive.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...

“If radicalism is the label affixed to all resistance to Trump, why not embrace radicalism? Resistance to despotism is innately respectable—the task is to make it politically potent by connecting it to the discontent that Trump exploits.” @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

"22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act" | Nice article on our new #Bioscience article by @saschapare.bsky.social for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

She Made Sure Tsunami Warnings Reached the Public. “I was fired in February. It was torturous. I mourn the career that I had, and that I had worked so hard to get.” Corina Allen was tsunami program manager @noaa.gov where she improved early warning systems @unep.org www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too. “Microbes need protection for many reasons, including the fact that other species — indeed, entire ecosystems — depend on their well-being.” @popsci.com @pnas.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/s...

“The findings are a bracing example of the toll that climate change is wreaking on the world’s coral reefs, which support an estimated quarter of marine species, including fish that provide crucial protein & income in coastal communities” @whoi.edu @climate.noaa.gov www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

Climate victory: NYS court rules that the NY DEC must issue its GHG cap & invest rules by February 6. Court: "DEC does not have the discretion not to follow the legislative directive at issue." #UNFCCC The decision: bit.ly/47hY8M9 @earthjustice.org @sabincenter.bsky.social

The new #Chase bank’s Darth Vedar building in midtown #NYC. @meidastouch.com

The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They? @sabincenter.bsky.social said the judge’s opinion offered “very detailed guidance for designing cases that can overcome the challenges this one faced.” @climatenews.bsky.social @nrdcactionfund.org @unep.org www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/c...

"Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate" | Our (Hong et al) new article in @aaas.org #ScienceAdvances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...

The global climate is changing, and golf courses are trying to adapt. Golf courses on coastlines often must build a sea wall, move the course inland or raise it by adding loads of dirt and sand to the ground

“More than 3,000 climate change litigation cases & over 15,000 case documents are instantly accessible online & can be searched & analyzed using advanced machine learning & natural language processing tools.” @sabincenter.bsky.social @nrdc.org @publiccitizen.bsky.social mailchi.mp/law/sabin-ce...

@sportpositive.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @nrdc.org @sundance.org #greensports #RobertRedford www.linkedin.com/posts/robin-...

“it was definitely the dumbest speech that delegates have ever had to listen to” @billmckibben.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are in Fact a Danger “The assessment contradicts the Trump administration’s legal arguments for relaxing pollution rules.” @climatenews.bsky.social @sportpositive.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...

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Australia Sets 62–70% Emissions Cut Target by 2035, Launches $7 Billion in Climate Funding @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au @australia.theguardian.com @sportpositive.bsky.social esgnews.com/australia-se...

He used his visibility & resources for so many good things & inspired millions. Getting to know him & work with him on eco-issues during my tenure @nrdc.org is a life highlight. He was first to suggest I start an sport eco project at #NRDC. @sportpositive.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters “In addition, the Trump administration has asked NASA to decommission and possibly destroy two satellites that measure greenhouse gases from space.” @nasawebb.extwitter.link @popsci.com @climatenews.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

@robinraj.bsky.social @citizen

USTA asks broadcasters to censor reaction to Donald Trump’s attendance at U.S. Open: “The #USTA asked broadcasters of the U.S. Open to censor any protests or reaction to President Donald Trump’s appearance at the men’s singles final Sunday,” @wtatour.bsky.social @atptour.bsky.social @espn.com

“They would cut down the clouds if they could.” HDThoreau @nrdc.org @nrdcactionfund.org @biodivoxford.bsky.social @biologicaldiversity.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social @tempestwilliams.bsky.social @tongass.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...

“What HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has done to our nation’s public health system is unlike anything we have ever seen & unlike anything our country has ever experienced…This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American.” #RFKJrResign @hsph.harvard.edu @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

“There should be one inviolable rule: Children are not shot or starved to death.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...