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Hoping to cast a wide net to find the right candidates for a Science Fellow (2 yr position)
@ucs.org
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apply.workable.com/j/41E7503CD5...
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Science Fellow (Grant Funded) - Union of Concerned Scientists
Science Fellow (Grant Funded)TERM: Max 2 YearsWestern StatesUnion of Concerned ScientistsRemoteBargaining Unit Position: Yes Our organization The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is an independent ...
https://apply.workable.com/j/41E7503CD5/?utm_medium=social_share_link
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Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond
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AGU has an easy-to-use toolkit set for public feedback to proposed government actions. Now is a great time to respond to NSFâs proposed shuttering of NCAR.
agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
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Share your comments on NCAR with NSF
Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March
https://agu.quorum.us/campaign/154143/
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Josh Busby
2 days ago
Greg Pollock and I weigh in on the Trump Administration's omission of climate change from the latest National Defense Strategy and why it is important. GIFT LINK
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/29/n...
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Trumpâs National Defense Strategy Tries to Imagine Climate Change Away
Sycophancy and ideology have replaced realistic assessments of dangers.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/29/national-defense-strategy-climate-energy/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=bmF0aW9uYWwtZGVmZW5zZS1zdHJhdGVneS1jbGltYXRlLWVuZXJneQ==&pid=PNIej2GuQskeekr
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WIRED
3 days ago
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com/story/data-c...
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Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
https://www.wired.com/story/data-centers-are-driving-a-us-gas-boom/
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Alondra Nelson
16 days ago
đ§” Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee4900
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Costa Samaras
3 days ago
I talked with Grist about what makes bsky strong makes the power grid brittle: our age
grist.org/energy/winte...
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The winter storm exposed the gridâs real weakness: Lots of old poles
Aging infrastructure is to blame for Winter Storm Fernâs weather outages â and for recent price spikes.
https://grist.org/energy/winter-storm-fern-utility-poles-wires-electricity-grid/
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John Paul Helveston
4 days ago
Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science.
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
https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-has-lost-more-10-000-stem-ph-d-s-trump-took-office
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Sammy Roth
3 days ago
TODAY at 4pm PT, I'm moderating a forum of leading candidates for California governor, all about climate change. Watch live here as we find out how Xavier Becerra, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Eric Swalwell stack up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsLc...
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Our Climate Future: A Forum with California's Next Governor
YouTube video by California Environmental Voters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsLcWGl_BII
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns
3 days ago
"The best available science makes clear that major fossil fuel producers have contributed an outsized amount of carbon pollution to the atmosphere, and Climate Superfund bills are using that science to ensure polluters, not communities, shoulder the costs of this pollution and resulting damages."
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns
3 days ago
Learn more about the science underlying climate superfund bills in this new blog from our colleague Dr. Carly Phillips.
#MakePollutersPay
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How Climate Superfund Bills Use Science to Make Polluters Pay
This week, communities across the country are asking their state legislators for a common-sense solutionâusing a practice that's been around for decadesâto make polluters pay. In 1980, following de...
https://blog.ucs.org/carly-phillips/how-climate-superfund-bills-use-science-to-make-polluters-pay/
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns
4 days ago
We were proud to join Mainers at the State House yesterday for the
#MakePollutersPay
Climate Impacts Live Gallery, featuring photos and art that illustrate the impact of the climate crisis on Maine communities, livelihoods, and environment. Constituents spoke in favor of the Climate Superfund Act.
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Eos
5 days ago
NCAR represents what is possible when a nation chooses to invest in science as a public good, writes
@carlonimbus.bsky.social
of
@ucs.org
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#SaveNCAR
eos.org/opinions/wha...
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What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos
Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.
https://eos.org/opinions/what-americans-lose-if-their-national-center-for-atmospheric-research-is-dismantled
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Zack Labe
9 days ago
Looking forward to attending the
@ametsoc.org
meeting in Houston! Well depending on the winter storm... đ Iâll be sharing some of our work on using extreme event attribution information to support resilience planning (
ams.confex.com/ams/106ANNUA...
). If you are at
#AMS2026
, be sure to reach out!
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Dr. Samantha Montano
7 days ago
And she's doing this from FEMA. Jesus.
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Ketan Joshi
7 days ago
Impossible to recount fully just how massive and immediate the firehose of bullshit was
gizmodo.com/viral-image-...
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Ketan Joshi
7 days ago
Absolutely 100% guarantee a bunch of individuals and institutions (media outlets, denier groups, shitfluencer X-chuds, BTI-bros etc) 100% prepared to blame these blackouts on renewables within literally seconds of them happening. They're keen to repeat Texas 2021.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/24/w...
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Winter Storm Fern could cause significant power outages
The electric grid in many parts of the U.S. is already under strain due to rising demand from data centers and the slow construction of new power generation.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/24/winter-storm-fern-could-cause-significant-power-outages.html
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Anne Jefferson
8 days ago
Good morning. There's a sewage geyser happening in the DC area, adding 40 million gallons of raw sewage to the Potomac every day. Deferred infrastructure maintenance is a huge issue nationwide.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
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Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington | CNN Politics
A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that h...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/sewage-spill-potomac-river-washington
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David John Gagne II
8 days ago
NSF just posted their Dear Colleague Letter regarding the restructuring of NCAR.
www.nsf.gov/funding/info...
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NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/information/dcl-nsf-intent-restructure-critical-weather-infrastructure
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns
8 days ago
Today Michigan became the 11th state to sue the fossil fuel industry for climate deception, filing an antitrust suit in federal court against
#BigOil
companies ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Shell, and trade association American Petroleum Institute
#BigOilLies
#ClimateAccountability
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Michigan Sues Big Oil âCartelâ for Conspiring to Block Clean Energy | Center for Climate Integrity
Michigan Becomes the 11th State to Take Oil Majors to Court for Climate Deception, Arguing They Violated Antitrust Laws to Limit Energy Options and Drive Up Costs
https://climateintegrity.org/news/view/michigan-sues-big-oil-cartel-for-conspiring-to-block-clean-energy
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Hoping to cast a wide net to find the right candidates for a Science Fellow (2 yr position)
@ucs.org
. Looking for PhD with expertise and interest in working on just land transitions and grid resilience, in California and beyond. job posting:
apply.workable.com/j/41E7503CD5...
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Science Fellow (Grant Funded) - Union of Concerned Scientists
Science Fellow (Grant Funded)TERM: Max 2 YearsWestern StatesUnion of Concerned ScientistsRemoteBargaining Unit Position: Yes Our organization The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is an independent ...
https://apply.workable.com/j/41E7503CD5/?utm_medium=social_share_link
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns
9 days ago
You can look for an action near you here:
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Even if you can't make it to an in-person event, please write to your state officials and let them know you support accountability for the fossil fuel industry:
secure.ucs.org/a/2025-state...
#ClimateAccountability
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Tell Your State Officials You Support Holding the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable
Write today and tell your state attorney general and governor you support efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its climate deception and damages.
https://secure.ucs.org/a/2025-state-ags-climate-accountability?contactdata=
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns
9 days ago
Join UCS & allies for next week's National
#MakePollutersPay
Week of Action! We'll rally to support measures like climate superfunds and climate liability laws that hold big polluters accountable for damages to our climate and our communities. Learn more in this video from
@polluterspay.bsky.social
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Make Polluters Pay National Week of Action
YouTube video by Make Polluters Pay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtpAIeKGtQg
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns
11 days ago
This yearâs update of the Carbon Majors database, which tracks historical production data for 178 of the world's largest oil, gas, coal, and cement producers, is now available via
@influencemap.bsky.social
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Carbon Majors: 2024 Data Update
A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data from the Carbon Majors database.
https://carbonmajors.org/briefing/Carbon-Majors-2024-Data-Update-35466
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Union of Concerned Scientists
9 days ago
The Trump admin "has been forced to acknowledge its unlawful actions and release gov. documents related to this case, which will allow the public to see for itself how the DOE and EPA worked in concert to solicit a report with predetermined conclusions aimed at overturning the Endangerment Finding."
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Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administrationâs Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed âClimate Working Groupâ
Newly disclosed records obtained by UCS and EDF about the Trump administrationâs âClimate Working Groupâ reveal brazenly unlawful actions behind the creation of a report that underlies the administrat...
https://www.ucs.org/about/news/newly-disclosed-records-show-trump-administrations-unlawful-actions-related-secretly?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bs
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Union of Concerned Scientists
9 days ago
Winter Storm Fenn could knock out power for millions this weekend. Read this thread for emergency preparedness steps to take now and the longer-term solutions that can reduce the risks during future outages. đ§”âŹïž
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)
17 days ago
This means that Democrats need to take strong climate positions to turn out their base, and that doing so loses them no large share among moderate voters. Even leaving Trump's unpopularity aside, the advice to stop talking about climate is wrong. 2/2
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)
17 days ago
This polling shows that A MAJORITY OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WILL NOT VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTS THE EXPANSION OF FOSSIL FUELS, while a majority of mod Dems and Rsâas well as far right Rsâdo not care enough for anti-fossil-fuel to be a decisive factor in their vote. Do you know what this means? 1/2
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Costa Samaras
16 days ago
A&M leadership is not serving their students well. They should find another line of work.
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Peter Gleick
16 days ago
Senator Susan Collins killed the amendment to protect the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) -- perhaps the world's premier research center for work on
#weather
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#climate
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Acyn
19 days ago
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are whatâs paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Costa Samaras
22 days ago
I talked with
@wuwmradio.bsky.social
about data centers and how they affect the environment:
www.wuwm.com/what-are-dat...
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What are data centers? Expert explains AI boom, energy concerns
Why are data centers so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them?
https://www.wuwm.com/what-are-data-centers-expert-explains-ai-boom-energy-concerns
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Inga Menke
3 months ago
âïž Are you working on topics that could be relevant for climate litigation? âĄïž Submit an abstract to our outreach session (which allows you to submit a second abstract)
#EGU26
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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Katharine Hayhoe
23 days ago
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset,
@climatecentral.org
hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up. Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes. More:
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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Bob Kopp
24 days ago
50. US withdraws from
@ipcc.bsky.social
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@ipbes.net
,
@irena-official.bsky.social
, Intl Union for the Conservation of Nature, UN Energy, UN Oceans, UN Water,
@ununiversity.bsky.social
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Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-international-organizations-conventions-and-treaties-that-are-contrary-to-the-interests-of-the-united-states/
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly
24 days ago
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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Chicago Public Square
24 days ago
âThe shooting marks a dramatic escalation of the latest in a series of immigration enforcement operations in major American cities under the Trump administration. The killing of the Minneapolis motorist ⊠was at least the fifth death linked to immigration crackdowns since 2024.â
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Live updates: ICE officer shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown
After a federal officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejected Homeland Security's claim that the ICE officer acted in self-defense.
https://apnews.com/live/minneapolis-ice-shooting-updates
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Naomi Klein
28 days ago
On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations. Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
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Social Media Lab
about 2 months ago
"âItâs surrealâ: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary."
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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âItâs surrealâ: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/12/its-surreal-us-sanctions-lock-international-criminal-court-judge-out-of-daily-life/
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein đ
about 1 month ago
A thread of embedded videos!
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Meade Krosby
about 1 month ago
Unsurprising but devastating: plans for a zombified NCA6 to be written by a handful of climate contrarians & Grok. A slap in the face to the American public, and to the hundreds of scientists who'd volunteered to spend the next several years carefully doing this the right way, for the public good.
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The Weather & Climate Livestream
about 1 month ago
"Rebuilding scientific institutions can be a very long process. Some institutions, such as JPL, NOAA, CDC, and NCAR, took decades to establish. They will need to train new researchers, and setting up a laboratory takes timeâwe're talking years."
#SaveNCAR
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Union of Concerned Scientists
about 1 month ago
"Attempting to erase a countryâs scientific heritage, as the Trump administration is now trying to do, should be of concern to every US citizen. Because if climate science is viewed with disfavor today, other fields of scientific inquiry might be next in line for the chopping block."âBen Santer.
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Threatening NCAR, Trump administration seeks to extinguish a beacon of climate science
The Trump administrationâs world view is that the US doesnât need a climate science brain trust because it doesnât like what the brains say.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/12/threatening-ncar-trump-administration-seeks-to-extinguish-a-beacon-of-climate-science/
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Union of Concerned Scientists
about 2 months ago
"Deliberately dismantling an institution so central to weather forecasting and climate change prediction would not only undermine scientific research, it would leave people across the nation less prepared for the dangers of a warming world." Said
@carlonimbus.bsky.social
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Eos
about 1 month ago
At an
@agu.org
Town Hall today,
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social
President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to
#AGU25
attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled. One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood. Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
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Union of Concerned Scientists
about 1 month ago
âThe research done at NCAR is an investment by every single tax-paying citizen in the United States, and it benefits all of us,â said UCS's
@marc-alessi.bsky.social
. âWe are able to predict the weather days in advance, giving warning for hurricanes, extreme precipitation events, and droughts.â
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We're all at risk if Trump dismantles this legendary lab
Breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research would be a "genuinely shocking self-inflicted wound."
https://grist.org/climate/were-all-at-risk-if-trump-dismantles-this-legendary-lab/
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David Ho
about 2 months ago
I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
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Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about âclima...
https://wapo.st/4p3YwDx
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The Conversation U.S.
about 1 month ago
U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030.
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Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power
Energy projects are expensive and take a long time to build. Where to build them is often also a difficult, even controversial, question.
https://theconversation.com/rising-electricity-prices-and-an-aging-grid-challenge-the-nation-as-data-centers-demand-more-power-271465
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AGU (American Geophysical Union)
about 2 months ago
The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social
is senseless & dangerous. It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe. We urge that this plan be abandoned. Call Congress to
#SaveNCAR
today.
buff.ly/7ka1BQA
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Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
https://buff.ly/7ka1BQA
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Alexandra Witze
about 2 months ago
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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#AGU25
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Trump team plans to break up âglobal mothershipâ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Researchâs non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04134-w
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altNOAA đșđž
about 2 months ago
NCAR and NSSL are on par, IMO. If either hadnât existed in the last 50 years, dozens of tornado related deaths would be common any time a tornado struck a town.
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