@thirdactorg.bsky.social DMV--Third Actors from the TA DC, Maryland, and VA working groups--are the DC light brigade. Here's this week's offering--with thanks to , with a new @dcmediagroup.us

thirdact.org/virginia/eve... Bringing the #ClimateCrisis to the #NoKings movement at the 3/28 March Across Memorial Bridge. Join us!

Welcome to March! This visualization shows how temperatures have changed around our planet over the last four decades during this month. Red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading the reverse. Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...

Much of the nation is about to experience a Massive March Heatwave over the next 10 days, with temps jumping 20-40°F above normal. We call it a blowtorch. 70s and big-time snow melt & flooding in the Northeast by next week? It’s possible! 1/

2024: Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy: "I ccouldn’t sleep last night because of the enormous energy suck from AI and crypto.” 2025: Jennifer Granholm, corporate lobbyist: "I'm an AI optimist." Isn't money great?

At Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social we're quite old. Not quite as old as honest Abe, but still! dcmediagroup.us/2026/02/16/t...

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Maine is going to make polluters pay. Coming soon to a state near you! mainebeacon.com/climate-supe...

Congratulations to Third Actor and organizer extraordinaire @zandubin.bsky.social end #Sportswashing @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Drop by tobcheck out Actions Lab. Meet snd greet today thirdact.org/actions-lab/...

Everything you wanted to know about #geothermal but hadn’t thought to ask. “Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

"Trump says scientists are wrong about the dangers of climate change and that the regulations slow the economy.It claims ending the rule will save Americans $1.3 trillion, but it did not factor in the costs of extreme weather caused by climate change or the costs of pollution-related health issues."

"Orphaned" (abandoned & often undocumented) oil and gas wells are a source of methane emissions in the U.S. A well that produced natural gas during its lifetime, is older, deeper, & run by a small operator is more likely to leak methane. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. bit.ly/orphEm

Facts vs lies about causes of climate change - worth a read. @naohun.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @yalee360.bsky.social apnews.com/article/gree...

What's CERA Week? The "Super Bowl" of oil and gas conferences, where CEOs and top government officials collude to boost profits by destroying our future. Learn more at Actions Lab February meeting, Tues Feb 17 thirdact.org/actions-lab/...

And this is with the most insane fossil-fuel worshipping regime in charge ever

Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

H/T Fietser Live, Laugh, Love cutting CO2e

Trump & his Republican majorities cut healthcare funding to 3x the ICE budget. So MN may no longer be able to afford healthcare, but we have seen a sharp increase in the number of masked Texans running wild in our neighborhoods with a license to kill. www.kare11.com/article/news...

A rare and welcome instance when @barackobama.bsky.social has used his immense reach to send a message on climate change. Let’s amplify!

Hello USA! China is beating us on the only metric that ultimately matters.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @youthvgov.bsky.social @thirdactsocal.bsky.social @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social @thirdactsocal.bsky.social

The extent to which China is powering the world with affordable, clean energy technologies - from solar photovoltaics to electric vehicles - is astonishing. It's already the biggest energy story of my lifetime and it's still early days.

Fertilisation of the ocean with mineral dust promotes algal blooms that capture carbon, but when the same thing happens in Greenland, it reduces albedo leading to accelerating melting. A new study analysed dust collected from the Greenland Ice sheet and found minerals essential to algal growth.

Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth. (This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)

Based on these NASA CERES and geodetic (=gravity) satellites based observations and comparison to CMIP6 models, I think @simonoxfphys.com falsely portrayed 3°C as an 'intentionally scaring, illegitimate 'doomer' scenario'. It's a substantial risk, which we have the (moral) obligation to communicate

The GOP learned to lie--shamelessly and obviously--from three decades of climate denial. billmckibben.substack.com/p/thinking-a...

It’s back… Non Violent Direct Action (NVDA). Because the times demand it. “Resistance to Trump 2.0 is getting more confrontational | Dana R Fisher www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Opposition to data centers is one of the rare issues that unites people across the political spectrum. Join this webinar to learn about the growing number of successful efforts to block them. thirdact.org/events/the-t...

This devoted band of patriots have been appearing every week for months at Pentagon metro, handing out leaflets with the oath our armed service members take at West Point. Public protest aims to move public opinion, but also serves as a barometer: their audience has become increasingly receptive.

So relieved he will go free. And BTW, what could be sweeter than those conejo (rabbit) ears on his hat! “Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his dad released from ICE detention” 🐇🐰 apnews.com/article/immi...

Check out Third Act SoCal’s latest blog featuring the personal stories of elders who have moved their money out of the notoriously “dirty banks” that have lent billions of dollars to fossil fuel companies! You can read their tips on greener financial options here: thirdact.org/socal/2026/0...

"This feat of engineering could end up being one of those watershed moments, like the Industrial Revolution, where everything starts to change." www.theengineer.co.uk/content/opin...

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) "remains vulnerable—not through outright defunding, but through fragmentation." "Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it."

@senatorharckham.bsky.social: “What we should be focused on is renewables. And if we’re talking about affordability, solar is by far cheaper than natural gas and nuclear. It’s more scalable.”

Compared w/ Minneapolis, today's #TeslaTakedown in Rockville, MD was a balmy 20F. The community showed up! Snow/ice bank? No problem--better visibility!

"...global warming has reshaped the atmospheric engine in ways that can make winter storms and extreme cold outbreaks more disruptive than ever." insideclimatenews.org/news/2601202...

“Winter storm fueled by global warming” Nails it! Why haven’t I seen that headline in the legacy media? Of yeah, they sell ads and accept $ from car makers, oil, methane…

A shoutout to the People Who Still Care About Greenhouse Gas Emissions......my peeps

North America is split between exceptional mildness in the West and harsh cold in the East. Record January warm night in Mexican Baja California with Minimums up to 21C/70F Stifling hot allover the Caribbean with Mins up to 27C. Records include Min 24.9C Port of Spain TRINIDAD

For those of us facing unusual cold, a stunning reminder of the extreme heating underway in the arctic.

Excellent new video by Simon Clark interviewing @hausfath.bsky.social discussing the rate of warming and climate sensitivity in great detail. Must watch!

The latest episode of PBS Weathered discusses climate sensitivity and the under representation in IPCC publications of likely future pathways of extreme heating. Worth watching!

It's official. Abiding by the deal struck between Trump & Schumer, Senate has severed the DHS appropriations from the rest of the minibus, sending the bill back to the House for final passage. DHS will get a 2-week continuing resolution, during which both parties will campaign on Trump's fascism

CALL THE SENATE - DEMAND A VOTE IN FAVOR FOR THE SANDERS AMDT