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Climate change communication researcher She/her
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We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding We are explicitly mentioning ICEâs murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
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Excited to share our recent study of climate role model narratives on social media!
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Role model narratives are underutilized in Instagram and TikTok climate action posts
Abstract. Role model narrativesâstories about specific people taking recommended actionsâare a proven communication strategy for encouraging socially benef
https://academic.oup.com/oocc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/oxfclm/kgaf028/8328314?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=oocc&utm_medium=email
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Ed Maibach
3 months ago
Our latest research, led by
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Advancing and integrating climate and health policy in the United States: Insights from national policy stakeholders
Many experts have called for integrating climate policy with health policy. We investigated U.S. federal policy stakeholdersâ views on these goals andâŚ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278225000616?via%3Dihub
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Ed Maibach
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I'm delighted to share our recently published research study on the potential to better integrate health policy & climate policy in the US federal government--for the benefit of all Americans, now and in the future.
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Advancing and integrating climate and health policy in the United States: Insights from national policy stakeholders
Many experts have called for integrating climate policy with health policy. We investigated U.S. federal policy stakeholdersâ views on these goals andâŚ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278225000616
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Impeach Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (UPDATED 8/31) â 5 Calls
Updates August 31, 2025: On Thursday, September 4th, RFK Jr. will testify before the Senate Finance Committee. August 28, 2025: After only four weeks âŚ
https://5calls.org/issue/rfk-hhs-autism-registry-vaccines/
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Great new research by my colleague
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says
Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/02/politicians-underestimate-support-climate-action-limiting-policies-study#:~:text=Politicians%20and%20policymakers%20significantly%20underestimate,green%20policies%2C%20according%20to%20research
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RebelFema
5 months ago
Today we approach the 20th anniversary of Katrina, FEMA workers across the nation sound the alarm on unqualified leadership, interference w/ ability to execute, our mission,staff cuts & more. Join us in signing The Katrina Declaration.
#katrinadeclaration
www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
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Support the FEMA Katrina Declaration Now! â STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
https://www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina-declaration
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In the wake of the attack on the CDC, HHS employees are speaking out against RFK Jr.'s reckless spreading of the same anti-vax misinformation that motivated the attacker. NonâHHS employees can sign as well.
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
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Read the Letter â Save HHS
Public servants and allies are standing together to demand work environments free from violence, accountability for leaders and policymakers who put everyday Americans in danger, and public health lea...
https://www.savehhs.org/read-the-letter
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Noah Berlatsky
6 months ago
wrote about Trump's attack on DC. It's not a "distraction"; it's part of a fascist program focused on targeting the marginalized for massive displays of force and cleansing violence.
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/trumps-inv...
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Trumpâs Invasion of DC Is Not A Distraction
Fascists build power by targeting the powerless.
https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/trumps-invasion-of-dc-is-not-a-distraction
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At the NIH vigil today. This is what we're fighting for.
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Jeremy Berg
6 months ago
Good Scientific American story about the letters of dissent from 4 federal science agencies (to date)...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
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Federal Science Workers Say Agencies Are âGoing in the Wrong Directionâ
Hundreds of staffers at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation have signed public letters to leadership opposing the direction in ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-administration-changes-at-nih-epa-nasa-nsf-spark-internal-dissent/
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AltSpaceForce đđşđ˛
6 months ago
NASA & her beloved caretakers have issued the NASA VOYAGER DECLARATION, a letter of formal dissent as defined in NASA Procedural Requirement 7120.5F. They join NIH & EPA in voicing their clear objection to the illegal & immoral objectives of the Trump administration.
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Support the NASA Voyager Declaration Now! â STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Your solidarity with the NASA heroes helps their fight to preserve NASA's vital missions.
https://www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager-declaration
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Show up to support NIH scientists this Monday in their resistance efforts.
actionnetwork.org/events/bethe...
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Bethesda Declaration Roundtable Support
Join us for the Bethesda Declaration Roundtable rally! Support the Bethesda Declaration Signer in standing up for the NIH mission. On June 9th, NIH workers released the Bethesda Declaration, an open ...
https://actionnetwork.org/events/bethesda-declaration-roundtable-support
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Ian L Morgan
7 months ago
Bethesda Declaration signers stand with the EPA 139.
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Climate Solutions
7 months ago
NIHâs National Cancer Institute, which is facing censorship and funding cuts, has found that particulate matter air pollution causes DNA-level damage tied to lung cancer in non-smokers. Read @insideclimatenews.org @keerti_gopalâs article here:
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NIH Scientists Link Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Mutations in Non-Smokers - Inside Climate News
Research from the NIHâs National Cancer Institute, an agency beleaguered by funding cuts and censorship, finds that particulate matter pollution impacts lung cancer at the DNA level.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02072025/air-pollution-linked-to-lung-cancer-mutations/
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NPR
7 months ago
On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work â and the federal cuts that now threaten it.
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Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair'
On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work â and the federal cuts that now threaten it.
https://n.pr/40Lx7N9
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Union of Concerned Scientists
7 months ago
Today in DC, we joined over 20 scientists whose research grants were canceled by the Trump admin. They shared whatâs at stake when science is politicized, and what we lose when solutions to our biggest problems are cast aside.
#StandUpForScience
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Costa Samaras
7 months ago
Good morning electeds and staff. The time to loudly sound the alarm that the cuts to NOAA and FEMA have made our communities less safe and puts us all at risk, is today. Right now.
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The horrors persist, but so do we.
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Politico
7 months ago
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is claiming he suffered âsevere beatings,â sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes âsevere beatingsâ and âpsychological tortureâ in Salvadoran prison
Abrego submitted a harrowing and detailed account of abuse after the Trump administration illegally deported him.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/kilmar-abrego-garcia-salvadoran-prison-account-00438153
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Dave Levitan
7 months ago
NEW: per multiple sources, apparently there may be punishment/retaliation coming for EPA employees who signed the Declaration of Dissent this week. People are starting to get letters putting them on administrative leave, seems like potentially targeted at those who signed with their names.
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EPA employees are courageously speaking out against Administrator Zeldin's undermining of their life-saving work. I just signed their declaration, as can anyone who wishes to show solidarity.
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
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Support EPA Staff Now! â STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Your solidarity with the EPA heroes increases the pressure on their Administrator Lee Zeldin.
https://www.standupforscience.net/epa-declaration?utm_source=Confirmemail&utm_medium=anpage&utm_campaign=EPAdec
7 months ago
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Stand Up for Science!
8 months ago
đ¨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. đ§ľ(1/5)
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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/add-name-bethesda-declaration/?source=nihtextemailsky&utm_source=nihtextemail&utm_campaign=bethesdadec
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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
https://apnews.com/article/nih-letter-bethesda-declaration-bhattacharya-89724aee201f3e99fc1159adcbf9ac94
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NIH vigils are going strong, every Saturday at 10 outside the Medical Center Metro. All are invited!
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The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
https://wclivestream.com
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Support for stricter environmental regulations outweighs opposition in a majority of states
Nationally, 60% of Americans say stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost, while 38% say they cost too many jobs and hurt the economy.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/05/19/support-for-stricter-environmental-regulations-outweighs-opposition-in-a-majority-of-states/
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Ed Maibach
8 months ago
Health professionals: It's time to speak up for climate action. How? Join us at the Medical Society Consortium for Climate and Health and we will get you engaged.
#StrongerTogether
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khyz...
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Health Professionals, It's Time to Speak Up for Climate Action
YouTube video by Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khyz0YDJmlI
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Walker Bragman
8 months ago
NEW: Dozens of staffers walked out of Jay Bhattacharyaâs first town hall event on Monday after the NIH director said he believed the lab leak conspiracy theory. We got video.
www.importantcontext.news/p/i-believe-...
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âI Believe Itâ: NIH Director Pushes Lab Leak Conspiracy At Contentious NIH Town Hall As Staffers Walk Out
Dozens of NIH staffers walked out when Jay Bhattacharya promoted the unproven COVID origins story; others protested research cuts.
https://www.importantcontext.news/p/i-believe-it-nih-director-pushes
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NIH Fellows United
9 months ago
Academic workers across the country are calling đ Legislators to ask them to sign on to bipartisan letters âď¸ in support of robust NIH funding and opposing the 15% indirect cost caps. Take 5 minutes to call your legislators today. Deadline is May 19th.
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As of December, more than half of registered voters wanted federal agencies to *increase* their efforts to protect people from the health harms of climate change.
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A majority of registered voters want federal agencies to increase their efforts to protect people from the health harms of global warming
55% said federal agencies should do more to protect people from the health harms of global warming.
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/a-majority-of-registered-voters-want-federal-agencies-to-increase-their-efforts-to-protect-people-from-the-health-harms-of-global-warming-2/?utm_source=Yale+Program+on+Climate+Change+Communication&utm_campaign=5b0d6c66c2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_12_03_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5b0d6c66c2-711536116
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks
9 months ago
RFK lied to the American people. He said they havenât fired scientists. That must be news to the scientists he fired.
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âRFK has failed as a leader and needs to be removed. I am sick of the lies, sick of not being able to do my work, sick of the constant attacksâŚbut we will not give up.â âMy husband,
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Could not be more proud!
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âSick of Itâ with Senator Angela Alsobrooks
YouTube video by Senator Alsobrooks
https://www.youtube.com/live/j7OGhh2P77w?si=JAgbca4ey4JWmgoU&t=1330
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Stan Oklobdzija
9 months ago
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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ACLU
9 months ago
Today, our client RĂźmeysa ĂztĂźrk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. đ¸ Giancarlo DâAgostaro
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Beautiful and powerful memorial at the NIH today for whatâs been lost through the cuts. This will be a weekly occurrence.
9 months ago
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Stand Up for Science!
9 months ago
đBREAKINGđ The NSF has frozen all research grant awardsâcutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Hereâs how you can help us spread the word âĄď¸đ§ľ(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with âagency prioritiesâ.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01396-2
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Philadelphia Science Action
9 months ago
"Climate change is not a future problem. It is a NOW problem [...] When we defund weather, climate, & environmental research, we blindfold ourselves in the middle of a burning house."
#EarthDay
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Ian L Morgan
9 months ago
I have a friend at the NIH who works on studying and treating the rare disease, muscular dystrophy. His contract expires today on Easter. Tomorrow, he may not have a job. His work will be lost, and patients with muscular dystrophy will have to wait that much longer for relief. 1/11đ§Ş
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
10 months ago
I've been in El Salvador all day fighting for the return of Mr. Abrego Garcia. The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the Court said they failed to show he was part of MS-13. This is about bringing home a man they ADMIT should never have been abducted. I won't rest until then.
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I've been in El Salvador all day fighting for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
https://youtube.com/shorts/0iP18UPVGP8?feature=share
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Courtney Milan
10 months ago
Calling my senators and telling them to filibuster the SAVE act.
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Nikki McCann RamĂrez
10 months ago
what a visual
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Indivisible Santa Barbara
10 months ago
Here's how you end a Hands Off! demonstration, Santa Barbara style. Thanks to the Society of Fearless Grandmothers, who organized the human alphabet and took the drone shots!
#indivisible
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Michael Hobbes
10 months ago
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
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Alejandra Caraballo
10 months ago
Trump just signed an executive order banning vote by mail and ordering the defunding of any state that does not follow through with it as well as engage in massive voter roll purges. There won't be free and fair elections ever again. If you're waiting for 2026, it's already too late.
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Erica Chenoweth
11 months ago
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
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