Our new #FlashFiction #competition has launched. We're asking for <500 words about moments of #epiphany where attitudes/behaviours change for the greener – see www.greenstories.org.uk/flash-fictio... £1000 ($1200) worth of prizes. #writerslife #WritingCommmunity

Bonn Climate Summit: Health Community Demands Ambition on Ending Fossil Fuel Dependence and Robust Investment in Protecting Communities bit.ly/sb62health #sb62 #health @jenimiller.bsky.social @jessbeagley.bsky.social

The Climate-ConsciousWriters Handbook is now available from the Climate Fiction Writers League. climate-fiction.org/the-climate-...

NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly! Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest. #NoKings #50501Movement

Trump’s provocations have turned Angelenos into pedestrians

Trump just gutted California’s clean air waivers. This will unleash 1.6 billion metric tons of emissions and saddle consumers with billions in extra fuel costs. It’s all part of this administration’s Polluters First Agenda. We will fight this.

The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.

“I don’t think there’s any way to put this, other than saying that this is an unmitigated public health disaster" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

This is grim… What is the National Academy of Sciences even doing? arstechnica.com/science/2025...

All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated. As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷‍♂️ On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!

With the rampant spread of mis- and disinformation, how can health professionals fight back with the truth? @johnfocook.bsky.social joined @lisapatel.bsky.social for a new episode of Healthy Climate America to explore this question and more. Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerca

Trump administration shuts down federal advisory committee on infection prevention Critics say the move will put patients at risk at a time when threats from emerging pathogens and antimicrobial resistance are on the rise. www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...

"The overall risk of threats and hazards occurring in the US has increased since this administration took over, while the capacity of our emergency management system is being diminished" @samlmontano.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #climaterisk #emergencymanagement

This is not a science budget. This is a massacre. thebridge.agu.org/2025/05/05/t...

“Unconstitutional retaliation and viewpoint discrimination.” As we keep saying, an EO is not a law. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.

Trump’s proposed budget would mean ‘disastrous’ cuts to science | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

AGU GeoHealth, Current Environmental Health Reports, Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, (assuming others are too, feel free to add) stepping in to help with the big loss of #EHP 🧪 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

An emerging story over the past 1-2 weeks is that NIH has started reinstating some grants it previously terminated. We don't yet fully understand what's happening, but it wasn't magic. Advocacy works. Keep up the pressure! @stephaniemlee.bsky.social with the story👇

Science Writers Roundtable: Reporting in challenging free speech environments Presented by the NASW Board of Directors Event registration link: sciencewriters-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Registration is free and open to all NASW members.

If you care about American children, read this: Toxic Toys and the Death of Oversight open.substack.com/pub/blanphea... Then contact your member of Congress and the White House and tell them start protecting our children from the companies that prioritize profits over people's health.

The first 100 days of the Trump Administration have been chaotic, costly, created economic uncertainty, challenged our constitution, and weakened our institutions, alliances, and credibility.

The EPA canceled 781 grants worth billions of dollars aimed at helping people and communities deal with the impacts of climate change.

With NIH + NSF grants being so chaotically cancelled, the government is making it difficult for anyone to track the impact of these cuts So kudos to @noamross.net, @scott-delaney.bsky.social, + affected researchers for collaborating on such excellent crowdsourced trackers! grant-watch.us

Scientists can’t speak under The New American Papacy Ex-NIH chief says he was "not allowed to speak" under Trump administration www.axios.com/2025/04/28/t...

More on this concern, as I was able to share with the NYT: “There may well be a sixth National Climate Assessment...The question is whether it is going to reflect credible science and be of real use to our communities as they prepare for climate change.”

State Department eliminates Office of Global Change, which has led US involvement in UNFCCC, IPCC, etc

NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from. By @abrahm.bsky.social

NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Over 270 university and academic leaders have now signed. "We must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live, and work on our campuses." www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

This is a five-alarm fire - it cannot be overstated how important institutions like the USGS Western Ecological Research Center are to landscape and resource management in California. Wetlands, wildfires, endangered species, hunting game, species, climate change… their work covers the gamut.

"Nearly half of Americans—or about 156 million people—are living in counties with failing grades for ozone or particulate matter pollution... That’s 25 million more people than in the 2024 report." insideclimatenews.org/news/2304202...

Against authoritarianism or fascism, Silence = Consent.

They canceled the National Nature Assessment. We kept going. The science didn’t stop. Neither did our hope, or our resolve. The work is still happening—independent, evolving, and grounded in purpose. Because weareunitedbynature.org 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...

The National Academy of Medicine Climate and Health Summit is today. Starting at 9am EST/ 6am PST. nam.edu/event/climat...

Washington just took the reasonable step of not allowing the National Guard of other states to operate here without our agreement. It’s not the Guard personnel we are concerned about, it’s other governors in the Trump cult. katu.com/news/local/g...

Over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement opposing the Trump administration's treatment of higher education institutions reut.rs/42Vhp3x

Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School! Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101. Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“Russia and China put up thousands of people to monitor all these phone calls at the very top, and the No. 1 target besides the president … would be the secretary of Defense,” said Bacon. “He’s acting like he’s above the law — and that shows an amateur person.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

From SERCC... "The Southeast Regional Climate Center products and services have been restored as our NOAA contract has been renewed. We very much appreciate the support we received from our many users." sercc.com

Sorry, we promised not to post much today but we had to make a special callout. We forgot to give a proper shoutout to a few places yesterday. Denver and Dallas Fort Worth, you broke records. You were incredible.

The National Climate Assessment is a report required by law. Another example of Trump administration lawlessness.

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.

Matt and Chris are my colleagues and friends. Trust them.

Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Things are breaking. eRA commons was down for me most of yesterday- I am sure this is just the start. Make sure to download personal copies of all of your records from commons! www.wired.com/story/depart...

NOAA is hemorrhaging personnel, NWS offices are short-staffed by as much as 60%, workers are living in fear of losing their jobs, afraid of political retribution for speaking out, and they think gaslighting the entire weather community is an effective PR strategy? There is no joy in Mudville.

What a bunch of nonsense. They just strung a bunch of buzzwords together to sound smart and authoritative. The administration is gutting NOAA and weather forecasts are suffering. What's "disrespectful" is cutting life-saving services out of spite.