High-risk people need masks so we can be out in society while protecting ourselves from life-threatening illness. I guess I won’t be traveling to or supporting businesses in any states that pass mask bans. No visits, no fieldwork, no talks, no vacation, no conferences, no money.

'The facts dictate urgency and agency. Our future is still in our hands.' From NCSE board member @michaelemann and NCSE Friend of the Planet awardee Prof. Katharine Hayhoe. sustainableviews.com/the-antidote-t…

This is really, really good. Horrifying, but brilliant; this message absolutely needs to be shouted from the rooftops.

Came home from digging up dinosaurs in Morocco to find my new children’s book on digging up dinosaurs has arrived in the post!

New.

The harsh crackdown on campus protest is predictably ineffective, blatantly hypocritical and extremely dangerous for the future.

It won’t work, it will backfire, and it will endanger more than rights on campuses.

And there were sane ways to deal with their challenges.

Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, as well as other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry…if they give him $1 billion.

washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Bumping this again!

Thrilled to bring you the very first installment of our new bi-monthly advice column, “The Climate Therapist”, from #gendread

Today's edition: Dear Climate Therapist: I may need to pivot because the burnout is real (from a climate professional)
gendread.substack.com/p/dear-climate…

In a new interview, recent SciComm Excellence winner Britt Wray, PhD discusses her work communicating the #MentalHealth impacts of #ClimateChange and what stories have given her hope for the future.

Read: ow.ly/Qy7750RARng

Born in the 1980s? Raffi Cavoukian sang the soundtrack to our early lives. The wise Emma Silvers caught up with him abt going to therapy, speaking up about Gaza + Trump, and reveling in the magic of the universe #belugagrads motherjones.com/media/2024/04/…

🚨BREAKING: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Dana Nessel plans to sue fossil fuel companies for deceiving the public about their products' role in climate change.

Michigan would become the ninth state to take Big Oil to court.

It's time for accountability.
detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

It’s not particularly surprising when you ask scientists how hot they think the world will get in 2100 they give you answers more or less in-line with current policy scenarios in the literature (e.g. around 2.7C +/- 1C): theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Growth in solar and wind power pushed renewable generation to a record 30% of global electricity production in 2023:

reuters.com/sustainability…

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NEVER GONNA FEED THE BEARS 🎵 Repeat it with us - NEVER GONNA FEED THE BEARS 🎵

If you're not listening to this with the sound on, you're missing out. Make it to the end for an extra message 🐻

Happy publication day, Mary Annaïse Heglar! I am so excited to read this.

Do not get your ancient history from tech bros. They do not know the evidence. They do not understand the questions we can ask of our evidence. They just affirm their own views of today's world from a misreading of the past

Get your ancient history from real ancient historians