"We can't control the ocean, not even with sea walls," said Dr. Klaus Jacob, a geophysicist and climate expert at Columbia University's Climate School. "We need to start moving people to higher ground now, and using the coastal areas as a barrier." npr.org/2022/07/28/110…

Some opening line, this: 'By launching a bloody invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has done more than almost any other single human being to speed up the end of the fossil fuel era' politico.eu/article/vladim…

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #COP27

"some temporary measures in place to prevent #flooding, but permanent solutions are needed...idea that we can just sort of build a wall on the surface...is not correct...our basements were flooded before the streets were wet" #NYC #SuperStormSandy #Seaport cbsnews.com/newyork/news/s…

"Yet despite these efforts, we are still contributing to the problem. Everything we build that does not move towards climate adaptation actually sets us back." Read our reflection in New York Daily News of what is still absent from resilience planning 10 yrs after #HurricaneSandy

As you shop and prepare your #Thanksgiving meals, we'd like you to know a little more about the work behind the ingredients and the people doing that work to put food on our tables. Here's a thread for everyone who wants to thank a farm worker this week. #WeFeedYou

Wow, British Airways online check-in process is broken and they are wholly unhelpful (tried calling and Twitter DM). Should have picked a different option I guess.

Remarkable microscope photography of a handful of sand grains selected from a beach in Maui (Gary Greenberg) sandgrains.com/gallery.html

Jamaica Bay today in #NYC

Swaths of SF’s east side were built on top of ponds, swamps, creeks and the Bay itself. Enough rain and the city will again become ponds, swamps and creeks.

Analysis: How well have climate models projected global warming? | Zeke Hausfather #archive Read here: bit.ly/2VxSeR2

The History of Homelessness in the United States ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK51958…

Victory BBQ tomorrow, Kansas City? #ChiefsKingdom , let’s party.

For those keeping score at home, this is the fourth time in the past year that Nassau #NY Republican county officials have said that the suburban dream was threatened by some state action on #Housing #AffordableHousing

On Thursday, March 2: ALIGN is hosting a virtual town hall on worker power & climate justice: x.com/ALIGNny/status…

How about that? AL.com has four Pulitzers and one finalist in five years. And we’re hiring. al.com/news/2023/05/a…

"As long as some specialized class is in a position of authority, it is going to set policy for the special interests that it serves." - Noam Chomsky

These updated #whindex status maps reflect our closures as of 2PM this afternoon in advance of #HurricaneMilton. Please stay safe. ***Due to the potential for variations in Milton's path, this information is subject to change without notice. Please follow local guidance.

To love America is to see America! A road trip is as Americana as it gets. Here at U.S. Department of Transportation, we are ready to kick off the Great American Road Trip this summer🚗🗻🇺🇸