Today is the Wisconsin Spring General Election! A number of important races are on the ballot including our next Justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Get out and vote! More info at myvote.wi.gov.
A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity.
www.statnews.com/2026/03/12/n...
The Trump administration rescinded the "endangerment finding" today, declaring that climate change doesn't harm health. They are wrong. Some evidence from me, @howardfrumkin.bsky.social, @jonathanpatz.bsky.social, and Vijay Limaye from @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/trump-says-c...
Especially important in light of today's EPA news.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
The science is clear. The stakes are real.
AGU condemns the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding — a decision that rejects the overwhelming evidence and undermines climate accountability.
We will continue to defend science and advocate for evidence-based policy.
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Town Hall panelists
On Tuesday, I will be moderating a town hall TH23E: GeoHealth and Geopolitics: Environmental Health Implications of Political Transition in 295-296 NOLA CC. Looking forward to a great panel discussion!
#AGU25
Looking forward to AGU!
I'll be presenting on NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team on Tuesday, December 16th at 11:10 am in GH22A: Data to Action: Creating the Tools to Unlock GeoHealth Science session that starts at 10:30 am in 297 NOLA CC
#AGU25
HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
Join the next AGU Geohealth Quarterly Seminar: Future Wildfire Smoke and Health in a Changing Climate 🔥
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1 -2 pm EST
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We are now accepting applications for the 2026 OpenAQ Clean Air Community Ambassador Program!
This annual program supports 10 emerging air quality leaders in low- and middle-income countries to advocate for clean air.
Learn more about eligibility and apply 👇🏽
ambassadors.openaq.org/apply
More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.
The Trump administration is rolling them back
By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
The grant to protect the village in Alaska that lost all it's homes this week, with houses literally floating away in the flood, was only $20 million 🫠
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
“In one of the hardest hit villages, Kipnuk, an initial assessment showed that 121 or homes — or 90% of the total — have been destroyed”
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Only two more days to apply to our Local Science Partners program! Interested in building relationships with your members of Congress in DC and learning how to navigate federal funding uncertainty (like a shutdown)? Apply by Oct 15: lite.spr.ly/6006zyZw #scipol #scienceadvocacy
The Trump administration wants to repeal the 2009 "Endangerment Finding", arguing that greenhouse gases don't actually harm health and well-being. A group of 100+ experts reviewed the literature and disagrees. We brought the receipts (400+ references). Full comment at zenodo.org/records/1728...
Proud to be part of the Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health that just put together a report summarizing the evidence of health harms of climate change to date. Report is here: zenodo.org/records/1728... 🛟 #climatesky
Join us in just 2 weeks for our #ScienceOnThe7th Livestream!
We will meet with guest Tracey Holloway, @uwmadison.bsky.social to discuss satellites and air quality.
📅 Oct 7
⏰ 9 AM EDT | 1 PM GMT
🔗 tinyurl.com/ywmwwnu2
🧪 New National Academies report concludes that rising greenhouse gas levels imperil public health and the 2009 endangerment finding “has stood the test of time.” Game on.
Gift link:
Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
Deadline extended to 18 Sept!
The Trump administration has proposed overturning the EPA’s endangerment finding, the science-based determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
Join 650+ of your peers who have signed AGU’s letter to defend climate science.
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My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Early-career researchers are the backbone of U.S. science. But many face crushing living costs, low stipends and inadequate benefits.
That’s why at #GeoCVD25, scientists are urging Congress to support the RESEARCHER Act.
📣 Take 2 minutes to email your legislator today: buff.ly/RXLoOaV
🚨 The deadline is today! Hurry to submit your application to the Freilich Competition!
👉 Supporting students working in data visualization, enter for a chance to win a $3,000 grant to attend AGU25 in-person or online: buff.ly/msrlMzh
The assault on wind is very similar to the assault on vaccines - ginning up evidence to support a desired policy that harms public health. Offshore wind is good for climate, air quality, and overall grid reliability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
Silhouette of a child running outdoors with blue sky and mountains in the background. Large text reads: “Clean air can prevent 8.1 million deaths. THE RACE IS ON.” At the bottom are logos for the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, UNEP, and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition.
Today is #CleanAirDay.
Clean air can prevent 8.1 million deaths each year, boost economies, slow global warming, and unlock new opportunities.
Solutions exist.
Join the race: www.cleanairblueskies.org
In January I reported that anti-wind orgs floated a draft policy roadmap to the Trump transition team to completely destroy the U.S. wind energy industry
Much of the roadmap has now already come to pass, down to RFK Jr commissioning a study on whether wind turbines make people sick