BAM! From my colleague @joshettinger.bsky.social: I hope our research encourages policy officials to be braver and pursue more ambitious climate policies. They have more public support than they may realise.”
I'm a health professional who’s all in on using the science of science communication to fight climate change. My message: The end of fossil fuels will be a new beginning for health. #Resist
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BAM! From my colleague @joshettinger.bsky.social: I hope our research encourages policy officials to be braver and pursue more ambitious climate policies. They have more public support than they may realise.”
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Deal!
Hey @lorien-abroms.bsky.social: What do I have to do to get you to follow me? Will a lecture in your course do it? 😂😂😂
Stop the attack (on the health of all Americans): Sack the Quack. Hey US Senators, I’m talking you you.
Public utilities commissions—which have never been good about factoring externalities into their decisions—need to get smart, fast, to ensure that Big Tech not JQ Public pays for this risky bet.
In today's Morning Shots: @eggerdc.bsky.social provides an excellent analysis of the chaos and destruction at the CDC, and the price we'll pay for it. I put myself in Trump's mind and explain why he may well fire Kennedy. www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
Facts are not the only thing the Vax Quack lacks. Also missing are caring, compassion, & common sense. His reckless disregard for truth endangers the health, and the lives, of all Americans.
Stop the Quacker-in-Chief before he kills again. #ImpeachRFKjr
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck…
A big shout out to meteorologist @subletteweather.com for caring enough about truth, reality, and the health & wellbeing of all people to run for Congress to represent the fine people of VA-1. They will be fortunate to have him as their champion.
Guilty as charged. And I think misleading headlines are unacceptable because the headline is all most people read.
I’m taking a short break from my smoldering anger at Trump & Friends for the irreparable harm they are doing to human and planetary health to chuckle at this headline…
Hey @nytimes.com, you got the title wrong. Here’s the correct version: How the Trump-Kennedy Alliance Is Bulldozing the Foundations of Public Health
Making America Fictional Again Non-fiction is so passé.
Like the quacks in days of old, RFK’s blood-letting of CDC is more like to kill than cure.
Amazing! To see the outpouring of support and love for these three public health heroes by their CDC colleagues gives me hope that America may survive the current Constitutional crisis we find ourselves in.
Such profoundly important questions: “How on earth did we get here, and where do we go next?”
The rationality of greed, patronage, and above all else, political power, leavened with a love of retribution.
As a former CDC employee, and as a person grateful for America’s dedicated public health professionals, I stand with CDC. @apha.org @docsforclimate.bsky.social @cughnews.bsky.social @aspph.bsky.social @mason4c.bsky.social
Despite what the ever wonderful Tina Turner sang, we DO need another hero. In fact, we need a lot of them. Thankfully CDC Director Susan Monarez is one such hero.
New research finds increasing heat-related mortality in every climate region throughout the U.S., except for the Western North Central region. Remember folks, heat kills. @jeffgoodell.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social
Every nation should show up at COP30 with an ambitious plan (a Nationally Determined Contribution, or NDC) to protect human health and the health of our climate. Why? A new article by colleagues at @gchalliance.bsky.social lays it out clearly. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
Not just a climate problem: methane and the many toxic chemicals in so-called "natural gas" are harmful to human health. @ioppublishing.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social
BAM! Another versatile microbe superpower revealed!
Hey Alex, please explain it to me briefly as you would to a moderately intelligent 5th grader. Thanks
Trust but verify. 😂😂😂
Stand your ground.
Making the world polluted, corrupt, and dangerous.
If “went nuts” means “was smart”, yup, 100% agree. Wind energy (and sun energy) is earth’s gift to life on earth. Too bad we’re slapping the gift horse in the face.
Like my friend, @apha.org Executive Director Georges Benjamin, I believe in an America that rises to meet its challenges. Here's what that means to us: ecoamerica.org/an-america-t... @mason4c.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @ecoamerica.bsky.social
Orc Captain demands Frodo bend a knee. @timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Hi Kevin, please repost the link to your paper. The original link is no longer valid. Thanks!
Excellent reporting by @morelatinosinnews.bsky.social members Kiara Alfonseca & Patricia Guadalupe on Puerto Rico, energy autonomy, and climate resilience. @lortizuriarte.bsky.social
PATHETIC! Maryland has A+ potential to be a shining beacon to the nation and the world when it comes to accelerating the transition to affordable, healthy, renewable energy. Yet, our grades for this year were Cs and Ds. We must demand better from our legislators. @ccanactionfund.bsky.social
In 1854, Dr John Snow removed the Broad St pump handle in London thereby stopping consumption of polluted water, ending a cholera epidemic, and launching the field of public health. Health professionals should unite behind the goal of ending air pollution to usher in a new era of public health.
There’s a great scene in Philadelphia where Denzel asks Tom Hanks to explain something to him as if he’s a moderately intelligent child. Frontiers is now publishing articles based on that premise. Here’s a solid example explaining the health relevance of climate change. @gchalliance.bsky.social
I care.
New research: 90,000 Americans die prematurely every year because of needless, preventable air pollution. Cheap clean energy (solar, wind, batteries) is the way to make this senseless carnage a thing of the past. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @jonathanpatz.bsky.social @howardfrumkin.bsky.social
With malice for all, and charity toward none.
In a breathtaking act of stupidity, a country cuts off its face to spite its brain.
I don’t like those options. It’s high time to create better ones.
Roger that: Tiny particles (PM 2.5) shed from tires create BIG health problems! @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @docsenvaus.bsky.social @who.int @cape-acme.bsky.social @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social
If you’ve been thinking about going solar, buying an electric vehicle, or upgrading your home with cleaner, more affordable energy, now is the time to act! Click below to learn what federal clean energy tax credits are still available! @mason4c.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
BAM! Last year I learned that Big Tech companies were hiring statisticians to help make their AI more efficient. The eye-popping efficiency gains reported in this article suggests they deserve to be hailed as super heroes. Long live the statisticians! @amstatnews.bsky.social
Writing a deeply felt, long overdue thank you note every day is a daunting prospect. Regardless, I applaud the suggestion and am happy to testify that when I write such notes it makes at least two people’s lives appreciably better—theirs and mine.
What do Joshua Tree, Saguaro, Grand Canyon, Everglades, Mt. Rainier, Indiana Dunes, Great Smoky Mountains & Rocky Mountains National Parks have in common? Highly polluted air from cars, trucks & buses...the equivalent of 20 to nearly 70 coal-fired power plants worth of air & climate pollution/year.
Hazzah!
This is an important yet under-appreciated harmful consequence of the extreme weather caused by climate change: Our healthcare facilities, in this case drug manufacturing facilities, can become inoperable when we most need them. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @who.int
Cutting back on meat consumption is indeed healthy, merciful, and a darned good heat-trapping pollution reduction strategy.
Reducing meat consumption is indeed healthy, merciful, and a darned good heat-trapping pollution reduction strategy.
On a scale from 1 to 10, my respect for @drrobertbullard.bsky.social is an 11.
Hey folks, I can't believe so many of you aren't already following @APHA, the American Public Health Association. If you value your health, and public health in America, I strongly encourage you to follow APHA on @bsky.app. Disclosure: I'm a proud APHA member, for a very long time. Does it show?
Climate change is complicated, but not that complicated. I thank everyone in this conversation who is helping surface some of the most important truths about climate change and how to limit it.
If, like me, you're not deeply schooled in the ways of our federal Executive Branch and judiciary, you may find this briefing by @bfrist.bsky.social and his longtime colleague Mark Tipps useful. They and I are in full agreement that planetary health is essential for human health (our health).
As a whole, CDC employees are dedicated public servants whose service protects the health of every American. For them to be maligned by RFK2 is not only disgraceful, it jeopardizes their safety and the safety of all Americans. @apha.org
Stop methane pollution (aka natural gas)… a form of carbon pollution on steroids.
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Like dementia? Me neither. Mounting evidence shows that long-term exposure to air pollution contributes to dementia. Big picture: Clean energy—>Better health. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @who.int @momscleanairforce.org
Another piece of the puzzle: Severe flooding increases hospitalization rates among older adults in the USA. The big picture: Climate change harms our health. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @cuclimatehealth.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social: What time is "unreasonably early" to learn about climate change and its impact on humanity and all life on earth? 08:00? Heck, I think everyone should be up at the crack of dawn to learn about climate change and put the information into action. ❤️🌎⚕️
Kudos to public health officials in Louisiana for encouraging pregnant women to get the COVID vaccine. Vaccines protect health and save lives.
Heck yes! Taxing carbon pollution is an idea that US voters across the political spectrum embrace. Our latest poll, for example, shows 81% of registered voters support the approach proposed in the Foreign Pollution Fee Act. climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/climate-... @mason4c.bsky.social
Hazzah!
Thanks @billmckibben.bsky.social for this perspective: Opponents argue renewables take up too much land. The math tells a different story: 1 acre of corn for ethanol fuels an F-150 for ~25,000 miles. 1 acre of solar panels powers an F-150 Lightning for 700,000 miles. That’s not even close.
Serinity now!
Mylene Vialard, a true American hero. “It is everyone’s role to resist bullies and protect the only world we have that can feed and provide for all of us humans and non-humans.” Her conviction by the state of MN was unjust, while her convictions should be an example for all of us.
💯 agreement with @whitehouse.senate.gov: It’s high time to relentlessly call out fossil fuel CEOs & lobbyists for their fraudulent lies, deceptions, and corruption of democracy (government for the people by the people) worldwide. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
It’s “freak out” and “eke out.”
mRNA vaccines are a bright spot at the intersection between national (and global) security, global public health, and American prosperity. Ending government funding for mRNA research is like the proverbial “cutting off your nose to spite your face.” Urge your Congressional rep to stop this madness.
This is yet another example of why fear of clowns is not irrational.
The “generational setback” for environmental organizations is nothing compared to the multigenerational setback that humanity (and countless other species) will suffer as a result of Trump & Friends willful ignorance about fossil fuels and clean energy. @gchalliance.bsky.social
Explaining the risks of illness vs vaccine side effects @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social offers this nice example of measles vaccines in @plosglobalpublichealth.org article [Artwork by Fahim Akbar] journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Brilliant (pause, NOT! Pay more money for products that harms our health, our bank accounts, and our climate.
Distressing (but perhaps not surprising): New research finds that consideration of children's health and wellbeing is missing from most nation's climate action plans. @gchalliance.bsky.social @childfundalliance.bsky.social @savethechildren.org @world-j-pediatr.bsky.social
If you care about clean air, your health, and the health of your loved ones, please take a moment to tell the EPA to preserve and enforce the “Endangerment Finding.” Professor Timmons provides a link below to the EPA public comment website. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @mason4c.bsky.social
The burning of fossil fuels & the changes in our climate it’s causing are arguably the leading avoidable causes of morbidity (ill health) & mortality (death) in the world today. This new report focuses on pregnant women, babies, & children—who are especially vulnerable. @gchalliance.bsky.social
Understood, but it is a solvable problem and I’m suggesting it’s their responsibility to solve it.
Trump’s nominee to replace the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner he fired pictured at January 6th, amazing scoop by @ryanjreilly.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Public radio is a vital public service. What does it say about America that we no longer fund this public service?
But I and other health professionals do, and hopefully other people in US communities do too. The wheels of progress turn slowly, but they often turn faster when decision-makers are prodded to do the right thing by the people in the communities where they operate.
New research by @lungusa.bsky.social: Powering USA’s manufacturing with clean tech instead of fossil fuel will make industry more efficient + produce $1 trillion in public health benefits by 2050 & avoid 77,200 pollution-related deaths, 33 million asthma attacks & 13 million lost school days.
On July 29, Trump’s EPA proposed rescinding the 2009 Endangerment Finding, a pillar of US climate policy for 15 years. How did they do it? By using a 150-page disinformation document that distorts climate science & parrots fossil fuel talking points. UCS’s Carlos Martinez breaks down their tactics.
Reducing meat production and consumption is a darned good way to improve human health and the health of the planet.
Well said, @frediotto.bsky.social! “Burning oil, gas, and coal is killing people today. Fossil fuels are supercharging extreme weather and to stop the climate from becoming more dangerous, we need to stop burning them and shift to renewable energy.” @gchalliance.bsky.social
Good point TK. Clean water at an affordable price is a necessity for everyone.
I propose 3 rules for meeting the expanding energy needs of Big Tech, fairly: 1) They pay the full cost; 2) No fossil fuels can be used (100% clean energy); 3) Communities have a fair say in siting decisions. @cleanvirginia.org @virginiaclinicians.bsky.social @virginiaclimate.bsky.social
My condolences to the families of Mark Spoo and Thomas McCarthy who died while riding RAGBRAI this summer, presumably from heat illness. If I ride it next summer, which I hope to do, I'll honor their memories by supporting the ride organizer's heat safety education efforts. @robsandia.bsky.social
Hey Dominion, it's time to stop your fossil foolishness and get on with the business of producing the healthy clean energy we need here in VA. @virginiaclinicians.bsky.social @vacleancities.bsky.social
@mason4c.bsky.social is moving back onto campus tomorrow, after many years off campus in downtown Fairfax. I can’t take my priceless @johnfocook.bsky.social original art with me to our new space, so this will serve as my farewell to the gift I grew very fond of.
Uncommon common sense.
Who loses when America loses top scientists? America does. Reduced funding for scientific research is an unforced error of epic proportions. Tell your members of Congress to stop the madness. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
Who loses when the POTUS wages war on clean energy? Everyone (except fossil fuel & utility company CEOs + their lobbyists). The latest casualty in Virginia? Solar for All, plus the clean air & water, better health, and local jobs it would have produced. @virginiaclinicians.bsky.social
Widespread user error should be thought of as a product error.
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It is a small portable device by Flow.
Kudos to Colorado for requiring a health warning label on gas stoves. I removed my gas stove after an air pollution detector (which was charging in my kitchen at the time) registered sky high readings of dangerous pollutants one night when I was cooking dinner. Now I cook with induction.
If your member of Congress is a Republican, tell them DON'T cut funding for the EPA, state clean water programs, and energy efficiency programs. Their proposed cuts would mean higher energy costs, more pollution, and worse health for all of us. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
The circular economy!
This graphic from @climatecentral.org sums things up nicely. If you love air pollution (and water pollution), you gotta like fossil fuels too, right? @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @who.int @global.noharm.org @momscleanairforce.org @atscommunity.bsky.social
