if you want to know how american politics is going, a bill that would ban OSHA from making workplace heat standards just passed a committee vote. the year this bill was introduced was the hottest year on record.
Kelly Fleming, PhD
@doctorkflem.bsky.social
Clean Energy, Sustainability, Transportation. CU Boulder Research Industry Partnerships. ChemE at UW and CSM. Cancer survivor 🩷. Forbes Contributor. Working for the planet + joy it brings. 📍Colorado Opinions are mine: https://substack.com/@drkflemingo
Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Trump took office.
The EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking.
Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of...
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🚨NEW from me: leading climate scientist @rahmstorf.bsky.social tells me of his anger after witnessing firsthand the devastating Gironde wildfires - which he ties directly to politicians' inaction on fossil fuels.
Climate Scientist Fleeing Wildfires: ‘We’re In A Race Against Time’
Professor Stefan Rahmstorf escapes out-of-control wildfires in France, and warns fossil fuel inaction is supercharging climate disasters.
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Sometimes I re-read articles that I wrote weeks/months/years, and feel new rage about the lack of progress we made. Fires are raging across North America and Trump is threatening more tarriffs instead of providing relief. Republicans are doing nothing. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
The Southwest’s Drought Economy: When Disaster Response Is Politicized
Colorado and the Southwest are facing early wildfires and record-breaking drought, which are negatively impacting the economy while Trump is withholding disaster response
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As more than 6 large wildfires blazing with literally 0% containment in Colorado, it seemed like a good time to talk about Trump's drought response. So I wrote about it. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
The Southwest’s Drought Economy: When Disaster Response Is Politicized
Colorado and the Southwest are facing early wildfires and record-breaking drought, which are negatively impacting the economy while Trump is withholding disaster response
forbes.com
As more than 6 large wildfires blazing with literally 0% containment in Colorado, it seemed like a good time to talk about Trump's drought response. So I wrote about it. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
The Southwest’s Drought Economy: When Disaster Response Is Politicized
Colorado and the Southwest are facing early wildfires and record-breaking drought, which are negatively impacting the economy while Trump is withholding disaster response
forbes.com
I created a Substack describing being diagnosed with breast cancer simultaneously alongside the second election of Trump, and working in the climate change space. I intend to use this as a place to describe the experience of these challenges + being a millennial. 1/ substack.com/home/post/p-...
Burnt Out
How I Got Here
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This reflecting pool debacle is too perfect of a metaphor. Trump drained a completely fine working pool, made it look tacky, and now it's broken and full of toxic crap. And it's called the REFLECTING pool. Life mimics art?
Excellent post by @doctorkflem.bsky.social on #OMB's threats to research and innovation. Sadly, their evil plan touches much more than that.--All federal funding to states and localities is at risk. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf... #OMB #Vought #innovation
A New Trump Rule Threatens Research Behind Every American Industry
A 412-Page Federal Rule Could Reshape American Science Forever. The Comment Period Closes in July 13, 2026.
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I created a Substack describing being diagnosed with breast cancer simultaneously alongside the second election of Trump, and working in the climate change space. I intend to use this as a place to describe the experience of these challenges + being a millennial. 1/ substack.com/home/post/p-...
Burnt Out
How I Got Here
substack.com
"World's first trillionaire debuts after taking money from poor people around the world, resulting in millions of deaths of children" The USAID budget he cut is 0.6% of this his wealth alone. TAX 👏 THE 👏 RICH, stop electing them. #taxtherich
Mark Gongloff@markgongloff.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe important context for this news is that Elon Musk's cuts to US foreign aid could result in 14 million unnecessary deaths, including 4.5 million children under 5 finance.yahoo.com/markets/arti...
Trying again to establish myself on Bluesky, I'm back! To start, I wrote an article for Forbes on how the horrific OMB rule will impact the US economy by changing science and scientific integrity forever. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
A New Trump Rule Threatens Research Behind Every American Industry
A 412-Page Federal Rule Could Reshape American Science Forever. The Comment Period Closes in July 13, 2026.
forbes.com
Trying again to establish myself on Bluesky, I'm back! To start, I wrote an article for Forbes on how the horrific OMB rule will impact the US economy by changing science and scientific integrity forever. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
A New Trump Rule Threatens Research Behind Every American Industry
A 412-Page Federal Rule Could Reshape American Science Forever. The Comment Period Closes in July 13, 2026.
forbes.com
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
Demand that dem leadership is held responsible for this
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · 9mo agoImportant to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
Free school meals should be on Dem platforms across the country.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 9mo agoBREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.
I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
How Reducing Reliance On Fossil Fuels May Also Combat Breast Cancer
Pollution from fossil fuel combustion produces carcinogens that have been linked to increasing rates of breast cancer.
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I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
How Reducing Reliance On Fossil Fuels May Also Combat Breast Cancer
Pollution from fossil fuel combustion produces carcinogens that have been linked to increasing rates of breast cancer.
forbes.com
@doctorkflem.bsky.social makes the case!
Federation of American Scientists@scientistsorg.bsky.social · 12mo agoOn day one of his second term, President Trump declared a national energy emergency. Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation. ✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️ fas.org/publication/...
For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
hi! do you work in renewable energy development and want to vent off the record? i wanna chat about how things are going in the U.S. right now. shoot me a message? email: jael@heatmap.news signal: leajnamzloh.53
Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C. www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
On day one of his second term, President Trump declared a national energy emergency. Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation. ✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️ fas.org/publication/...
Friends on #energysky, I've joined @forbes.com as a contributor. My first story is on the importance of energy research investment on the US economy, and why the budget cuts proposed by the president are a threat to our grid and our position in the global economy. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
Trump’s Cuts Could Exacerbate The Energy Emergency
The aging grid is in dire need of infrastructure upgrades. Instead of connecting new energy sources to the grid, Trump cut budgets for 2026, which may hinder innovation.
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We got a power crisis on our hands, you get that nuclear power plant started like I asked? Sure did boss, real far away, just like you asked, true story. What.
Politico@politico.com · last yr.EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
I got to be a guest host on the Open Curcuit podcast with @stephenlacey.bsky.social & @cleangridview.bsky.social this week, & here’s how we talked about the One Big Beautiful Bill & what it does to raise costs, raise emissions, & reduce reliability. 🔌💡 Listen: www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...
Marjorie Taylor Green says she's done her homework on weather modification, but her bill would make actual scientific research on the topic a felony. Criminalizing research doesn't solve problems – it papers over real ones.
The climate crisis kills people. It has a cure: cut fossil fuels, increase renewable energy. Trump's tax bill just gutted that policy approach, so, we'll see more of this: Death toll from Texas floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/04/t... via @texastribune.org
Death toll from Hill Country flash floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue
Local officials said they have rescued or evacuated more than 200 people since the Guadalupe River flooded early Friday morning, but the fate of more than 20 girls missing from a camp remains unclear.
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I'm not proud of anything our country is currently doing, aside from the people speaking up, on this Fourth of July.
Kelly Fleming, PhD@doctorkflem.bsky.social · last yr.As a woman, as a scientist, as a climate policy expert, as a cancer survivor, as a person who will live on this planet for (hopefully) many more decades, I feel dread and profound sadness for the consequences of today's actions by 218 people and Tuesday's actions of 50 people.