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Environmentalist. Sustainability Advisor NY Yankees, NBA, Pirates, Former Senior Scientist NRDC, Founding Chair Sport & Sustainability Int’l, Co-Founder & Past Pres Green Sports Alliance.
@nedlamont.com Hey Ct Gov Lamont my wife & I really like the tag line you use on TV: “I’m wide awake & fighting for you!” Your subtle & progressive message is understood. Becoming awake is a spiritual goal, a strong humanitarian message, a compassionate & wise person. @democrats.org #RidgefieldCt
5 things worth the money (public health edition): 1. Disease surveillance 2. Injury prevention 3. Climate and health research 4. Public health innovation 5. Food safety
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
Our world is a tinderbox as we approach 1.5C above preindustrial temps. We’re locked in for at least 2C, & on track for 4C in our children’s ‘lifetimes’. Tumbleweeds as we wait for governments, the media & the public to provide a proportionate response to this information.
“Farmers are reporting crops withered in the blistering conditions; more than 220,000 people evacuated. Several nuclear power plants temporarily shut down; trains canceled because their route is too close to a fire.” @climatenews.bsky.social @afp.com @unep.org www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | Over 100 Degrees in Paris, Flames Near Bordeaux. France Can’t Go On Like This.
The frightening heat and wildfires this summer should be an impetus to those in charge to reckon with how quickly the risks are changing.
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The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It? “innovation & the speed of the production is going to get faster & faster & at some point, the gap will get pretty close to fully impossible for American automakers to close.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/m...
The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?
The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.
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To friends & colleagues in France & Spain, so sorry about the fires. Best Wishes as well for safety & good health to friends dealing with fires in Canada, Australia, Ireland, Brazil, Portugal, China, India, Mexico, Italy, Greece. Blessings to you all, #Sports www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
Europe Wildfires Live Updates: Spain and France Fight to Contain Blazes as Extreme Heat Threatens New Fires (Gift Article)
Firefighters and volunteers raced to contain wildfires on Monday. The crisis has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in central Spain and southwest France.
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"Soda is the new cigarette..." Agreed. @hsph.harvard.edu @yalesph.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @sportpositive.bsky.social @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/d...
Coca-Cola’s New Branding Reminds People of Marlboro
After the soda company introduced a new brand design, some fans spotted similarities to the typeface used by the cigarette brand. Enter the font nerds.
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New York State is projected to surpass half a trillion dollars on infrastructure spending related to climate change by 2050 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/n...
New York Faces Half a Trillion in Storm Prevention Costs, Report Finds
A study from a group called Rebuild by Design estimates that the money will be needed to repair the effects of climate change in the next 24 years.
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Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet “The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported.” @climatenews.bsky.social @climateintegrity.org @nrdc.org @sportpositive.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest
The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.
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“Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy. After years of ambitious pledges, the business world is in a quiet retreat by some companies that only recently boasted about their efforts to combat climate change.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/c...
How to Abandon Your Climate Commitments and Get Away With It
Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.
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A “spokeswoman for the National Academies said it remained committed to providing independent & objective scientific advice to ensure scientific rigor, transparency & independence.” @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/c...
Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual
The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.
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The same people who want to sanction Canada for the wildfire smoke have killed federal regulations so they can load the atmosphere with deadly pollutants while cutting cancer research and reducing access to healthcare.
"In 2025 a U.S. ICE agent killed my son, Ruben Ray Martinez, in Texas. He was 23 years old and an unarmed United States citizen. He was shot nearly a year before federal agents killed" 4 other Americans @democrats.org @hrw.org @aclu.org www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/o...
Opinion | My Son Was Killed by ICE. I Want Accountability.
I deserve accountability and transparency, and so does the public.
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Who Speaks for the Trees? A Tiny Quebec Town. A town west of Montreal is the first governing body to adopt the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Trees, which recognizes that trees, as living beings, have a right to exist, thrive and receive protections in the law.” @sabincenter.bsky.social
Who Speaks for the Trees? A Tiny Quebec Town.
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I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
NYC Hits 100 Degrees as Heat Wave Stifles Eastern U.S. as sweltering weather disrupted travel & prompted emergency measures against hazardous heat & humidity. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social
Live Updates: New York Hits 100 Degrees as Heat Wave Stifles Eastern U.S.
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France Recorded 1,000 Excess Deaths During Heat Wave, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/w... @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @sportpositive.bsky.social @frontofficesports.bsky.social @atptour.bsky.social @wtatour.bsky.social
France Recorded 1,000 Excess Deaths During Heat Wave, Officials Say
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Jannik Sinner says he’s made changes to address how heat impacts him: ‘We did some testing’ “I feel like every tournament is getting warmer and warmer every year.” @sportpositive.bsky.social @frontofficesports.bsky.social @atptour.bsky.social @wtatour.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/739...
Jannik Sinner says he’s made changes to address how heat impacts him: ‘We did some testing’ (Gift Article)
Sinner, the world No. 1, is returning to Wimbledon next week as defending champion.
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@espn.com please stop continuous on screen marketing lower right during broadcast of #Wimbledon @wimbledonltc.bsky.social @aeltcwimbledon.bsky.social
@drhershkowitz.bsky.social · last mo.“…an extraordinary $50 billion lawsuit to hold oil companies responsible for deaths resulting from the most extreme heat event in the region’s history…a result of the defendants’ decades-long cover up of the dangers of global warming.” @frontofficesports.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/c...
“…an extraordinary $50 billion lawsuit to hold oil companies responsible for deaths resulting from the most extreme heat event in the region’s history…a result of the defendants’ decades-long cover up of the dangers of global warming.” @frontofficesports.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/c...
Oil Industry Lawyers Fight a $50 Billion Climate Case in Oregon
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“…as the city authorities tried to limit the strain on France’s health system during record-breaking heat the Paris police chief, Patrice Faure, suspended sports competitions” @sportpositive.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w...
Heat Wave Prompts Paris to Suspend Sports Events and Public Drinking
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Democrats Once Vowed to Stop Oil and Gas. Now They’re Not So Sure. "The result could be a less ambitious climate agenda if the party returns to power in Washington." @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/c...
Democrats Once Vowed to Stop Oil and Gas. Now They’re Not So Sure.
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How a ‘Model’ for Climate Migration Became a Cautionary Tale “Don’t do it…This was supposed to be a model…It’s not worth it. I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody.” @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/c...
How a ‘Model’ for Climate Migration Became a Cautionary Tale
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Twenty Years After His Film, Al Gore Tweaks the Climate Script: 2026 “We’re in a different world now. The options are terrific.” @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/c...
Twenty Years After His Film, Al Gore Tweaks the Climate Script
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