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Gen Z started Madagascar revolution. Then it was hijacked by Russia

Weeks after an October coup installed a military junta, the Russian Africa Corps arrived to supply arms and shore up the new regime

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Good news! DC Circuit Court struck down EPA's effort to undo a key safeguard on particulate pollution: lnkd.in/gfcK2df8 Dr. Limaye and I published Op Ed about this issue last month: lnkd.in/gTyE_cWE @maibached.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @csfh-lab.bsky.social @cchyale.bsky.social

#WorldFemaleRangerWeek starts tomorrow. Learn more about why it's important to celebrate the vital contributions of female rangers, the risks they face in their work, and how we can help to support their essential Planetary Health efforts: adventure.com/world-female...

These female rangers risk their lives to protect nature. But who’s protecting them?

To mark World Female Ranger Week 2026, founder Holly Budge shares why more needs to be done for the women on the frontlines of conservation.

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Very good solar news

Alaina Wood@thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

GOOD NEWS: Solar generated more electricity than coal for the first time ever in the United States last month! Solar generated 12.8% in May while coal generated 12.2%.

As Detroit stalls, China races ahead to define the future of transportation.

Frozen To -22 Degrees, BYD’s New EV Just Charged To 97% In Only 12 Minutes

The new Denza Z9GT is powered by BYD’s second-generation Blade Battery tech, which makes EV recharging as quick as getting gas.

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“The markets are hungry. They are hungry for a clean commodity.”

INDY Week@indyweek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What actually happens after you toss it in the recycling bin.

“There will be a significant boost to renewables and nuclear power and a further shift towards a more electrified future, and this will cut into the main markets for oil.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says

Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion

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Durham Thurs Apr 23 @ 5pm — "Climate Solutions: A Conversation With Katharine Hayhoe" at Goodson Chapel, Duke Divinity School. Free + open, registration required. duke.is/0423

Gah! Give us trains! Traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains! Plain trains! Stop making up new things! Give us TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS!

Yale Climate Connections@climateconnections.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If this company has its way, you might soon see airplanes pulling other airplanes through the sky.

Polling has become increasingly hard to do well, but THIS is not the solution. “Polling companies see an opportunity to use A.I. agents to simulate survey responses at a small fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...

Opinion | It’s Called Silicon Sampling, and It’s Going to Ruin Public Opinion Polling

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Disappointing to see this surge in deforestation in Indonesia after earlier progress in curbing forest loss.

Yale Environment 360@yalee360.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Indonesia saw deforestation hit an eight-year high last year, a surge driven in part by a sprawling effort to turn rainforest into rice and sugarcane plantations.

New open access article led by Kayla Kauffman shows strong connections between sociodemographic variables and individual land use; which are important for developing interventions to limit deforestation, protect individual health, and advance adaptive farming practices rdcu.be/e9XfH

Sociodemographic characteristics predict land use patterns by farmers near a protected area in Madagascar

Scientific Reports - Sociodemographic characteristics predict land use patterns by farmers near a protected area in Madagascar

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Brenntag Mid-South continues to amass serious environmental violations related to its chemical repackaging plant in East Durham, where state inspectors cited the company in November for failing to clean up leaking barrels on the property.

A Global Chemical Giant Racks Up Violations in Durham, Where Drinking Water for a Million Is Threatened

Acetone, ethanol, 1,4-dioxane and methylene chloride were among contaminants found in a stream near Brenntag Mid-South’s chemical repackaging facility.

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NYC congestion pricing: multisolving for the masses. Less traffic, fewer injuries, less air pollution (and thus better health), and more business prosperity. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @mason4c.bsky.social @climatemuseum.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org

Among the 93 locations that previously hosted the Winter Olympics, only 52 are projected to remain viable in 25 years

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 6mo ago

What happens to winter sports in a warming world, and how can those of us who love snow and ice use our voices to catalyze change? Read more in this Winter Olympics edition of Talking Climate.

This is the world RFK Jr dreamed of, and his dreams have, sadly and very predictably, come true For decades he was one of the world’s most extreme, most kooky, & most dangerous anti-vaxx activists, so why on earth would he change course when given the task of running the US health system?

Seth Edmunds@phealthy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Never thought I'd be making a measles case tracker: sethmund.github.io/measles-map/

How the Tar Heel state shaped the history of modernist architecture—and how local preservationists help keep the dream alive today.

Sarah Edwards@eddysarah.bsky.social · 6mo ago

blew all my deadlines and had fun writing about beautiful houses, Black Mountain College, and more reasons to love North Carolina

“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Glad to see a Columbia administrator speaking the plain sense about AI so many college leaders refuse to contend with. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

Guess who’s turning 217 today? It’s Charles Darwin! 🥳 Born in 1809, he transformed the way we understand the natural world. He developed the theory of evolution by natural selection in his 1859 best-seller, ‘On the Origins of Species’. Send him your birthday wishes in the comments! 👇

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

This thread describes a collection of Nature Reviews Biodiversity articles that outline challenges, propose solutions and summarise progress in meeting the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets.

Nature Reviews Biodiversity@natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 6mo ago

COLLECTION | To coincide with our first anniversary, Nature Reviews Biodiversity has launched a collection of our content relating to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Targets: go.nature.com/4pV2cI1 (1/7)

The US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows. What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

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As Bill Foege (RIP) said: RFK Jr “would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he’d kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is…killing a single person..seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”

Eric Walsh-Buhi (he/him)@ewabu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Re-upping this opinion piece by Dr. William Foege back in August: “How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense: Three steps to surviving the drought of principles, values, and facts” #PublicHealth www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...

"Only 12% of medical schools worldwide include air pollution in their formal curricula. Patients, such as young children with asthma, often visit doctors who may not ask about environmental triggers or provide advice on reducing exposures" ✍️ @klburke.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01...

Why air pollution is an underreported health story of the decade

Air pollution is a global public health emergency. Journalists must emphasize health equity, economic loss and systemic bodily harm.

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Lemurs play a key role in Madagascan ecosystems as seed dispersers, but they are threatened by climate change and human activities such as deforestation. Experts stress the importance of community conservation projects. Read more in The Conversation: https://ow.ly/B7Yu50XAvYM

Lemurs can help save Madagascan forests, but first we need to protect them

Climate change, forest fragmentation and hunting threaten lemur populations in Madagascar, and impact the health of mothers and infants.

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This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide

Science Magazine@science.org · 8mo ago

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

“The benefits of spending time in nature are nearly endless.”

Ola Løkken Nordrum@olaln.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Let’s be the first generation in Ireland to experience more, wilder and healthier nature, not less. The benefits would be endless! My piece in the Journal this week.

Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream. Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads. Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

That's about the duration of WW2. It took the EU that long instead of a month?

👀 If the NYC pension boards adopt the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendations and move BlackRock's $42B mandate to other asset managers, it could be one of the most consequential climate-related actions ever taken by a pension fund in the US or anywhere in the world.

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans. Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...