Ted M. Gossard

Today’s Canadian painting is “A Warm Day Like This” painted by Steve Driscoll in 2025.

Ugh. 😐

World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows - Inside Climate News Scientists say such source attribution could help power litigation aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry accountable for damages from heat waves and other extreme weather linked to climate change.

NEW: CO2 emissions traceable to the world's biggest fossil fuel firms (ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, Chevron, etc.) played a substantial role in driving dangerous & deadly heat waves, new research shows

Results are esp. relevant for #climatelitigation 🧑‍⚖️

insideclimatenews.org/news/1009202...

Fired CDC director who clashed with RFK Jr. set to testify in Senate The hearing would give Susan Monarez a high-profile opportunity to respond to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about her ethics and their conversations about vaccines.

I am very glad to see that Monarez will get a chance to share what actually happened. This promises to be much more enlightening than anything RFKJ had to say.

How reaching net zero could cut global fuel costs by $1tr a year New modelling from BloombergNEF suggests investing just 0.7 per cent of GDP in the net zero transition could unlock huge financial savings - and avert a rolling climate crisis

Net Zero: saving our world and saving money. Now there's a win-win - if only voters knew about it.

"New modelling from BloombergNEF suggests investing just 0.7 per cent of GDP in the net zero transition could unlock huge financial savings - and avert a rolling climate crisis."

My mother always told me that if I was feeling bad about myself, I should go help somebody. I’ll have to tell her about these findings.

Tropical deforestation is associated with considerable heat-related mortality - Nature Climate Change The authors assess the impacts of tropical deforestation and its subsequent local warming on human heat-related mortality. They estimate that deforestation-related warming (+0.27 °C) is associated wit...

🌳 Deforestation and deadly heat

A new study links tropical deforestation to ~28,000 heat-related deaths each year.

Local warming from forest loss now accounts for over a third of climate heat mortality in affected regions.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪

Renewable or clean energy is inevitable. Good article.

Important book for this time.

Deaths, illness from air pollution related to gas and oil hit people of color hardest, study finds Americans of color are dying and getting sick at increasing rates from air pollution linked to gas and oil, according to a new study.

Deaths, illness from air pollution related to gas and oil hit people of color hardest, study finds

Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

Today's good news.

I am proud to have written one of the expert reports supporting the people of Vanuatu.
www.npr.org/2025/07/23/n...

Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis Although 10 000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more active, 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a mor...

One of the most common science myths is that we need 10k steps a day...a number originating from a Japanese ad.

In general, the more steps the better, right? However, several studies now identify inflection points around 7k as significantly reducing many health risks, from heart to dementia.

Love to see the support for local libraries!

This is too sad.

Mainstream Christians gonna go to church this morning looking for Jesus and get a partisan TED talk, a smoke machine concert, and bad coffee. But genuine disciples will encounter Jesus by breaking bread, loving the vulnerable, and flipping tables of injustice. #MakingItPlain

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

At this point, we’re just a joke. But it’s not a very funny one. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

Climate catastrophes are creating a ‘new market reality’ for insurance carriers | CNN Business Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totaling an estimated $84 billion — for the first six months of the year, according to a report from reinsurance...

Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totaling an estimated $84 billion — for the first six months of the year, according to a report from reinsurance broker Gallagher Re.

A list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change at the scale we need to effectively tackle climate change, based on social science.

I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.

Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!

We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚

Homeland Security agent says he was told not to inform Rümeysa Öztürk her visa was revoked when she was arrested | CNN Politics Federal investigators normally tasked with uncovering narcotic and financial crimes were told to prioritize the arrest of a university student with no criminal record, and not tell her that her visa w...

Federal investigators normally tasked with uncovering narcotic and financial crimes were told to prioritize the arrest of a university student with no criminal record, and not tell her that her visa was revoked, a Homeland Security Investigation agent testified.

Air quality in Toronto among worst in the world Monday, as Environment Canada issues heat warning | CBC News Parts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are under an air quality warning on Monday alongside an ongoing heat warning in the region, Environment Canada says.

Wildfire health impacts continue -- but research shows that if we do not directly connect extremes with how they're being driven by a warming climate, being affected by disasters won't make us more willing to support + advocate for climate action. That's why it's SO impt that we talk about it!

Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised The Trump administration has made it harder for people, local and state governments to find critical climate change reports.

As I say here, “This document was written for the American people, paid for by the taxpayers, and it contains vital information we need to keep ourselves safe in a changing climate, as the disasters that continue to mount demonstrate so tragically and clearly.”

More by @borenbears.bsky.social here:

SNAP provides $2 a meal for kids, working people, and seniors.

Over 20,000 Texans in my district could lose their SNAP benefits because of Trump’s budget bill.

Trump and Republicans are giving tax cuts to billionaires by stealing food from the hungry.

The Black Church + Anabaptism shaped my journey toward a more subversive, Jesus-shaped faith.

📘 Making It Plain drops Sept 2—preorder now:
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Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1513816349

#MakingItPlain #FaithAndJustice

She tried to cover her ears mid-interview but couldn’t because the occupation tore them off.😪😪😪😪😪🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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1 in 4 nursing homes will shut down. Who will take care of all those people? Are you ready to do 24/7 home heath care for your aging parents and grandparents? This is what the Republicans are putting on us.

Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign

The Trump Justice Department is pushing U-Va. to fire its president because he has not in its view adequately dismantled DEI programs, the latest effort by the new administration to dictate how universities run their campuses. Mike Schmidt @michaelcbender.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

RIP Bill Moyers, an LBJ confidant who went on to become one of the most esteemed journalists of his era. "In an age of broadcast blowhards," writes Janny Scott, the soft-spoken Baptist minister examined power and money in America, winning 30 Emmys. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...