Third Planet Watch

"Trump Issues a Death Sentence on Our Children, Grandchildren and the Planet With His Payoff to the Fossil Fuel Industry" | My interview with Ian Masters of #BackgroundBriefing courtesy of @kpfk.bsky.social So. Cal public radio: soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Old man Trump is stuck in the past, unable to respond to current world realities. He's committed to help big oil and coal profits over human and environmental health and survival of our planet.

More regressive action by Trump to backtrack on climate. Let Congress know you oppose. Commit to help vote out #GOPMAGACult at all levels of government. #ClimateMatters #VotingMatters

The current Republican party is built on science denial, domination and mass murder.

Disgusting denial of reality to support those that profit over selling dirty oil, coal and other fossil fuels .

Regressive denial of climate change by MAGA and support for polluting coal, oil and natural gas consumption. Why we need to boot GOP out of political office at all levels of government.

Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America

Today is publication day for the book that @sharonudasin.bsky.social and I wrote about toxic forever chemicals!

Here are some of the things we found 🧵:

#GreenSky #BookSky #PFAS

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Murder is murder. ICE cannot be above the law and justice. This was an execution. How Trump and his MAGA GOP Cult responded proves they are not qualified to be doing what they are doing, deciding who lives and who dies and who is "qualified" to be in America.

Why we need to organize and push back. Support solar and wind power. Support politicians who oppose the MAGA Cult by volunteering, contributing, speaking up and voting.

The threat to our environment and being able to survive on planet earth is serious and the crazed guy and his MAGA Cult followers are dragging us backwards into darkness. Speak up. Speak out. Speak loud. Speak now. and vote like your life depends on it because it does.

The President is a Neanthredal in mind and body - not interested in science or democracy or public health and a plethora of other things that most people support and view essential to a thriving society.

Marvelous tree!

Total system and life cycle impacts are necessary to evaluate long term carbon and climate impacts. Good intentions are not enough.

Reducing carbon is going backward under the Trump GOP MAGA Cult, both nationally and state by state and locally. Voting in this year's elections matter at all levels. Help elect climate friendly politicians and vote MAGA Cult members out of office. #VotingMatters

Minnesota doesn't have an easy path to 100% carbon-free electricity • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota already gets more than half of its electricity from wind, solar, nuclear and other resources that don’t emit planet-warming carbon dioxide or air pollutants that harm human health. Power pla...

More than half of Minnesota's power comes from wind, solar, nuclear, and other non-fossil fuel sources. But the road to 100% carbon-free electricity in 2040 is rocky, especially as energy demand rises. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/05/m...

Going backward - say NO!

Plant trees - “Trees offer many benefits to cities, and cooling is one of them,” Pickett explained. “Trees are good at cooling because they pump a lot of water from the ground into the air, and when that water evaporates at the leaf surface, it absorbs a vast amount of heat..."

Agree, put making decisions based on science and facts, not how much profits the fossil fuel industry and billionaires can make. The future health of the earth and its inhabitants are at serious risk.

Trump and GOP MAGA Cult are a scourge on the US and the world, pushing short term profits for the fossil fuel industry while ignoring the increasing impacts of fossil fuel consumption on public health and the environment.

Help stop the MAGA Cult eliminating climate change research. The fossil fuel industry would love this and we the people and the world will suffer the consequences so they can make more money. Short term greed for long term negative consequences for our health and the health of our planet.

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Finland teaches media literacy to fight fake news and disinformation

Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams & debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society. That's why curriculum for students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth. youtu.be/UZV9uw4usEE?...

Assessing Global Progress 10 Years After Paris Climate Accords - CleanTechnica The latest climate research finds there is still a chance of keeping global heating to 1.5 degrees C by the end of this century.

Paris Climate Accords Review 10 Years Hence: "Dealing With Psychotic Leaders. The US at present is ... hell-bent on forcing other nations to conform to its “burn, baby, burn” policies. We once thought the tobacco companies were the epitome of evil..." #ClimateCrisis
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The RFK, jr effect.

What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here

My final Down to Earth newsletter for the Guardian: What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat and broken promises www.theguardian.com/environment/...

White House announces new oil and gas drilling off California and Florida But Sunshine state Republicans might oppose drilling off state’s famous beaches that keep tourism dollars coming in

Trump's latest con job proposal for big oil.
"A proposed schedule for petroleum leasing in federal waters includes up to 34 auctions from 2026 to 2031; these auctions include up to six sales off California’s coastline, 21 off Alaska’s coastline, and two in the Gulf of Mexico’s eastern portion ..."

It's also the warmth - while historically such events may have seen more precipitation fall as snow at higher elevations, warmer temps mean more falls as rain and goes directly into streams and rivers, while also melting lower elevation snow.

Snow levels were up to 8,500ft yesterday. In December.

Modern proverb - Our world and our environment and our health becomes greater when men, women and children save and plant trees for the present time and for the future. We are all better off.

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.

This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

Saving Endangered Species Polls at 84%. So Why Does Trump Keep Doing the Opposite? All the ways the Trump administration is targeting endangered species and their habitats for corporate profits – and how you can help.

The Trump admin's latest attempt to dismantle the Endangered Species Act would:​

❌Leave threatened species unprotected from hunting and other harms ​

❌Enable extractive industries to destroy endangered species' habitats ​

❌Prioritize corporate profits over science