Mary Finley-Brook, PhD

XR activists arrested in Harvard Sq while demanding that banks stop funding genocide, ecocide, private prisons and climate crisis! The planet and our neighbors are in danger; we're standing up for them no matter what! @xrglobal.bsky.social@climatedefiance.bsky.social@scientistrebellion.bsky.social

Tell your lawmakers: No new gas for Big Tech! Big Tech data centers are driving up electricity demand, and utilities want to stick Virginians with the bill by building new gas plants. Virginia lawmakers can stop this. SB619 would require data cen...

Big Tech data centers are driving up energy demand, sticking Virginians with the bill. SB619 requires data centers to prove they will not raise costs, threaten reliability, or undermine clean energy. Email your reps in support of these bills: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Urge Virginia lawmakers to put commonsense safeguards on data center growth Virginia has become a global hub for data centers — but all of the rewards the industry reaps here must come with real responsibility. Right now, data centers are driving up our electricity bills. N...

Urge Virginia lawmakers to put commonsense safeguards on data center growth! actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

The US doesn't need to generate as much new electricity as you think Greater energy efficiency and load shifting could help meet rising electricity needs at a fraction of the cost of building new power plants.

#ICYMI| grist.org/energy/the-u...

Loudoun residents take fight against high-voltage power lines for Data Center Alley to SCC • Virginia Mercury Dominion Energy looks to build a new route of high-voltage transmission lines. However, the surrounding Loudoun County community has worries.

Loudoun residents take fight against high-voltage power lines for Data Center Alley to VA SCC virginiamercury.com/2025/12/16/l...

SCC approves Chesterfield gas plant and Dominion rate hike, creates new rate class for data centers • Virginia Mercury Dominion Energy was handed two major approvals from the State Corporation Commission on Tuesday after the board OK’d the controversial Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center as well as the utility’s n...

Shame on the State Corporation Commission. This demonstrates such shortsightedness and a lack of concern for (1) Virginia ratepayers and (2) the future of our planet. virginiamercury.com/2025/11/25/s...

Nov 25 at 11 am EST virtual webinar - free

Electric Grid and Fossil Fuels: Join the webinar I just signed up for an extremely important and interesting webinar about fossil fuels in our regional electric grid on Thursday, October 9 at 6pm ET. Join me!

I just signed up for a webinar about fossil fuels in our regional electric grid on Thursday, October 9 at 6pm ET. Join me and @chesapeakeclimate! act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/86494/d...

Do you really want to know what I think?

The role of collective grieving in supporting wellbeing and capacity for climate action - Ambio Ecological grief and anxiety are valid and potentially adaptive responses to climate change, but research on effective interventions for coping with these emotions remains limited. In this article, we...

🥰 The role of collective grieving in supporting wellbeing and capacity for climate action link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We're outside of the US Open because their sponsor Chubb is insuring methane terminals that hurt people and planet.
Chubb: it's match point and the ball is in your court. 🎾 🎾

Listen to communities and stop insuring Freeport LNG NOW! #ChubbAtTheOpen #USopen
@planetoverprofit.org @ran.org

15 University of Richmond Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Honored with National Awards for Community Engagement and Service The awards were announced at the Bonner Foundation’s annual Summer Leadership Institute, held at UR.

It is nice to be recognized for this.
'From Action to Impact Awards': Awarded for excellence in teaching
news.richmond.edu/releases/art...

@geoyapti.bsky.social was interviewed last night about a data center fire in Chesterfield that last all day. www.wric.com/news/local-n...

📣We are hiring! 🌎 We are seeking an Assistant Professor of Geography, Environment and Sustainability with expertise in Ecological Economics. Contact me for more information. richmond.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff_...

An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trump’s EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death - Inside Climate News EPA expressed alarm at contamination in a creek near a predominantly Black neighborhood. Then the agency eliminated its civil-rights office and has taken no further action.

👁️👁️https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13082025/north-carolina-brenntag-water-contamination-environmental-justice/

Stop LNG by Rail in Its Tracks Moving Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by Rail is a disaster waiting to happen. Many of you already know that because you followed the issue and signed the petitions we circulated to stop it last time Tru...

To sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

Is the Mountain Valley Pipeline Safe? We Who Live in Its Blast Zone Need Answers | Common Dreams If the allegations contained in a lawsuit are true, it demonstrates a willful endangerment of citizens and a gross violation of federal laws and policies.

Is the Mountain Valley Pipeline Safe? We Who Live in Its Blast Zone Need Answers www.commondreams.org/opinion/moun...

Subscribe to the Campus Climate Network Staff/Faculty Newsletter! This is a semi-regular newsletter to keep university staff and faculty in the loop on updates related to climate justice organizing on campus! Use this form to get added to the email list!

actionnetwork.org/forms/subscr...

Mountain Valley Pipeline inspector fired for raising safety concerns, lawsuit says The Mountain Valley Pipeline and the corporate gas giant that owns it face a federal wrongful termination lawsuit from a Texas man who says he was fired from a welding inspector position for raising p...

www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_a...

Richmond Climate Circle is gathering tomorrow (5/10) morning and various dates in May and June arcg.is/19HzD51

Wittman constituents host town hall in his absence to address immigration, federal funding concerns • Virginia Mercury On Saturday, roughly 150 people asked U.S. Rep. Rob Whittman, R-Westmoreland, to push back on Trump administration’s sweeping immigration reforms and spending cuts

I was there but my representative didn't bother to show up to hear us, his constituents. Where was Congressman Wittman? virginiamercury.com/2025/04/26/w...

"Study-in" for Earth Day!

UPCOMING - I am excited to speak at this event 4/8 and help train our next generation of advocates and activists.

Trani Life Sciences Building, Room 151, VCU, Richmond, VA

Tuesday April 8, 6:30 - 8:00 PM

If you are in the Richmond area, don't miss these amazing climate emotional resiliency workshops at the University of Richmond, April 4, 2-5pm.

I have been so busy trying to make positive change in this crazy world that I forgot to mention I was promoted to full professor.

This Climate Psychology Alliance facilitator training program was life-changing. I have earned a lot of certificates over the years, but this one I am truly proud of...

Mountain Valley Pipeline, critics clash over Southgate extension plan Mountain Valley says Southgate is needed to deliver natural gas to North Carolina. Opponents argue that the proposal has changed from the original plan and needs a brand-new regulatory review.

Mountain Valley Pipeline, critics clash over Southgate extension plan cardinalnews.org/2025/04/02/m...

Courage and action is sadly missing from many in these turbulent times...

Here is an opportunity to come hear from an organization, 7 Directions of Service, that never falters and always shows a clear path forward. #WaterIsLife

A Dangerous Pipeline and Why Pete Buttigieg Would Be a Bad Choice for VP | Common Dreams Kamala Harris needs to lead the country in addressing this biggest of all problems: our climate crisis and the dominance of the fossil fuel industry in our politics and policies.

Even under Biden and other administrations, as @billmckibben.bsky.social said, "The pipeline inspection process is a sham run by the industry". He was referring to another important @mikesoraghan.bsky.social article that is linked within this one:
2/2
www.commondreams.org/opinion/pete...

@powhr.org @baristanomics.bsky.social @halfalachian.bsky.social @mountainsfalling.bsky.social @grayhairjoe.bsky.social @mosnukhenomp.bsky.social @suntostandstill.bsky.social @geoyapti.bsky.social @catsmeow7.bsky.social @2bmello.bsky.social @jonsokolow.bsky.social