Kelly Fleming, PhD

How Reducing Reliance On Fossil Fuels May Also Combat Breast Cancer Pollution from fossil fuel combustion produces carcinogens that have been linked to increasing rates of breast cancer.

I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...

My recommendations for organizations making positive impact are listed below. Thank you for reading!

@bcrfcure.bsky.social
National Breast Cancer Foundation
@firstdescents.bsky.social
Send It Foundation
@metavivor.bsky.social
The Breasties
F Cancer
Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Inc.

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Please check yourself, get your yearly screenings, and donate to organizations that are reputable and helping patients like me. Pinkwashing is real, and many companies slap a pink ribbon on their product to sell it. 10/11

I’m open about my diagnosis, so don’t hesitate to ask questions or talk with me about it. If my experience helps illustrate the need for evidence-based environmental, health, and science policy, please share it. 9/11

The work I do in clean energy and transportation is more important than ever, and feels even more personal to me now. which is why I wrote this article. I also continue to be horrified by the state of healthcare and health insurance in the US, which is only getting worse and more expensive. 8/11

I am so grateful to the women who have come before me and paved the way for highly effective options for early-stage treatment. Still, not enough is being dedicated to metastatic breast cancer research, the only type that kills. 7/11

I underwent chemotherapy from November through March and followed that with surgery and continued immunotherapy. If you’ve wondered where I have been, it was likely my treatment. I will continue active treatment for another month, but I was declared cancer-free following my surgery in April. 6/11

Innovations in cancer treatment thanks to NIH funded research literally saved my life. 20 years ago, my prognosis would have been poor. Because of cancer research, mostly funded by the federal government, my 5 year survivability rate increased from 70% to 99%. This is personal 5/11

This also comes at a time when regulations are being rolled back, funding for cancer research is being threatened and taken away, women’s healthcare is being attacked, and people who are skeptical of vaccines and medical research and treatment are running our health agencies. 4/11

Although no single reason for this rise has been identified, we know that environmental pollution in our air, water, and food is a contributing factor. 3/11

I wanted to share this because my career has focused on science, climate, and energy policy. Breast cancer treatment, prevention, support, and research funding for cancer are certainly policy issues. As we have seen in the news recently, cancer rates are rising, especially among women under 40. 2/11

How Reducing Reliance On Fossil Fuels May Also Combat Breast Cancer Pollution from fossil fuel combustion produces carcinogens that have been linked to increasing rates of breast cancer.

I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...

@doctorkflem.bsky.social makes the case!

For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE

hi! do you work in renewable energy development and want to vent off the record? i wanna chat about how things are going in the U.S. right now. shoot me a message?

email: jael@heatmap.news
signal: leajnamzloh.53

Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C.
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Slashing research and development programs across the DOE, all while Congress rolls back clean energy tax incentives and programs, is not going to solve the nation’s energy emergency. It makes our current challenges even worse.

On day one of his second term, President Trump declared a national energy emergency.

Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation.

✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️
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Trump’s Cuts Could Exacerbate The Energy Emergency The aging grid is in dire need of infrastructure upgrades. Instead of connecting new energy sources to the grid, Trump cut budgets for 2026, which may hinder innovation.

Friends on #energysky, I've joined @forbes.com as a contributor. My first story is on the importance of energy research investment on the US economy, and why the budget cuts proposed by the president are a threat to our grid and our position in the global economy. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...

We got a power crisis on our hands, you get that nuclear power plant started like I asked?

Sure did boss, real far away, just like you asked, true story.

What.

Bike man meme. Riding the bike: we need energy dominance and affordability! Putting a stick through the spikes: OBBB, permitting restrictions, red tape, cancelling a transmission line On the ground, hurt: but, but, but blackouts are coming

I got to be a guest host on the Open Curcuit podcast with @stephenlacey.bsky.social & @cleangridview.bsky.social this week, & here’s how we talked about the One Big Beautiful Bill & what it does to raise costs, raise emissions, & reduce reliability. 🔌💡 Listen: www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...

Marjorie Taylor Green says she's done her homework on weather modification, but her bill would make actual scientific research on the topic a felony.

Criminalizing research doesn't solve problems – it papers over real ones.

Death toll from Hill Country flash floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue Local officials said they have rescued or evacuated more than 200 people since the Guadalupe River flooded early Friday morning, but the fate of more than 20 girls missing from a camp remains unclear.

The climate crisis kills people. It has a cure: cut fossil fuels, increase renewable energy. Trump's tax bill just gutted that policy approach, so, we'll see more of this:
Death toll from Texas floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/04/t... via @texastribune.org

I'm not proud of anything our country is currently doing, aside from the people speaking up, on this Fourth of July.

Trump would not be president if we didn't have a 2 party system

Remember 3 years ago when there was a bill that passed the house with a $12,500 EV tax incentive? I miss those days

Those 278 people represent less than half of Americans, but even the few who voted for them did not want this bill. The remnants of democracy we had are slipping away. The whole planet will face the repercussions. #biguglybill

As a woman, as a scientist, as a climate policy expert, as a cancer survivor, as a person who will live on this planet for (hopefully) many more decades, I feel dread and profound sadness for the consequences of today's actions by 218 people and Tuesday's actions of 50 people.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.

Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."

4/ A new tax break for coal companies! So the tax incentives for wind and solar are GONE, and the coal industry is getting NEW tax incentives.

It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.