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Protests Erupt Across US At Hospitals Complying With Trumps Unlawful Under-19 Trans Ban EO Demonstrators argue that hospitals should stand as a bulwark against Trump and should care for all of their patients, rather than comply without a fight.

1. Protests have erupted at multiple hospitals across the United States that have decided to comply with Trump's executive order banning trans care under 19.

Now, a lawsuit challenges that EO.

Writer Mira Lazine writes about the importance of the protests.

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“when you start to take down resources like this, you start to construct a knowledge sphere that doesn’t acknowledge that environmental or climate injustices exist”. 100% this.

Thank goodness for all the folks out there doing the critical work to preserve climate and EJ data.

‘Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.

The CDC purged terms such as “transgender,” “L.G.B.T.” and “pregnant person,” from its website to comply with an executive order. Intense backlash prompted the reinstatement of some resources. But guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care remain missing.

Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites "This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.

NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...

⏰ The deadline to apply for Carbon180's Director of Ocean Policy position is Friday, 1/31. If you'd be a good fit, drop us a line 🎣

Give Communities Control of Carbon Removal To keep polluters from profiting from the technology, we need public ownership.

A good time to revisit this 2022 article on a vision for public carbon removal. This is how we’ll unlock the true potential of CDR, which is to repair the climate and past harms

newrepublic.com/article/1660...

Carbon Dioxide Removal research needs a central, multidisciplinary hub. We’re building it at cdrxiv.org. Read and download others' work, explore CDR pathways and topics, and help the platform grow by submitting your CDR research!

Filling out your #CarbonRemoval feed? How about an #EnvironmentalJustice x #CDR starter pack, to amplify the people and organizations that are guiding how scale up impacts communities on the ground. 🌱
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Coming out of #AGU24 today thinking about path dependency and CDR.

Even though emissions reduction and CDR are viewed separately at the policy level, from the global carbon cycle pov, not only do we need both, but faster emissions reduction will make CDR *more effective*.

Going to #AGU24? We want to hear from you about carbon cycle priorities for the next decade! @nacp-carbon.bsky.social
@usgcrp.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social

Director of Science and Innovation - Carbon180 WHO WE AREWe know that our climate goals can only be met by rapidly reducing emissions and removing the carbon that already exists in our atmosphere. Carbon180 is a climate NGO with a vision to remove...

Just a few more days left to apply for the Director of Science & Innovation job at Carbon180 @carbon180.bsky.social!
(Application closes this Fri)

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Join us for a mCDR community gathering at ARTECHOUSE DC during AGU24!
Connect with fellow members of the mCDR Community in an inspiring setting - share ideas, network, and enjoy a night of small bites, drinks and immersive art!
RSVP and details: forms.gle/geX5CZYgUR9d...

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world - Carbon Brief Attribution studies calculate whether, and by how much, climate change affected the intensity, frequency or impact of extremes – Carbon Brief has mapped every published study on how climate change has...

Today, @carbonbrief.org has published the latest, and most comprehensive, update to our interactive map of extreme weather attribution.

The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies.

interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...

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JSPG & EBRC Special Call For Papers on Advancing Science & Technology Policy for the Next-Generation Bioeconomy Learn more about JSPG and EBRC call for submission JSPG & EBRC Special Call For Papers on Advancing Science & Technology Policy for the Next-Generation Bioeconomy

Any climate biotech folks on here?

Good opportunity to share your writing on policies ideas that enable biotech-based climate solutions 👇

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Hey CDR bluesky, Anu Khan is here! @anukhan.bsky.social

Well said! The amount of post-election discourse that throw minorities under the bus has been disheartening

Not surprised it’s coming from this guy. But unfortunately anti-China rhetoric runs across party lines. E.g. framing policies in terms of national security to get bipartisan support might seem pragmatic but actually hurts Asian communities by amplifying the idea that Chinese people are a threat.

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Climate change terminology does not influence willingness to take climate action

Our new paper (N=6,132, across 63 countries) suggests that focusing on subtle terminology in climate messaging is not an effective use of resources.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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New starter pack for organisations involved in ocean science in some way. 🌊🧪

I’ll be adding more as they start opening accounts on here.

Let me know which ones I have missed!

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So, we're now looking at 1.9C warming by 2100 even in an optimistic scenario.

And, we're on track for a future where the world might need hundreds of Gt of CDR to claw our way back from a high overshoot. I'd like to avoid that please and thank you.

climateactiontracker.org/publications...

Crediting challenges when carbon removal comes with avoided emissions – CarbonPlan Some carbon removal projects also result in avoided emissions. This is good for the climate, but can pose challenges for individual projects that are trying to earn carbon removal credits.

Projects that aim to remove carbon by tweaking existing industrial processes can end up avoiding some emissions as well. That’s a good thing for the climate — but it can pose challenges when trying to support these projects through the sale of carbon removal credits.
carbonplan.org/research/cdr... 🧪

Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist, Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative | Climate Impacts Group The University of Washington Climate Impacts Group (CIG) is hiring a Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist to expand CIG’s efforts to support Tribal resilience efforts in the Northwest. This position w...

📣 JOB ALERT 📣

The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at University of Washington is hiring a Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist. This position will work with CIG, the Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians and other partners to support the resilience efforts of Northwest coastal Tribes.

Please share widely!

Post Doctoral RA – Coastal Biogeochemistry in Sequim, Washington | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL is hiring a Post Doctoral RA – Coastal Biogeochemistry in Sequim, Washington. Review all of the job details and apply today!

Looking for an #mCDR postdoc? Consider working with us at PNNL: careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/9956?la...

Here is another #Bluesky starter pack with scientists who were involved in the @ipcc.bsky.social #AR6 reports (with a likely WGI bias). Please let me know if I missed you!
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The global carbon budget 2024 is out

wow hello new bluesky friends 👋
I’ve only been here for a couple of weeks (lurking) but love the chill vibes so far. Excited to have some fun climate convos with folks!

Fall colors are setting in at Shenandoah 🍂