Dr. Gaurab Basu

thank you canary charts, I was literally just asking for this in my brain the other day

We are very excited to launch a new fellowship teaching community organizing and advocacy to global climate and health scholars. And it'll be in beautiful Nafplio Greece! Please share with anyone who might be interested. fxb.harvard.edu/global-coach/

Outdoor museum, rooting for away team, and alt-rock anthem — Harvard Gazette Gaurab Basu, a Harvard Chan School professor, recommends three ways to get your blood pumping.

A few of my favorite things
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Opinion | My health and my politics walk into a doctor’s office … My palliative care doctor and I have almost nothing in common. We’re still learning from each other.

Truly appreciated this read. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Here comes the sun…

Britt is the best!

Good morning with good news: US solar surges 26.3% in May 2025 to 39.9 TWh, up from 30.6 TWh in May 2024. Solar nearly tripled from 13.9 TWh in May 2020.

Solar May Share of Total Electricity:
May 2025: 11.2%
May 2024: 8.65%
May 2023: 7.31%
May 2022: 6.14%
May 2020: 4.51%
May 2015: 1.21%
#energysky

Bar chart showing how the Republicans's Big Beautiful Bill will spend nearly $5 trillion on extended tax breaks for the wealthy while saving far less with steep cuts to Medicaid and green energy and the environment. Alongside is a long list of proposed budget cuts including "Rescission of funding to address air pollution" and "Rescission of funding to address air pollution at schools."

A couple entries for the baby book, just to mark the era.

Call these 2 critical votes to vote no on the federal bill

Lisa Murkowski - 202 224-6665
Susan Collins - 202 224-2523

Excited for the WBUR festival in Boston later this month! I’ll be speaking with Harvard Medical’s @gaurabbasu.bsky.social about health in the climate era. Tickets still available!

Rhodium Group on the House budget bill: Will raise energy costs as much as 7% in 2035, stifle energy technology innovation, increase pollution, and put half a trillion dollars of new manufacturing, industrial, and clean electricity investments across the country at risk. rhg.com/research/way...

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Climate Change and Well-being with Dr. Gaurab Basu In the first episode of our new "Environments for Health and Happiness" series, we sit down with Dr. Gaurab Basu, a leading expert in the intersection of cli...

Listen to @gaurabbasu.bsky.social on the Frontiers in Health & Happiness podcast from the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness!

Dr. Basu shared, “Climate change, ecological degradation, air pollution, it basically impacts all parts of our health."

Trump approval sinks as Americans criticize his major policies, poll finds President Donald Trump’s 100 days poll finds a lower approval rating, growing opposition to his agenda and opposition to many of his major initiatives.

Overall approval rating 39%. 61% disapprove environment policy.
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looks so nice

Lineup | The WBUR Festival

Very honored to speak at the @wbur.org festival among some legendary folks. Buy ticks and join us! www.wburfestival.org/lineup

Celebrating earth day at National Academy of Medicine. We continue to stand for climate and health.

American households could save an average of $2,240 a year on their energy bills if we keep 2 very important renewable energy tax credits: 25D (think solar and storage) and 25C (think heat pumps and insulation).

Why is this so important?

Courage is contagious. From Harvard Yard to every inch of the country.

"In California, solar generation could finally surpass gas this year."

Actually, the probability that solar surpasses gas in 2025 is high!

Gas fell from 50% of CA's electricity in January 2024 to 40% in January 2025, and solar rose from 20% to 28%.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
#energysky

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Harvard says no to Trump.

Hands off our planet. Hands off our health. Hands off our democracy. A packed Boston Commons. Spring is upon us.

Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree

“We now expect a 3°C world,” Morgan Stanley analysts wrote earlier this month. They predicted this would be good for air conditioning stocks. Something it would not be good for? Life on Earth. www.eenews.net/articles/big...

Graphic that reads, The Daily Show, Tonight 11 P.M. ET Comedy Central featuring a head shot of Ronny Chieng and Mayor Wu.

On the @thedailyshow.com tonight at 11 with @ronnychieng.bsky.social !

some more congestion pricing Ws:

Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%

790,000 Jobs, $160 Billion GDP: Shocking Costs Of Inflation Reduction Act Repeal Inflation Reduction Act repeal would harm America's economy, costing 790,000 jobs, cutting $160 billion in GDP, and forcing families to pay $32 billion in energy costs

790,000 lost jobs, $32 billion in higher household energy bills, $160 billion lost GDP

Shocking economic damage will hit America if Trump and Congressional Republicans repeal the Inflation Reduction Act - and GOP states will be hardest hit

www.forbes.com/sites/energy...

Good climate news this week
1 Germany anchors net zero by 2045 goal in constitution
2 Emissions from global construction sector stop rising
3 BYD unveils new EV tech to charge a vehicle enough for 400km in just 5 minutes

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Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.