Heather Price, PhD

Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.

Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

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Our scoping review on climate change and nursing research is now available!

COVID is still out there folks. It finally caught me. So thankful for Paxlovid, even w the terrible taste. Please continue to mask in crowds and test when you’re feeling unwell. Fingers crossed for no rebound. #covid #mask #paxlovid

Fantastic show and thank you for speaking out

As I discussed in Talking Climate last year, research shows a four-day work week boosts productivity and well-being — AND cuts carbon! One study, for example, found a 10% drop in hours = 8.6% drop in emissions. So Jack's question below is a good one: why aren't we advocating for this more?

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

time.com/7285045/resi...

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"The movement must directly confront the polluters and the financial institutions that enable them..."

Reading Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements That Won, recommended by a colleague, and it is giving me so much hope today.

The Louis Stokes NSF (LSAMP) grant at my college was terminated today. Such a terrible loss for our students and the future of STEM in the US

Just terrible- the LSAMP grant at my community college was terminated today. What a loss for our students and for the future of STEM

Drawdown of existing allocated funds should be okay; what's frozen are any new "funding actions"—yearly increments, additions to subawards, etc. Additionally, non-monetary actions like a no cost extension should still be possible.

Thanks for clarifying

4/4 But please don't stop with social media.

The NSF union letter has some great messaging tips for making calls & media outreach too (see below).

And don't underestimate the importance of engaging your local communities and media, esp representatives.

The time for action is RIGHT NOW!!

Thanks for your reporting on this. I do STEM education research and this means the community college faculty and students conducting research with us will not be paid for the work they’ve already done, let alone what they’re scheduled to do. Isn’t it illegal to not pay people for contracted labor?

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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UW climate research group braces for Trump cuts The University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group relies heavily on federal funding to help communities adapt to climate change.

I talked to the Seattle Times about how loss of our region's Climate Adaptation Science Center and NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership would slash our capacity to support NW climate resilience.

“If the (centers) are eliminated, then our resource managers are going to be flying blind,” Krosby said."

BREAKING: The US National Science Foundation has started cancelling existing grants. Story to come at www.science.org/news. Background here: www.science.org/content/arti... and here: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency

BREAKING:The National Science Foundation (NSF) has put a cork in its grantmaking pipeline after billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) set up shop at the agency this week. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Declaring emergencies to circumvent legal protections, in this case to justify logging national forests.

"The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."

Sediment people … does anyone have a recent price for a malvern 3000? Our malvern 2000 is not supported anymore and I think it may be time for a new instrument. Thanks!

I-2066 ruled unconstitutional: a win for Washington families | Climate Solutions Today, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that the controversial initiative 2066 violates several provisions of the the Washington State constitution.

Today, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that controversial initiative 2066 violates several provisions of the the Washington State constitution. www.climatesolutions...

Oooo this resonates. It was in 2000 when I was at COP6 that I first felt deep frustration at our so called leaders and the judiciary, regarding climate action and elections. It hasn’t deterred me, probably lit the fire, to continue to push for action on both fronts to today. Can’t deny, it’s tiring

Didn’t expect a Fee board meeting to bring me to the verge of tears. This slide is heart breaking. 42.4% of my students are food insecure and 43.1% are housing insecure in Seattle. Please donate to or find other ways to support your local #CommunityCollege. Our students are not okay.

Thank you - I needed this message today 💕

cjustice.org Climate Justice in Undergraduate STEM Incorporating Civic Engagement

Here’s a link to our NSF participants’ climate justice with civic engagement integrated curriculum - we’re in the middle of the grant so more curriculum is on its way too CJUSTICE.org/currículum

Climate Change Science On Mauna Loa Could Stop Amid Federal Cuts The NOAA office in Hilo that supports that carbon dioxide sampling has been flagged for a possible lease cancellation.

The Mauna Loa CO₂ record is the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences. Trump and his enablers are trying to kill it.

Climate change is not a religion. We don’t have to believe in it to make it true.

We can say “I don’t believe in gravity” – but if we step off the cliff, we’re still going down. And if we take other people with us, we’re responsible.