@erikerann.bsky.social
Dancing through raindrops, waiting to crone, will ride at dawn -- if absolutely no other time works.
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Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph sustained winds. It will tie the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Atlantic recorded history based on central pressure. Follow the latest forecast here: www.hurricanes.gov
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph sustained winds. It will tie the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Atlantic recorded history based on central pressure. Follow the latest forecast here: www.hurricanes.gov
Hurricane Melissa is the kind of rapidly-intensifying, terrifyingly powerful storm our overheated oceans and atmosphere can now produce. My team crowd-sourced these observations on the climate connections and the implications for people in harm's way. blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...
Hurricane Melissa Is a Monster Climate Change-Fueled Hurricane: Here’s What to Know
This is the third Category 5 hurricane this year.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hurricane Melissa is the kind of rapidly-intensifying, terrifyingly powerful storm our overheated oceans and atmosphere can now produce. My team crowd-sourced these observations on the climate connections and the implications for people in harm's way. blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...
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At a time when the US slides dangerously into authoritarianism, people "must reject the use of the vast resources of the country to threaten or carry out military assaults on sovereign nations, and instead demand their use for the life-saving work of humanitarian aid in the wake of a disaster."
The Caribbean Needs US Climate, Humanitarian Response, Not Military Aggression
US role in climate change requires us to help those most affected.
blog.ucs.org
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
At a time when the US slides dangerously into authoritarianism, people "must reject the use of the vast resources of the country to threaten or carry out military assaults on sovereign nations, and instead demand their use for the life-saving work of humanitarian aid in the wake of a disaster."
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We are on the verge of a major humanitarian disaster for Jamaica and southern Haiti. Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify into a category 4 hurricane while moving slowly along the Jamaican coast…. www.hurricanes.gov
October 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We are on the verge of a major humanitarian disaster for Jamaica and southern Haiti. Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify into a category 4 hurricane while moving slowly along the Jamaican coast…. www.hurricanes.gov
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Danger is brewing this week in the Caribbean, and it’s not just the Trump Administration's sinking of boats. In his latest blog, @decletbarreto.bsky.social calls for US climate and humanitarian aid, rather than military aggression, as Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean: bit.ly/477G0o8
The Caribbean Needs US Climate, Humanitarian Response, Not Military Aggression
US role in climate change requires us to help those most affected.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Danger is brewing this week in the Caribbean, and it’s not just the Trump Administration's sinking of boats. In his latest blog, @decletbarreto.bsky.social calls for US climate and humanitarian aid, rather than military aggression, as Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean: bit.ly/477G0o8
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Climate change won’t stop for a government shutdown. We’re following a developing late-season heatwave in the Midwest and Northeastern US. Temperatures are expected to be over 20F above normal today through early next week.
October 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Climate change won’t stop for a government shutdown. We’re following a developing late-season heatwave in the Midwest and Northeastern US. Temperatures are expected to be over 20F above normal today through early next week.
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🧵 #DangerSeason 8/7
Beware the air. This week, some of the worst air quality (AQ) conditions on Earth enveloped US cities, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast. The wildfires burning now aren’t the same fires that burned 30 years ago, and we know who to blame: the fossil fuel industry.
Beware the air. This week, some of the worst air quality (AQ) conditions on Earth enveloped US cities, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast. The wildfires burning now aren’t the same fires that burned 30 years ago, and we know who to blame: the fossil fuel industry.
What We’re Watching: Wildfire Smoke and Trump Administration Mirrors
Believe your lungs, not the lies.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🧵 #DangerSeason 8/7
Beware the air. This week, some of the worst air quality (AQ) conditions on Earth enveloped US cities, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast. The wildfires burning now aren’t the same fires that burned 30 years ago, and we know who to blame: the fossil fuel industry.
Beware the air. This week, some of the worst air quality (AQ) conditions on Earth enveloped US cities, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast. The wildfires burning now aren’t the same fires that burned 30 years ago, and we know who to blame: the fossil fuel industry.
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Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
July 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
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🧵7/31 in #DangerSeason: Staying safe under a #HeatDome while watching the craven and shameless efforts of the Trump administration. The con: #ClimateChange isn't a danger. Let's roll back the #EndangermentFinding.
Believe your own experience, not their gaslighting. And act accordingly.
Believe your own experience, not their gaslighting. And act accordingly.
What We’re Watching: Endangered in Danger Season
Erika Spanger and Ashley Seifert-Nunes contributed to this post.
This week in Danger Season, many of us are trying to avoid the health impacts of an extended heat dome while watching the craven and...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🧵7/31 in #DangerSeason: Staying safe under a #HeatDome while watching the craven and shameless efforts of the Trump administration. The con: #ClimateChange isn't a danger. Let's roll back the #EndangermentFinding.
Believe your own experience, not their gaslighting. And act accordingly.
Believe your own experience, not their gaslighting. And act accordingly.
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#KillerHeat is... killing us🌡️ 💀. The ocean is losing its cool🌊🥵. We're making a U-turn away from solutions. (!!!). BUT heat responds quickly to reduced emissions if we #ActOnClimate.
#DangerSeason is baking us. And this could be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives. This is #ClimateChange
#DangerSeason is baking us. And this could be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives. This is #ClimateChange
Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know
It's hot and getting hotter. But climate action is cool.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#KillerHeat is... killing us🌡️ 💀. The ocean is losing its cool🌊🥵. We're making a U-turn away from solutions. (!!!). BUT heat responds quickly to reduced emissions if we #ActOnClimate.
#DangerSeason is baking us. And this could be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives. This is #ClimateChange
#DangerSeason is baking us. And this could be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives. This is #ClimateChange
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This week in #DangerSeason: #KillerHeat, back in a big way; people get it: this is #ClimateChange; a counterintuitive factor fuels #FlashFloods; the Trump administration's policy whiplash widens. Want to push back? Join our action hour. 🔗⬇️
bit.ly/3Uu8Oji
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What We’re Watching: Climate and Political Whiplash
This week in Danger Season we’re thinking about the current whiplash the nation is experiencing from both our climate and our politics, we’re looking at the gathering eastern US heat wave, and we’re t...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This week in #DangerSeason: #KillerHeat, back in a big way; people get it: this is #ClimateChange; a counterintuitive factor fuels #FlashFloods; the Trump administration's policy whiplash widens. Want to push back? Join our action hour. 🔗⬇️
bit.ly/3Uu8Oji
bit.ly/3Uu8Oji
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This week in #DangerSeason: #Climate extremes collide with Administration cuts; 💧multiple #FlashFlood records broken; 🔥wildfires make for bad air quality; 🥵 hot all over; ⛽SHOCKER - #FossilFuel industry doesn’t want their share of blame or costs.
🔗 bit.ly/46hUuBQ
🔗 bit.ly/46hUuBQ
What We’re Watching: Heat, Floods, and Fires Threaten Multiple US Regions While Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Legal Immunity
More flash flood warnings have been issued this year to date than any other year since 1986.
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July 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This week in #DangerSeason: #Climate extremes collide with Administration cuts; 💧multiple #FlashFlood records broken; 🔥wildfires make for bad air quality; 🥵 hot all over; ⛽SHOCKER - #FossilFuel industry doesn’t want their share of blame or costs.
🔗 bit.ly/46hUuBQ
🔗 bit.ly/46hUuBQ
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This week in Danger Season had more than its share of terrible news AND some reasons for guarded optimism. In our #DangerSeason Weekly Outlook we capture both.
Danger Season Disasters Hit People Hard Even as NOAA, FEMA Still Under Threat from Trump Administration
Keep demanding Congress protect their funding and staffing.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This week in Danger Season had more than its share of terrible news AND some reasons for guarded optimism. In our #DangerSeason Weekly Outlook we capture both.
I wrote a (long) thing about this knife's edge moment. There is nothing inevitable about this authoritarian takeover, but we have to show up to not give up the ship.
We are headed into an unprecedented authoritarian moment this weekend. A military parade in DC will be countered by 2000+ protests around the country. This tense dynamic can't balance on the knife’s edge for long. Where it falls—toward tyranny or democracy—depends on us.
In This Knife’s Edge Authoritarian Moment, Say “No Kings” to President Trump
It is not too late. But soon, it could be.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I wrote a (long) thing about this knife's edge moment. There is nothing inevitable about this authoritarian takeover, but we have to show up to not give up the ship.
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We are witnessing the dismantling of NOAA--the United States' best defense against extreme weather, the climate crisis, and, simply, the prediction of day-to-day weather--in real time. This will damage the scientific infrastructure in the US for decades. blog.ucs.org/marc-alessi/...
5 Reasons NOAA and NASA Cuts Will Be Disastrous for Everyone in the US
The Trump Administration plan to cut research on climate change and extreme weather events, including tornadoes and hurricanes, puts us in peril.
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April 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We are witnessing the dismantling of NOAA--the United States' best defense against extreme weather, the climate crisis, and, simply, the prediction of day-to-day weather--in real time. This will damage the scientific infrastructure in the US for decades. blog.ucs.org/marc-alessi/...
We don’t feel much like a “climate” movement right now and that’s as it should be, too many urgent fronts to fight on. But we’re still here. And this assault on climate science needs the greatest response we can marshal.
Thanks @marc-alessi.bsky.social & Rachel Cleetus blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...
Thanks @marc-alessi.bsky.social & Rachel Cleetus blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...
Dear Climate Movement: They've Come for Our Climate Science. We Have to Stop Them.
They can't take it from us if we refuse to let it go.
blog.ucs.org
April 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We don’t feel much like a “climate” movement right now and that’s as it should be, too many urgent fronts to fight on. But we’re still here. And this assault on climate science needs the greatest response we can marshal.
Thanks @marc-alessi.bsky.social & Rachel Cleetus blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...
Thanks @marc-alessi.bsky.social & Rachel Cleetus blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...
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The Trump admin plans to gut climate research at NOAA & NASA, following #Project2025 agenda. Proposed cuts include NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Division, all 16 cooperative institutes, 10 labs, 6 climate centers, NASA’s Goddard Space Institute budget, and $70M in grants—plus mass firings.
Trump Administration’s Anti-Science Attacks on NOAA, What It Means for People Across US
YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
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April 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Trump admin plans to gut climate research at NOAA & NASA, following #Project2025 agenda. Proposed cuts include NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Division, all 16 cooperative institutes, 10 labs, 6 climate centers, NASA’s Goddard Space Institute budget, and $70M in grants—plus mass firings.
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The Trump Administration and DOGE have announced the cancellation of 1 in 10 Federal leases country-wide, including the lease for NOAA's Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
www.axios.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Trump Administration and DOGE have announced the cancellation of 1 in 10 Federal leases country-wide, including the lease for NOAA's Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...