Grady McCallie
@gradym.bsky.social
Environmental advocate in North Carolina. Water, flood resilience, climate, toxics, growth. Non-work: gardening, books, hiking.
And this is despite La Nina: 2025 was Earth's 3rd-warmest year on record yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/2025...
2025 was Earth's 3rd-warmest year on record » Yale Climate Connections
Human-caused global warming pushed global temperatures to near-record levels despite the cooling influence of the La Niña phenomenon, which typically suppresses global temperatures.
yaleclimateconnections.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:43 PM
And this is despite La Nina: 2025 was Earth's 3rd-warmest year on record yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/2025...
This is a necessary project, but it is expensive. It's a good reason to stop prioritizing massive amounts of funding to unnecessary projects elsewhere in the state.
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The costliest NC road repair after Helene got a lot more expensive
The rebuilding of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge is now expected to cost $2 billion.
www.newsobserver.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is a necessary project, but it is expensive. It's a good reason to stop prioritizing massive amounts of funding to unnecessary projects elsewhere in the state.
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🏆 WA just became the 1st state to ban all bisphenols in receipt paper & other thermal paper—protecting workers & shoppers from a hidden source of chemical exposure.
This is what health-protective policy looks like: proving we don’t have to accept toxic chemicals as the cost of doing business.
This is what health-protective policy looks like: proving we don’t have to accept toxic chemicals as the cost of doing business.
Washington state’s first-in-the-nation ban on toxic bisphenols in receipts takes effect - Toxic-Free Future
Washington state’s first-in-the-nation ban on toxic bisphenols in receipts takes effect; rule protects cashiers, shoppers, and families from hormone-disrupting chemicals.
toxicfreefuture.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
🏆 WA just became the 1st state to ban all bisphenols in receipt paper & other thermal paper—protecting workers & shoppers from a hidden source of chemical exposure.
This is what health-protective policy looks like: proving we don’t have to accept toxic chemicals as the cost of doing business.
This is what health-protective policy looks like: proving we don’t have to accept toxic chemicals as the cost of doing business.
This projects promises significant harm in exchange for minimal benefits for North Carolina. It's a bad idea.
The Army Corps of Engineers wants to dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists tally the costs. ncnewsline.com/2026/01/13/t... via @insideclimatenews.org #ncpol
The Army Corps of Engineers wants to dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists tally the costs. • NC Newsline
The Corps would dispose of roughly half the material at a permitted ocean disposal site; the rest—sand and silt likely contaminated with PFAS—would be slathered on hundreds of acres of public beaches,...
ncnewsline.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This projects promises significant harm in exchange for minimal benefits for North Carolina. It's a bad idea.
The bright spot is the continuing rapid increase in solar generation. But the increase in coal and carbon emissions is so self-destructive, and so unnecessary.
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4% last year amid a resurgence of coal power, according to estimates published Tuesday by the Rhodium Group, a research firm.
U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded
The increase in planet-warming emissions came after two years of decline as demand for electricity has been surging.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The bright spot is the continuing rapid increase in solar generation. But the increase in coal and carbon emissions is so self-destructive, and so unnecessary.
Earthjustice blog briefly documents a collapse in federal environmental enforcement over the last year. earthjustice.org/experts/laur...
January 13, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Earthjustice blog briefly documents a collapse in federal environmental enforcement over the last year. earthjustice.org/experts/laur...
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Strong blog post from Toxic-Free Future: "If EPA were truly relying on “gold standard science,” it would follow the lead of states and companies that have already banned phthalates in consumer products and switched to safer alternatives." toxicfreefuture.org/blog/epa-sid...
January 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Strong blog post from Toxic-Free Future: "If EPA were truly relying on “gold standard science,” it would follow the lead of states and companies that have already banned phthalates in consumer products and switched to safer alternatives." toxicfreefuture.org/blog/epa-sid...
The headline undersells this story. It's worth looking closely at the graphic showing projected increases in rain intensity across the state. We need both better sizing for stormwater infrastructure, and better maintenance of it. coastalreview.org/2026/01/noaa...
NOAA storm prediction modeling in midst of major update | Coastal Review
National precipitation forecasting has for decades been hamstrung by static and inadequate climate models, but new tools are in development to provide more accurate rainfall predictions.
coastalreview.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The headline undersells this story. It's worth looking closely at the graphic showing projected increases in rain intensity across the state. We need both better sizing for stormwater infrastructure, and better maintenance of it. coastalreview.org/2026/01/noaa...
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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New- from the state's best environmental reporter:
Scientists Say the Forever Chemical TFA Could Cause Irreversible Harm. In Eastern North Carolina, It’s Everywhere. #pollution
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Scientists Say the Forever Chemical TFA Could Cause Irreversible Harm. In Eastern North Carolina, It’s Everywhere. #pollution
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Scientists Say the Forever Chemical TFA Could Cause Irreversible Harm. In Eastern North Carolina, It’s Everywhere. - Inside Climate News
The discovery of TFA in blood and water samples raises questions about Chemours’ role in adding to the pollution burden.
insideclimatenews.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New- from the state's best environmental reporter:
Scientists Say the Forever Chemical TFA Could Cause Irreversible Harm. In Eastern North Carolina, It’s Everywhere. #pollution
insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...
Scientists Say the Forever Chemical TFA Could Cause Irreversible Harm. In Eastern North Carolina, It’s Everywhere. #pollution
insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...
Still more reason to cut off the release of this class of chemicals to air and water now. If companies want to use PFAS, they need to find other ways of disposing of them. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Study shows dangers of ‘forever chemicals’ on babies
Mothers in New Hampshire who were downstream of sites contaminated with “forever chemicals” experienced triple the rate of infant deaths, according to a new study.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Still more reason to cut off the release of this class of chemicals to air and water now. If companies want to use PFAS, they need to find other ways of disposing of them. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Strongly agree with this takeaway: "We need probabilistic, future-conditions, multi-peril mapping data that is public and subject to norms of oversight and transparency."
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Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call.
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps,
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December 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Strongly agree with this takeaway: "We need probabilistic, future-conditions, multi-peril mapping data that is public and subject to norms of oversight and transparency."
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The agonizing long tail of disaster recovery is underexplored. I think a lot about this 2024 study finding that when a hurricane hits somewhere in the U.S., the people there are more likely to die *for the next 15 years*. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The agonizing long tail of disaster recovery is underexplored. I think a lot about this 2024 study finding that when a hurricane hits somewhere in the U.S., the people there are more likely to die *for the next 15 years*. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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From the Rockies to the Himalayas, mountains are warming faster than surrounding lowlands, new research shows.
More intense heat is melting ice, threatening a vital source of fresh water for more than a billion people worldwide.
More intense heat is melting ice, threatening a vital source of fresh water for more than a billion people worldwide.
World's Mountains Warming Faster Than Lowlands
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
From the Rockies to the Himalayas, mountains are warming faster than surrounding lowlands, new research shows.
More intense heat is melting ice, threatening a vital source of fresh water for more than a billion people worldwide.
More intense heat is melting ice, threatening a vital source of fresh water for more than a billion people worldwide.
This is sea level rise: "I’ve lived in Atlantic for six decades. I’ve never seen the roads hold water like this. The fields don’t dry out anymore. The ditches stay full — they just don’t drain."
Guest commentary: When the water doesn’t go away coastalreview.org/2025/11/gues...
Guest commentary: When the water doesn’t go away coastalreview.org/2025/11/gues...
Guest commentary: When the water doesn’t go away | Coastal Review
Drainage systems that rely on gravity fail when the difference in elevation that drives water from land to sea has been shrinking as sea level rises.
coastalreview.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is sea level rise: "I’ve lived in Atlantic for six decades. I’ve never seen the roads hold water like this. The fields don’t dry out anymore. The ditches stay full — they just don’t drain."
Guest commentary: When the water doesn’t go away coastalreview.org/2025/11/gues...
Guest commentary: When the water doesn’t go away coastalreview.org/2025/11/gues...
I'm looking forward to reading the books. But this is such a thoughtful article, it is worth reading in its own right. And it's lovely for the hope it expresses in the power of clearly communicated ideas. coastalreview.org/2025/11/coas...
Coastal geologist Stan Riggs sets out on 10-book project | Coastal Review
“I've done a lot of work here," the East Carolina University professor told Coastal Review, and the book series to be rolled out over three years is a mission to share what he's learned.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm looking forward to reading the books. But this is such a thoughtful article, it is worth reading in its own right. And it's lovely for the hope it expresses in the power of clearly communicated ideas. coastalreview.org/2025/11/coas...
"Three-quarters of refugees and other displaced people now live in countries facing high or extreme exposure to climate-related hazards, with repeated displacement becoming increasingly common."
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Three-quarters of refugees and other displaced people now live in countries facing high or extreme exposure to climate-related hazards, with repeated displacement becoming increasingly common."
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Not every month will set a new record, but the warming trend is obvious. This graphic shows #Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through October 2025... 🧪
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Not every month will set a new record, but the warming trend is obvious. This graphic shows #Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through October 2025... 🧪
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
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Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
"[W]e need to regulate these compounds at the source....People downstream should not be the filtration system.”
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Study finds ultrashort-chain PFAS built up in Wilmington residents' blood before GenX scandal
Archived blood samples show Wilmington residents carried high levels of little-known PFAS long before the public learned of contamination in the Cape Fear River.
www.wral.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"[W]e need to regulate these compounds at the source....People downstream should not be the filtration system.”
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This is a complex argument, but the core point is simple: disturbing PFAS contaminated sediments in the Cape Fear could set up North Carolina for recurring costs that far outweigh any speculative benefits of the project. coastalreview.org/2025/11/port...
Port's Cape Fear dredge project fails taxpayers, environment | Coastal Review
Guest commentary: Deepening the Cape Fear River will only worsen flooding around the downtown Wilmington waterfront and the North Carolina Battleship site and lead to a substantial loss of vital wetla...
coastalreview.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is a complex argument, but the core point is simple: disturbing PFAS contaminated sediments in the Cape Fear could set up North Carolina for recurring costs that far outweigh any speculative benefits of the project. coastalreview.org/2025/11/port...
Great news!
Nearly 500 acres purchased for a nature preserve near Chimney Rock, Lake Lure
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November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Great news!
Dam safety - and especially removal of old dams - is a crucial part of inland flood resilience. www.wral.com/news/local/h...
Helene revealed a hidden flood threat: North Carolina's aging dams
More than 40 dams failed when Helene hit the mountains in September 2024. Advocates say it won’t be the last time unless North Carolina confronts its aging, overlooked infrastructure.
www.wral.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Dam safety - and especially removal of old dams - is a crucial part of inland flood resilience. www.wral.com/news/local/h...
Chemours is doubling down on its toxic history: NRDC coastalreview.org/2025/10/chem...
Chemours is doubling down on its toxic history: NRDC | Coastal Review
Chemours is not a company that can be trusted to expand its operations responsibly, and it's an example of the national PFAS pollution crisis, writes Drew Ball of the Natural Resources Defense Council...
coastalreview.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Chemours is doubling down on its toxic history: NRDC coastalreview.org/2025/10/chem...