Laura Carter Robinson • Humanity&Planet
@humanityandplanet.com
Clinical psychologist focused on climate and environmental change | Climate therapist | Climate psychology consultant, speaker, workshop facilitator, & educator
Home base is Ann Arbor, MI🌳
https://humanityandplanet.com/
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Home base is Ann Arbor, MI🌳
https://humanityandplanet.com/
*Posts aren’t therapy
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My new piece in Ecopsychepedia, synthesizing what we know about climate change and young adults’ mental health. Ecopsychepedia is an online resource for the public to access accurate research and info on climate psych-related topics:
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Let’s do it together.
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Let’s do it together.
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Ways to help. ⬇️👇
While you’re here please find some places to donate from this 👇 www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Ways to help. ⬇️👇
Ways to help. ⬇️👇
While you’re here please find some places to donate from this 👇 www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Ways to help. ⬇️👇
Bravo, @dananessel.bsky.social! Thrilled that my state is the 11th state to sue Big Oil for the many harms they cause to you and me and everyone else.
#climatechange #greentransition
#climatechange #greentransition
Michigan AG Dana Nessel alleges decades-long conspiracy by big oil
Michigan AG Dana Nessel alleges decades-long conspiracy by big oil
In a new lawsuit, the attorney general argues that if not for the conspiracy, Michigan would have a greener economy and more residents driving EVs.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Bravo, @dananessel.bsky.social! Thrilled that my state is the 11th state to sue Big Oil for the many harms they cause to you and me and everyone else.
#climatechange #greentransition
#climatechange #greentransition
This #extremecold —and the physical and psych. harms it may bring—is brought to you by the intentional burning of #fossilfuels. It’s not an accident that we have these extreme weather events. Govts, billionaires, the oil and gas industry, and corporations know this and should be held accountable.
"A ‘Perfect Storm’: Extreme Winter Weather, Bitter Cold, and Climate Change" | My Jan 2018 commentary for @climaterealityproject.org: www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/perfect...
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This #extremecold —and the physical and psych. harms it may bring—is brought to you by the intentional burning of #fossilfuels. It’s not an accident that we have these extreme weather events. Govts, billionaires, the oil and gas industry, and corporations know this and should be held accountable.
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Regime change in Venezuela, writes M. Gessen, “is a victory for Putin, because it is a blow — quite likely fatal — to the new world order of law, justice and human rights that was heralded in the wake of World War II.”
Opinion | Maduro’s Ouster Plays Right Into Putin’s Hands
Allies? Who needs allies?
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Regime change in Venezuela, writes M. Gessen, “is a victory for Putin, because it is a blow — quite likely fatal — to the new world order of law, justice and human rights that was heralded in the wake of World War II.”
Reimbursement
The U.S. bombed Caracas and called it liberation
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Bravo!—a victory for the Rights of Nature, in two Peruvian regions. Important pollinator bees at risk from #climatechange, #deforestation, and #pesticides.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bravo!—a victory for the Rights of Nature, in two Peruvian regions. Important pollinator bees at risk from #climatechange, #deforestation, and #pesticides.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nothing in this David Victor essay indicates that there’s any danger in heating the planet over 2C. Instead, he says that slowing decarbonization is good. 🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
Opinion | Climate Goals Are Becoming More Realistic. That’s Good News.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Nothing in this David Victor essay indicates that there’s any danger in heating the planet over 2C. Instead, he says that slowing decarbonization is good. 🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
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Pete Hegseth says the Defense Department “does not do climate change crap.”
But a new report suggests that the Pentagon is engaging with the issue in one serious way: Stockpiling dozens of critical minerals, it is threatening the energy transition by hoarding valuable resources.
But a new report suggests that the Pentagon is engaging with the issue in one serious way: Stockpiling dozens of critical minerals, it is threatening the energy transition by hoarding valuable resources.
The Pentagon is hoarding critical minerals that could power the clean energy transition
Cobalt, lithium, and other minerals are being stockpiled at the expense of climate action, a new report warns.
www.motherjones.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pete Hegseth says the Defense Department “does not do climate change crap.”
But a new report suggests that the Pentagon is engaging with the issue in one serious way: Stockpiling dozens of critical minerals, it is threatening the energy transition by hoarding valuable resources.
But a new report suggests that the Pentagon is engaging with the issue in one serious way: Stockpiling dozens of critical minerals, it is threatening the energy transition by hoarding valuable resources.
Democracy is participatory: Vote your beliefs at local/state/fed level. 66% (incl 57% of lib/mod Repub) also support transitioning the US econ to 100%clean energy by 2050. Current administration intentionally going aggressively in the opposite direction.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims
New polling shows 65% of registered US voters believe global heating is affecting cost of living
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Democracy is participatory: Vote your beliefs at local/state/fed level. 66% (incl 57% of lib/mod Repub) also support transitioning the US econ to 100%clean energy by 2050. Current administration intentionally going aggressively in the opposite direction.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ret’d last night from travels incl’g Estonia, part of USSR for 50 yrs. Sobering to see KGB prison cells, Mus of Occupation, & “Soviet Statues Graveyard” that incl’d statues of Stalin. Read @michaelemann.bsky.social’s great book Science Under Seige on way home. Wake/speak/stand up, America.
#climate
#climate
"Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist" by Bob Ward & yours truly in today's @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ret’d last night from travels incl’g Estonia, part of USSR for 50 yrs. Sobering to see KGB prison cells, Mus of Occupation, & “Soviet Statues Graveyard” that incl’d statues of Stalin. Read @michaelemann.bsky.social’s great book Science Under Seige on way home. Wake/speak/stand up, America.
#climate
#climate
Climate change makes it all worse.
“That breaks down when you are in a world of a changing climate and now … the dice are weighted towards higher flows,” she said.”
“That breaks down when you are in a world of a changing climate and now … the dice are weighted towards higher flows,” she said.”
More rain, less snow and warmer, wetter air are changing our understanding of "100-year" floods.
How Western Washington’s ‘100-year’ floods are changing
www.seattletimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Climate change makes it all worse.
“That breaks down when you are in a world of a changing climate and now … the dice are weighted towards higher flows,” she said.”
“That breaks down when you are in a world of a changing climate and now … the dice are weighted towards higher flows,” she said.”
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Remember how we used to be happy without bazillions of products at our fingertips? Let’s bring that back.
“Amazon’s annual emissions have ‘grown roughly 35% since 2019’, despite [its] promise in 2019 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040”
#blackfriday
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Amazon’s annual emissions have ‘grown roughly 35% since 2019’, despite [its] promise in 2019 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040”
#blackfriday
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate
Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Remember how we used to be happy without bazillions of products at our fingertips? Let’s bring that back.
“Amazon’s annual emissions have ‘grown roughly 35% since 2019’, despite [its] promise in 2019 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040”
#blackfriday
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Amazon’s annual emissions have ‘grown roughly 35% since 2019’, despite [its] promise in 2019 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040”
#blackfriday
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Another key reminder from this talk is that military emissions are not counted or reported.
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
Farai Maguwu; "there is an addiction for fossil fuels in the western world."
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Is war one of the biggest threats to the world’s climate?
Leaders at COP30 are being urged to consider the environmental toll of conflict.
www.aljazeera.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Another key reminder from this talk is that military emissions are not counted or reported.
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
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Example of why we need the billion-dollar disasters database that Trump & co. got rid of, thankfully brought back to life by @climatecentral.org. Ocean temps along Melissa’s path 800x more likely due to climate change.
#hurricanemelissa
@zacklabe.com
#hurricanemelissa
@zacklabe.com
To understand the climate connection to Hurricane Melissa, check out our real-time attribution page at @climatecentral.org: www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Example of why we need the billion-dollar disasters database that Trump & co. got rid of, thankfully brought back to life by @climatecentral.org. Ocean temps along Melissa’s path 800x more likely due to climate change.
#hurricanemelissa
@zacklabe.com
#hurricanemelissa
@zacklabe.com
Example of why we need the billion-dollar disasters database that Trump & co. got rid of, thankfully brought back to life by @climatecentral.org. Ocean temps along Melissa’s path 800x more likely due to climate change.
#hurricanemelissa
@zacklabe.com
#hurricanemelissa
@zacklabe.com
To understand the climate connection to Hurricane Melissa, check out our real-time attribution page at @climatecentral.org: www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Example of why we need the billion-dollar disasters database that Trump & co. got rid of, thankfully brought back to life by @climatecentral.org. Ocean temps along Melissa’s path 800x more likely due to climate change.
#hurricanemelissa
@zacklabe.com
#hurricanemelissa
@zacklabe.com
Bravo for this lawsuit.
“…an unprecedented lawsuit in the UK and globally…the first civil claim to directly link polluting companies to deaths and personal injuries that have already happened...”
#climatechange #climatedisasters
“…an unprecedented lawsuit in the UK and globally…the first civil claim to directly link polluting companies to deaths and personal injuries that have already happened...”
#climatechange #climatedisasters
Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first
Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first
Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Bravo for this lawsuit.
“…an unprecedented lawsuit in the UK and globally…the first civil claim to directly link polluting companies to deaths and personal injuries that have already happened...”
#climatechange #climatedisasters
“…an unprecedented lawsuit in the UK and globally…the first civil claim to directly link polluting companies to deaths and personal injuries that have already happened...”
#climatechange #climatedisasters
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day: My thoughts on Line 5, env justice, climate emotions, climate action, and how they all connect.
#indigenouspeoplesday #climatechange #environmentaljustice
open.substack.com/pub/humanity...
#indigenouspeoplesday #climatechange #environmentaljustice
open.substack.com/pub/humanity...
Native American Leader Deb Haaland Spoke in Michigan Last Year, and Climate Emotions Showed Up.
As a Climate Psychologist, I Think They’re What Mattered Most.
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day: My thoughts on Line 5, env justice, climate emotions, climate action, and how they all connect.
#indigenouspeoplesday #climatechange #environmentaljustice
open.substack.com/pub/humanity...
#indigenouspeoplesday #climatechange #environmentaljustice
open.substack.com/pub/humanity...
You’re not alone if you care about what’s happening with climate change. If you’re feeling disheartened because you feel that no one cares, know that 65% of Americans are at least somewhat worried. It often doesn’t feel that way since a similar percentage doesn’t talk about climate, but it’s true!
Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.
What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.
What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.
Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy
Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors
climatecommunication.yale.edu
October 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You’re not alone if you care about what’s happening with climate change. If you’re feeling disheartened because you feel that no one cares, know that 65% of Americans are at least somewhat worried. It often doesn’t feel that way since a similar percentage doesn’t talk about climate, but it’s true!
If you’re a mental health or health professional, it’s critical to learn about climate psych. Join @galesinatra.bsky.social, Susan Clayton, @lesliedavenport.bsky.social, Scott Barstow, and me in this CE from the Am. Psychol. Assoc. on 11/19. Register: apa.content.online/catalog/prod...
#climate
#climate
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you’re a mental health or health professional, it’s critical to learn about climate psych. Join @galesinatra.bsky.social, Susan Clayton, @lesliedavenport.bsky.social, Scott Barstow, and me in this CE from the Am. Psychol. Assoc. on 11/19. Register: apa.content.online/catalog/prod...
#climate
#climate
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My new piece in Ecopsychepedia, synthesizing what we know about climate change and young adults’ mental health. Ecopsychepedia is an online resource for the public to access accurate research and info on climate psych-related topics:
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
September 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My new piece in Ecopsychepedia, synthesizing what we know about climate change and young adults’ mental health. Ecopsychepedia is an online resource for the public to access accurate research and info on climate psych-related topics:
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety