Mark Vossler, MD (he/him)
@markvmd.bsky.social
Retired Cardiologist, Father, Husband, Climate & Environmental Justice & anti-war Activist, President Physicians for Social Responsibility, Group Leader Citizens Climate Lobby. String instrument enthusiast. Bills fan. Kraken fan. Storm fan. Opinions own.
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China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
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#ClimateCrisis: "Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own." A look at Octavia Butler's predictions in her novel 'The Parable of the Sower'
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#ClimateCrisis: "Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own." A look at Octavia Butler's predictions in her novel 'The Parable of the Sower'
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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this story is really interesting
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
this story is really interesting
“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels” @economist.com Maybe its time for the Trump administration & the US Congress to pull their heads out of their asses & build on what Biden et al were doing with the IRA
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels” @economist.com Maybe its time for the Trump administration & the US Congress to pull their heads out of their asses & build on what Biden et al were doing with the IRA
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Treatment will likely be Jay Inslee-esque: theneedling.com/2022/12/19/g...
Gov. Jay Inslee Mandates All Gifts for Bad Children Be Carbon-neutral by 2030
At a press conference in front of Climate Pledge Arena today, Governor Jay Inslee announced that he’s officially mandating Santa replace all coal he’s planning to give children on the naughty list …
theneedling.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Treatment will likely be Jay Inslee-esque: theneedling.com/2022/12/19/g...
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Thank you, @murray.senate.gov & @cantwell.senate.gov, for standing up for Washington families & working to prevent millions from losing their health care.
I am voting no. This funding proposal fails to address the fundamental needs of the American people.
I am voting no. This funding proposal fails to address the fundamental needs of the American people.
BREAKING: The Senate voted to end the 41-day government shutdown, setting the stage for the House to reconvene later this week to pick up the legislation and send it to President Trump’s desk.
thehill.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Thank you, @murray.senate.gov & @cantwell.senate.gov, for standing up for Washington families & working to prevent millions from losing their health care.
I am voting no. This funding proposal fails to address the fundamental needs of the American people.
I am voting no. This funding proposal fails to address the fundamental needs of the American people.
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Excellent breakdown of Joe Rogan's climate denial tactics, from @dananuccitelli.bsky.social: yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five...
Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Excellent breakdown of Joe Rogan's climate denial tactics, from @dananuccitelli.bsky.social: yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five...
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An actual nuclear power boom is still a long ways off in the U.S. But old uranium mines are gearing back up in the West to supply possible new reactors, with potential downstream consequences for water supplies: insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry - Inside Climate News
After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.
insideclimatenews.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
An actual nuclear power boom is still a long ways off in the U.S. But old uranium mines are gearing back up in the West to supply possible new reactors, with potential downstream consequences for water supplies: insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
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I voted NO. As long as there is still any time left to reverse the MAGA health care hike, I believe we should do everything we can to force Republicans to the negotiating table.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
Senator Murray Statement on Government Funding Vote: “The Fight for Health Care Does Not End Tonight—This is the MAGA Health Care Hike” | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I voted NO. As long as there is still any time left to reverse the MAGA health care hike, I believe we should do everything we can to force Republicans to the negotiating table.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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This bill doesn’t address the core issue that millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford ACA insurance coverage next year. I’m willing to work with anyone to create a path forward but this isn’t it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This bill doesn’t address the core issue that millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford ACA insurance coverage next year. I’m willing to work with anyone to create a path forward but this isn’t it.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Everything is about me
This is not about you Tom.
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Everything is about me
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“In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare.”
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Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
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Climate hawk Donald Trump abruptly lowers emissions of major polluting industry
Airlines cancel more than 700 US flights as FAA-ordered, Trump shutdown cuts begin… www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/a...
Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin
The cuts were ordered as air traffic controllers have missed their paychecks due to the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Climate hawk Donald Trump abruptly lowers emissions of major polluting industry
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your hard-earned tax dollars are paying for a White House social media account that calls duty elected senators "demented losers."
it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.
it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
your hard-earned tax dollars are paying for a White House social media account that calls duty elected senators "demented losers."
it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.
it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.
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NEW STORY // Pro-Housing Candidates Make Gains All Around Puget Sound
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...
Pro-Housing Candidates Make Gains All Around Puget Sound » The Urbanist
# On the whole, there were bright spots for urbanist candidates all around the region, with major gains seen in Burien, Redmond, and Tacoma. There was also some backsliding in places like Sammamish an...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW STORY // Pro-Housing Candidates Make Gains All Around Puget Sound
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...
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This is the local report: theneedling.com/2019/09/02/s...
Sunshine Soon to be Replaced by Eternal, Inescapable Darkness
By Seadiff Nass, Needling Meteorologist The forecast isn’t looking good. No, my friend, it looks grim indeed. I’ve been studying my meteorological charts and my radars, and the number of spid…
theneedling.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is the local report: theneedling.com/2019/09/02/s...
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WAR ON THANKSGIVING
Breaking news: The Trump administration has announced it will reduce flight traffic by 10 percent in 40 markets across the U.S. as part of an effort to ease pressure on air traffic controllers, as the government shutdown enters its second month.
U.S. orders 10% cut in flights at several airports as shutdown drags on
The Trump administration says the move, which will affect 40 markets, is part of an effort to ease pressure on air traffic controllers.
wapo.st
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
WAR ON THANKSGIVING
Fossil fuels harm our health in more ways than most people realize. Rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels is not just an environmental necessity; it’s a public health imperative. @psr.org @wpsr.bsky.social @sfbaypsr.bsky.social @psr-ny.bsky.social @psr-la.bsky.social psr.org/issues/envir...
Fueling Sickness: The Hidden Health Costs of Fossil Fuel Pollution | Physicians for Social Responsibility
Fueling Sickness The Hidden Health Costs of Fossil Fuel Pollution A collaborative report on the direct health impacts of fossil fuel pollution across every system of the body and every stage of fossil...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fossil fuels harm our health in more ways than most people realize. Rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels is not just an environmental necessity; it’s a public health imperative. @psr.org @wpsr.bsky.social @sfbaypsr.bsky.social @psr-ny.bsky.social @psr-la.bsky.social psr.org/issues/envir...