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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 9h
Demographic Transition
ourworldindata.org Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 11h
In Japan, there are approximately two deaths for every birth—

Forty years ago in Japan, two babies were born for every person who died. Twenty years ago, these numbers were equal. And today, the ratio has reversed: one baby is born for every two people who die.
In Japan, the number of deaths each year is around twice the number of births Line chart of annual births and deaths in Japan from 1950 to 2023. Births fall from about 2.4 million in 1950, with a peak near the early 1970s around 2.1 million, then decline steadily to about 750,000 births in 2023. Deaths start near 900,000 in 1950, remain below births through the late 20th century, then rise steadily from the 1990s and cross above births around 2008 to 2010, reaching 1.52 million deaths in 2023. Y-axis labeled in increments from 0 up to 2.5 million. Data source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024). Licensed CC BY.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 11h
In Japan, there are approximately two deaths for every birth—

Forty years ago in Japan, two babies were born for every person who died. Twenty years ago, these numbers were equal. And today, the ratio has reversed: one baby is born for every two people who die.
In Japan, the number of deaths each year is around twice the number of births Line chart of annual births and deaths in Japan from 1950 to 2023. Births fall from about 2.4 million in 1950, with a peak near the early 1970s around 2.1 million, then decline steadily to about 750,000 births in 2023. Deaths start near 900,000 in 1950, remain below births through the late 20th century, then rise steadily from the 1990s and cross above births around 2008 to 2010, reaching 1.52 million deaths in 2023. Y-axis labeled in increments from 0 up to 2.5 million. Data source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024). Licensed CC BY.

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 21h
Maryland land conservation programs continue to be axed.

www.bayjournal.com/news/growth_...
‘Definitely discouraging’: Maryland land conservation programs continue to be axed
Before Maryland lawmakers opened the 2026 legislative session in January, the state’s land conservation programs were already facing a $75 million shortfall over the next three years.
www.bayjournal.com

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 22h
Plastic kills.
Shell not profiting enough off Beaver County (Pennsylvania) plant.

www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/n...
Shell considers selling U.S. and European chemical plants, including Beaver County facility - Pittsburgh Business Times
Reports say Shell may sell its chemical plants, including the $14 billion Monaca facility in Beaver County, amid a strategic review of its chemical division.
www.bizjournals.com

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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 22h
In a study published today, researchers reported that the ideal conditions for major wildfires are now aligning across different parts of the world at more than double the rate they did 50 years ago.

@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4795...
Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires
Around the world, the conditions that brew massive blazes are...syncing up?
www.vox.com

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 1d
Sitting in a Baltimore bar… Bill noted the cold temperatures to refute climate change and Obama suggesting ET exists.

It’s been a great day.
True story
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d
Former president Barack Obama appeared to drop an otherworldly bombshell: extraterrestrials exist.

Obama largely walked back his remarks, suggesting that he was offering a pithy response and that he was simply performing cosmic math. https://wapo.st/4rmz1PA

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 1d
In Colbert I Trust

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d
Former president Barack Obama appeared to drop an otherworldly bombshell: extraterrestrials exist.

Obama largely walked back his remarks, suggesting that he was offering a pithy response and that he was simply performing cosmic math. https://wapo.st/4rmz1PA

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 2d
Colbert is being cancelled in May (2026). Until then, dude is going to rage 🔥

Don’t share this.
jamestalarico.bsky.social James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 2d
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 2d
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 2d
Who dis?
FEMA
www.eenews.net/articles/fem...
FEMA canceled $11B in disaster payments to states
The unannounced move came after President Donald Trump threatened to reduce FEMA aid, jarring emergency management professionals.
www.eenews.net

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 3d
I'll talk with @jaimepalter.bsky.social and @jfrancisclimate.bsky.social Wed at 1 ET, hosted by the Solutions Journalism Network and URI. How is climate change affecting winter weather extremes? How we can improve resilience to winter storms? Intended for climate journalists but all are welcome.
Flyer - CAUSES AND RESPONSES TO EXTREME WINTER WEATHER February 18, 1-2 PM (EST) Recent winter extremes have raised new questions about how a warming Arctic may be reshaping weather far beyond the polar regions. Hosted by URI's Metcalf Institute and Solutions Journalism Network, this training for journalists explores the links between Arctic ice loss, polar vortex disruptions, and the growing frequency of severe winter weather across the Northern Hemisphere, as well as solutions that show how communities are adapting to these emerging risks.

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 3d
Forever chemicals disqualify Olympic athletes.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d
Several Olympic athletes were disqualified after their skis and snowboards tested positive for traces of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” which have been banned at the Games for the first time this year because of their damage to the environment and the human body.
Three Olympic Athletes Were Just Disqualified for a Novel Reason: PFAS
Their skis and snowboards tested positive for “forever chemicals,” slippery-but-dangerous chemicals now banned in the Games.
nyti.ms

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d
Several Olympic athletes were disqualified after their skis and snowboards tested positive for traces of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” which have been banned at the Games for the first time this year because of their damage to the environment and the human body.
Three Olympic Athletes Were Just Disqualified for a Novel Reason: PFAS
Their skis and snowboards tested positive for “forever chemicals,” slippery-but-dangerous chemicals now banned in the Games.
nyti.ms

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 5d
More work to do but take the smooth with the crunchy.
bobkopp.net Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 6d
As expected, in the final rule, EPA's Endangerment Finding repeal backs down entirely from challenging the science, choosing to focus on statutory arguments regarding EPA's authority. Good work, everyone who contributed to the @andrewdessler.com review!
The EPA has considered these comments and, in this final action, is not finalizing the alternative climate science rationale and is not finalizing new findings by the Administrator with respect to global climate change concerns under CAA section 202(a)(1). The EPA does not rely on any specific critique of climate science as a necessary justification for this action. Given our conclusion that we lack legal authority to regulate in response to global climate change concerns under CAA section 202(a)(1), it would be unnecessary and inappropriate to resolve such questions in this regulatory context. The EPA includes this section to summarize major scientific themes commenters raised and to acknowledge that scientific research and debate about climate change will continue. This discussion does not endorse or reject any particular assessment, study, or comment letter in the docket with respect to assertions regarding global climate change science and has limited its responses to the bases being finalized in this final action. The EPA’s conclusion in this final action is limited to the legal determination that CAA section 202(a) does not provide the authority to regulate GHG emissions from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines for the purpose of addressing global climate change concerns, irrespective of how ongoing scientific debates are ultimately resolved.

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 6d
As expected, in the final rule, EPA's Endangerment Finding repeal backs down entirely from challenging the science, choosing to focus on statutory arguments regarding EPA's authority. Good work, everyone who contributed to the @andrewdessler.com review!
The EPA has considered these comments and, in this final action, is not finalizing the alternative climate science rationale and is not finalizing new findings by the Administrator with respect to global climate change concerns under CAA section 202(a)(1). The EPA does not rely on any specific critique of climate science as a necessary justification for this action. Given our conclusion that we lack legal authority to regulate in response to global climate change concerns under CAA section 202(a)(1), it would be unnecessary and inappropriate to resolve such questions in this regulatory context. The EPA includes this section to summarize major scientific themes commenters raised and to acknowledge that scientific research and debate about climate change will continue. This discussion does not endorse or reject any particular assessment, study, or comment letter in the docket with respect to assertions regarding global climate change science and has limited its responses to the bases being finalized in this final action. The EPA’s conclusion in this final action is limited to the legal determination that CAA section 202(a) does not provide the authority to regulate GHG emissions from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines for the purpose of addressing global climate change concerns, irrespective of how ongoing scientific debates are ultimately resolved.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 6d
Updated climate indicators graphics, now including 2025

ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graphic showing changes in CO₂, global temperatures and global sea levels over the last 2025 years. Steep increases are visible after the industrial revolution.

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 6d
Jerry Lewis, PH.D. died on Wednesday, February 11.
May 4, 1970.
May we not forget Kent State.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvYz...
Reflections on May 4th: Jerry M. Lewis
YouTube video by KentState
www.youtube.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 7d
As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding
The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
www.nature.org

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 7d
Is the Earth round?
Here’s Bob on the street for a new perspective.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 7d
Start at the beginning. From @marcusmarcusrc.bsky.social

thesaraphreport.substack.com/p/an-endange...
A GHG Endangerment Finding story
I helped write it. I defended it. Now I'm watching them tear it down.
thesaraphreport.substack.com

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 7d
Every time I read Lee Zeldin, I see Led Zeppelin.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 7d
This action "is a ringing alarm bell warning all of us of the extent to which this administration has succeeded in degrading our governing institutions in such a short period of time." My statement progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/epa...

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 7d
Breathe air. Then look at photos from the 1970s. Or from (old) cars in Cuba.

Policy matters. Health matters.
eos.org Eos @eos.org · 7d
"Perhaps no one in history has benefited more from our historic deregulation campaign than the U.S. auto industry," Trump said, citing the cancellation of the EPA's tailpipe emission standards and the CAFE emissions standards.

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Eos @eos.org · 7d
"Perhaps no one in history has benefited more from our historic deregulation campaign than the U.S. auto industry," Trump said, citing the cancellation of the EPA's tailpipe emission standards and the CAFE emissions standards.

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 7d
Imagine having 99 oncologists tell you to get things in order and you opt to listen to the one dude who took a high school physics class.
The planet is warming.
And it’s us.
bobkopp.net Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 8d
I’m unconvinced (and @ccallahan45.bsky.social’s has analysis that supports this) this can’t be explained by the rate of greenhouse gas emissions. But anyways, striking article in the same issue in which the editorial board supports EPA’s repeal of the funding that GHGs endanger health and welfare
therockyfiles.bsky.social Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 8d
Scientists say the world has been warming at a steady rate. Then recently it spiked: “We’re not continuing on the same path we had before...Something has changed.” wapo.st/4abXa5w @JohnMuyskens @shannonosaka @washingtonpost

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 8d
I’m unconvinced (and @ccallahan45.bsky.social’s has analysis that supports this) this can’t be explained by the rate of greenhouse gas emissions. But anyways, striking article in the same issue in which the editorial board supports EPA’s repeal of the funding that GHGs endanger health and welfare
therockyfiles.bsky.social Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 8d
Scientists say the world has been warming at a steady rate. Then recently it spiked: “We’re not continuing on the same path we had before...Something has changed.” wapo.st/4abXa5w @JohnMuyskens @shannonosaka @washingtonpost
Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
wapo.st

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 8d
Massie et al. should go nuclear.

Republican. Democrat. King. Prince. Rich. Famous. Friend. Foe.

Accountability. Release the Epstein Files.

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Michael Allen @mjallen176.bsky.social · 8d
Should not be lost on anyone that Rep. Jim Jordan serves as chairperson of House Judiciary Committee.
🤡
Release the Epstein Files
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/11/i...
In new documentary, former Ohio State wrestlers say U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan knew about Strauss abuse • Ohio Capital Journal
Survivors of Dr. Richard Strauss say Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan known about the sexual abuse the student-athletes experienced, according to HBO’s new documentary Surviving Ohio State.
ohiocapitaljournal.com

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NOAA @noaa.gov · 8d
Today our Monthly *Global* Temperature & Precipitation Report is out, this time for January 2026:

Earth experienced its 5th-warmest Jan. on record and unusual warmth led to near-record-low Arctic sea ice extent:

▶️ bit.ly/Global202601

via NOAA's NCEI
Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in January 2026
January 2025 ranked as the fifth-warmest January in NOAA’s 177-year record, with a global surface temperature 2.02°F (1.12°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline.
bit.ly