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Common River
For people. For planet. For prosperity. For all.
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We track jobs, funding , and contract opportunities for people doing the work—to combat the climate crisis and build prosperous, sustainable futures for all.
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We track jobs, funding , and contract opportunities for people doing the work—to combat the climate crisis and build prosperous, sustainable futures for all.
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🤝 DEI Consultant @ C2ES: Develop diversity & equity strategies for climate org. $40k-$80k contract. Deadline Dec 1. #Contracts #DEI
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
🤝 DEI Consultant @ C2ES: Develop diversity & equity strategies for climate org. $40k-$80k contract. Deadline Dec 1. #Contracts #DEI
📑 Heat Pump RFP Rhode Island: $9.6M-$12.8M for low-income heat pump adoption in New England. Deadline Nov 10. #Contracts #CleanEnergy
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
📑 Heat Pump RFP Rhode Island: $9.6M-$12.8M for low-income heat pump adoption in New England. Deadline Nov 10. #Contracts #CleanEnergy
🏭 Cement Campaign Director @ Industrious Labs: Transform cement industry for climate & jobs. Remote. $156k. Apply ASAP. #Jobs #ClimateAction
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
🏭 Cement Campaign Director @ Industrious Labs: Transform cement industry for climate & jobs. Remote. $156k. Apply ASAP. #Jobs #ClimateAction
🏡 Chief of Staff @ Frolic Community: Build cooperative housing for equity in Seattle. Hybrid. $100k-$140k. Apply ASAP. #Jobs #HousingJustice
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
🏡 Chief of Staff @ Frolic Community: Build cooperative housing for equity in Seattle. Hybrid. $100k-$140k. Apply ASAP. #Jobs #HousingJustice
💼 Product Designer @ One Project: Design solidarity economy platform Common. Remote US. $140k-$180k. Apply ASAP. #Jobs #SocialImpact
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
💼 Product Designer @ One Project: Design solidarity economy platform Common. Remote US. $140k-$180k. Apply ASAP. #Jobs #SocialImpact
🚨 Director State Affairs-Northeast @ SEIA: Lead solar policy in NY/MA/CT. $115k-$125k. Apply ASAP. #Jobs #CleanEnergy
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
🚨 Director State Affairs-Northeast @ SEIA: Lead solar policy in NY/MA/CT. $115k-$125k. Apply ASAP. #Jobs #CleanEnergy
🌍 National Geographic Future of Learning: $20k-$65k for educational projects on people & planet. Pilot or scale proven approaches. Deadline Nov 19. #Funding #Education
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
🌍 National Geographic Future of Learning: $20k-$65k for educational projects on people & planet. Pilot or scale proven approaches. Deadline Nov 19. #Funding #Education
🚀 Breakthrough Energy Fellows 2026: $500k investment for clean tech innovators reducing 500M+ tons of greenhouse gases yearly. Deadline Nov 10. #Funding #CleanTech
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🚀 Breakthrough Energy Fellows 2026: $500k investment for clean tech innovators reducing 500M+ tons of greenhouse gases yearly. Deadline Nov 10. #Funding #CleanTech
💰 Justice Fund of Georgia Fall 2025: $10k-$25k for decarceration, community healing & systems change orgs in Georgia. Deadline Nov 10. #Funding #CriminalJustice
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
💰 Justice Fund of Georgia Fall 2025: $10k-$25k for decarceration, community healing & systems change orgs in Georgia. Deadline Nov 10. #Funding #CriminalJustice
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For years, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their own emissions.
Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates.
Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:
Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates.
Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:
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...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
For years, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their own emissions.
Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates.
Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:
Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates.
Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:
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America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
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Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The sound of Ohtani's bat turning this ball around is the sound of Thanos snapping his fingers whilst wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. You can hear universes dying and stars exploding.
Shohei Ohtani literally just homered out of Dodger Stadium
October 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The sound of Ohtani's bat turning this ball around is the sound of Thanos snapping his fingers whilst wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. You can hear universes dying and stars exploding.
I'll give it to the fossil fuel companies, they know how to force their way into every inch of cultural life. Watching the #LSU game and I can't stop rolling my eyes at the massive Venture Global at the 25 yard line. It's bigger than the SEC logo!
www.nola.com/sports/lsu/t...
www.nola.com/sports/lsu/t...
Yes, on-field ads have made it to Tiger Stadium. Here's why LSU sold its 25-yard lines.
Why LSU football is adding advertisements on the field at Tiger Stadium this season.
www.nola.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I'll give it to the fossil fuel companies, they know how to force their way into every inch of cultural life. Watching the #LSU game and I can't stop rolling my eyes at the massive Venture Global at the 25 yard line. It's bigger than the SEC logo!
www.nola.com/sports/lsu/t...
www.nola.com/sports/lsu/t...
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when u accidentally become really important at work
October 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
when u accidentally become really important at work
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“We found significant contamination,” Stolz said. “Essentially half of the people in our study had bad water.” Two of the wells registered “explosive levels of methane,” he said. “The homeowners had no clue it was that bad.”
Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking - Inside Climate News
Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.
insideclimatenews.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“We found significant contamination,” Stolz said. “Essentially half of the people in our study had bad water.” Two of the wells registered “explosive levels of methane,” he said. “The homeowners had no clue it was that bad.”
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The findings “suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less ‘empathy’ towards Black and Asian ones.”
AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities
Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients
www.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The findings “suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less ‘empathy’ towards Black and Asian ones.”
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Applications are due next Sunday October 5th for the @cplusc.bsky.social Housing Policy Manager role, spread the word!
‼️ Join my team ‼️ @cplusc.bsky.social is hiring a Housing Policy Manager to help advance progressive housing and climate solutions alongside some of the best tenant unions, labor unions, policymakers, and researchers in the field.
Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
Work With Us - Climate and Community Institute
Job opportunities at the Climate and Community Institute
climateandcommunity.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Applications are due next Sunday October 5th for the @cplusc.bsky.social Housing Policy Manager role, spread the word!
For those gearing up for NYC Climate Week, consider that not all #decarbonization pathways are created equal. The fossil fuel lobby is not acting in good faith. No more sacrifice zones.
#climateweek
#climateweek
"God forbid that any explosion would happen — we would be a little wiped-out town.”
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-ris...
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-ris...
Exxon’s risky CO₂ pipeline passes far too close to homes and businesses, Louisiana residents say
Experts and advocates decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency
www.exxonknews.org
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For those gearing up for NYC Climate Week, consider that not all #decarbonization pathways are created equal. The fossil fuel lobby is not acting in good faith. No more sacrifice zones.
#climateweek
#climateweek
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Lots of great media pouring in as Sun Day hits high noon on the west coast!
www.commondreams.org/news/celebra...
www.commondreams.org/news/celebra...
'Celebratory and Uplifting': Sun Day Events Champion Promise of Wind and Solar | Common Dreams
Despite Trump's shadow, organizers behind the day of action say the "clean energy revolution is here."
www.commondreams.org
September 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lots of great media pouring in as Sun Day hits high noon on the west coast!
www.commondreams.org/news/celebra...
www.commondreams.org/news/celebra...
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target CEO about to start wearing kente cloth
September 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
target CEO about to start wearing kente cloth
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💧 The Shiloh community secured $100K from national allies to fight flooding. With state projects stalled, these funds fuel their advocacy. Next stop: Boston. #JusticeForShiloh #BlackLandLoss #Takings #JustCompensation
Nonprofit organizations donate $100,000 to flooding prone community
ELBA, Ala. (WDHN) — Within the last two to three months, the Shiloh community received $100,000 from partners and nonprofit organizations to help advocate and combat their flooding crisis. “W…
www.wdhn.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
💧 The Shiloh community secured $100K from national allies to fight flooding. With state projects stalled, these funds fuel their advocacy. Next stop: Boston. #JusticeForShiloh #BlackLandLoss #Takings #JustCompensation
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Know ideas not by their friends, but by their funders.
The Kochs are historically the main funders of US climate denial and fossil-fuel propaganda.
Now they're funding Abundance.
Do you really think Charles Koch believes the Abundance agenda will hurt fossil fuels?
1/n
The Kochs are historically the main funders of US climate denial and fossil-fuel propaganda.
Now they're funding Abundance.
Do you really think Charles Koch believes the Abundance agenda will hurt fossil fuels?
1/n
Stand Together, founded by Charles Koch? Well, it's sponsoring the Abundance 2025 conference this September.
Guess who's speaking there!
It's. Right. In. Front. Of. Us. In. The. Open.
Guess who's speaking there!
It's. Right. In. Front. Of. Us. In. The. Open.
July 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Know ideas not by their friends, but by their funders.
The Kochs are historically the main funders of US climate denial and fossil-fuel propaganda.
Now they're funding Abundance.
Do you really think Charles Koch believes the Abundance agenda will hurt fossil fuels?
1/n
The Kochs are historically the main funders of US climate denial and fossil-fuel propaganda.
Now they're funding Abundance.
Do you really think Charles Koch believes the Abundance agenda will hurt fossil fuels?
1/n