Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
@ssteingraber1.bsky.social
PhD biologist, author, climate activist, adoptee rights activist. Senior Scientist and Writer in Residence, Science and Environmental Health Network, Rachel Carson scholar with Library of America. Reminder: Nobody’s coming.
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A little thread: Science is defiantly anti-fascist because it pursues truth, is necessarily collaborative, and relies on open communication. And because its falsifiability is incompatible with the cultism, faith-based belief systems, disinformation, and propaganda of Christian nationalism.
I feel like the Germans will natürlich be okay with this
During first Trump term I invented the term “schadenfucked” for a situation where schadenfreude would be appropriate if we weren’t all fucked
December 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I feel like the Germans will natürlich be okay with this
💥Rare good news from NYS where our governor touts affordability (but permits costly pipelines).
Slated for a big funding cut, a program that allows low-income households to reduce their bills by paying for home insulation and new appliances just got a bunch of cash.1/2
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/e...
Slated for a big funding cut, a program that allows low-income households to reduce their bills by paying for home insulation and new appliances just got a bunch of cash.1/2
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/e...
New York Shores Up Funding for Key Energy Efficiency Program
The state plans to stabilize the Empower+ program with a record amount of money from the pollution pricing program RGGI.
nysfocus.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
💥Rare good news from NYS where our governor touts affordability (but permits costly pipelines).
Slated for a big funding cut, a program that allows low-income households to reduce their bills by paying for home insulation and new appliances just got a bunch of cash.1/2
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/e...
Slated for a big funding cut, a program that allows low-income households to reduce their bills by paying for home insulation and new appliances just got a bunch of cash.1/2
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/e...
Another day, another exploding natural gas pipeline closing roads, trapping people, sowing terror.
If only there were some other way to cook food, heat homes, and make electricity that was cheap, safe, and didn’t blow up or wreck the climate.
#FossilFuelsSoRetrogressive
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If only there were some other way to cook food, heat homes, and make electricity that was cheap, safe, and didn’t blow up or wreck the climate.
#FossilFuelsSoRetrogressive
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Gas line rupture in Castaic prompts 5 Freeway closure, shelter-in-place order — Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles County firefighters responded to a gas line rupture in Castaic on Saturday, which prompted the CHP to close a portion of the 5 Freeway.
apple.news
December 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Another day, another exploding natural gas pipeline closing roads, trapping people, sowing terror.
If only there were some other way to cook food, heat homes, and make electricity that was cheap, safe, and didn’t blow up or wreck the climate.
#FossilFuelsSoRetrogressive
apple.news/AiX6695XnSym...
If only there were some other way to cook food, heat homes, and make electricity that was cheap, safe, and didn’t blow up or wreck the climate.
#FossilFuelsSoRetrogressive
apple.news/AiX6695XnSym...
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If only climate groups had the money and infrastructure to run a $20 million ad campaign, knock on 500,000 doors, and have 1,500 meetings with lawmakers, as right-wing groups do on just one bill to fight for fossil fuels.
![cited as a major victory the passage this summer of the Trump administration's Big Beautiful Bill, a massive tax cut bill
predominately benefiting America's wealthiest citizens that included deep cuts to clean energy tax credits brought in under President
Joe Biden.
The Koch political group ran a $20 million advertising and political campaign that it claimed "helped make this win possible through over 1,500 meetings with lawmakers, nearly 500,000 doors knocked, more than 475,000 phone calls, 725+ community events Land] over 100,000 letters sent to Congress."
AFP presented the bill as a victory for fossil fuels. "It provides for a minimum of 30 offshore oll and gas lease sales, its analyst Burns said in an advertisement posted on the group's Facebook page. "And it makes available for lease four million acres of recoverable coal resources](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/bafkreidy326hrg2en5whq37t4xyglqgnyoef73wzupvqk7vyk7mhnjb36a@jpeg)
December 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If only climate groups had the money and infrastructure to run a $20 million ad campaign, knock on 500,000 doors, and have 1,500 meetings with lawmakers, as right-wing groups do on just one bill to fight for fossil fuels.
TWO HOURS LATER…
Car is freed with no need for my Medicare card today. I approached the job as a series of goblet squats. CrossFit training for the win.
Best of all: I got to tell the mustache guy in the Trump-and-flag-bejeweled truck who stopped by with an unsolicited plow-out bid to…drive on 1/6
Car is freed with no need for my Medicare card today. I approached the job as a series of goblet squats. CrossFit training for the win.
Best of all: I got to tell the mustache guy in the Trump-and-flag-bejeweled truck who stopped by with an unsolicited plow-out bid to…drive on 1/6
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
TWO HOURS LATER…
Car is freed with no need for my Medicare card today. I approached the job as a series of goblet squats. CrossFit training for the win.
Best of all: I got to tell the mustache guy in the Trump-and-flag-bejeweled truck who stopped by with an unsolicited plow-out bid to…drive on 1/6
Car is freed with no need for my Medicare card today. I approached the job as a series of goblet squats. CrossFit training for the win.
Best of all: I got to tell the mustache guy in the Trump-and-flag-bejeweled truck who stopped by with an unsolicited plow-out bid to…drive on 1/6
Do I have osteoporosis in my spine, a torn labrum in my hip, and and a Medicare card in my wallet?
YES
And can I box squat 100 lb, deadlift my body weight, and did I just hear an NPR story about how cussing during feats of strength improves performance?
ALSO YES
Let’s f-ing dig this MF-er out
YES
And can I box squat 100 lb, deadlift my body weight, and did I just hear an NPR story about how cussing during feats of strength improves performance?
ALSO YES
Let’s f-ing dig this MF-er out
December 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Do I have osteoporosis in my spine, a torn labrum in my hip, and and a Medicare card in my wallet?
YES
And can I box squat 100 lb, deadlift my body weight, and did I just hear an NPR story about how cussing during feats of strength improves performance?
ALSO YES
Let’s f-ing dig this MF-er out
YES
And can I box squat 100 lb, deadlift my body weight, and did I just hear an NPR story about how cussing during feats of strength improves performance?
ALSO YES
Let’s f-ing dig this MF-er out
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Pro tip: shovel the sidewalk for the old lady who lives next door.
December 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Pro tip: shovel the sidewalk for the old lady who lives next door.
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Pretty confident there's a commandment against idolatry, but what do I know, I just read the book at face value
'American Idol' comes to Jesus: How the show is embracing faith-based music and building a new audience
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
'American Idol' Comes to Jesus, Finds Rebirth in Faith-Based Music
'American Idol' is turning to faith music, creating new stars and building a new audience.
www.rollingstone.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Pretty confident there's a commandment against idolatry, but what do I know, I just read the book at face value
This was a hit last Xmas with my two underpaid Gen Z kiddos so am reprising it: banker’s boxes (tape for scale) stuffed w coffee, olive oil, hot sauce, honey, maple syrup, protein bars, biscotti, laundry soap, dish soap, popcorn, tuna etc.
First time I ever hit $500 at a supermarket checkout. 😳
First time I ever hit $500 at a supermarket checkout. 😳
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This was a hit last Xmas with my two underpaid Gen Z kiddos so am reprising it: banker’s boxes (tape for scale) stuffed w coffee, olive oil, hot sauce, honey, maple syrup, protein bars, biscotti, laundry soap, dish soap, popcorn, tuna etc.
First time I ever hit $500 at a supermarket checkout. 😳
First time I ever hit $500 at a supermarket checkout. 😳
Today is the annual re-enactment of my loathing for gift wrapping which I not only hate but am bad at, a failure that I attribute both to left handedness but also a DGAF attitude as evidenced by the fact that I can give a rat a tracheotomy but don’t ask me for a ribbon or a name tag on this MFer.
December 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today is the annual re-enactment of my loathing for gift wrapping which I not only hate but am bad at, a failure that I attribute both to left handedness but also a DGAF attitude as evidenced by the fact that I can give a rat a tracheotomy but don’t ask me for a ribbon or a name tag on this MFer.
Why I lift, run a daily 5K, and eat kale: Project Outlive Them
December 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why I lift, run a daily 5K, and eat kale: Project Outlive Them
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Scary. Imagine you have 4 kids and all of 'em are hospitalized at the same time. Struggling to breathe, need oxygen, and have high fevers. This photo shows just 3 of the siblings.
Photograph: Carrollyn Timmons
Photograph: Carrollyn Timmons
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Scary. Imagine you have 4 kids and all of 'em are hospitalized at the same time. Struggling to breathe, need oxygen, and have high fevers. This photo shows just 3 of the siblings.
Photograph: Carrollyn Timmons
Photograph: Carrollyn Timmons
Spoiler: Everyone who is not vaccinated gets measles and some who are get breakthrough infections and they all get complicatedly sick for a long time and the people lying are the anti-vaxxers
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I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
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I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Spoiler: Everyone who is not vaccinated gets measles and some who are get breakthrough infections and they all get complicatedly sick for a long time and the people lying are the anti-vaxxers
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I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
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I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
Me and the fact of my adoption navigated the medical system once again today. 🥚
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Me and the fact of my adoption navigated the medical system once again today. 🥚
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Larger point: 45Q is arguably the most perverse energy subsidy from a climate pespective. Govt paying corporations to capture and store CO2, instead of actually reducing emissions, means incentivizing more extraction and combustion of fossil fuels because more emissions means more public $.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Larger point: 45Q is arguably the most perverse energy subsidy from a climate pespective. Govt paying corporations to capture and store CO2, instead of actually reducing emissions, means incentivizing more extraction and combustion of fossil fuels because more emissions means more public $.
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Indeed, Sandra. Here is Just Solutions' and Earth Track's brief on 45Q fiscal disaster. CCUS footprint grew from about 15 operations to more than 200 in the pipeline today as the subsidy rose to $85/ton under Biden and industry is now pushing for $120.
justsolutionscollective.org/taxpayer-cos...
justsolutionscollective.org/taxpayer-cos...
Taxpayer Costs for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: A Fiscal Disaster in the Making – Just Solutions
justsolutionscollective.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Indeed, Sandra. Here is Just Solutions' and Earth Track's brief on 45Q fiscal disaster. CCUS footprint grew from about 15 operations to more than 200 in the pipeline today as the subsidy rose to $85/ton under Biden and industry is now pushing for $120.
justsolutionscollective.org/taxpayer-cos...
justsolutionscollective.org/taxpayer-cos...
Always fun to read the Carbon Herald, esp bedtime stories about how the IRS will monitor supercritical CO2 injections into geological formations including depleted oil wells and how large sums of taxpayer money are paid out sans proof that the CO2 stays put…1/2
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New Treasury And IRS Guidance Addresses 45Q Carbon Capture Credit Risks
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service release new guidance for keeping the federal 45Q carbon capture tax credit functioning.
carbonherald.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Always fun to read the Carbon Herald, esp bedtime stories about how the IRS will monitor supercritical CO2 injections into geological formations including depleted oil wells and how large sums of taxpayer money are paid out sans proof that the CO2 stays put…1/2
carbonherald.com/treasury-irs...
carbonherald.com/treasury-irs...
Currently on this week’s list of national security threats according to the White House:
• Offshore wind turbines
• The New York Times
Not on the list:
• Climate change
• Russian bots acting as online chaos agents and sowers of disinformation
• Offshore wind turbines
• The New York Times
Not on the list:
• Climate change
• Russian bots acting as online chaos agents and sowers of disinformation
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Currently on this week’s list of national security threats according to the White House:
• Offshore wind turbines
• The New York Times
Not on the list:
• Climate change
• Russian bots acting as online chaos agents and sowers of disinformation
• Offshore wind turbines
• The New York Times
Not on the list:
• Climate change
• Russian bots acting as online chaos agents and sowers of disinformation
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I wrote this earlier.
"...while there are likely people in China who know how much oil they can store and how much excess storage capacity currently exists, they aren’t sharing that info and we have no real idea. We do have an idea what would happen if China stopped buying this oil next year."
"...while there are likely people in China who know how much oil they can store and how much excess storage capacity currently exists, they aren’t sharing that info and we have no real idea. We do have an idea what would happen if China stopped buying this oil next year."
Gluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality
The world is facing a multi-year oil glut where the oil producers will be pumping more oil out of the ground than the world is using. This will keep oil prices at low levels – likely well below the le...
powering-the-planet.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I wrote this earlier.
"...while there are likely people in China who know how much oil they can store and how much excess storage capacity currently exists, they aren’t sharing that info and we have no real idea. We do have an idea what would happen if China stopped buying this oil next year."
"...while there are likely people in China who know how much oil they can store and how much excess storage capacity currently exists, they aren’t sharing that info and we have no real idea. We do have an idea what would happen if China stopped buying this oil next year."
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"The key question for 2026 is whether China will, and can, continue to buy excess crude when prices drop, effectively providing a floor."
While the US is issuing threats and tariffs to try to implement global energy policy, China has legit economic levers it controls.
While the US is issuing threats and tariffs to try to implement global energy policy, China has legit economic levers it controls.
China overtakes OPEC+ as the main oil price maker
Conventional wisdom in the crude oil market is that producers such as OPEC+ largely determine the price by altering output levels to achieve a desired outcome.
www.reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"The key question for 2026 is whether China will, and can, continue to buy excess crude when prices drop, effectively providing a floor."
While the US is issuing threats and tariffs to try to implement global energy policy, China has legit economic levers it controls.
While the US is issuing threats and tariffs to try to implement global energy policy, China has legit economic levers it controls.
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Some of my stories this year included:
- how the gas industry pushed state bills to redefine gas as “clean” energy
- how the DOE partnered with plastics lobbyists
- how Exxon is building CO2 pipelines through communities after Trump withdrew safety regs
More: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxonknews...
- how the gas industry pushed state bills to redefine gas as “clean” energy
- how the DOE partnered with plastics lobbyists
- how Exxon is building CO2 pipelines through communities after Trump withdrew safety regs
More: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxonknews...
ExxonKnews: The year in review
This year, ExxonKnews reported on Big Oil targeting its critics, pushing false solutions, and encouraging political allies to help the industry escape accountability.
www.exxonknews.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Some of my stories this year included:
- how the gas industry pushed state bills to redefine gas as “clean” energy
- how the DOE partnered with plastics lobbyists
- how Exxon is building CO2 pipelines through communities after Trump withdrew safety regs
More: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxonknews...
- how the gas industry pushed state bills to redefine gas as “clean” energy
- how the DOE partnered with plastics lobbyists
- how Exxon is building CO2 pipelines through communities after Trump withdrew safety regs
More: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxonknews...
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it’s hard to overstate how much fraud has been perpetuated in intercountry #adoption. some of my mutuals have talked about being fed just these sorts of lies about their preadoptive histories.
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
it’s hard to overstate how much fraud has been perpetuated in intercountry #adoption. some of my mutuals have talked about being fed just these sorts of lies about their preadoptive histories.
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My new year's resolution - relearn basic cellular biochemistry and metabolism. More and more relevant to my field. I've got to overcome PTSD of learning the Kreb's cycle in undergrad! 🧠🧪⚛️🤪
HIF1α controls somitogenesis and spine development by regulating levels of intracellular oxygen in the presomitic mesoderm https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.19.694009v1
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My new year's resolution - relearn basic cellular biochemistry and metabolism. More and more relevant to my field. I've got to overcome PTSD of learning the Kreb's cycle in undergrad! 🧠🧪⚛️🤪
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Make it unprofitable.
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Make it unprofitable.
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what will it take to get people to understand the forms of psychological terror that #adoption agencies and many hopeful adopters are willing to inflict on pregnant women to convince them that they do not deserve to keep their own children?
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
what will it take to get people to understand the forms of psychological terror that #adoption agencies and many hopeful adopters are willing to inflict on pregnant women to convince them that they do not deserve to keep their own children?