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’m just a biologist but I’m pretty sure I know how this works and I blame the minority leader from NY,
Why pretend to be naive?
It’s his caucus, none the 8 who caved are up for re-election, and it doesn’t matter how Schumer himself voted. He negotiated just enough votes to pass this nonsense.
Why pretend to be naive?
It’s his caucus, none the 8 who caved are up for re-election, and it doesn’t matter how Schumer himself voted. He negotiated just enough votes to pass this nonsense.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wasn’t one of the eight Democratic senators who voted to back GOP legislation to end the government shutdown. He is still taking most of the blame.
Progressives Blame Schumer After Shutdown Strategy Collapses
The Senate Democratic leader tried to keep colleagues in line as the party sought enhanced ACA subsidies.
on.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I’m just a biologist but I’m pretty sure I know how this works and I blame the minority leader from NY,
Why pretend to be naive?
It’s his caucus, none the 8 who caved are up for re-election, and it doesn’t matter how Schumer himself voted. He negotiated just enough votes to pass this nonsense.
Why pretend to be naive?
It’s his caucus, none the 8 who caved are up for re-election, and it doesn’t matter how Schumer himself voted. He negotiated just enough votes to pass this nonsense.
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In addition, there's always the real risk of carbon monoxide poisoning when combustion is not complete due to poor installation & ventilation. My experiences from a very slow leak over a month: headaches, low energy, and grogginess that cleared up once we got outside. #naturalgas
Gas stoves emit methane, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulates at levels known to contribute to asthma and cardiovascular disease.
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
Gas Stoves Are Slowly Poisoning Homes and Cost Families Over 5,000 Dollars a Year in Hidden Health Effects
That "clean" gas stove? It's costing you a fortune in health.
www.zmescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In addition, there's always the real risk of carbon monoxide poisoning when combustion is not complete due to poor installation & ventilation. My experiences from a very slow leak over a month: headaches, low energy, and grogginess that cleared up once we got outside. #naturalgas
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Angus King (ME)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
“None are up for re-election in 2026”
Total failure of leadership from Chuck Schumer who needs to resign.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Angus King (ME)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
“None are up for re-election in 2026”
Total failure of leadership from Chuck Schumer who needs to resign.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Angus King (ME)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
“None are up for re-election in 2026”
Total failure of leadership from Chuck Schumer who needs to resign.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Angus King (ME)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
“None are up for re-election in 2026”
Total failure of leadership from Chuck Schumer who needs to resign.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The other thing Kathy Hochul did on Friday afternoon: reversed the denial of an air quality permit to a fracked gas-powered BitCoin facility on shoreline of Seneca Lake.
www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/11/08/n...
www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/11/08/n...
New York reverses course, grants Greenidge new air permit amid fierce backlash | Fingerlakes1.com
New York State has approved a new five-year Title V Air Permit for Greenidge Generation in Dresden, ending years of litigation and reopening a fierce political and environmental battle over the future...
www.fingerlakes1.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The other thing Kathy Hochul did on Friday afternoon: reversed the denial of an air quality permit to a fracked gas-powered BitCoin facility on shoreline of Seneca Lake.
www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/11/08/n...
www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/11/08/n...
In response to Gov Kathy Hochul’s caving to Trump's fossil fuel agenda by approving the NESE fracked gas pipeline Friday afternoon—even though it had been rejected three times for toxic threats to water, climate, and health—this happened Monday afternoon.
Just looking for some un-cave-able Dems
Just looking for some un-cave-able Dems
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In response to Gov Kathy Hochul’s caving to Trump's fossil fuel agenda by approving the NESE fracked gas pipeline Friday afternoon—even though it had been rejected three times for toxic threats to water, climate, and health—this happened Monday afternoon.
Just looking for some un-cave-able Dems
Just looking for some un-cave-able Dems
Gas stoves emit methane, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulates at levels known to contribute to asthma and cardiovascular disease.
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
Gas Stoves Are Slowly Poisoning Homes and Cost Families Over 5,000 Dollars a Year in Hidden Health Effects
That "clean" gas stove? It's costing you a fortune in health.
www.zmescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Gas stoves emit methane, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulates at levels known to contribute to asthma and cardiovascular disease.
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
🏳️🌈 Old news: Kim Davis was jailed for contempt of court when she refused to issue a marriage license to a gay couple and then lost her reelection for county clerk in 2018.
New news:
New news:
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
US Supreme Court Rejects Kim Davis' Call to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Rights
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🏳️🌈 Old news: Kim Davis was jailed for contempt of court when she refused to issue a marriage license to a gay couple and then lost her reelection for county clerk in 2018.
New news:
New news:
Schumer needs to resign.
In a test vote that is the first in a series of required procedural maneuvers, the Senate voted 60-40 to move toward passing compromise legislation to fund the government and hold a later vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that expire Jan. 1. https://to.pbs.org/3JVTqKV
Handful of Senate Democrats join GOP to break funding stalemate, first step toward ending shutdown
A group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Schumer needs to resign.
Reposted by Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
I'm gonna have to get offline cause I'm ab to lose my fucking mind
JUST IN: A bipartisan Senate deal has been reached to fund the government through January 30 and to set a vote on an Affordable Care Act bill in December, according to a source familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/47zobyt
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'm gonna have to get offline cause I'm ab to lose my fucking mind
The man responsible for holding his caucus together just got an earful from me both in his VM and via email.
New Yorkers, do your thing.
www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...
New Yorkers, do your thing.
www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The man responsible for holding his caucus together just got an earful from me both in his VM and via email.
New Yorkers, do your thing.
www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...
New Yorkers, do your thing.
www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...
Reposted by Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
I was skeptical that the caving stories were accurate but I agree w what Kevin says downthread - best to act now in case the rumors are true.
If your Senator doesn't do vmail (since noone will answer on Sunday afternoon), google them for contact info. & leave a web or e-mail note.
If your Senator doesn't do vmail (since noone will answer on Sunday afternoon), google them for contact info. & leave a web or e-mail note.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I was skeptical that the caving stories were accurate but I agree w what Kevin says downthread - best to act now in case the rumors are true.
If your Senator doesn't do vmail (since noone will answer on Sunday afternoon), google them for contact info. & leave a web or e-mail note.
If your Senator doesn't do vmail (since noone will answer on Sunday afternoon), google them for contact info. & leave a web or e-mail note.
Done. Called both Schumer and Gillibrand at 4:15 pm on Sunday and left VM messages.
Friends, when you call, be sure to leave your zip code and phone number and say that you are a constituent urging them to hold firm on healthcare subsidies.
They’re all squishy. Fill up their phones.
Friends, when you call, be sure to leave your zip code and phone number and say that you are a constituent urging them to hold firm on healthcare subsidies.
They’re all squishy. Fill up their phones.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Done. Called both Schumer and Gillibrand at 4:15 pm on Sunday and left VM messages.
Friends, when you call, be sure to leave your zip code and phone number and say that you are a constituent urging them to hold firm on healthcare subsidies.
They’re all squishy. Fill up their phones.
Friends, when you call, be sure to leave your zip code and phone number and say that you are a constituent urging them to hold firm on healthcare subsidies.
They’re all squishy. Fill up their phones.
Reposted by Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Hey fellow parents. Put some flowers by the bed when your YA kid, son or daughter, comes to visit. And don’t talk about them. They’ll notice.
Greet them like they’re heroes home from the war, invite their stories, and remember the names of all the characters in them. It’s rough out there. 🥲 #GenZ
Greet them like they’re heroes home from the war, invite their stories, and remember the names of all the characters in them. It’s rough out there. 🥲 #GenZ
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hey fellow parents. Put some flowers by the bed when your YA kid, son or daughter, comes to visit. And don’t talk about them. They’ll notice.
Greet them like they’re heroes home from the war, invite their stories, and remember the names of all the characters in them. It’s rough out there. 🥲 #GenZ
Greet them like they’re heroes home from the war, invite their stories, and remember the names of all the characters in them. It’s rough out there. 🥲 #GenZ
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And renewable energy is less expensive to build and operate than using any fossil fuel — especially natural gas which has a total carbon footprint that’s worse than coal!
PS I usually post about on health harms of fossil fuel bullshit but since affordability is the theme this week, I’ll repeat the price tag: the NESE pipeline will cost New Yorkers $2.2 billion+ and force ratepayers to pay > $200 million/year for the next 15 yrs
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Advocates Condemn Gov. Hochul For Siding With Trump and Caving on Pipeline Shakedown
Today, Governor Hochul's Department of Environmental Conservation approved permitting for the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline - violating their commitment to protect New Yorkers ...
readme.readmedia.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
And renewable energy is less expensive to build and operate than using any fossil fuel — especially natural gas which has a total carbon footprint that’s worse than coal!
Gift link to the tragic story of our Dem governor ordering Dept of Environmental Conservation to ignore the science showing irremediable harm to climate and public health and capitulate to Trump:
New York Approves $1 Billion Underwater Gas Pipeline After 3 Rejections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
New York Approves $1 Billion Underwater Gas Pipeline After 3 Rejections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
New York Approves $1 Billion Underwater Gas Pipeline After 3 Rejections
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Gift link to the tragic story of our Dem governor ordering Dept of Environmental Conservation to ignore the science showing irremediable harm to climate and public health and capitulate to Trump:
New York Approves $1 Billion Underwater Gas Pipeline After 3 Rejections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
New York Approves $1 Billion Underwater Gas Pipeline After 3 Rejections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
Statement of First Do No Harm (health professionals advocating for climate action) on the catastrophic decision of Gov Hochul to greenlight the fracked gas pipeline that the DEC already rejected 3 times but she capitulated to Trump.
She forced her regulators to overlook the science showing harm.
She forced her regulators to overlook the science showing harm.
New York: Gov Hochul
@governor.ny.gov takes a step backwards, approves 1st new gas pipeline in years
We support those oppposing this climate-wrecking reckless fossil fuel threat to NYers health
@foodandwater.bsky.social
@juliasalazar.bsky.social
@saneenergy.bsky.social
ctmirror.org/2025/11/07/n...
@governor.ny.gov takes a step backwards, approves 1st new gas pipeline in years
We support those oppposing this climate-wrecking reckless fossil fuel threat to NYers health
@foodandwater.bsky.social
@juliasalazar.bsky.social
@saneenergy.bsky.social
ctmirror.org/2025/11/07/n...
New York approves Trump-backed gas pipeline
The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline had been rejected by environmental regulators three times but was revived this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.
ctmirror.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Statement of First Do No Harm (health professionals advocating for climate action) on the catastrophic decision of Gov Hochul to greenlight the fracked gas pipeline that the DEC already rejected 3 times but she capitulated to Trump.
She forced her regulators to overlook the science showing harm.
She forced her regulators to overlook the science showing harm.
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A colossal climate failure and public health betrayal by @governor.ny.gov which NY voters will.remember.
We condemn this decision.
We condemn this decision.
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A colossal climate failure and public health betrayal by @governor.ny.gov which NY voters will.remember.
We condemn this decision.
We condemn this decision.
Lt Gov Anthony Delgado:
“Governor Hochul’s DEC just approved the same toxic, unnecessary pipeline that New York has already rejected multiple times. Nothing about the NESE project has changed….This decision is a moral failure and a dirty deal with Trump.”
delgadoforny.com/lieutenant-g...
“Governor Hochul’s DEC just approved the same toxic, unnecessary pipeline that New York has already rejected multiple times. Nothing about the NESE project has changed….This decision is a moral failure and a dirty deal with Trump.”
delgadoforny.com/lieutenant-g...
Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, New York Communities for Change, Citizen Action of NY, Third Act Upstate and Third Act NYC Slam Governor Hochul’s Approval of the NESE Pipeline - Antonio Delgado f...
Governor Hochul’s Department of Environmental Conservation just approved the same toxic, unnecessary pipeline that New York has already rejected multiple times. Nothing about this project has changed:...
delgadoforny.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Lt Gov Anthony Delgado:
“Governor Hochul’s DEC just approved the same toxic, unnecessary pipeline that New York has already rejected multiple times. Nothing about the NESE project has changed….This decision is a moral failure and a dirty deal with Trump.”
delgadoforny.com/lieutenant-g...
“Governor Hochul’s DEC just approved the same toxic, unnecessary pipeline that New York has already rejected multiple times. Nothing about the NESE project has changed….This decision is a moral failure and a dirty deal with Trump.”
delgadoforny.com/lieutenant-g...
“i am profoundly disappointed by NYS decision to approve the proposed NESE fracked-gas pipeline. This project was rejected three times in the past for failing to meet the state’s own water-quality standards, and nothing about the project has changed.”
nadler.house.gov/news/documen...
nadler.house.gov/news/documen...
Nadler Statement on New York’s Approval of NESE Pipeline
nadler.house.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“i am profoundly disappointed by NYS decision to approve the proposed NESE fracked-gas pipeline. This project was rejected three times in the past for failing to meet the state’s own water-quality standards, and nothing about the project has changed.”
nadler.house.gov/news/documen...
nadler.house.gov/news/documen...
Probably all weekend I’ll just be posting reactions to the disgusting capitulation of Dem state leaders who approved the Trump-backed fracked gas pipeline called NESE.
Either that or I’ll just endlessly point out that VILE and EVIL are anagrams of each other.
www.tapinto.net/towns/frankl...
Either that or I’ll just endlessly point out that VILE and EVIL are anagrams of each other.
www.tapinto.net/towns/frankl...
Franklin Officials Slam Approval of NESE Pipeline Water Permit, Vow to Keep Fighting
NJDEP okays water permits for NESE gas compressor station in Franklin Township, inciting environmental & wetlands concern. Residents vow fight. Read more.
www.tapinto.net
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Probably all weekend I’ll just be posting reactions to the disgusting capitulation of Dem state leaders who approved the Trump-backed fracked gas pipeline called NESE.
Either that or I’ll just endlessly point out that VILE and EVIL are anagrams of each other.
www.tapinto.net/towns/frankl...
Either that or I’ll just endlessly point out that VILE and EVIL are anagrams of each other.
www.tapinto.net/towns/frankl...
I am like the last person in the anti-fracking community to post about this today bc it’s so cowardly, outrageous, and contrary to science that I…can’t even.
NY Gov Kathy Hochul just APPROVED both the NESE fracked gas pipeline pushed by Trump AND the fracked gas Bitcoin monstrosity at Seneca Lake.
NY Gov Kathy Hochul just APPROVED both the NESE fracked gas pipeline pushed by Trump AND the fracked gas Bitcoin monstrosity at Seneca Lake.
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I am like the last person in the anti-fracking community to post about this today bc it’s so cowardly, outrageous, and contrary to science that I…can’t even.
NY Gov Kathy Hochul just APPROVED both the NESE fracked gas pipeline pushed by Trump AND the fracked gas Bitcoin monstrosity at Seneca Lake.
NY Gov Kathy Hochul just APPROVED both the NESE fracked gas pipeline pushed by Trump AND the fracked gas Bitcoin monstrosity at Seneca Lake.
@notalegalrecord.net, thought you’d like to know that it was parked IN A BIKE LANE. Please enjoy your Friday evening.
Greatest city in the world, etc. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
A Final Indignity: Cuomo's White Ford Bronco Got a Parking Ticket
Thanks to an eagle-eyed New Yorker, who saw the car illegally parked outside of the ex-gov's Sutton Place apartment on Wednesday, and reported it to 311.
hellgatenyc.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
@notalegalrecord.net, thought you’d like to know that it was parked IN A BIKE LANE. Please enjoy your Friday evening.
Let me debrief with you re: my tour of the fracked-up hell on earth known the Texas Permian Basin with Mexican legislators and the hearing a few weeks later in the Mexican Congress after which a fracking ban bill was introduced.
Doc short by @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
youtu.be/fVmxaSfYpsk
Doc short by @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
youtu.be/fVmxaSfYpsk
Mexico wants to ban fracking - Oilfield Witness Recap
YouTube video by Oilfield Witness
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November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Let me debrief with you re: my tour of the fracked-up hell on earth known the Texas Permian Basin with Mexican legislators and the hearing a few weeks later in the Mexican Congress after which a fracking ban bill was introduced.
Doc short by @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
youtu.be/fVmxaSfYpsk
Doc short by @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
youtu.be/fVmxaSfYpsk