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Caroline Prince
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Development writer at Columbia Climate School. Formerly WWF. Painter, reader, hot sauce enthusiast, etc. Thoughts = mine.
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Excellent #ClimateWeekNYC conversation at Scandinavia House with Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson and IKEA CEO Jesper Brodin on reshaping what it means to be climate leaders in an era of uncertainty. Join us as #ColumbiaClimateWeek continues:
www.climate.columbia.edu/climate-week
September 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Updated figure from Jain et al. showing global extreme fire weather trends since 1979. Metrics are global 95th percentile of annual Fire Weather Index (FWI), Initial Spread Index (ISI) and the Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD). The trend is clear - we are seeing more extreme fire weather due to warming.
June 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Please read/share if you love your national parks!
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.

They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...
Trump vs. America's National Parks
What a sprained ankle reveals about how badly stretched park workers are
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Celebrate Earth Day with us (via Zoom or in person)!
TODAY! In celebration of #EarthDay 2025's theme #OurPowerOurPlanet, join us on Apr 22 6-7pm ET for Shaping the Future of Clean Energy: Insights from the Climate School. Learn More/RSVP: www.climate.columbia.edu/events/shapi...
April 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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My pet theory here is that space tourism is intended to prove the viability of space escapism--to show billionaires that they don't have to care about the planet or the other people on it, because soon (and so long as the money keeps flowing to SpaceX), they'll be able to escape to Mars.
Space Tourism is stupid.
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The Trump administration has directed nonprofits involved in a $20 billion Biden-era climate initiative to turn over records to the FBI and appear in federal court later this month.
March 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The latest on layoffs at NOAA/National Weather Service, including some numbers and functions hit hardest. The experts who keep weather models running, track satellites, & model weather and climate hit particularly hard, along w/ some NWS fcst offices. www.axios.com/2025/02/28/n...
Layoffs at federal weather and climate agency threaten forecasts
Some Weather Service offices were already cutting back on their services.
www.axios.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
😔😫😞
One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.
oceanacidification.noaa.gov
February 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats.

After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
February 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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On every continent except Antarctica, distinct regions are seeing repeated extreme heat waves that can't be explained by climate models, finds study by @lamontearth.bsky.social climate scientists @kornhuber.bsky.social, Samuel Bartusek, Richard Seager, Mingfang Ting, colleague. Via @theatlantic.com.
Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth
Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of the three Republicans to gain parts of Nashville after it was gerrymandered to shreds. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Tennessee Republican proposes amendment to allow Trump to serve third term
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow President Trump to serve a third term in the White House so that the country “can sustain the bold leadersh…
thehill.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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"Fossil fuels are losing their grip on EU energy. At the start of the European Green Deal in 2019, few thought the EU’s energy transition could be where it is today; wind and solar are pushing coal to the margins and forcing gas into structural decline"

Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy
European Electricity Review 2025 | Ember
The EU’s electricity transition continued at pace in 2024, as solar overtook coal for the first time and gas declined for the fifth year in a row.
ember-energy.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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🚨 🚀🌍 Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is launching three online tools – the Climate Backtracker, the Inflation Reduction Act Tracker & the Silencing Science Tracker – to keep tabs on the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks & anti-science actions: https://buff.ly/4jsf5HJ
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January 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM