Devon Lespier
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Devon Lespier
@devonlespier.bsky.social
energy & environment policy @americanprogress.bsky.social
washington, dc
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Trump just overturned the Biden 30x30 America the Beautiful executive decree. What does that mean for the ocean? #Beyond30x30
January 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Do new executive actions benefit workers or corporations? Will legislation benefit noncollege workers? We have questions about upcoming legislation:
How To Evaluate Whether Trump Delivers for the Working Class?
President-elect Donald Trump won among working-class voters in 2024, but he must deliver on his promises to American workers.
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January 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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As Americans suffer the consequences of climate change, like the deadly wildfires that devastated Los Angeles, Hurricane Helene, and dangerous heat, on Day One Trump rolled back Biden’s executive orders on tackling climate change and environmental injustice. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Unleashing American Energy – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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"Withdrawing From the Paris Climate Agreement Is a Grave Mistake"
My statement on the White House announcement of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
STATEMENT: Withdrawing From the Paris Climate Agreement Is a Grave Mistake, Says CAP’s Frances Colón
www.americanprogress.org
January 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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We need global cooperation. Trump’s announcement to again withdraw from the Paris Agreement marks a stark return to isolationism.
The Trump Administration’s Retreat From Global Climate Leadership
President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement marks a deliberate weakening of the multilateral system, jeopardizing global efforts to combat the climate crisis and risking America’s...
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January 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Climate science identified polar amplification via the potent ice-albedo feedback centuries ago & decades ago as an indication of anthropogenic GHG forcing. Permafrost melting, CH4 release & boreal wildfires are additional polar positive feedbacks now in play. 🧪🔌💡🌊 www.climate.gov/news-feature...
2024 Arctic Report Card: The Arctic tundra is now a net source of carbon dioxide
The Arctic tundra, which has been a carbon sink for millennia, has shifted to become a carbon source.
www.climate.gov
December 11, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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#NASAWebb recently found a galaxy that not only existed around 600 million years after the big bang, but is also similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have been at the same stage of development. See its 10 distinct star clusters: webbtelescope.pub/3O5IJUD 🔭 🧪
December 11, 2024 at 4:03 PM