Axel Kratel
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Axel Kratel
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Founder of Mauna Kea Cloudforest Bioreserve, trying to do my part by planting trees on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. PhD Physics Caltech. We're developing coast redwood cultivars for Hawaii for the impossible task of sequestering carbon even if it's too late.
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Multiple federal judges have issued orders blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on federal funding. However, the acting head of the NIH reportedly pushed back against legal guidance to resume grant funding, leaving federal workers in the lurch.
Cuts And Conflicting Directives Sow Confusion For NIH Workers
The acting head of the NIH reportedly pushed back against legal guidance to resume grant funding, leaving federal workers in the lurch.
buff.ly
March 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Many of the Trump administration's actions will kill millions of people worldwide in the coming years, including those related to weather, the environment, and climate. That's not hyperbole.
Trump's firings at US weather agency will put lives at risk, scientists say
Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.S. government's weather forecasts, will put American lives at risk and stifle crucial climate research.
www.reuters.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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love this @rokhanna.bsky.social

We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos

Please share off line as well !!!
March 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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this was september 2023. apnews.com/article/spac... but only now folks are asking why Musk seems to align with Putin so often. 🤔🧐🤨
Elon Musk's refusal to have Starlink support Ukraine attack in Crimea raises questions for Pentagon
SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions for the Pentagon.
apnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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The men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting our public lands are being laid off in the thousands and it’s going to hurt our ability to respond to fire season.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are putting our people, our homes, and our lands at risk.
March 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That’s a lot of bananas!
December 24, 2024 at 10:53 PM