leeleebmcd.bsky.social
@leeleebmcd.bsky.social
New Yorker in Iowa | Sustainability & Environmental Science Advocate | Defender of Democracy
No Kings, Rock Island, IL
June 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Sobering stats from UN Report “On the State of the Global Climate 2024”:
- Highest CO2 levels in over 800,000 years
- 2024 was warmest year in 175 year record
- 151 unprecedented extreme weather events occurred, making 800,000 people homeless

While the US no longer cares about climate change
March 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
hard to believe this is real life.
The New Yorker- Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons lnkd.in/gP7y6jcH
February 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Sharing this resource to track trumps environmental actions (inactions, rollbacks, censorship): drilled.media/news/trump2
The Drilled List: A Running Tally of Trump’s Climate Impacts
What Trump is doing and un-doing about climate policy in his second term.
drilled.media
February 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
So important in this moment of censorship- from dei, to pregnant women, to climate change, save your data
So, if you want something important but slightly complex doing (like, I dunno, saving data you once had publicly available but have now been ordered to delete) @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy has some suggestions.
safeguarding-research.discourse.group
February 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Duh!
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Feb 2
A day after signing steep new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, President Trump acknowledged what economists, members of Congress and even some of his own aides – in their previous lives – have been saying: Americans may find themselves paying the costs.
With tariffs signed, Trump warns of ‘pain’ to come for Americans | CNN Politics
A day after levying steep new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, President Trump acknowledged what economists, members of Congress and even some of his own aides — in their previous lives — have bee...
cnn.it
February 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Wetlands are vital for #biodiversity, including as critical habitats for many migratory species.🐦🌍🧪

@ipbes.bsky.social #LandDegradation Assessment

Yet, many of these #wetlands are now threatened.

Learn how wetlands support biodiversity with Ramsar for #WWD2025:

www.worldwetlandsday.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM