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Lesley Beatty
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Working to help everyday Americans understand the threat of climate change. Marketing VP at Citizens' Climate Lobby + active transit enthusiast
Rustling around in TeamSnap again. Must be the Fall soccer season coming up 😀
August 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Thanks to climate change, we're barreling towards an insurance crisis, as I wrote for @climateconnections.bsky.social today. It's not just California and Florida – nobody's insurance rates are safe 🧵(1/13)
Nobody’s insurance rates are safe from climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Even if you haven’t suffered direct damage, you’re paying for increasingly extreme weather.
yaleclimateconnections.org
January 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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When asked about the invention of the sharrow, Denver engineer James Mackay, its creator, said:

"I was always under pressure to do less."
February 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@weatherwest.bsky.social says we need to be honest with ourselves that there is going to be more warming, and that adaptation is going to be necessary. But what will we need to do, specifically?
February 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM