Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑
@martaschaaf.bsky.social
DrPH; Director of the Program on Climate, Economic & Social Justice & Corporate Accountability at Amnesty International; former Mailman School at Columbia University; Organize w/ClimateFamiliesNYC.org; not going into ‘internal exile.’ All views my own.
At #COP30 there is a lot of talk about subnational action in the U.S. NY Gov @kathyhochul.bsky.social positions herself as a subnatjonal climate leader, but in the last 2 weeks, she has approved a new pipeline, provided a permit for fracked gas fueled crypto , & delayed an impt climate law.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
At #COP30 there is a lot of talk about subnational action in the U.S. NY Gov @kathyhochul.bsky.social positions herself as a subnatjonal climate leader, but in the last 2 weeks, she has approved a new pipeline, provided a permit for fracked gas fueled crypto , & delayed an impt climate law.
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Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, potentially threatening the health of more than 2 billion people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.
A damning new report by Amnesty International, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that more than 18,300 oil, gas and coal sites are currently distributed across 170 countries worldwide, occupying a vast area of the Earth’s surface. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
The climate team and many, many colleagues worked tirelessly to produce this report, which exposes the breadth and depth of harms fossil fuel infrastructure causes to those living nearby. FF pollute the homes of their neighbors and the climate of all of us.
The fossil fuel industry is thriving, despite the global commitments by world leaders to move away from coal, oil and gas.
In our latest report, #ExtractionExtinction, we @amnesty expose how fossil fuel infrastructure is expanding at the expense of human rights. amn.st/60197VvTh
In our latest report, #ExtractionExtinction, we @amnesty expose how fossil fuel infrastructure is expanding at the expense of human rights. amn.st/60197VvTh
Fossil fuel infrastructure puts rights of 2 billion people at risk
520 million children live within 5km of fossil fuel infrastructure.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The climate team and many, many colleagues worked tirelessly to produce this report, which exposes the breadth and depth of harms fossil fuel infrastructure causes to those living nearby. FF pollute the homes of their neighbors and the climate of all of us.
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Amnesty International warns fossil fuel infrastructure is a 'major source of human rights violations' around the world.
World’s ‘fossil fuel obsession’ threatens billions of lives: Amnesty
Amnesty International warns fossil fuel infrastructure is a 'major source of human rights violations' around the world.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Amnesty International warns fossil fuel infrastructure is a 'major source of human rights violations' around the world.
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Congratulations to Mayor Elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! We look forward to working for green and healthy schools for all NYC kids alongside your administration! 🌱🎒🎉
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Congratulations to Mayor Elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! We look forward to working for green and healthy schools for all NYC kids alongside your administration! 🌱🎒🎉
The onslaught is constant - but this is a helpful data point in the generational impact of the war on academia. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The onslaught is constant - but this is a helpful data point in the generational impact of the war on academia. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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On October 18 we'll be joining millions of Americans in peacefully taking to the streets to say #NOKINGS, No ICE, No dictators and no troops in our cities.
RSVP to join our family friendly contingent(snacks, art making etc!): act.climatefamilies.org/no-kings-fam...
RSVP to join our family friendly contingent(snacks, art making etc!): act.climatefamilies.org/no-kings-fam...
October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On October 18 we'll be joining millions of Americans in peacefully taking to the streets to say #NOKINGS, No ICE, No dictators and no troops in our cities.
RSVP to join our family friendly contingent(snacks, art making etc!): act.climatefamilies.org/no-kings-fam...
RSVP to join our family friendly contingent(snacks, art making etc!): act.climatefamilies.org/no-kings-fam...
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"The people in charge of the US military explicitly -- not secretly, *explictly* -- support war crimes & war criminals" is one of those things that's kind of hard to believe even when you write it out and stare at it with that familiar sense of dull ache.
Five Takeaways About the Culture of Lawlessness in the U.S. Special Forces
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"The people in charge of the US military explicitly -- not secretly, *explictly* -- support war crimes & war criminals" is one of those things that's kind of hard to believe even when you write it out and stare at it with that familiar sense of dull ache.
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Polling underaken by Amnesty and @globalwitness.org shows that the majority of most EU residents want their governments to make sure that business operations protect people & planet! Rolling back protections serves the profits for a few at the expense of the many www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
EU: New research suggests majority of Europeans favour human rights and environmental protection in face of EU rollback
New polling by Ipsos reveals that a large majority of people (75%) across 10 European countries think it is important that the European Union (EU) uphold its own environmental laws. The new survey of ...
www.amnesty.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Polling underaken by Amnesty and @globalwitness.org shows that the majority of most EU residents want their governments to make sure that business operations protect people & planet! Rolling back protections serves the profits for a few at the expense of the many www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Banning words from government science reports is a hallmark authoritarian move. Authoritarians destroy public goods, alternate sources of authority, & avenues of dissent. Free expression is central to scientific rigor & collective action for human rights. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: DOE adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Banning words from government science reports is a hallmark authoritarian move. Authoritarians destroy public goods, alternate sources of authority, & avenues of dissent. Free expression is central to scientific rigor & collective action for human rights. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Americans need to stop deciding that this is okay. It is not okay.
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Americans need to stop deciding that this is okay. It is not okay.
Fossil fuels sicken and kill people coming and going; the entire life cycle poisons communities. For decades, industry has insisted that we can’t live without fossil fuels. The truth is the opposite.
"From pregnancy complications to chronic disease in old age, the evidence shows that the costs of coal, oil, and gas extend far beyond climate change." said @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social www.earth.com/news/fossil-...
Fossil fuel air pollution linked to millions of deaths annually
Fossil fuels don’t just drive climate change - they fuel disease, cancer, and early death, making pollution a global health emergency.
www.earth.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fossil fuels sicken and kill people coming and going; the entire life cycle poisons communities. For decades, industry has insisted that we can’t live without fossil fuels. The truth is the opposite.
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“Climate change is a con.” Authoritarians lie and peddle in conspiracy theories to undermine trust and reliance on any institution but themselves and their coterie. When it comes to climate, generations will suffer. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’: Trump Airs His Grievances at the U.N.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Climate change is a con.” Authoritarians lie and peddle in conspiracy theories to undermine trust and reliance on any institution but themselves and their coterie. When it comes to climate, generations will suffer. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
This is amazing news at a moment when we all could use a dose of it. Colombia is leading by stating what others fear to say - we need to phase out fossil fuels - and by initiating a discussion about how we work together to get there.
Great to see Colombia taking leadership on climate action by organizing first fossil fuel phase out conference.
@amnesty.org endorses the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA
@amnesty.org endorses the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA
🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines:
🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026
Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference
#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA
🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026
Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference
#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA
September 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is amazing news at a moment when we all could use a dose of it. Colombia is leading by stating what others fear to say - we need to phase out fossil fuels - and by initiating a discussion about how we work together to get there.
13.5% of the population in the richest country in the world experiences food insecurity. This will grow following devastating cuts to food stamps - but as part of the regime’s war on information and transparency,
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
13.5% of the population in the richest country in the world experiences food insecurity. This will grow following devastating cuts to food stamps - but as part of the regime’s war on information and transparency,
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Yet another example of the extent to which current practice relies on societal consent to the dehumanization of immigrants. The crime discourse is a barely concealed cover.
The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants it sent to El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to Homeland Security data.
(Published May)
(Published May)
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
www.propublica.org
September 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yet another example of the extent to which current practice relies on societal consent to the dehumanization of immigrants. The crime discourse is a barely concealed cover.
A personal account from my colleague Riva Jalipa on how and why the UN Tax Convention can be a tool for realizing economic justice and fulfilling human rights.
"Every conflict is ultimately a struggle over resources...Th(e) ability to enjoy essential rights and live with humanity is part of socio-economic justice... it is crucial to tie these rights to the political economy and the way things work at the global level." www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...
Riva Jalipa: we must fight to finance our rights
You have to be there to speak truth to power. Everyone has a role to play.
www.amnesty.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A personal account from my colleague Riva Jalipa on how and why the UN Tax Convention can be a tool for realizing economic justice and fulfilling human rights.
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Climate policy should be led by communities harmed by climate change and by scientists - not polluters. Thanks to sustained people power, attendees at COP must now disclose who is funding their attendance, ensuring conflicts of interest are public. kickbigpollutersout.org/COP30-next-s...
RELEASE: UN climate regime responds to civil society pressure to address Big Polluter interference in climate action | Kick Big Polluters Out
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September 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Climate policy should be led by communities harmed by climate change and by scientists - not polluters. Thanks to sustained people power, attendees at COP must now disclose who is funding their attendance, ensuring conflicts of interest are public. kickbigpollutersout.org/COP30-next-s...
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Highly recommend getting together with 100 people who share your values in a beautiful park in a beautiful city as an antidote to … everything.
Join @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social 💚
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Huge thanks to everyone who came out to our Carousel Party for people & 🌍! Special shout out to @hilatheearth.bsky.social for an amazing performance & to @brooklynsolarworks.bsky.social for sponsoring. ☀️💚
Group shot with a message for @governor.ny.gov: #notrumppipelines
Group shot with a message for @governor.ny.gov: #notrumppipelines
September 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Highly recommend getting together with 100 people who share your values in a beautiful park in a beautiful city as an antidote to … everything.
Join @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social 💚
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This is part of autocratic consolidation in the U.S.: the kleptocrats benefiting seek to further rig the rules in their favor, denying the state the money needed to finance human rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
Trump Administration Halts I.R.S. Crackdown on Major Tax Shelters
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is part of autocratic consolidation in the U.S.: the kleptocrats benefiting seek to further rig the rules in their favor, denying the state the money needed to finance human rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
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Delighted to join the opening panel of the @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social for the virtual summit with inspiring leaders such as Susana Muhamad @tzeporah.bsky.social @nikkireisch.bsky.social @martaschaaf.bsky.social Tasneem Essop & Lily Nacpil. Join us over the next week to explore ways forward
September 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Delighted to join the opening panel of the @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social for the virtual summit with inspiring leaders such as Susana Muhamad @tzeporah.bsky.social @nikkireisch.bsky.social @martaschaaf.bsky.social Tasneem Essop & Lily Nacpil. Join us over the next week to explore ways forward
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Reminder to all fellow parents that we have two jobs: keep our kids safe and give them a future
The climate crisis is a parenting crisis. Among other things.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The climate crisis is a parenting crisis. Among other things.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Reminder to all fellow parents that we have two jobs: keep our kids safe and give them a future
The climate crisis is a parenting crisis. Among other things.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The climate crisis is a parenting crisis. Among other things.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fascists have reframed “conflict of interest” and science to be “ideological,” allowing them to reject what they don’t like.
August 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The fascists have reframed “conflict of interest” and science to be “ideological,” allowing them to reject what they don’t like.
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“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”
Demetre Daskalakis' resignation letter. One for the history books. www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-resign...
The Resignation Letter Of Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis Of The Centers For Disease Control
"FIRE HIM"- wrote Senator Patty Murray tonight about the deeply malevolent Robert Kennedy after a day of extraordinary chaos
www.hopiumchronicles.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”