Philip Boxell
@pboxell.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer since 1980, past 15 years focused on unraveling complexity, uncertainty, risk of peril of climate change to health, welfare, biodiversity w/ significant time Boston, Western US, London, Paris, Beijing. From 1971-75 ACLU Philadelphia.
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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Come check out the brand new Codman Square Park! With cooling towers, a performance stage, and public art, we’re reimagining what our public parks can be. Thank you to Cynthia and everyone who helped make this dream a reality.
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Come check out the brand new Codman Square Park! With cooling towers, a performance stage, and public art, we’re reimagining what our public parks can be. Thank you to Cynthia and everyone who helped make this dream a reality.
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In a partnership with the Coalition for Health Resilience, Defend Public Health has a new blog post up about how vaccines are tested.
Vaccines Haven’t Been Tested? Let’s Clear That Up. | Defend Public Health
In a partnership with the Coalition for Health Resilience, Defend Public Health shares the facts about how vaccines are tested.
www.defendpublichealth.org
September 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In a partnership with the Coalition for Health Resilience, Defend Public Health has a new blog post up about how vaccines are tested.
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It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The scores reflect the state of student achievement in early 2024.
A new Nation's Report Card shows drops in science, math and reading scores
It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The scores reflect the state of student achievement in early 2024.
n.pr
September 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The scores reflect the state of student achievement in early 2024.
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We’re making Boston the best city for families and we need your vote today to keep our progress going.
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We’re making Boston the best city for families and we need your vote today to keep our progress going.
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Polls are open in Boston until 8pm today! Vote ELM Action Fund-endorsed @wutrain.bsky.social for a cleaner, more equitable, and more resilient Boston.
#BosPoli #ClimateChampion #ClimateMayor #CleanEnergy #GreenFuture
www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/WhereDoIVote
#BosPoli #ClimateChampion #ClimateMayor #CleanEnergy #GreenFuture
www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/WhereDoIVote
September 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Polls are open in Boston until 8pm today! Vote ELM Action Fund-endorsed @wutrain.bsky.social for a cleaner, more equitable, and more resilient Boston.
#BosPoli #ClimateChampion #ClimateMayor #CleanEnergy #GreenFuture
www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/WhereDoIVote
#BosPoli #ClimateChampion #ClimateMayor #CleanEnergy #GreenFuture
www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/WhereDoIVote
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People say Boston is a white city because they don’t know Boston is a city in a majority minority metro where the Taiwanese American mayor succeeds in part because she campaigns in Haitian Kreyòl
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
People say Boston is a white city because they don’t know Boston is a city in a majority minority metro where the Taiwanese American mayor succeeds in part because she campaigns in Haitian Kreyòl
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In Boston, wins can’t be bought.
September 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In Boston, wins can’t be bought.
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RFK Jr. went on Fox News today to claim that HHS has had “no successes” in the past 40 years.
I beg to differ.
Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
I beg to differ.
Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
September 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
RFK Jr. went on Fox News today to claim that HHS has had “no successes” in the past 40 years.
I beg to differ.
Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
I beg to differ.
Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
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Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection
Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.
Nature
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NEJM article
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.
Nature
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NEJM article
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Survival of Transplanted Allogeneic Beta Cells with No Immunosuppression | NEJM
The need to suppress a patient’s immune system after the transplantation of allogeneic
cells is associated with wide-ranging side effects. We report the outcomes of transplantation
of genetically m...
www.nejm.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection
Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.
Nature
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NEJM article
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.
Nature
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NEJM article
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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Get out and vote TODAY, Boston! 🗳️
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Check where you vote at wheredoivotema.com and find more voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.
September 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Get out and vote TODAY, Boston! 🗳️
Check where you vote at wheredoivotema.com and find more voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.
Check where you vote at wheredoivotema.com and find more voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.
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"Who or what is responsible for a person risking their life to cross the Channel in a boat that is barely seaworthy?...All of us."
Richard Horton's latest Offline: Help us, please tinyurl.com/52zfck7b
Richard Horton's latest Offline: Help us, please tinyurl.com/52zfck7b
Offline: Help us, please
“We all become monsters when History gives us the opportunity”, writes Olivier Norek
in his novel about migrants and traffickers, Between Two Worlds. One of the malicious
absurdities about political a...
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September 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Who or what is responsible for a person risking their life to cross the Channel in a boat that is barely seaworthy?...All of us."
Richard Horton's latest Offline: Help us, please tinyurl.com/52zfck7b
Richard Horton's latest Offline: Help us, please tinyurl.com/52zfck7b
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Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
September 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
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It’s time to vote and show the world: Boston is not for sale, and we’ll keep fighting for our families and our future.
September 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It’s time to vote and show the world: Boston is not for sale, and we’ll keep fighting for our families and our future.
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"Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on the state's highest earners through the first nine months of the fiscal year."
It's going to be used for education and transportation.
See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
It's going to be used for education and transportation.
See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
Millionaires tax revenue reaches $1.8 billion, on pace to double estimates
Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on the state's highest earners through the first nine months of the fiscal year, the Department of Revenue said Monday in a ...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on the state's highest earners through the first nine months of the fiscal year."
It's going to be used for education and transportation.
See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
It's going to be used for education and transportation.
See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
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Top vaccine regulator returns to FDA after recent firing.
Top vaccine regulator returns to FDA after recent firing
Vinay Prasad had been dismissed less than two weeks ago.
www.politico.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Top vaccine regulator returns to FDA after recent firing.
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More and more people are noticing. In Texas, concern is at 92% as they get bombed by floods, hail, and wildfires.
New report: Climate change is causing a home insurance crisis. Big Oil should pay. | Center for Climate Integrity
State leaders can protect their constituents from insurance rate hikes by holding fossil fuel companies accountable.
climateintegrity.org
August 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
More and more people are noticing. In Texas, concern is at 92% as they get bombed by floods, hail, and wildfires.
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Obama: “Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy. Because it’s some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world.”
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Obama: “Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy. Because it’s some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world.”
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Higher USAID support was associated with a 15% reduction in overall mortality and 32% reduction in child mortality.
This was the effect of not just its health work but also its development support for economies, people, and institutions that transitioned numerous countries off of aid.
This was the effect of not just its health work but also its development support for economies, people, and institutions that transitioned numerous countries off of aid.
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Higher USAID support was associated with a 15% reduction in overall mortality and 32% reduction in child mortality.
This was the effect of not just its health work but also its development support for economies, people, and institutions that transitioned numerous countries off of aid.
This was the effect of not just its health work but also its development support for economies, people, and institutions that transitioned numerous countries off of aid.
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Here is the study in The Lancet, which estimates that the elimination of USAID funding could lead to over 14 million deaths, including over 4.5 million children, by 2030:
www.thelancet.com/jo...
www.thelancet.com/jo...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the abrupt funding cuts announced and implemented in the first half
of 2025 are reversed, a staggering number of avoidable deaths could occur by 2030.
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here is the study in The Lancet, which estimates that the elimination of USAID funding could lead to over 14 million deaths, including over 4.5 million children, by 2030:
www.thelancet.com/jo...
www.thelancet.com/jo...
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Extreme heat & air pollution are a "double whammy" threat to public health, increasing hospital visits for respiratory, heart & mental health, says our director @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social to @NYTimes.com. Rollbacks to air quality regulations threaten to make pollution worse https://loom.ly/BURs3N0
Extreme Heat Is Exacerbating Air Pollution, a ‘Double Whammy’ for Health
Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air pollution even higher.
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Extreme heat & air pollution are a "double whammy" threat to public health, increasing hospital visits for respiratory, heart & mental health, says our director @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social to @NYTimes.com. Rollbacks to air quality regulations threaten to make pollution worse https://loom.ly/BURs3N0
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Cutting funding for research grants will "have implications that could last for generations" says @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social in @nature.com.
Her clinical trial to help patients w/ lung disease breathe easier was canceled months before the research was completed.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Her clinical trial to help patients w/ lung disease breathe easier was canceled months before the research was completed.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Harvard vs Trump: what this epic battle means for science
Research across science and medicine will probably shrink at one of the world’s most elite universities amid a new political reality.
www.nature.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Cutting funding for research grants will "have implications that could last for generations" says @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social in @nature.com.
Her clinical trial to help patients w/ lung disease breathe easier was canceled months before the research was completed.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Her clinical trial to help patients w/ lung disease breathe easier was canceled months before the research was completed.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...