Sifang Chen
@seafang.bsky.social
Ex-physicist, now focusing on climate tech & policy, especially carbon removal. Questioning priors and probably overthinking things. Proud immigrant 🌈
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Daily Briefing | US: Workers at EPA’s office of environmental justice are put on leave
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February 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Daily Briefing | US: Workers at EPA’s office of environmental justice are put on leave
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1. Protests have erupted at multiple hospitals across the United States that have decided to comply with Trump's executive order banning trans care under 19.
Now, a lawsuit challenges that EO.
Writer Mira Lazine writes about the importance of the protests.
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Now, a lawsuit challenges that EO.
Writer Mira Lazine writes about the importance of the protests.
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Protests Erupt Across US At Hospitals Complying With Trumps Unlawful Under-19 Trans Ban EO
Demonstrators argue that hospitals should stand as a bulwark against Trump and should care for all of their patients, rather than comply without a fight.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
1. Protests have erupted at multiple hospitals across the United States that have decided to comply with Trump's executive order banning trans care under 19.
Now, a lawsuit challenges that EO.
Writer Mira Lazine writes about the importance of the protests.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, a lawsuit challenges that EO.
Writer Mira Lazine writes about the importance of the protests.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
“when you start to take down resources like this, you start to construct a knowledge sphere that doesn’t acknowledge that environmental or climate injustices exist”. 100% this.
Thank goodness for all the folks out there doing the critical work to preserve climate and EJ data.
Thank goodness for all the folks out there doing the critical work to preserve climate and EJ data.
The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump’s war on DEI.
“Policymakers and the public and communities need good information to make the best policy decision, whatever that is."
Written by @naveenasadasivam.bsky.social
grist.org/politics/the...
#Trump #DEI #Musk #Climate
“Policymakers and the public and communities need good information to make the best policy decision, whatever that is."
Written by @naveenasadasivam.bsky.social
grist.org/politics/the...
#Trump #DEI #Musk #Climate
The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump's war on DEI
Researchers and activists are archiving websites and data because “policymakers and the public need good information to make the best policy."
grist.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“when you start to take down resources like this, you start to construct a knowledge sphere that doesn’t acknowledge that environmental or climate injustices exist”. 100% this.
Thank goodness for all the folks out there doing the critical work to preserve climate and EJ data.
Thank goodness for all the folks out there doing the critical work to preserve climate and EJ data.
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The CDC purged terms such as “transgender,” “L.G.B.T.” and “pregnant person,” from its website to comply with an executive order. Intense backlash prompted the reinstatement of some resources. But guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care remain missing.
‘Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say
Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The CDC purged terms such as “transgender,” “L.G.B.T.” and “pregnant person,” from its website to comply with an executive order. Intense backlash prompted the reinstatement of some resources. But guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care remain missing.
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NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
www.404media.co
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
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⏰ The deadline to apply for Carbon180's Director of Ocean Policy position is Friday, 1/31. If you'd be a good fit, drop us a line 🎣
We’re hiring! C180 is looking for a Director of Ocean Policy to captain strategies for ocean carbon removal ⚓️ and a Director of Land Policy to shepherd our federal agricultural and forestry work 🐑🌱
Apply here: carbon180.org/careers
Apply here: carbon180.org/careers
January 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
⏰ The deadline to apply for Carbon180's Director of Ocean Policy position is Friday, 1/31. If you'd be a good fit, drop us a line 🎣
A good time to revisit this 2022 article on a vision for public carbon removal. This is how we’ll unlock the true potential of CDR, which is to repair the climate and past harms
newrepublic.com/article/1660...
newrepublic.com/article/1660...
Give Communities Control of Carbon Removal
To keep polluters from profiting from the technology, we need public ownership.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A good time to revisit this 2022 article on a vision for public carbon removal. This is how we’ll unlock the true potential of CDR, which is to repair the climate and past harms
newrepublic.com/article/1660...
newrepublic.com/article/1660...
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Carbon Dioxide Removal research needs a central, multidisciplinary hub. We’re building it at cdrxiv.org. Read and download others' work, explore CDR pathways and topics, and help the platform grow by submitting your CDR research!
CDRXIV
CDRXIV is a new open access platform for sharing preprints and data related to carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
cdrxiv.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Carbon Dioxide Removal research needs a central, multidisciplinary hub. We’re building it at cdrxiv.org. Read and download others' work, explore CDR pathways and topics, and help the platform grow by submitting your CDR research!
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Filling out your #CarbonRemoval feed? How about an #EnvironmentalJustice x #CDR starter pack, to amplify the people and organizations that are guiding how scale up impacts communities on the ground. 🌱
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Follow these great folks, and DM or comment to add!
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Follow these great folks, and DM or comment to add!
December 4, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Filling out your #CarbonRemoval feed? How about an #EnvironmentalJustice x #CDR starter pack, to amplify the people and organizations that are guiding how scale up impacts communities on the ground. 🌱
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Follow these great folks, and DM or comment to add!
go.bsky.app/U5cXKEj
Follow these great folks, and DM or comment to add!
Coming out of #AGU24 today thinking about path dependency and CDR.
Even though emissions reduction and CDR are viewed separately at the policy level, from the global carbon cycle pov, not only do we need both, but faster emissions reduction will make CDR *more effective*.
Even though emissions reduction and CDR are viewed separately at the policy level, from the global carbon cycle pov, not only do we need both, but faster emissions reduction will make CDR *more effective*.
December 11, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Coming out of #AGU24 today thinking about path dependency and CDR.
Even though emissions reduction and CDR are viewed separately at the policy level, from the global carbon cycle pov, not only do we need both, but faster emissions reduction will make CDR *more effective*.
Even though emissions reduction and CDR are viewed separately at the policy level, from the global carbon cycle pov, not only do we need both, but faster emissions reduction will make CDR *more effective*.
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Going to #AGU24? We want to hear from you about carbon cycle priorities for the next decade! @nacp-carbon.bsky.social
@usgcrp.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social
@usgcrp.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Going to #AGU24? We want to hear from you about carbon cycle priorities for the next decade! @nacp-carbon.bsky.social
@usgcrp.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social
@usgcrp.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social
Just a few more days left to apply for the Director of Science & Innovation job at Carbon180 @carbon180.bsky.social!
(Application closes this Fri)
apply.workable.com/carbon180/j/...
(Application closes this Fri)
apply.workable.com/carbon180/j/...
Director of Science and Innovation - Carbon180
WHO WE AREWe know that our climate goals can only be met by rapidly reducing emissions and removing the carbon that already exists in our atmosphere. Carbon180 is a climate NGO with a vision to remove...
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November 25, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Just a few more days left to apply for the Director of Science & Innovation job at Carbon180 @carbon180.bsky.social!
(Application closes this Fri)
apply.workable.com/carbon180/j/...
(Application closes this Fri)
apply.workable.com/carbon180/j/...
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Join us for a mCDR community gathering at ARTECHOUSE DC during AGU24!
Connect with fellow members of the mCDR Community in an inspiring setting - share ideas, network, and enjoy a night of small bites, drinks and immersive art!
RSVP and details: forms.gle/geX5CZYgUR9d...
Connect with fellow members of the mCDR Community in an inspiring setting - share ideas, network, and enjoy a night of small bites, drinks and immersive art!
RSVP and details: forms.gle/geX5CZYgUR9d...
November 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Join us for a mCDR community gathering at ARTECHOUSE DC during AGU24!
Connect with fellow members of the mCDR Community in an inspiring setting - share ideas, network, and enjoy a night of small bites, drinks and immersive art!
RSVP and details: forms.gle/geX5CZYgUR9d...
Connect with fellow members of the mCDR Community in an inspiring setting - share ideas, network, and enjoy a night of small bites, drinks and immersive art!
RSVP and details: forms.gle/geX5CZYgUR9d...
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Today, @carbonbrief.org has published the latest, and most comprehensive, update to our interactive map of extreme weather attribution.
The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies.
interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...
THREAD
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The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies.
interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...
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Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world - Carbon Brief
Attribution studies calculate whether, and by how much, climate change affected the intensity, frequency or impact of extremes – Carbon Brief has mapped every published study on how climate change has...
interactive.carbonbrief.org
November 18, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Today, @carbonbrief.org has published the latest, and most comprehensive, update to our interactive map of extreme weather attribution.
The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies.
interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...
THREAD
1/10
The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies.
interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...
THREAD
1/10
Any climate biotech folks on here?
Good opportunity to share your writing on policies ideas that enable biotech-based climate solutions 👇
www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/ebrc-jspgnex...
Good opportunity to share your writing on policies ideas that enable biotech-based climate solutions 👇
www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/ebrc-jspgnex...
JSPG & EBRC Special Call For Papers on Advancing Science & Technology Policy for the Next-Generation Bioeconomy
Learn more about JSPG and EBRC call for submission JSPG & EBRC Special Call For Papers on Advancing Science & Technology Policy for the Next-Generation Bioeconomy
www.sciencepolicyjournal.org
November 18, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Any climate biotech folks on here?
Good opportunity to share your writing on policies ideas that enable biotech-based climate solutions 👇
www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/ebrc-jspgnex...
Good opportunity to share your writing on policies ideas that enable biotech-based climate solutions 👇
www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/ebrc-jspgnex...
Hey CDR bluesky, Anu Khan is here! @anukhan.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Hey CDR bluesky, Anu Khan is here! @anukhan.bsky.social
Not surprised it’s coming from this guy. But unfortunately anti-China rhetoric runs across party lines. E.g. framing policies in terms of national security to get bipartisan support might seem pragmatic but actually hurts Asian communities by amplifying the idea that Chinese people are a threat.
Trump's first targets for deportation may be Chinese and other Asian nationals, alarming Asian Americans and harkening back to America's first immigration enforcement policies, the 'Chinese Exclusion Acts'.
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
As sources say Trump could deport undocumented Chinese first, Asian American groups rush to prep
Sources previously told NBC News that undocumented Chinese nationals of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Not surprised it’s coming from this guy. But unfortunately anti-China rhetoric runs across party lines. E.g. framing policies in terms of national security to get bipartisan support might seem pragmatic but actually hurts Asian communities by amplifying the idea that Chinese people are a threat.
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3)Solutions go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ
4)Science go.bsky.app/7Mbnoge
5)Legal go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE
6)Women go.bsky.app/AGCURBf
7)Nuclear go.bsky.app/5EJY58V
8)EVs go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE
9)Southeast go.bsky.app/AZ6Xw1U
November 11, 2024 at 3:07 PM
9 energy-climate starter packs:
1)Power go.bsky.app/RwCBCab
2)Media go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya
3)Solutions go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ
4)Science go.bsky.app/7Mbnoge
5)Legal go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE
6)Women go.bsky.app/AGCURBf
7)Nuclear go.bsky.app/5EJY58V
8)EVs go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE
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2)Media go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya
3)Solutions go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ
4)Science go.bsky.app/7Mbnoge
5)Legal go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE
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Climate change terminology does not influence willingness to take climate action
Our new paper (N=6,132, across 63 countries) suggests that focusing on subtle terminology in climate messaging is not an effective use of resources.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@kimdoell.bsky.social
Our new paper (N=6,132, across 63 countries) suggests that focusing on subtle terminology in climate messaging is not an effective use of resources.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@kimdoell.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Climate change terminology does not influence willingness to take climate action
Our new paper (N=6,132, across 63 countries) suggests that focusing on subtle terminology in climate messaging is not an effective use of resources.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@kimdoell.bsky.social
Our new paper (N=6,132, across 63 countries) suggests that focusing on subtle terminology in climate messaging is not an effective use of resources.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@kimdoell.bsky.social
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New starter pack for organisations involved in ocean science in some way. 🌊🧪
I’ll be adding more as they start opening accounts on here.
Let me know which ones I have missed!
go.bsky.app/U1Ei6XY
I’ll be adding more as they start opening accounts on here.
Let me know which ones I have missed!
go.bsky.app/U1Ei6XY
November 15, 2024 at 4:33 PM
New starter pack for organisations involved in ocean science in some way. 🌊🧪
I’ll be adding more as they start opening accounts on here.
Let me know which ones I have missed!
go.bsky.app/U1Ei6XY
I’ll be adding more as they start opening accounts on here.
Let me know which ones I have missed!
go.bsky.app/U1Ei6XY
So, we're now looking at 1.9C warming by 2100 even in an optimistic scenario.
And, we're on track for a future where the world might need hundreds of Gt of CDR to claw our way back from a high overshoot. I'd like to avoid that please and thank you.
climateactiontracker.org/publications...
And, we're on track for a future where the world might need hundreds of Gt of CDR to claw our way back from a high overshoot. I'd like to avoid that please and thank you.
climateactiontracker.org/publications...
November 15, 2024 at 4:00 PM
So, we're now looking at 1.9C warming by 2100 even in an optimistic scenario.
And, we're on track for a future where the world might need hundreds of Gt of CDR to claw our way back from a high overshoot. I'd like to avoid that please and thank you.
climateactiontracker.org/publications...
And, we're on track for a future where the world might need hundreds of Gt of CDR to claw our way back from a high overshoot. I'd like to avoid that please and thank you.
climateactiontracker.org/publications...
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Projects that aim to remove carbon by tweaking existing industrial processes can end up avoiding some emissions as well. That’s a good thing for the climate — but it can pose challenges when trying to support these projects through the sale of carbon removal credits.
carbonplan.org/research/cdr... 🧪
carbonplan.org/research/cdr... 🧪
Crediting challenges when carbon removal comes with avoided emissions – CarbonPlan
Some carbon removal projects also result in avoided emissions. This is good for the climate, but can pose challenges for individual projects that are trying to earn carbon removal credits.
carbonplan.org
November 14, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Projects that aim to remove carbon by tweaking existing industrial processes can end up avoiding some emissions as well. That’s a good thing for the climate — but it can pose challenges when trying to support these projects through the sale of carbon removal credits.
carbonplan.org/research/cdr... 🧪
carbonplan.org/research/cdr... 🧪
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📣 JOB ALERT 📣
The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at University of Washington is hiring a Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist. This position will work with CIG, the Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians and other partners to support the resilience efforts of Northwest coastal Tribes.
Please share widely!
The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at University of Washington is hiring a Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist. This position will work with CIG, the Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians and other partners to support the resilience efforts of Northwest coastal Tribes.
Please share widely!
Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist, Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative | Climate Impacts Group
The University of Washington Climate Impacts Group (CIG) is hiring a Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist to expand CIG’s efforts to support Tribal resilience efforts in the Northwest. This position w...
cig.uw.edu
November 13, 2024 at 10:40 PM
📣 JOB ALERT 📣
The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at University of Washington is hiring a Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist. This position will work with CIG, the Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians and other partners to support the resilience efforts of Northwest coastal Tribes.
Please share widely!
The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at University of Washington is hiring a Tribal Climate Adaptation Specialist. This position will work with CIG, the Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians and other partners to support the resilience efforts of Northwest coastal Tribes.
Please share widely!
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Looking for an #mCDR postdoc? Consider working with us at PNNL: careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/9956?la...
Post Doctoral RA – Coastal Biogeochemistry in Sequim, Washington | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL is hiring a Post Doctoral RA – Coastal Biogeochemistry in Sequim, Washington. Review all of the job details and apply today!
careers.pnnl.gov
November 14, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Looking for an #mCDR postdoc? Consider working with us at PNNL: careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/9956?la...
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Here is another #Bluesky starter pack with scientists who were involved in the @ipcc.bsky.social #AR6 reports (with a likely WGI bias). Please let me know if I missed you!
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@valmasdel.bsky.social @edhawkins.org @glenpeters.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social
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@valmasdel.bsky.social @edhawkins.org @glenpeters.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Here is another #Bluesky starter pack with scientists who were involved in the @ipcc.bsky.social #AR6 reports (with a likely WGI bias). Please let me know if I missed you!
go.bsky.app/Erpq9Sq
@valmasdel.bsky.social @edhawkins.org @glenpeters.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Erpq9Sq
@valmasdel.bsky.social @edhawkins.org @glenpeters.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social