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My role has evolved quite a bit, so I haven't really written anything in a long time, but had to get this out of me on Friday.
For @Importantnotimp, no paywall.
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Here's a podcast I recorded on Land Power with @Importantnotimp -- including a discussion of what we can do about it. @BasicBooks
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Friends -- we just launched our new project, "Unfinished".
We're publishing first-person accounts of scientists, humanitarians, and public servants around the world, fired or defunded by the administration.
Please see and share the call for entries.
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A show for parents who understand both the deep love and daily chaos of modern parenting. From @Importantnotimp and Evil Witches.
First episode drops TOMORROW (Feb 20th!) Prepare your feeds lnk.to/notrightnowpod
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Call your Senator to oppose RFK Jr's nomination! The vote is imminent so chip chop whatcanido.earth/action/oppo…
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Joining @NBCNews Daily in the 2pm hour to talk about the TB outbreak in Kansas.
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How worried do we need to be about #H5N1? CEID director @BhadeliaMD covers what the current bird flu situation means for farm workers, the general population, & public health.
"'The risk is low - but not as low as it was last year."
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia breaks down everything you need to know about bird flu and what it means for public health.
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Joining @quinnemmett by phone & not video meant I couldn't share view of my @Importantnotimp coffee tumbler!
#H5N1- Could it become a pandemic? Yes. Will it be a pandemic? No clue. But frequency of sporadic animal to human infections has gone up & here are ways to safeguard.
It's time.
Hopped on the (actual) phone with infectious disease bestie @BhadeliaMD to talk bird flu. What you need to know, what you can do, as of late January 2025.
Everything is chaos, but this is a must listen.
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Good climate news this week
1 China will set another record for solar in 2024: 230 to 260GW, up from 217GW in 2023
2 UK promises 95% clean power by 2030
3 South Africa's high court says no to new coal
4 Italy plans mandatory insurance for climate risks
5 UK EV sales up 58% in November v last year, with 25% of new cars in UK electric and petrol and diesel car sales down 17.7% and 10%
6 Carrboro, North Carolina, launches US’s 1st-ever climate accountability lawsuit against Duke Energy
7 Barbados completes $125m debt swap for climate resilience
8 16th Convention to Combat Desertification kicks off
Good climate news this week
1 International Court of Justice begins historic 2-week hearing on 2 December on obligations that countries have to cut emissions, and what happens if they don't
2 Japan looks to cut emissions by 60% by 2035 compared to 2013 levels, up from 46% by 2030
3 Global EV market share tops 17%, as petrol and diesel sales stall
4 China’s sales of electric vehicles and hybrids reach tipping point, accounting for more than 50% of car sales in 4 months from July
5 Australia in $500m for social housing electrification, bans fossil fuel subsidies
6 China world's fastest greening nation, with forests up 4m hectares/ year from 2000-2015 and 2m hectares/ year from 2015-2022
7 India delivers 80% of its 2030 land restoration target, restoring 18.94m hectares
8 China on track to cut coal's share of annual electricity generation to below 60% for 1st time
9 Record renewables go into the Australian grid in 2024, generating 45% of electricity in 2025, on track for 82% by 2030
10 Maine becomes latest US state to sue oil companies over climate change
11 California to step-in if federal US EV incentives are ended
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@bethsawin recently joined @Importantnotimp to share the idea of Multisolving! Check out the interview here:
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We're on track for 50,000 @Importantnotimp readers by Dec 31. Hot damn.
Join us for free if you haven't yet!
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Our 2nd ever "What Can I Do? Action Update" just went live.
I'm eternally grateful for the thousands on thousands (!) of people who've already used our app to help unf*ck the world. Let's go. @importantnotimp @wcid_earth
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I'm proud to share v1 of our new @Importantnotimp web app.
It's called What Can I Do?, and I'd love for you to try it.
More detail in the link, but it really it boils down to this: there's so much you can do, and the world won't unfuck itself.
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“Leah Stokes is too damn busy for despair.”
An electrifying profile of our very own @LeahStokes from The Santa Barbara Independent: independent.com/2023/04/19/t…
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Harness the power of the sun to make your house run! We teamed up with @ImportantNotImp on this guide to solar panels: bit.ly/3L1kBAw
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The @Importantnotimp weekly essay goes out in a few minutes to 35,000 goddamn readers. We just started trying to grow this thing this year and it's been such a ride.
Get it now if you don't already. The world won't unfuck itself:
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