Ed Maibach’s Tweets

. Using communication to enable climate solutions, our pathway to health, safety, fairness, and sustainable prosperity.

Medical & HealthGeorge Mason Universityclimatechangecommunication.orgJoined July 2013

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Ed Maibach’s Tweets

It’s an interesting and important question: What causes people to buy into the notion of climate doom? I don’t have time to consult our data today, but here’s a guess: Climate worry x Lack of belief that governments will do the needful = Climate doom.

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Replying to @jeffburdges and @GlobalEcoGuy

We do otoh have hoards who argue climate change depends upon their pet social problem, ala inequality, north vs south payments, etc. I'd conjecture these folks make climate progress like renewables divisive. Ask if @MaibachEd knows?

We need natures help too.

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Robert Sulnick

@sulnick1

· 7h

Replying to @MichaelEMann and @MaibachEd

MAGA, DELETE climate from culture wars! Five worst states facing climate disasters all Red: Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas Arkansas. Kentucky is under water. IPCC calls climate Code Red for Humanity. Nature needs our help, not politicization.

Climate advocates: Converting frustration into action since 1988.

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Patrick Rizzo

@patrick_rizzo10

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Replying to @MichaelEMann and @MaibachEd

I’m trying real hard to stay positive and project a positive message. I won’t say I’m not getting very frustrated, though. I need to find a way to channel the frustration into action in which my skills could be useful.

Hey

@alienghic

Thanks for all you are doing. Join forces with like-minded advocates to multiply your influence. #StrongerTogether

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@alienghic

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Replying to @MichaelEMann @LauraJMG and @MaibachEd

I feel pretty doomed by the climate crisis. Though am still trying to lobby my government, cut my own personal emissions and trying to convince others to cut their own emissions. I think we have solutions, it's just they're blocked by the people who benefit from the status quo

Climate deal has a big blind spot: Bikes

To get more people biking instead of driving, the most important step is to redesign our roadways to protect and prioritize cyclists over drivers and their cars. See: Amsterdam. ⁦⁦

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A pair of provisions designed to supercharge the sale and use of both traditional bikes and battery-powered ones were dropped from the surprise climate deal.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Melissa Perry, new Dean of the College of Health and Human Services, to Mason.

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Call Congress’ inaction on climate change what it is: child abuse

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A simple clear message from child psychologist

@AShonkoff

: Inaction on climate change is child abuse sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo

Political leaders not taking action to protect children from the well-understood peril is...

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Alone, there is little we can do about climate change. Together, we can transform our community, state, nation and the world for the better--cleaner, healthier, more prosperous & secure. As

@ginamccarthy46

says: "Nobody follows a mope." It's game time folks. Let's get 'er done.

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Ashley Ward, PhD

@AshleyWardNC

· 13h

Replying to @MichaelEMann and @MaibachEd

You & Ed are right. I’ve spent hundreds of hours talking to communities and voters. Doomism does not motivate people. I believe it makes them feel helpless & deters action.

‘Reality is scary’: climate culture war heats up for UK meteorologists

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My hat is off to UK broadcast meteorologist

@Lauratobin1

for her dedication to informing viewers about the dangerous realities of our changing climate. theguardian.com/world/2022/aug

TV forecasters have been targeted by climate deniers during recent extreme temperatures

Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action

Aug 2

On one hand, you should because it will help you be better next time. On the other hand, it’s torture. Should v torture.

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Dr Lisa Schipper

@schipper_lisa

· Aug 1

Can you listen to yourself on podcasts that you were part of? Eeek I am struggling.

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@VA_Clinicians

Aug 1

‘Climate nightmare’: Thousands call on feds to deny Mountain Valley Pipeline extension augustafreepress.com/climate-nightm via

@NotChrisGraham1

augustafreepress.com

‘Climate nightmare’: Thousands call on feds to deny Mountain Valley Pipeline extension

The public comment period on a request by Mountain Valley Pipeline to extend a project certificate closed on Friday, and boy, did the public comment.

If you're worried that it's too late to do anything about climate change and we should all just give up, I have great news for you: that day is not coming in your lifetime. As long as you have breath in your body, you will have work to do.

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"It's never too late to do as much as we can"! AND we also get the personal health co-benefits derived from many of the climate mitigation measures, such as the health benefits from cleaner air and eating less meat!

bbc.com

Greta: It's never too late to do as much as we can

Activist Greta Thunberg is still hopeful the world can achieve "massive changes" to combat climate change.

Opinions are like belly buttons. Everyone's got one. But communication experts like

have done the hard research. Doomism is a deterrent to action and, as I detail in "The New Climate War" (publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/michael) it has been weaponized by polluters and bad actors.

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Andy Scollick

@Andy_Scollick

· Aug 1

A case of one person's climate doom is another person's climate realism? The growing emphasis on doomism versus anti-doomism is in itself a distraction from climate reality or, rather, climate futures, which are simultaneously hopeful and grim. It's a spectrum, not dualism. twitter.com/MichaelEMann/s…

Aug 1

I appreciate the gratitude, but don’t deserve it as I’m not the creator of the image.

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Ramesh Laungani

@DrRamBio

· Aug 1

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We have an important opportunity to make sure our decision-makers understand what is at stake in enacting climate and health policy: a healthy and equitable future for all. Join us on Sept. 19-20 for visits to Congress to communicate the urgency of acting now. (1/2)

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Our most recent poll also shows that, by a 3 to 1 margin, US voters want to vote for candidates who will prioritize climate action (vs oppose climate action). Turning out the vote is the key to climate action.

‘Dormant’ Climate Voters Could Swing Elections In Key States, New Poll Suggests

@YaleClimateComm

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@HuffPostPol

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Driving the voters who rarely cast ballots to turn out may be the trick to bringing climate hawks off the sidelines.

Federal office focused on climate change and health has zero funding

Jul 29

Congressional failure to fund this important health office, especially at the paltry cost of less than one penny per American ($3M), is truly shocking and appalling. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro

More than a year after the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity was launched, it has yet to receive any funding, despite worsening climate disasters.

It’s great for climate advocates to finally argue that decarbonization can fight inflation. Renewables don’t become more expensive when gas & coal prices go up. The price of gasoline doesn’t matter to an EV driver. We need more of this.

Jean C. Bikomeye, MPH

@bikojec88

Jul 28

Good news for the planet earth and us living on it.

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· Jul 28

BREAKING The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution that declares access to a clean and healthy environment a universal #HumanRight In favour: 161 Abstentions: 8 Against: 0 The decision is expected to be a catalyst for #ClimateAction

Jul 29

Great question! I’m keen to learn insights from anyone who has them.

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· Jul 29

Your insights, @MaibachEd @JenniferSklarew @MarkJRozellGMU ? twitter.com/DannSklarew/st…

Jul 27

To the Congressional staffers who staged an act of civil disobedience in defense of our climate in the office of Senator

@chuckschumer

, bravo and thank you! newyorker.com/news/the-polit

The Young Congressional Staffers Going Rogue to Demand Climate Action

@docsforclimate

newyorker.com

With climate legislation in peril and time running out, a group of young aides broke from a tradition of deference and staged a sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s office, demanding action.

yaleclimateconnections.org

Jul 27

Important health advice from

@NehaPathakMD

: Beware, common medications may increase the dangers of heat waves: yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/07/common

Common medications may increase the dangers of heat waves » Yale Climate Connections

Some over-the-counter and prescription drugs may interfere with sweat production, alter the body’s internal thermostat, or make dehydration more likely - with potentially serious consequences.

FACT: Your high gas prices are a result of Big Oil price gouging. Get more facts about their greed 👉 oilfacts.info

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Having

as a partner has made all the difference, because NOAA is one of the most trusted sources by nearly everyone in the weathercaster community.

@NASAClimate

too! Trusted voices will always win the day, although they must be willing to work at it.

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Frank Niepold

@FrankNiepold

· Jul 26

Replying to @MaibachEd @Mason4C and 3 others

The Climate Matters program is one of the most important climate change communications partnership to date. As a founding partner, NOAA Climate has been extremely impressed with the impact and effectiveness of this groundbreaking effort! Here’s to 10 more.

Jul 26

Exactly! And while you have special super powers, everyone who is concerned about climate change can make a difference if they are "powered by passion and perseverance, and tempered by patience." (Great line, BTW: You should make that your motto.)

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Jeff Berardelli

@WeatherProf

· Jul 26

Thank you, Ed. What spare time? Lol :) …but seriously, as unlikely as it seems, it played out exactly as I planned before I left FL. A mission powered by passion and perseverance, tempered by patience. It’s uncanny how well it panned out. Kismet really. twitter.com/MaibachEd/stat…

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(and all others who want access to our new

@NatureClimate

paper on

@_ClimateMatters

and the growing role of TV Wxcasters in climate reporting), the paper is available by clicking the link in this

myemail.constantcontact.com

Friends Note: conta.cc/3vfV1AT

@JohnMoralesTV

Climate Matters and the growing role of TV weathercasters in climate reporting

Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce the publication of a paper, “Improving public understanding of climate change by supporting weathercasters,” in the journal Nature Climate Change. For more

Jul 26

We could write a great case study on

@WeatherProf

. He left local TV in FL to get an MS degree (on climate) in the Big Apple. In his spare time he more or less single-handedly convinced a national TV network to start reporting on climate change, with him at the center of it. BAM!

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Don Sutherland

@DonSuth89069583

· Jul 26

Replying to @WeatherProf @ClimateCentral and 8 others

I hope you can get it. Its findings from a case study it references support a lot of what you do to educate the public on climate change. Such efforts make a difference in fostering a better-informed public.

Phone banking with

to turn out voters concerned about #climatechange—this org has built a culture of voting in 1million people across the country to become regular voters! Feeling inspired and hopeful. #ClimateAction is the antidote to climate gloom.

Replying to

Climate Changemakers

hosts climate advocacy co-working sessions all week, every week. Different from non-violent civil disobedience (your Q), but w/r/t activating the willing more generally: if you build it [community + facilitated work sessions], they will come.

From

(reflecting on our latest poll findings): Why Isn’t There a Mass Movement for Climate Action in the US? finance.yahoo.com/news/why-isn-t

Why Isn’t There a Mass Movement for Climate Action in the US?

@YaleClimateComm

finance.yahoo.com

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Clinicians to UF: Protect health with clean power

So many people and organizations have contributed so much to make Climate Matters a success. We are grateful to them all.

This summer marks the 10th anniversary of

@_ClimateMatters

, our initiative to support TV weathercasters as trusted local climate reporters. We celebrated the occasion by summarizing our experience in a

@NatureClimate

paper: rdcu.be/cSnai.

Wow! This "analysis found that 10 (Twitter) superspreaders (0.003% of accounts) were responsible for originating over 34% of the (climate) misinformation shared during the 8 months that followed their identification, and 1,000 accounts (0.25%) were responsible for more than 70%!"

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Matthew DeVerna

@mdeverna2

· Jul 21

Can we find and predict which accounts spread the most #misinformation on Twitter? What is Twitter doing about misinformation #superspreaders? We take a stab at this problem in our new working paper. doi.org/10.48550/arXiv A

for results…

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Health professionals in FL are asking

@UF

to do the sensible thing: protect the health of people in the UF community, UF's balance sheet, and the world's climate with clean power. gainesville.com/story/opinion/ via

UF’s reputation is under threat due to the board of trustees’ commitment to building the Central Energy Plant.

#RRGI more than pays for itself in health cost savings alone. It also helps to protect our health and our climate. Why would the people of Virginia want to walk away from that?

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· Jul 21

Virginia's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is still under fire. Share our video and support these vital funds! #RGGI

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Great example! The principle: Remove barriers to participation so that the willing are able to engage.

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Nancy Metzger-Carter

@nancymetzgerca1

· Jul 25

Replying to @MaibachEd @Mason4C and @YaleClimateComm

I can’t say “evidence based” but having schools waive absences for “civics days” has encouraged students to participate edweek.org/leadership/to-