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Angela Fritz
@angelafritz
Senior Climate Editor . Atmospheric scientist. Formerly , , .
Washington D.C.Joined May 2011
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Extreme heat is the 'silent killer.' Cities are taking this unprecedented step to thwart it.
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While I admit that this plant is very badass, it's also triggering my trypophobia.
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This is about more than a few uncomfortable days. Extreme heat is among the most deadly weather events -- and recent reports would suggest no more than 5% of UK homes have air conditioning to help keep residents cool.
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New: Manchin tanks Democrats' chances of passing a climate plan through Congress. A very abrupt change from the last few days, per sources.
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i assume every outlet that said that there was unequivocally no 10-year-old rape victim who’d gotten pregnant in ohio will quickly retract and issue a big correction right? right????
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.: "One doesn't have to be brilliant to attempt a coup."
John Bolton: "I disagree with that, as someone who has helped planned coups d'etat—not here, but you know, other places—it takes a lot of work."
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Cosmic cliffs & a sea of stars. reveals baby stars in the Carina Nebula, where ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds shape colossal walls of dust and gas. nasa.gov/webbfirstimages #UnfoldTheUniverse
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This could interfere with the timing of BBB negotiations
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The left galaxy is the Milky way, the right one the Andromeda galaxy. This is what will happen within 4 to 5 billion years from now [full video by SaltyMikan + read more: buff.ly/3m1MX0W] [2012 NASA model: buff.ly/39FAN8e]
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"MTG Asks Why Kansas Cows Died After Saying Hot Earth Will Help Feed People" by Jessica Thomson () for :
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Donald Trump’s organization has paid or promised to pay legal fees for Jan. 6 witnesses, raising concerns about efforts to sway their testimony.
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Marc Thiessen: "These are major conservative victories and every conservative in America should have 4 words on their lips right now: 'Thank you, Donald Trump'
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Julie Banderas: "The Supreme Court decisions are not political"
Thiessen: "They're not political at all"
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Single-use plastic waste is getting phased out in California under a sweeping new law
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3. The majority relies on "major questions" doctrine to hold that Congress was not sufficiently clear in the scope of the power it was delegating to the EPA. This has *enormous* implications not just for climate change, but for administrative law more generally. A huge decision.
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Wind is WAY UP in 2022, versus small growth in natural gas.
What's great about wind? The fuel is free.
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13 states have “trigger laws” banning abortion following SCOTUS decision on Roe. OK, AR, KY, LA, MO, ND, SD, UT, WY, MS, ID, TN, TX #cnn
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"Sara from New York has been using the HBO Max log-in of a man she met on a dating app and only went out with once. She declined to use her last name out of fear of him changing his password."
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Renewable energy is saving Texas's ass this week. Important rhetoric context from
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It's incredible to me how many people aren't yet terrified by the climate emergency
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SCOOP: DOE to issue new gas-fired furnace standard. New rule would achieve a 95% efficiency standard, essentially phasing out less-efficient “non-condensing” furnaces. It would be the first significant update to these standards since the 90s.
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Why? USBR had three reasons:
1. Lake Powell emergency decision to not release as much water downstream.
2. A terrible, terrible winter with very little precipitation.
3. Deepening drought conditions in the Southwest this spring, which has increased the usage.
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People love to say that the media only focuses on the worst-case scenarios, which NEVER happen.
Well, Lake Mead's worst-case scenario for this month, back in its big August report, was an elevation of 1,057 feet.
It's currently 1,049 feet.
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Sunken boats are emerging from Lake Mead. Trucks are getting swallowed by the shoreline. The water is disappearing. Everything is fine.
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Scoop: DOE is announcing a massive investment in 4 direct air capture hubs. When built, each should be capable of removing over a million tons of CO2 per year (removing 1 million ton of CO2 is like taking ~200k gas cars off the road).
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"It's way too early" for a fire like that in Southern California, said Bill South, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Hanford. "This has the potential to be a very bad fire season."
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Body in barrel discovered at Lake Mead is likely a gunshot murder victim from decades ago, police say. No ID yet.
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OMG it's May. This year is almost halfway over and I feel like it just started.
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A robot lives in this Antarctic penguin colony. It's trying to save them.
--Great story by
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With just weeks to go before a looming Memorial Day deadline, what exactly Manchin wants in a package is still proving hard to pin down. Some Dems are very frustrated with the bipartisan group, saying it’s just going to add further delays. cnn.com/2022/04/28/pol w/
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can’t believe it took me this long to realize that birding is basically just pokemon for grown ups, but somehow weirder. like how are these real!?
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Wildfires in the vast and pristine boreal forests of Canada and the far Northern US could release an enormous amount of planet-warming emissions between now and 2050, putting the world's climate goals in peril, new research shows.
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Running out of ways to say it. We are way off track here and careening toward catastrophic climate change. Yet all of the solutions are already at our fingertips.
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Biden flips the switch on Trump's incandescent light bulb plan --from CNN's
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I went out to one of the newest and biggest wind farms in the country this week, in Oklahoma. First of all: Oklahoma wind in the spring is no joke. You have to hold on tight to car doors when opening them & have permanently windswept hair.
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"I've come to realize that mainlining peer-reviewed doom all day is hazardous to your health. For both sanity and success, we must focus both on the End of Life As We Know It and Life As We Know It Could Be."
-- to his son on #EarthDay2022
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An incredible story about Big Wind's boom in deep-red states, from with photos by .
Trump thinks wind is the “worst form of energy,” but these red-state voters see progress, environmental responsibility and dollar signs.
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if I get one more PR pitch about plastics or recycling today Im going to lose my mind
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This was SUPPOSED TO BE A STORY ABOUT ME GOING TO A GUITAR-SHAPED HOTEL!!!!!
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