Founder and Executive Director of The YEARS Project, climate nerd, tennis freak
Brooklyn, NY
Joined February 2009
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Winterstorm Fern caused massive power outages for over a million Americans … but not for everyone. They were fine. Watch to see who stayed warm and safe.
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This snowstorm is anything but normal. See why. #ThisIsClimateChange
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Millions of Americans suffered through the most dangerous storm of the year. Why was it so bad? #ThisIsClimateChange
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Billionaires own assets that emit more carbon in minutes than others do in lifetimes, with the poor paying the cost.
Al Jazeera's @ajlabs looks at how the rich are fuelling the climate crisis for everyone else.
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Why was Hurricane Melissa so powerful? And did climate change play a role? Renowned climate scientist @KHayhoe separates fact from fiction. #ThisIsClimateChange
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Meteorologists have never seen a storm like this. It took under 2 days for Melissa to grow from a tropical storm to one of the largest Atlantic hurricanes of all time. How did this even happen? Watch this to see how climate change is supercharging hurricanes. #ThisisClimateChange
Joel Bach retweeted
Even if you are nowhere near a wildfire, you can still be killed by one. In the aftermath of a fire, smoke can travel thousands of miles. Hidden in that smoke is something deadly, and it may be heading towards you right now. What's going on? #ThisIsClimateChange
Joel Bach retweeted
If the #Louisiana tourism board actually had to justify their state's lax standards for #pollutingindustry, what would they say? In this tongue-in-cheek animated postcard, we imagined their take. Learn how @risestjames is fighting these polluters. Go to bit.ly/3GpPLTX.
Joel Bach retweeted
Davenport Deluge: heavy rain turned streets into rivers, sweeping away everything from cars to portable toilets.
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Heat wreaks way more havoc on your body than you might realize. This is climate change.
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When it gets too hot to play sports, you know something is seriously wrong. This is climate change.
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As the EPA tries to suspend our methane fee, let me issue a warning to the fossil fuel industry: have your fun today. This isn’t going away.
Joel Bach retweeted
Communities in #CancerAlley are trying to preserve the history of their ancestors who were enslaved at the Orange Grove Plantation. But first they need to take down the #pollutingindustry that now wants to build on the land. Go to earthjustice.org/orangegrove to take action now!
Joel Bach retweeted
Before and after of Blatten, Switzerland — a village that was buried yesterday following the collapse of the Birch Glacier. Approximately 90% of the village was buried underneath this massive cascade of rocks.
Read more here: instagram.com/p/DKPIoINAE8T/…
Joel Bach retweeted
Disturbing Stanford study finds climate change has reduced global wheat yields about 10%. The world now uses 550M acres to grow wheat, which suggests a swath of nature about the size of Kansas has been cleared to compensate for climate-driven yield losses.
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You don't have to be an environmentalist or even believe in climate change to understand how dumb it is to kill an industry that is creating hundreds thousands of jobs, lowering electricity bills, and helping us compete with China. reuters.com/sustainability/c…
Joel Bach retweeted
Indiana County, PA is being transformed by government investment, including the removal of dangerous coal ash and the creation of more recreational and tourism opportunities. Hear what all this means for county residents. Watch more clean energy stories at bit.ly/42us5VE
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BREAKING: Hawaii becomes the 10th state to sue Big Oil for climate damages!
These companies knew, they lied, and it’s time for them to pay their fair share for disasters like the Maui wildfires.
#MakePollutersPay
Joel Bach retweeted
We banned tobacco advertising because smoking kills .
Fossil fuels kill too – 5.1 million people a year according to one study in the British Medical Journal .
It's time to ban fossil fuel ads , just 13 days left to sign my petition govpetition.uk/700024
Joel Bach retweeted
This is huge 👀
A record-high 48% of US adults anticipate that global warming will pose a serious threat to themselves or their way of life, up from 44% a year ago and 25% in 1997.
When that number crosses 50%, we'll finally see some real action.
#ClimateChange
