Lucy Biggers
@LLBiggers
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former climate activist. now at @theFP
Manhattan, NY
Joined April 2009
I’m starting a new series where I share a chart each day that will help calm climate anxiety. The point of sharing these is to show the average person that the science around climate change is complex and it is not an end-of-the-world scenario. These charts are ones I’ve saved
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RT @matt_vanswol: I have been struggling to comprehend why leftists are defending radical Muslims. They are essentially antithetical to ev….
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RT @ChrisMartzWX: If you think that doing this to our natural landscape is going to make the environment better, you aren’t a serious perso….
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RT @ChrisMartzWX: When you zoom out, it shows a different story. Climate Central cherry-picks 1970 as the starting date on most of their c….
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RT @ChrisMartzWX: Here's a map you probably haven't seen. 🗺️. The Canadian provincial and territorial “all-time” high temperature records.….
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RT @JVinos_Climate: Over the past two decades, the global area of land burned by wildfires annually has decreased by 28.5%. Therefore, loca….
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Total area of forests, savannas, shrublands/grasslands, croplands, and other land that have been burned as a result of wildfires each year.
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RT @matt_vanswol: So I'll end with this. Real empathy DOES NOT ERASE REALITY. It cares about ALL people impacted by a policy, or a trag….
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RT @matt_vanswol: I've been wanting to write this for a long time, I think now is the time. Empathy is a virtue. and it is being weaponi….
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RT @MatthewWielicki: It's official! NO acceleration in sea level rise!!!. "In both datasets, approximately 95% of the suitable locations sh….
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Steve Koonin is the best!.
“Theoretical physicist Steven Koonin went from working on climate and energy issues as a Department of Energy undersecretary under President Barack Obama to co-author of last month’s report to the agency’s current chief that concluded the threat from greenhouse gas emissions has
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Day 6 of my Calming Climate Chart Series. Today I tackle hurricanes!. Despite the scary headlines there is no increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes! Why is this not more common knowledge?
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Day 5 of my calming climate charts series. Today I'm tackling heatwaves! . Back in my climate movement days, I had no idea the record for worst heat was held by 1936! If I had known this I think I would been less anxious each time I walked outside and it was hot! More young
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I breakdown why Greta Thunberg’s latest climate action makes no sense.
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RT @Olivia_Reingold: Two weeks ago, I noticed something strange: the same emaciated toddler in Gaza that The New York Times had put on its….
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Day 4 of my calming climate charts series. Today I’m tackling wildfires. Wildfires are devastating but nowhere near historic highs. Young people have no historical context about wildfires and are fed misleading charts and apocalyptic headlines that spread fear.
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RT @BjornLomborg: New climate scare: coffee price at "50-year high"!. No, at peak early-2025, coffee was cheaper than peaks in 2011, 1997,….
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Day 3 of my Calming Climate Chart series!. Today I reference the work of @AlexEpstein who has been a huge inspiration for me. We’ve never been safer from the climate and yet young people walk around thinking deaths are getting worse. The misinformation and fearmongering from the
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