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Susan Conard
@sgconard.bsky.social
Ecology, fire effects, fire science, climate change. Retired USFS R&D, EiC Intl J Wildland Fire 2008-2024. Green energy, politics, public policy.
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🔥 New in IJWF: Cienciala et al. found stable or declining burnt forest areas across most of 22 European countries (1990–2024), but an aggregate trend reversal emerged around 2014. Their result shows increasing burnt areas under future climate scenarios. 🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF26... #IJWildlandFire
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Watch the changes in 100 years of average January-September temperature anomalies over land areas through 2026... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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Good morning with good news: US is on track to install record amounts of solar, wind & batteries in 2026 and 2027! US will install 89 GW of wind, solar & batteries in 2026 and more in 2027, says BNEF! Trump's attacks slow but can't stop clean power. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... #energysky
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A few years ago, I wasn't sure writing a book about bogs was a good idea at all. Forever grateful to @lizneeley.bsky.social @edyong209.bsky.social for encouragement and support. And now eeeeks, Bogland was just reviewed in the New York Times! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/b...
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And here is the corresponding global upper ocean heat content (0 to 700 m depth) also now updated through June 2026... 🌊 This graph showing anomalies is created by NOAA at www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
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Trump signs executive order exempting Russia from sanctions placed on Russia in a bill just passed by Congress and signed by Trump. Say what??
Another gift Trump has given war criminal Putin. He signed an executive order exempting Russia from new sanctions that Congress passed last month It’s Russia First for Trump and the GOP
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⚡️ Sweden announced a new $50.4 million aid package to strengthen Ukraine's power grid ahead of the winter season.
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Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?
NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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As a fully bilingual Puerto Rican, I absolutely believe children should learn English from an early age. It worked for me, and I know how valuable it can be. But learning English and being taught exclusively in English are two different things. 🧵 #Pinks 🌸 #USDemocracy apnews.com/article/head...
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She came here with her father who is the one who filled out the application If anything were filled out incorrectly that would be his fault, not hers
KRISTI NOEM: I'm confident Ilhan Omar will finally be held accountable for her crimes? BENNY JOHNSON: What are those crimes? NOEM: When people apply to come to this country, if you go back and find that anything could be wrong or misrepresented, that's when it voids or cancels their citizenship
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Zero thrones. Zero crowns. No monarchs. They can keep the power plays, the ego trips, and the illusion that the rest of us exist to serve. I am voting early because our democracy belongs to people who show up and speak out. VoteEarlyForNoKings social.demcast.com/s/GmX9mWzg
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A must read op-ed by @johnvaillant.bsky.social detailing how modern fires are burning faster and hotter, changing the future of firefighting. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
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Yep. Defending Main Street PAC—a GOP SuperPAC focused on boosting non-MAGA Republicans—spent $20-25K on digital ads against Troy Jackson in Portland ... OREGON. Receipts: adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/A...
It appears that a GOP Super PAC - running anti-Troy Jackson hits in the Maine Senate race - booked time in Portland…Oregon? #MESen
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This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off
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Our long national nightmare of minimizing toxic chemicals in our food is finally over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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🔥 New in IJWF: Bhatta et al. developed a smartphone-based AI framework using YOLOv11, object tracking and depth estimation to detect and approximately map fuels around homes in 3D, supporting wildfire risk assessment and mitigation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25... #IJWildlandFire
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Susan Collins voted for a massive increase in ICE funding and now says they need reform. Why didn't she demand that before giving them more $ ? And why is she defending the agency instead of, like Troy Jackson, backing dismantling it and parceling out its legit actions to other agencies? #mepolitics
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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We have a new study out (doi.org/10.1177/1071...), which further explores how different forms of visualization can influence the interpretation of hurricane forecasts, especially when a storm diverges from its predicted landfall track.
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FedEx saves $40 million per year for 20 years or $800 million by buying 2000 electric delivery vehicles. An Electric Vehicle start-up scores the major order. Legacy manufacturers?? www.electrive.com/2026/10/01/2... #energysky
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Well, actual sea surface temperatures have now passed 30°C (86°F) in the key Niño 3.4 monitoring region for the first time in this data record... 😱 Sign up for next week's state of the climate briefing: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... Bring your questions, like on this historic El Niño!
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“This election is likely our last chance to stop the march of fascism led by Trump and his enablers seeking to hold onto power by any means necessary…We should take seriously Trump’s repeated assertions that he intends to stay in power after 2028.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...