Environmentalist. Sustainability Advisor NY Yankees, NBA, Pirates, Former Senior Scientist NRDC, Founding Chair Sport & Sustainability Int’l, Co-Founder & Past Pres Green Sports Alliance.https://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3muuby5dd4c2l"The world has failed in its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times, the UN said in a sober assessment... setting the world on an uncertain path.” @michaelemann.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @unep.org https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/climate/united-nations-climate-target-overshoot.html?unlocked_article_code=1._FA.EkBg.fmD_isXnhy8u&smid=url-share06 Sep 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuby5dd4c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mumuq25yoc2w“Himalayan glaciers, once blazingly white, are increasingly coated in pollution from car exhaust, coal plants & factories. As that black cover settles on glacier, it’s causing them to absorb more heat from the sun & melt faster.” @climatenews.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/climate/pollution-soot-glaciers-melting-himalayas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share03 Sep 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumuq25yoc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mumubxrqc22w“We know that there will be more floods — some may be far worse than this week’s catastrophe. As a geologist focused on glaciers, I don’t know what can be done to address floods like these in the future. But I do know that they are coming.” @climatenews.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/climate/climate-forward-nepal-disaster.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share03 Sep 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumubxrqc22whttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3muif4ftbhs27China’s solar expansion policy reduces bird diversity | Science @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @bou.org.uk @cornellbirds.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @aciucn.bsky.social @wcs.org @solarpowereu.bsky.social https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee074701 Sep 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3muif4ftbhs27https://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3muidumoeic2oWendell Berry died on 8/31 at the age of 92, "his life was a work of both art and politics...embodying the commitment to place and community." @billmckibben.bsky.social @dogwoodalliance.org #HomeEconomics https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-men?r=25itn2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web01 Sep 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3muidumoeic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3muidejopu22f"The glacial collapse and deluge in Nepal & Tibet was not a freak weather event; it was was the direct result of warming-induced glacial collapse...nature’s latest commentary on the deadly consequences of human-caused planetary warming." @michaelemann.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/01/nepal-flooding-climate-disaster?CMP=share_btn_url01 Sep 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3muidejopu22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3muhnmialx22z“At Everest Base Camp there are espresso bars & big-screen TVs, fast Wi-Fi & hot showers, tents with Persian carpets & heated floors…” @dailynewsnepal.com @everesttoday.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/science/everest-base-camp-urine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share01 Sep 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhnmialx22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3muhl5fct3s2wA “new danger: the rapid destabilization of glaciers & permafrost…The risks extend beyond the Himalaya…mountains are fragile & the speed with which humans are warming the world is pulling them apart” @climatenews.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/opinion/nepal-flood-glacier-melt-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share01 Sep 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhl5fct3s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3muhj55ohg22w“The world’s coral reefs declined by 9.5% from 2020 to 2024. The largest single-year coral decline on record, affecting 87% of reefs worldwide…Reefs that protect coastlines from storms & support at least a quarter of marine life now have a narrower window for recovery.” @scrippsocean.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/climate/coral-reef-recovery-time.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share01 Sep 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhj55ohg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mudllmiqwk22"I knew it was coming...Two days before the collapse the ground temperature hit its highest point in the last two years.. high temperatures...thawed the bonds between ice & rock that hold glaciers in place” @climatenews.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-growing-rumble?r=25itn2&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer30 Aug 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudllmiqwk22https://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3muazwksamc2wIn the Age of Global Warming, ‘the Entire Himalayas Are Melting’ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/travel/flash-flood-nepal-global-warming-himalayas.html?smid=bs-share29 Aug 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3muazwksamc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mua6gcjnxs2pAn autopsy shows that a man killed by National Guard troops in Memphis in July was shot in the back, contradicting police reports. @aclu.org @blackvotersmatterfund.org @tnaquarium.bsky.social @nashvillescene.com @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social @predsnhl.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/us/tyrin-johnson-national-guard-shooting-autopsy-memphis.html?smid=bs-share29 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua6gcjnxs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mu6k2jgzyc2iThey would cut down the clouds if they could: Federal officials and documents indicate that the Trump administration has proposed giving a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private developer. @altnps.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6k2jgzyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mu3wybpbjk26Climate change is heating up the Himalayas and supercharging the risk of disasters like the deadly flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet @climatenews.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/climate/nepal-flooding-climate-change.html?smid=bs-share27 Aug 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3wybpbjk26https://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mu2ycjpa6c2lThe military is “a significant contributor to global warming, but there is no full accounting of military & war-related emissions. Military industrial emissions are also high…By destroying infrastructure & the environment, war contributes to global warming.” https://thebulletin.org/2026/08/the-us-militarys-fatal-stance-on-climate-change/27 Aug 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ycjpa6c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mu2w2qg67c2lE.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Data Centers “Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers.” @democrats-judiciary.house.gov @democrats.senate.gov @democrats.org @nrdc.org https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/climate/epa-data-centers-public-comment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share27 Aug 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2w2qg67c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mtqrme6trc2aBigger, Hotter Fires Are Slowly Erasing America’s Great Forests “As much as 40 percent of Western conifer forests will turn into shrubland by 2100 as a result. This is a permanent shift from one ecosystem type to a fundamentally different one.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/climate/wildfire-forest-loss-california-southwest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share23 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqrme6trc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mtqrme6trc2aBigger, Hotter Fires Are Slowly Erasing America’s Great Forests “As much as 40 percent of Western conifer forests will turn into shrubland by 2100 as a result. This is a permanent shift from one ecosystem type to a fundamentally different one.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/climate/wildfire-forest-loss-california-southwest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share23 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqrme6trc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mtoqc53p3s2zSpike in ‘Dark’ Oil Tankers in Gulf Raises Risk of Catastrophic Spills “Three oil slicks are spreading through the Persian Gulf & Gulf of Oman One has reached sensitive mangrove ecosystems.” @noc.ac.uk @scrippsocean.bsky.social @whoi.edu https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/business/iran-war-hormuz-oil-spill.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share22 Aug 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoqc53p3s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drhershkowitz.bsky.social/post/3mtm6pmgcbc2c"It really is an environmental plague...the planned data center buildout will increase greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by at least twenty percent & perhaps as much as a third." @billmckibben.bsky.social @frontofficesports.bsky.social https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-year-in-the-data-centerai-battle?r=25itn2&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web21 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:7ryp7zv2paqlhflifutv4dio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm6pmgcbc2c