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Juliette de Meaux Jan 11, 2023

Rose Abramoff [account moved!]

Update: I was fired. I loved working at ORNL's Climate Change Science Institute and am devastated, but am also more determined and hopeful than ever. We have incredible power to affect change together.🌱

I still plan to continue with both research & activism, to the extent possible.

To my wonderful colleagues: My temporary affiliation is LSCE. Please use my personal rather than my work email, which I no longer have access to. Thank you for all of the support so far ♥️

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/scientist-fired-climate-change-activism.html

Opinion | I’m a Scientist Who Spoke Up About Climate Change. My Employer Fired Me.

I knew that I could face retaliation, but inaction during this critical time will have far greater consequences.

The New York Times

Charlie Koven Jan 10, 2023

@ultracricket Really sorry to hear that, and hope that you are able to find an employer that supports all aspects of your work.

Rose Abramoff [account moved!]Jan 10, 2023

@ckoven Thank you Charlie. I'm cautiously optimistic.

Anna F Jan 10, 2023

@ultracricket so sorry to hear that. Thank you for everything you’re doing. 💚

Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Jan 10, 2023

@ultracricket so sorry to hear rose. I know you will be needed elsewhere. Best of luck to you.

FluffyCowBird ✅Jan 11, 2023

Shameful that they fired you. I'm so sorry!

A big hug from New Hampshire!

Would you be comfortable sharing the text of this outside of NYT? I can't read it past their subscription popup prompt.

Yargo Jan 11, 2023

@FluffyCowBird @ultracricket I suggest using lynx or a similar no-script browser. Worked well, minus the tracking annoyances.

Mierk Schwabe 🇪🇺Jan 11, 2023

@FluffyCowBird @ultracricket here’s the article free to read (gifted via my NYT subscription). https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/scientist-fired-climate-change-activism.html?unlocked_article_code=4_3y-60rSbGm5MyUPZKYWOqGm-G5q_oVLnv9cMMsenvOwwB6D-HoVe2eUyhu5u-CXBpQvDrq5XN2491z8uYKUygTpTIHESzu4AsE1Uh7YvgUYXK-aRMmysxOATuxclXXb0UQvete3kRfHj2S4DAcje8Ur20By2FL2k_3tcw3vm5sKRB2p3UZ6w-XRtPVS02Myc_8uijvAXu3TQ2kxKxIuRCueVV2cbHb7Ep8njf1SXH4_ZhWf8NZVEyuf_FzInVSe6n0VvlRl83EHMupKTj6xMez0952fPbrFEF3M3_bP6NvJmRP7nFPJdF81Yb6dgirSHsMhibdgAzwOFCPhj__oMXfVUIYZH4Q9kp_WJkir6yA&smid=share-url

Opinion | I’m a Scientist Who Spoke Up About Climate Change. My Employer Fired Me.

I knew that I could face retaliation, but inaction during this critical time will have far greater consequences.

The New York Times

char (#4|2 Jan 14, 2023

@mierk @FluffyCowBird @ultracricket

Thanks for sharing the article.

FluffyCowBird ✅Jan 14, 2023

@mierk @ultracricket
Thank you, Mierk! This is a sad but inspiring example.

And thank you, Rose, for your efforts, and for writing so eloquently about how your work itself led you to this point. I wish you the very best as you move forward.

On the bright side, your and Peter's courageous act has brought a lot of attention to this disconnect between the findings of scientists and the utter lack of a corresponding policy response which any rational person would expect as a result. I know I don't need to tell you this, but keep on fighting the good fight! You are not alone!

John Gordon 📷Jan 17, 2023

@FluffyCowBird @ultracricket If you click the 'reader view' button on that page as soon as it appears you can read it all, and without all the other distractions NYT adds ;)

FluffyCowBird ✅Jan 17, 2023

@Bluedonkey @ultracricket

Whoa, what a neat trick! Thank you!!

Dargan M. W. Frierson Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket So sorry to hear this!! Thanks for your bravery and your work.

Mojosue Jan 11, 2023

Hard to leave and be forced to decide career and ethics. But wherever you are, if those around you aren't supporting you, then time for the shackles to come off.

I hope in uncertain times ahead you can find the grounding to take stock, refocus and move forward in good heart with your worthwhile endeavours.

Tim Donaghy Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket Wow, that's really terrible!

DOE should really have a #ScientificIntegrity policy that clearly allows scientists to speak their minds on issues of importance (so long as they make it clear they are not representing the agency...)

Tim Donaghy Jan 11, 2023

FWIW "Covered personnel are free to share personal views and opinions on scientific or technical related policy matters, provided they do not attribute these views to the U.S. Government. This includes scientific or a public forums, communications with the media, and publishing research finding."

https://science.osti.gov/sc-2/Research-and-Conduct-Policies/Scientific-Integrity

Scientific Integrity

The page provides the information about Scientific Integrity.

sladner Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket I just read your letter this morning. I am sorry you were fired. I'm wishing your power and passion.

Crystal Huff (they/them)Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket Ooof, that final graph also resonates for me. My social and professional life is forever changed in the wake of my personal MeToo blog post.

"I did not make the decision to become an activist lightly; I recognized that my actions would have consequences, and I knew that I could face retaliation. But inaction during this critical time will have far greater consequences."

Thank you for your service to the larger good, and I'm sorry. The personal aftereffects can suck. 😥

Brad Johnson Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket This gross injustice is a sign of the power of your voice.
Sadly not surprised that the AGU is trying to censure you.
https://fromtheprow.agu.org/agu-board-votes-continue-relationship-exxonmobil-accept-sponsorship-support/

AGU Board Votes to Continue Relationship with ExxonMobil and to Accept Sponsorship Support

As you know from my previous messages, the question of AGU’s relationship with ExxonMobil (and our relationship with the larger..

From The Prow

nathanpboston Jan 13, 2023

@ultracricket @climatebrad if I see an Exxon, Chevron or other fossil fuel corporate branding at next #AGU, I’m throwing soup. Political speech can not be a matter of pay to play in the #AGU.

Brad Johnson Jan 13, 2023

@nathanpboston @ultracricket AGU has quietly divested its holdings from the fossil-fuel industry - unclear what its current policy on sponsorships is. http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2023/01/11/agu-quietly-began-divesting-from-fossil-fuel-industry-in-2021

Hill Heat : AGU Quietly Began Divesting From Fossil-Fuel Industry in 2021

After years of protests from its climate-scientist members for its ties to climate polluters, the American Geophysical Union quietly divested its $100-million-plus investment portfolio from the fossil-fuel industry. In November 2021, AGU leadership posted

nathanpboston Jan 13, 2023

@climatebrad @ultracricket thanks for the update. Last I heard, Exxon, not AGU, made the decision to stop buying the student breakfast. Your new research here shows more progress but that we need to keep an eye on them.

Brad Johnson Jan 13, 2023

@nathanpboston @ultracricket yes my piece goes into the breakfast and how Chevron was a Fall Meeting sponsor for a few more years

legraLeGra Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket I’m so sorry this happened.

Some of my favorite scientists are at LSCE. In my sub specialty anyhow they’ve been stacked with awesome women scientists my whole career.

Best wishes to you there.

Barent Brouwers Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket perhaps this song can cheer you up a bit

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Jonathan Wright Jan 11, 2023

That truly sucks.

I'm sure that you'll continue to stand by your beliefs.

There are other more welcoming avenues out there.

Just a shame that those who fired you couldn't appreciate you.

VE7FIM Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket The AGU has a major conflict of interest here, with a large and powerful subset of their membership working directly in, or indirectly supporting, extractive and polluting industries.

haq Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket I hope you find a better place soon. Solidarity.

Greg Leunig Jan 11, 2023

@ultracricket all the #scifi movies and books where the world bands together to take on an existential threat and SAVE HUMANITY ring hollow these days.

planty Jan 12, 2023

@ultracricket It is absolutely outrageous that you were fired! So disappointed in ORNL. Thank you for all the work that you're doing.

nathanpboston Jan 13, 2023

@ultracricket
Sending all my support as a fellow scientist and whole person. Timid or captured admins thought they could silence you but platformed you instead.

As an #AGU member, I’m planning to go in person next year and escalate peaceful political speech, in solidarity with your brave and principled action.

Stan Schymanski Jan 13, 2023

@ultracricket
This is a shocking story. I can't believe ORNL fired you for peacefully voicing your opinion! I assume that US labs are as quick at hiring as they are at firing, but it is still incomprehensible to me how this can happen. Good luck and I look forward to reading your next papers under an affiliation that is more deserving.

Alastair D. Jenkins Jan 14, 2023

@ultracricket

:-(

I'm an #agu member - how can I help people in your position?

Aral Balkan Jan 14, 2023

@ultracricket You’re an inspiration. And your ex-employers should be ashamed of themselves.

💕

Pauline von Hellermann Jan 14, 2023

@ultracricket My upmost support and solidarity. Your protest was right and courageous, and it is deeply shocking and wrong that you lost your job for it. It was no doubt done to send a strong signal - but what a signal. And so sorry that you are having to personally suffer for jt. Are there any ways you can legally challenge your dismissal? If you won that would be hugely important signal and victory too. So many battles to fight

Joey Ayoub Feb 8, 2023

@pvonhellermannn @ultracricket I just wish to echo what Pauline said. Sorry to see this and thank you for what you're doing!

Atheist Art Jan 14, 2023

You are a scientist in a society increasingly populated by science deniers and other similar idiots. You are, by definition, an activist in that you put thought into actions.

I was an activist in the seventies, thinking green and living it. Now I'm just trying to keep my health and understand love. My daughter strives to make sense of the biomass and maintain herself as a human being and a medical professional.

Oblomov Jan 14, 2023

@ultracricket hoping this is not where you just got fired from, I came across this recently on my timeline:
https://climatejustice.rocks/@kathhayhoe/109683069527997327

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (@[email protected])

We are hiring a climate scientist at The Nature Conservancy to help integrate climate data and projections across our 700+ scientists and projects in 80 countries around the world. If you know what netCDF & MIROC stand for, you dream in R or MatLab, and you love working across disciplines on projects with real-world applications, this job is for you! Rank is flexible but we're looking for someone with independent research experience. Pls apply before Feb: https://careers.nature.org/psc/tnccareers/APPLICANT/APPL/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=52690&PostingSeq=1

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Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw Jan 14, 2023

@ultracricket saw your action in videos, am impressed by your strength, and disgusted by ORNL. all the best in the coming times!

char (#4|2 Jan 14, 2023

@ultracricket
So sorry to hear that, for loosing your job and about the attitude of the institution you used work.
I can not understand why nowadays still this resistance against the facts related with the very bad situation of our environment and what could be even worst, punish people that tries to alert others about this truth.

Jessa Jan 14, 2023

@ultracricket I’m so sorry. Getting fired can be devestating. To have it happen because you spoke truths must make this particularly difficult.

Keep up the fight.

J blue Jan 15, 2023

@ultracricket Thank you for your work and activism. ❤️ You are a light in this world, keep shining!

Stan Schymanski Jan 25, 2023

@ultracricket There is an open letter to AGU expressing disgust about their reaction to your action, signed by more than 1700 scientists by now: https://www.aguopenletter.com/ #academicchatter #openletter #petition

Open Letter to AGU

We are living in a climate emergency. Examples of this emergency surround us daily with the catastrophic floods in California, Nigeria and Pakistan and the bare ski slopes of Europe just the latest,...

Open Letter to AGU

Stan Schymanski Jan 26, 2023

@ultracricket For AGU members, here is a good place to discuss the open letter, and to get additional background information: https://connect.agu.org/discussion/open-letter-to-agu
#academicchatter #science #agu