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Focused on accelerating equitable climate action and increasing economic opportunity.

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Chris Wright saying "I made 5 calls for 5 scientists"

Chris Wright saying "I made 5 calls for 5 scientists"

IPCC: thousands of scientists, years of writing and multiple rounds of peer review.

The DOE Climate Working Group report: “I made five calls for five scientists.”

Dear DOE: That’s not how you assemble a climate assessment. That’s how you assemble a panel for cable news.

08.03.2026 00:06 👍 76 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 4

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23.02.2026 04:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know don’t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.

22.02.2026 19:50 👍 3816 🔁 879 💬 38 📌 29
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 👍 21768 🔁 7742 💬 299 📌 637
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Can California Set Its Own Car Emissions Standards? Trump's Climate Reversal May Force the Issue Withdrawal of federal climate authority could ironically give California broader power to regulate emissions and sue oil companies.

Losing the Endangerment Finding will cost Californians billions at the pump and the doctor's office and cut lives short with dirtier air. @CASenateDems @AssemblyDems vote "YES” on @robertgarcia4ca’s #AB1777 to save people money and #StopDieselDeath.
calmatters.org/environment/...

18.02.2026 18:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

Look, the endangerment-finding move was stupid and wrong, but this headline is wildly misleading. EPA regs never meaningfully restrained GHGs and the US government still very much has the power to address climate change. It's called f'ing Congress!

15.02.2026 19:32 👍 161 🔁 33 💬 11 📌 3
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Jeff Bezos twists the knife The Washington Post editorial board is now cheerleading for President Trump's climate rollbacks.

First the Washington Post gutted its climate desk. Now its editorial board is cheerleading for Trump’s biggest and most dangerous climate rollback.

My latest for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/jeff-bezos...

15.02.2026 15:40 👍 43 🔁 29 💬 6 📌 2

Self-promotion: Sign up for my reporting and commentary, and please support if you can: climatecoloredgoggles.com

15.02.2026 20:02 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Car tailpipes are the biggest source of ghg's in the United States.

13.02.2026 03:19 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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China Starts Sea Trials for Largest Electric-Powered Containership China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a further bre...

World's larger BEV container ship begins sea trials. "The vessel measures nearly 128 meters (420 feet) in length. It has a capacity of 740 TEU. It is reported to have a maximum speed of 11.5 knots." H/T to Electrify This 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 a 🧵 maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

08.02.2026 20:35 👍 203 🔁 87 💬 6 📌 7
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This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social

08.02.2026 17:10 👍 364 🔁 145 💬 19 📌 23
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Loved learning how Olympic athletes are standing up for climate action in @katharinehayhoe.com most recent newsletter mailchi.mp/3585dac8faf1...

07.02.2026 23:28 👍 54 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.

Time to pause the insanity

07.02.2026 14:07 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

The energy required alone….

06.02.2026 17:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton, leader of Sept. 11 panel, dies President Barack Obama presented Hamilton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

Lost a giant and a great Amerian who championed others all the time. He also was full of wisdom, and once said to me during a meeting at his office in DC: “you can get a lot done in this town if you don’t care who gets the credit.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

05.02.2026 16:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Climate change risk index and municipal bond disclosures of United States drinking water utilities - Communications Earth & Environment 67 million customers across the US rely on drinking water utilities that face higher climate risk than accounted for, which exposes major gaps in climate adaptation and resilience planning, suggests a...

🚨Our new paper led by Dr. @zialyle.bsky.social looked at how climate change poses risks to US drinking water utilities & if their bonds disclose these risks to investors. Utilities serving 67 million people have high risks, but 36% of their bonds don't mention climate: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

03.02.2026 01:06 👍 164 🔁 58 💬 2 📌 8
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Mamdani Seeks New Mission for Pro-Business Agency: Fighting for Workers

Excited to see the future for NYCEDC under Mayor Mamdani and @juliesulabor.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...

04.02.2026 05:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MAGA Tab in LA-LA Land! The California Post Launches

One of the California Post's early obsessions: Blaming Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass for the L.A. wildfires. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...

04.02.2026 01:59 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

econ dudes can you not be like this nobody likes u

03.02.2026 22:52 👍 55 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 2
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Right-wing media’s cynicism about climate leaves out ongoing global success of renewables

You'll be shocked to hear that Fox viewers are not getting the full story about renewable energy.

03.02.2026 20:18 👍 168 🔁 41 💬 14 📌 1

A fun case study since there have been 72 million articles on the cold in the east and 4 on the warmth in the west

01.02.2026 17:16 👍 438 🔁 163 💬 21 📌 10
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I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

27.01.2026 16:45 👍 17313 🔁 6910 💬 504 📌 329
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Trump Loses Another Case Against Offshore Wind A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that construction on Vineyard Wind could proceed.

BREAKING:

Construction on Vineyard Wind can proceed, according to a federal judge. That marks four losses in a row for the Trump administration against offshore wind.

Read more from @emilypont.bsky.social:

heatmap.news/sparks/viney...

28.01.2026 00:03 👍 108 🔁 39 💬 2 📌 7
Map from NOAA Climate at a Glance depicting the relative rank of Nov-Dec 2025 temperatures on a county-by-county basis. Most Western U.S. counties experienced their warmest Nov-Dec on record, as depicted by all locations dark red in color on the map.

Map from NOAA Climate at a Glance depicting the relative rank of Nov-Dec 2025 temperatures on a county-by-county basis. Most Western U.S. counties experienced their warmest Nov-Dec on record, as depicted by all locations dark red in color on the map.

Well, it's now official (per NOAA): Dec (and Nov-Dec) 2025 were the warmest such periods on record for Western U.S. (and also for most individual Western states). It has been an extraordinarily sustained period of winter warmth, and this eerily balmy winter continues into Jan.

14.01.2026 03:57 👍 262 🔁 113 💬 9 📌 12
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Arizona draws a line on groundwater use after letting Saudi-owned company pump freely for years Arizona's governor says the state will start limiting groundwater pumping in an area where a Saudi farm grows hay and aquifer levels are dropping.

Arizona is finally cracking down on groundwater pumping in an area where the largest water use is a Saudi-owned dairy company: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social

14.01.2026 04:49 👍 51 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 0
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Arizona draws a line on groundwater use after letting Saudi-owned company pump freely for years Arizona's governor says the state will start limiting groundwater pumping in an area where a Saudi farm grows hay and aquifer levels are dropping.

For years, the water table has been dropping beneath thousands of acres of Arizona farmland where a Saudi dairy company has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow hay. Now, the state is finally imposing limits. www.latimes.com/environment/...

13.01.2026 18:38 👍 54 🔁 26 💬 2 📌 4
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I was right. The L.A. fires changed nothing A year after Altadena and Pacific Palisades burned, "climate change" has exited the chat.

Thank you @sammyroth.bsky.social www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/la-fires-t...

11.01.2026 17:17 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Rural backlash grows against massive AI data centers | New Orleans CityBusiness Rural communities nationwide are fighting massive AI data centers over land use, water, power costs and secret deals with tech giants.

The rush to build data centers is driving up our energy bills, straining water supplies, and polluting our air.

Americans all over the country are saying enough is enough and fighting back.

11.01.2026 15:09 👍 26 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0
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Seen in the wild @michaelemann.bsky.social

03.01.2026 18:57 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1