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Writer. Private investigator. Green transitionist. Northern Californian. joshmorsell.com. @greenintel.bsky.social.

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Sir David Attenborough Scientists Are Seeing Something Odd About Earth — No BS
Sir David Attenborough Scientists Are Seeing Something Odd About Earth — No BS YouTube video by ITZ

Today, scientists across multiple fields are observing patterns that appear unusual.

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11.03.2026 01:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Guardian view on the Iran crisis exposing Britain’s energy vulnerability: clean power offers protection | Editorial Editorial: The war reveals Britain’s exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices. More North Sea drilling will not shield households, building domestic green energy will

Clean power offers protection. More North Sea drilling will not shield households.

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10.03.2026 16:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why aren’t renewables better protecting the UK from energy price shocks? How the UK's gas addiction keeps energy bills high despite the rising role of wind and solar

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10.03.2026 16:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

Major environmental fallout.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

10.03.2026 16:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A dark and killing cloud over Tehran And over a shamed America

A dark and killing cloud over Tehran
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09.03.2026 18:45 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Environmental Injustice The harm that hides in averages

Environmental Injustice
"This will be a piece about Environmental Justice (EJ), but also about systemic problems and how we think about them."
--Marcus C Sarofim
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09.03.2026 17:07 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ

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09.03.2026 15:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Crocodiles ‘absolutely everywhere’ after Australia floods Hundreds of people evacuated as swollen rivers push predators into Northern Territory towns

www.thetimes.com/world/austra...

09.03.2026 15:28 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

09.03.2026 15:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

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09.03.2026 15:24 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Rebecca Solnit Says Trump's Strongest Foil Has Been Here All Along | The Interview
Rebecca Solnit Says Trump's Strongest Foil Has Been Here All Along | The Interview YouTube video by The Interview

"The wonder and horror exist side by side...We don't have to surrender. It's not over." Solnit's new book "The Beginning Comes After The End" was released March 3 by Haymarket Books.
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07.03.2026 16:54 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Tree House and the Oil Pipeline In the fight against climate change, sometimes you have to go out on a limb.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

06.03.2026 23:21 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Public Pressure Kills Big Bend Border Wall Proposal Sixteen days.

Public Pressure Kills Big Bend Border Wall Proposal
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06.03.2026 15:33 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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NBC's top climate reporter quits In an exclusive interview, veteran NBC meteorologist Chase Cain opens up about burnout, suppression, and why he's going independent.

NBC's top climate reporter resigns
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05.03.2026 15:25 👍 13 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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Bill would shift focus of state demonstration forests from logging to restoration • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA Assembly Bill 2494 would make research, restoration and recreation the primary purposes of the state’s 14 working forests, including Jackson Demonstration State Forest.

Bill would shift focus of state demonstration forests from logging to restoration mendovoice.com/2026/02/bill...

04.03.2026 21:40 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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US renewables hit record high despite Trump pushback More than a quarter of US electricity came from renewable sources in 2025, up from 10% the prior year, the EIA found.

www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

04.03.2026 15:55 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

"...new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

04.03.2026 15:50 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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E&E News: Lawsuit targets air permit amid Georgia data center build-out The four new gas and oil combustion units at a coal-fired power plant will threaten air quality for millions of people, environmental groups said.

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

03.03.2026 15:16 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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'Too dependent on gas': Iran conflict fires up UK energy security row Escalating Middle East crisis comes as government faces competing calls for it to urgently bolster energy security

'Too dependent on gas': Iran conflict fires up UK energy security row
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03.03.2026 15:13 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Meet the 10 Worst Public Lands Villains of 2026 The Damage They’re Doing Right Now and how to stop them.

Meet the 10 Worst Public Lands Villains of 2026
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03.03.2026 15:10 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on Reference Manual for Judges

Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on Reference Manual for Judges www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/c...

03.03.2026 00:05 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Renewable Energy Defies Trump’s Attacks, Reaching a New Record Wind, solar and other green sources generated more than a quarter of all US energy last year.

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02.03.2026 15:40 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The women fighting climate change at home | The Narwhal Girls and women responding to natural disasters in Canada in the new climate change documentary, EMERGENCE: Women in the Storm

In Canada’s hardest hit communities, women fight climate change at home: thenarwhal.ca/women-natura...

01.03.2026 15:54 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Surviving on Trump's Dangerous Planet Yet another war, and yet another argument for an end to oil

"Surviving on Trump's Dangerous Planet"
--Bill McKibben
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28.02.2026 22:13 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Why the Trump Admin Suddenly Wants to Wall Off Big Bend National Park Why not waive 28 federal laws to fast-track 112 miles of steel wall through a national park where border crossings have dropped 74%?

Why the Trump Admin Suddenly Wants to Wall Off Big Bend National Park
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27.02.2026 15:32 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Shakespeare’s Globe launches environmental playwright prize Theatre says it will harness art ‘to inspire societal shifts towards restorative relationship with nature’

“Now is the time to remind ourselves of our human nature and remember the profound and positive contribution we can make on planet Earth. There is no better way to do that than through the stories we tell."
www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/f...

27.02.2026 15:12 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Big Oil Is Urging Trump to Stop Battle on Offshore Wind The president’s assault on wind farms is stalling a legislative push to speed permitting for energy projects.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

27.02.2026 15:02 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Corporate Conspiracy to Dismantle NEPA An In-Depth Look at the Coordinated Corporate Campaign to Destroy America's Bedrock Environmental Law

An In-Depth Look at the Coordinated Corporate Campaign to Destroy America's Bedrock Environmental Law--

The Corporate Conspiracy to Dismantle NEPA
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26.02.2026 16:13 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Record-high temperatures in France • FRANCE 24 English
Record-high temperatures in France • FRANCE 24 English YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

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26.02.2026 16:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Extreme weather having an impact on farmers’ mental health | The Narwhal Climate change is exacerbating feelings of uncertainty and hopelessness among Canadian farmers, researchers say

"Guilt, panic and hopelessness are becoming familiar emotions for farmers facing increasingly extreme weather, according to new University of Guelph research examining how climate change is affecting mental health in the agricultural community." 🌎🧪

thenarwhal.ca/farmer-menta...

26.02.2026 15:57 👍 14 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0