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Evlondo Cooper III

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Senior Researcher, Climate and Energy Program for Media Matters RTs are not necessarily endorsements; opinions are my own.

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Danny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 01/10/2026
Can anyone explain to me why a national permitting deal is best negotiated now, mere weeks from an election that is likely to reshape federal power? Let’s stipulate that a deal of some kind is necessary and good; my question is what about the situation makes now more desirable than, say, Q1 2027?
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Whitney Webb @realwhitneywebb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I normally don't do opinion pieces, but I just wrote one about AI-powered “detectors” of AI-authored content and important issues with them that I think need to be urgently discussed, especially within independent media.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 25/09/2026
A new model of collaboration for independent climate journalists — and independent journalists seeking new audiences? “Betting the House” combines stories by four climate-focused independent journalists. Producer @tracywholf.bsky.social talks about their "pop-up newsroom” in this interview.
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Tracy Wholf Is ‘Betting the House’ on a New Model for Independent Journalism
The former CBS News climate producer is bringing independent journalists together to “swarm report” major stories — and build their audiences in the process.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 23/09/2026
Join CCNow & independent journalists from Betting the House — @emorwee.bsky.social, @chasecain.bsky.social, @rachelreports.bsky.social — to discuss how they organized their reporting collaborative & how collaboration can broaden your audience & your impact. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Betting the House: Building a Successful Reporting Collaborative
Thursday, Sept. 24 at 1pm ET

Join the journalists behind the ‘Betting the House’ pop-up collaboration to learn what worked, what didn’t, and how you can start a pop-up collaboration with your journalism friends and colleagues.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Terrific write-up of the book in @desmog.com today! www.desmog.com/2026/09/21/q...
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Q&A: Amy Westervelt on the Corporate Poisoning of the Information Aquifer — and How to Undo the Harm
Amy Westervelt’s new book Brought To You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy is a must-read for anyone tracking the machinery of climate denial and delay. The...
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I think about an alternate 2007 where “Let’s Get This Paper” went platinum instead of “Throw Some D’s.” Rich Boy’s story is his own, but the feeling is universal: looking back at what made you while trying to understand what you’ve become and why. www.youtube.com/watch?v=juT9...
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Rich Boy - Let's Get This Paper
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 17/09/2026
📣 CCNow is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! Our awards program honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the climate story. Together, their work constitutes the leading edge of climate storytelling. ...🧵↓
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jay is a member in good standing of the Black Misleadership Class 2.0.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 16/09/2026
Join CCNow for a live, in-person conversation about how journalism is an effective climate solution on Monday, September 21, at 3pm ET, at the Narrative Change Summit during #ClimateWeekNYC, hosted by Climate Film Festival. Details: luma.com/dz8z0es4
Journalism is an effective climate solution panel
Monday, September 21, at 3pm ET, at the Narrative Change Summit 
SVA Theatre, NYC Climate Week
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Under the Trump administration, a federal report about an extreme weather event reads complete. It explains the weather, documents the damage, and even notes that extremes are worsening. All that detail can make the missing climate explanation less conspicuous. www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
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Federal disaster reports under the Trump administration leave journalists to source climate explanations elsewhere
On September 9, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the contiguous United States had experienced its hottest summer in 132 years of records. Its public summary provided ...
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Writing a book feels like that dream where you show up to work naked 🙈. Will people laugh? Will they get it? Hate it? Think it's dumb? It's a vulnerable spot! So what a RELIEF when someone like @markhertsgaard.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org really gets it: coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...
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The Tech Bros’ War on Climate Action — Covering Climate Now
We live in a time, journalist Amy Westervelt laments in her new book, Brought To You By, when “millions of people have been convinced that it is patriotic to be antidemocracy [and] that doctors are no...
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
To me, this is a pretty standard way of checking someone’s energy: showing up, shaking their hand, and seeing if they’re going to stand ten toes down on what they said now that you’re in front of them. Mamdani marked him out.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Join me TOMORROW for ‘Science Communication that Changes Minds & Behaviors’ in the NBS Building. This discussion finds itself at the intersection of science, persuasion, and public impact beginning at 11AM. Lunch to follow.
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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We asked Big Tech about AI’s fossil fuel problem. The responses were atrocious.
Responses from Microsoft, Google and Amazon raise serious questions about their stated commitments both to responsible AI and a livable planet
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 06/09/2026
A two-year investigation by NPR found that the total number of US heat-related deaths per year was significantly higher than official records report… buff.ly/2lCSKLw
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NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll
An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Gary’s prolonged outage showed why national news must follow communities through recovery after extreme weather events. CNN and MS NOW went beyond documenting the city's hardship to examine how race and poverty shaped it. www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
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CNN and MS NOW consistently connected prolonged power outage in Gary, Indiana, to race and poverty, while broadcast news rarely did, and Fox did not
On August 11, a powerful wind storm tore through northern Indiana, toppling trees and utility poles and causing almost 375,000 outages across the Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s service terr...
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It was a real joy speaking with @coveringclimatenow.org, whose work I respect so much. coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...
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Q&A: Media Matters's Evlondo Cooper on How the Press Missed the Climate Connection With This Summer's Heat — Covering Climate Now
Evlondo Cooper is a senior writer with the climate and energy program at Media Matters. He’s been monitoring and analyzing media climate coverage for nearly a decade. Covering Climate Now spoke recent...
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New miniseries from @alleenbrown.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social out now! A window into the corporate surveillance and propaganda effort against Standing Rock and what it tells us about the world we’re living in today drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
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S16, Ep1 | North Dakota’s Facebook Mercenaries
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I respond to @neeratanden.bsky.social's insane tweets promoting Laura Loomer and the Democratic Establishment doing everything to crush anyone to its left, especially "the Moslems." www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-29...
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Biden Official has PUBLIC MELTDOWN over Hasan Piker
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
AI is not just consuming a lot of fossil fuels. It it also enabling the fossil fuel industry to drill more, faster. These applications create far more climate pollution than data centers — 3.3x to 13.3x more, according to new peer-reviewed research. We *have* to start talking about this.
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AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought
A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An overwhelming 92% of American have either delayed or totally abandoned medical care because of how expensive it is, according to a new survey.
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Chase Cain @chasecain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“We’ve always had hot summers” True, but not like this… 🥵 ps- buckle up for 2027. It’s on-track to be scary hot 🌡️
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
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The Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human Civilization
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Extreme heat waves struck the U.S. in July, bringing dangerous temperatures to most of the country over the Fourth of July weekend. In over 200 segments on ABC, CBS, and NBC, coverage failed to connect climate change to the extreme weather.
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ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change
From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...
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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is terrible. @sierraclub.org is running an action asking people to send messages to major media organizations to connect the dots between extremed weather events and the climate crisis. Only takes a moment to make your voice heard
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
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ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change
From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Read this report by @evlondocooper.bsky.social “Less than a month after apologizing for unsupported claims that opponents of a proposed Utah data center were funded by China, Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo again suggested that opposition to data centers might be driven by foreign interests.“
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 24/07/2026
Watching CBC News, you might not even make the connection between this year's extreme wildfire season, and fossil fuel-induced climate change. Tara Mahoney sits down with @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss gaps in the public broadcaster’s climate coverage. breachmedia.ca/why-is-cbcs-...
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Why is CBC’s reporting on wildfires ignoring the role of climate change? ⋆ The Breach
Tara Mahoney sits down with Desmond Cole to discuss the climate gaps in CBC’s wildfire coverage
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Right-wing media spent years dismissing environmental justice. Data center fights forced them to acknowledge higher bills, strained water supplies, and exclusion from local decisions. Their response: turn on the people organizing against the buildout. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/dat...
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Data center fight forced right-wing media to cover environmental justice
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/07/2026
Scan your local news today. How many stories are about something climate change is making worse...without saying so? I counted 8 of those in my feed today, vs just 1 that named climate change directly. Why does this matter? Research shows that making this connection changes how people see it.
Nine screenshots of my google news page today, each describing issues that are directly impacted by climate change, from more dangerous wildfire to changing flood policies.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Drilled is hiring an experienced print story editor for a 6-month contract. We're a small but mighty team comitted to climate justice. Job is remote, Spanish proficiency and climate beat experience a plus @drilledmedia.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
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Drilled Media hiring Series Editor in United States | LinkedIn
Posted 9:45:26 PM. Drilled is seeking a series editor for a 6-month contract, beginning in July. The editor would be…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Trump gave Iran money” misses the point. Trump inherited the bipartisan fantasy that American power could and should make Iran submit. He acted on it and lost. Economic relief is the price of the off-ramp. But U.S. media still mistakes destructive capacity for the ability to dictate outcomes.
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"I will be a senator for the people who cannot afford to buy a senator." That single line is better than 99% of what passes for political rhetoric because it carries authentic class consciousness. Keep your hope and change, I want my own senator.
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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Right-wing media are using an IPCC climate scenario revision to attack climate science and climate policy
President Donald Trump and right-wing media news outlets are falsely portraying the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s decision to move away from its most extreme warming scenario as proof th...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Minnesota has just become the first state to ban prediction markets. Gov. Tim Walz has signed a bill that makes operating or advertising prediction markets a felony. This sets a major precedent for those seeking to regulate or ban Polymarket, Kalshi, and other sites.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
JUST TELL ME THE FUCKING POST OFFICE HOURS JESUS CHRIST
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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New season out now! On the ethanol kingpin of Iowa who became the sultan of SAF in Brasil and what it tells us about the limits of markets and tech to solve the climate crisis. drilled.media/podcasts/dri... #climate #agriculture #colonialism #capitalism
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The NYT essay lands in a media environment where viewers are not saturated with climate coverage or climate-policy discussion. The 2020 cycle was the high-water mark because public pressure forced climate into debates. Since then, climate has only receded. www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
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Responding to public pressure, media scrutiny, and reality, presidential debate moderator Chris Wallace actually asks about climate change
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
There's been a lot of breathless cheerleading of the Santa Marta conference. It was indeed a historic moment. But @ninalakhani.bsky.social told me about the potential for replicating colonial, extractive patterns too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcZA... (please enjoy derpy face plus hilarious caption)
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What was the Santa Marta Climate Conference?
YouTube video by Drilled
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Reuters undercuts the inflated Iran nuclear threat Fox used to justify higher prices, casualties, and escalation
Fox News and Fox Business personalities and guests have repeatedly used the threat of Iran’s nuclear program as a central rationale for President Donald Trump's war of aggression against Iran, arguing...
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is a terrific watch because it shows what happens when liberals have to debate leftist positions instead of caricatures of leftist positions. Even still, conversations like this are good, and more need to happen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcte...
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The Left Only Wants to "Endlessly Critique Power"? (w/ Contrapoints)
YouTube video by Bad Faith
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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How Climate Denialism is Evolving With Trump in Office
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Evlondo Cooper III @evlondocooper.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Big Oil’s Push for Legal Immunity, Explained
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