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John Hansen

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Accelerating the clean energy transition. Girl-dad. Working for a livable future. Born at 323ppm. #CleanEnergy #247CFE #CircularEconomy #Resiliency #Decarbonization #Sustainability #SlavaUkraini

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
EVERYONE GETS HEALTHCARE, EXCEPT WE FREAKIN, HARD WORKING,AMERICANS, BECAUSE OF REPUBLIKKKANS.......🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Concern is up. Priority is down. Welcome to the climate paradox. @chrishatch.bsky.social surveys & explains the latest public opinion polling on climate. 👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/14/o...
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Concern is up. Priority is down. Welcome to the climate paradox
Our opinions are conflicted. Physics is not.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Carney keeps putting oil and gas interests above the interests of the people. The MOU he just finalized with Danielle Smith is a huge blow to Canadian climate policy. Enough. Time for a People's MOU: act.350.org/sign/peoples...
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It's time for a People's MOU
Carney keeps putting the interests of oil and gas corporations above the interests of the people. The MOU he just finalized with Danielle Smith is the final nail in the coffin for Canada’s climate pol...
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Close to 30% of cars sold this year are set to be electric as countries and consumers respond to energy crisis - News - IEA
Close to 30% of cars sold this year are set to be electric as countries and consumers respond to energy crisis - News from the International Energy Agency
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Transition away from fossil fuels? Here’s how Canada is doing so far www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/20/a...
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Transition away from fossil fuels? Here’s how Canada is doing so far
One step forward, four steps back.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Highly recommend this Front Burner interview with @arnokopecky.bsky.social An extremely clear breakdown of all the Carney climate rollbacks. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
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Is Carney undoing the Liberals’ climate legacy?
Podcast Episode · Front Burner · May 20 · 28m
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Excellent piece by @chrishatch.bsky.social... www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/19/o...
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Carney puts climate policy on the ropes
Canada has sustained a bruising combination of blows to its climate ambitions this past week — and all at the hands of the prime minister himself.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I normally find the Canadian Climate Institute frustratingly patient with federal government climate incrementalism. But even for them, this new fed-Alberta energy agreement is a bridge too far...
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Peter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New IRENA report confirms the cost-competitiveness of round-the-clock renewable power through hybrid solutions of solar and wind with battery storage. www.irena.org/News/pressre...
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24/7 Renewables Outcompete Fossil Fuels on Costs
Solar and wind energy paired with battery storage are reliable and already today deliver cost-effective, round-the-clock electricity, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Ag...
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
To address climate change, we need to stop and spend a few minutes understanding what causes it. If you think it's just “CO2 from burning fossil fuels”, you're missing a big part of the story. Like ~40% of climate change caused by other things. Learn more here. drawdown.org/insights/the...
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The four most important charts for people who want to stop climate change
Four charts provide valuable insights into the spectrum of climate solutions.
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Patricia @pbolton.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This is frightening. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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What Happens if the Gulf Stream Collapses?
This is not just about our own self-interest but of our obligation to safeguard a liveable future for generations to come.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Morocco just activated the #NoorAtlas Mega Complex — a 20,000-megawatt #solar installation across 45,000 hectares of Saharan plateau. It's capable of generating up to 160 MW, making the first stage alone one of the world's biggest solar thermal power plants unfccc.int/es/node/21533 #ActOnClimate
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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John Hansen @johnhanseneco.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Excellent podcast by @climatediplo.bsky.social on the recent landmark International Court of Justice advisory opinion confirming states have binding legal obligations to protect the climate system. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c... #ClimateDiplomacy #InternationalLaw #Climate #EnvironmentalJustice
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Climate Diplomacy Podcast
Politics Podcast · The Climate Diplomacy Podcast gives insights into the latest developments in international climate diplomacy and security. Our host Alexandra Steinkraus interviews experts and pract...
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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Brazil has created the South Atlantic’s largest marine protected area, spanning about one million hectares. Supported by Conservation International, the reserve—roughly the size of Jamaica—aims to safeguard biodiversity, fisheries, and critical ocean ecosystems.
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Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park | Conservation International
Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.
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Peter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Latest research from Quilter has found that more than four in ten (42%) investors want the option to invest in companies enabling the green transition, contrasting recent political rhetoric and performance concerns. ifamagazine.com/investors-in...
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Investors’ interest in green transition remains steadfast, despite ‘gloomy’ political backdrop - IFA Magazine
Latest research from Quilter has found that more than four in ten (42%) investors want the option to invest in companies enabling the green transition,
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 13/04/2026
Trump uses Orbán’s playbook. Can we use the Hungarian people's playbook? 🇭🇺 This is how they defeated Orbán: 👇🏼 After sensing a rebellion in the air, the socialist party sacrificed personal ego, ideology, & careers for the good of the country. They united around the GREATEST chance for revolution ✊🏼
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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
We need to talk a bit about how utterly absurd the March heatwave was in the USA. This heatwave would have been impossible without a boost from climate change, but even with climate change it remains a deeply unlikely event. A thread looking at some of the numbers. 🧵
GFS map of temperature anomalies over the contiguous USA for March 21, 2026.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Beautiful Sunday essay here from @chrishatch.bsky.social, reflecting on the Artemis mission and the preciousness of our super-thin shared atmosphere (along with a weekly round-up of climate news). 👇 From Earthrise to Earthset www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...
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From Earthrise to Earthset
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Excellent commentary from @tzeporah.bsky.social 👇 Opinion: Canada is drifting toward petrostate politics, even in B.C. - www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Canada is drifting toward petrostate politics, even in B.C.
A province long seen as a climate leader is expanding fossil fuel production and subsidies, a sign of the influence oil and gas interests have in shaping policy
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12/04/2026
The 16-year reign of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is at an end after a crushing election loss on Sunday that will send political shockwaves from Washington to Moscow.
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Orbán’s 16-year rule over Hungary ends in crushing election defeat
The Hungarian prime minister concedes to Péter Magyar, who is set to win a supermajority in the 199-seat parliament.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/04/2026
BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is doing something a decade of subsidies and mandates struggled to achieve: making millions of people want an EV who previously discounted them. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Interest in EVs surges in Europe as fuel prices jump after Iran war
Demand at online marketplaces could settle at a new, higher normal, with the crisis leaving consumers ‘scarred’
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John Hansen @johnhanseneco.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Congratulations #Hungary, #Tisza, #PeterMagyar, and #democracy! Orbán concedes defeat… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Viktor Orbán concedes defeat as opposition wins Hungarian election
Win for Tisza party ends rightwing populist’s 16-year grip on power and will likely reshape country’s relationship with EU
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This is how it's done! "a core reserve where fishing is banned outright, surrounded by a buffer zone that allows some artisanal fishing — designed to allow local fishing communities to retain their traditional livelihoods" www.conservation.org/news/brazil-...
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Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park | Conservation International
Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.
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Andy Muirhead @andymuirhd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
BOOM! South Australia's power prices have plummeted as they near 100% renewables, proving to the world that relying on wind and solar with battery back-up is possible, more reliable and costs people less. THIS is how we avoid the next oil crisis. #EnergyRevolution
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The AMOC is slowing down. We know it has an on/off switch. We also know it would, if turned off, cause catastrophic global impacts. Unacceptable. Here our new study showing shut-down very likely bumps up warming 0.2°C through carbon cycle feedback alone. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation would lead to substantial oceanic carbon release and additional global warming - Communications Earth & Environment
The collapse of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation would result in increase of 47-83 ppm of global mean atmospheric carbon dioxide and 0. 2 °C of additional global warming at higher carb...
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hello, beautiful Hungary! Today is your best, and perhaps last, opportunity to get rid of Viktor Orbán and his corrupt regime. Seize it!
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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Dr. Stephen Rahmstorf, one of the world's foremost authorities on AMOC, explains the danger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULJX...
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Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
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Peter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Big worry. There is this very coherent picture of deep western Atlantic overturning weakening for all different kinds of latitudes in the AMOC system consistent with slowing models. www.newscientist.com/article/2522...
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Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic
Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening Wasn't expecting the "Day After Tomorrow " so soon 😪 www.newscientist.com/article/2522...
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Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic
Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱
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Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction
Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
An excellent briefing before the hugely consequential (also for the US) Hungarian elections. www.theunpopulist.net/p/if-orban-l...
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If Orbán Loses Hungary's Election, It Will Dispel the Air of Invincibility Around Strongmen
This would prove that consolidating power does not protect authoritarians from self-destructing, especially when a smart opposition exploits their vulnerabilities
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is nuts... Alberta scraps environmental assessment for Kevin O'Leary's 'world's largest' data centre www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/03/n...
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Alberta scraps environmental assessment for Kevin O'Leary's 'world's largest' data centre
Danielle Smith's government is exempting celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary's massive Wonder Valley data centre near Grande Prairie, Alta., from a provincial environmental assessment, Canada's National ...
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John Holland @johnholland.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I wish science could explain what’s happening.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Scientists warn that the Gulf Stream is shifting north, which means an ocean current collapse is imminent: www.earth.com/news/gulf-st...
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Scientists warn that the Gulf Stream is shifting, which means an ocean current collapse is imminent
Scientists have detected a northward Gulf Stream shift that may signal a looming Atlantic climate tipping point.
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The shift fossil fuels provides national & personal security. Using renewables & storage can provide economic independence at the household, local, state & federal levels. It also improves public health, the environmental, & reduces climate change impacts. Pick your reason. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation. But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times. Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.” Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.
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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Every day is the same >100% WindWaterSolar powering California's main grid for part of the day for 37 straight and 64/87 (73.5%) days in 2026 Gas is down 59.2%, solar is up 75.4%, batteries up 333% in '26 v '23 Batteries have provided 8% of all electricity output in CA in 2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"The third No Kings protests were an unmistakable display of political force..." "Two-thirds of participants live in suburban, small town or rural areas, a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Red flare for Trump: 'No Kings' rallies a show of political force
With a Revolutionary-era slogan, the protests had an historic geographical reach across the country. What does that mean for November?
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/03/2026
Maggie Rogers, Joan Baez, and Tom Morello performing “The Times They Are A-Changin'”
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Holy New York.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/03/2026
No ICE. No war. No Kings. #nokings
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This is what solidarity looks like. #NoKings
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings is international! Hope to see U.S. citizens and allies abroad out protesting!
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