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Johnnie C

@johnniec.bsky.social
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Interested in climate solutions, climate science, sustainability, active transportation, and conservation. PhD in Environmental Dynamics. 20+ years in environmental science, research, and conservation at non-profits, in academia, and in consulting.

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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Trying to imagine the front page NYT & lead story CNN & Sunday show coverage if the US were running out of missile & oil reserves when a Democrat was President
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/04/2026
A milestone in March: for the first time ever, renewables provided more power on the US grid than natural gas.
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In a first, renewables beat natural gas on US grid last month
It’s just one month, but it’s a sign of where the U.S. is headed as renewable energy — namely solar — surges onto the grid.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 04/04/2026
REMINDER: This is not an ENERGY crisis but a FOSSIL FUEL dependency crisis. Modern energy systems based on renewables are absolutely possible. Don’t let oil execs and autocrats tell you otherwise.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Like clockwork.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The inevitability of AI is now under threat from no one wanting to use it.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 13/01/2026
NEW – Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/WqnAVhP
Growth in coal-fired power generation in China and India by year, %, 1972-2025. Source: Analysis by Lauri Myllyvirta for Carbon Brief.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
California used 40% less natural gas to produce electricity in 2025 than it did in 2023. "That’s the kind of number, that if we spread it around the world, would make a difference in how hot the Earth gets," @billmckibben.bsky.social says. And California isn't alone.
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Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?
Solar power adoption has been rising fast. Amid recent federal efforts to limit clean energy, will it make a dent in our climate impact?
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Country 9 in global oil reserves has invaded country 1 and arrested its president. Country 7 is under sanctions and its refineries are being destroyed. Country 2 is facing off with country 6. And there are riots in country 3. But oil is only $60/bbl. Maybe oil is not as critical as it used to be?
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
—Coloradoans fund free school meals —JD's half-brother loses —PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff —PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover —Charlotte approves transit tax —Dems flip CT towns like New Britain. (And that's not all!)
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The latest, 11pm: —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —Krasner & Bragg win —JD's half-brother loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices + Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025
the second polls close in California, CNN projects that Proposition 50 passes
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lyndsay @magpie.tips · 05/11/2025
Mister Rogers laughing at a window.
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Alright haven’t had any luck here with these yet but trying again: any idea what this bug is crawling around on a tiny burr in California? The burr is just a few mm long so bug is pretty small. Kinda looks like tiny termite? #biology #insects #science #Entomology youtu.be/DW0wKsotcNA?...
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Little bug crawling around on two tiny burrs. What’s the bug? #insects #biology #wildlife
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Alright haven’t had any luck here with these yet but trying again: any idea what this bug is crawling around on a tiny burr in California? The burr is just a few mm long so bug is pretty small. Kinda looks like tiny termite? #biology #insects #science #Entomology youtu.be/DW0wKsotcNA?...
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Little bug crawling around on two tiny burrs. What’s the bug? #insects #biology #wildlife
YouTube video by Trails of Arkansas
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Hey folks, what is this thing I found on my floor? Insect egg sac pod? Seed? Dehydrated banana slug with fungi growing on it? youtube.com/shorts/2B-vG...
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Hey folks, what is this thing I found on my floor? Insect egg sac pod? Seed? Dehydrated banana slug with fungi growing on it? youtube.com/shorts/2B-vG...
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
In his Oval Office address on political violence, Trump lists the attempt on his life, the Scalise shooting, and attacks on ICE agents. He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 03/08/2025
Australians and Europeans are installing rooftop solar for a third of the price that Americans pay. Overly complicated local regulations and slow permitting are to blame. But mayors and state legislatures have the power to fix it. By @billmckibben.bsky.social for @motherjones.com
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Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back
Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 31/07/2025
🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨 Please RT this so as many people see it as possible. forms.gle/BL9xUAfRxA...
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DOE climate report response form
We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me. We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.
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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Teaching AI literacy. (GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
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I recently heard about a teacher who instead of trying to circumvent students using ai, which is impossible, she made assignments by going "ask ChatGPT to write a report on this subject, and then research how and why it's wrong".

Not only did the students discover that chatGPT is extremely wrong a lot of the time, it also lead them to realize that they should not use it as a primary source.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 08/07/2025
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Cuts to NOAA increase the risk of deadly weather tragedies » Yale Climate Connections
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Cuts to NOAA increase the risk of deadly weather tragedies » Yale Climate Connections
The Trump administration's budget plan for 2026 would eliminate the lab that developed a key flash flooding tool.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Successfully guilted! Shame on NY. Go Hogs (cringe even though I got my PhD there)!
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This is not normal at all. This is Nazi stuff.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A great point about those um sleeper cells is that now any terrorist can just dress up as ICE and walk straight into any building, even federal buildings and boom. And it’s all because ICE refuses to identify themselves or take off their masks.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
In Bell, CA an entire community stood up against ICE, including the local police and the fire dept. The fire truck appears to not allow ICE vehicles to move forward nor remain and pushes forward to escort them out. A police car also helped with escorting. /
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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Alex Padilla @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country. Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest. Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Kilauea is going absolutely crazy right now with episode 23 of the eruption. USGS live stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Dorks, it’s time to throw sand in the gears. They want us to stop teaching, we will teach in the streets. They want us to stop our research, we will use archival data. They want to send us back to the dark ages, we will be a light. We will not lay down and take this.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In order, the states hit hardest by this will be: - Arkansas - Nebraska - Wyoming - Iowa - North Dakota - Tennessee - Mississippi - Idaho - Wisconsin - Indiana A huge swath of the middle of the country, with no recourse. People who will suffer, possible die, from an entirely manufactured crisis.
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Mapped: Where America’s Truckers Live, by State
See how America's 1.8 million truckers are distributed across the nation in these two heatmap visualizations.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
At this juncture I’d like to point out: * we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing * there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world * a united approach could stop the climate crisis But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Wow, now the leopards are even eating the faces of the leaders of the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party: "Sanders says Arkansas in ‘dire need of federal assistance,’ but Trump says no" arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Sanders says Arkansas in 'dire need of federal assistance,' but Trump says no - Arkansas Times
The state of Arkansas has appealed the federal government's denial of a request for assistance following disasters in North Arkansas.
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Hey #greensky, #energysky, #envsci: Can anyone point me to any handy guidelines on international best practices for assessing environmental/ecological impacts of onshore oil spills? I'm having a surprisingly hard time finding these and thought lots of countries and the EU would have them?
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I made the cool kids list too! Found a book and a couple research articles. Now to ask Meta's AI some questions about obscure hiking trails in Little Rock and magnesium isotopic fractionation to see how well it paid attention.
Screenshot of The Atlantic story's search tool for my name. It shows a hiking guidebook I wrote and a scientific journal article I contributed to.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
They blink a lot. They lose in court too. They are even feeling some pressure from within the party. Things are bad, but not hopeless.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
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haveahaiku.bsky.social @haveahaiku.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
old dog not seen since he was a pup sees me, wags all over #haiku
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
We've had no rain since April, which is unprecedented. We've never been this vulnerable to winter fire before. Blame climate change, not Gov. Newsom or Mayor Bass. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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I Was There. I Know What Caused the Los Angeles Firestorms.
My family lives in the northern Santa Monica adjacent to the Palisades fire. We had to evacuate for a couple of nights but are home now. Thankfully, our neighborhood was spared. A couple of observatio...
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Hey #climatesky & #energysky, has anyone seen something similar to these figures (by @transenv.bsky.social ?) illustrating the inefficiency of using green hydrogen or power-to-gas (especially P2G LNG) in power plants compared to using the renewable electricity directly (or storing in batteries)?
Figure illustrating the relative efficiencies of using renewable electricity directly to power cars vs. less directly via green hydrogen or power-to-liquid fuels. It shows there are large efficiency losses involved in using renewable energy to first make hydrogen or power-to-liquid fuels and then using those fuels in vehicles.Figure illustrating the relative efficiencies of using renewable electricity directly to power trucks vs. less directly via green hydrogen, power-to-liquid, or power-to-methane fuels. It shows there are large efficiency losses involved in using renewable energy to first make hydrogen or power-to-liquid fuels and then using those fuels in vehicles.
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Johnnie C @johnniec.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Hey #climatesky & #energysky, has anyone seen something similar to these figures (by @transenv.bsky.social ?) illustrating the inefficiency of using green hydrogen or power-to-gas (especially P2G LNG) in power plants compared to using the renewable electricity directly (or storing in batteries)?
Figure illustrating the relative efficiencies of using renewable electricity directly to power cars vs. less directly via green hydrogen or power-to-liquid fuels. It shows there are large efficiency losses involved in using renewable energy to first make hydrogen or power-to-liquid fuels and then using those fuels in vehicles.Figure illustrating the relative efficiencies of using renewable electricity directly to power trucks vs. less directly via green hydrogen, power-to-liquid, or power-to-methane fuels. It shows there are large efficiency losses involved in using renewable energy to first make hydrogen or power-to-liquid fuels and then using those fuels in vehicles.
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