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isaac @sevier.io · 16h
Update: this book is real "kill your darlings and embrace systems change and difficult organizing" material. I found the part about the origin of think tanks to be especially useful, and it had me thinking about the founding of "public policy" schools as well.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...
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Power to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]
Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 04/09/2026
My lukewarm take on 1.5 stories is that climate is only one of many reasons to phase out fossil fuels, and probably not in the top two reasons for most people. We should do it regardless, to save millions of lives per year from air pollution, reduce exposure to high and volatile fossil prices, and..
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric - As well as being quieter, cheaper and cleaner, induction cookers can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10C www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric
As well as being quieter, cheaper to run and easier to clean, induction cookers can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10C
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Coal miners, countertop workers, and coffee shop workers are all facing down the same deadly threat: silica. Let me tell you all about it—
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Excited to announce we've got a new @drilledmedia.bsky.social miniseries coming in partnership with @highcountrynews.org! As the 10-year anniversary of #StandingRock hits, @alleenbrown.bsky.social brings us the inside story of Energy Transfer's propaganda: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Welcome to The Propagandist
Podcast Episode · Drilled · S16 Trailer · 2m
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 11/08/2026
NEW: some scary new research out today showing that the fossil fuel industry's use of AI could possibly increase global energy emissions by as much as 4.8% — about as much as Russia's energy sector emits yearly that number is much larger than global data center emissions projections
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AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions
New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent—vastly outpacing the impact of data centers.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
With wildfires and smoke continuing to be in the news (and expected for the rest of the year), I compiled some best practices for journalists reporting on air quality: emergencymode.news/best-practic...
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Best Practices for Journalists Reporting on Air Quality · Emergency Mode for News
Considerations to keep in mind as both air quality and air pollution are back in the news as wildfires continue to burn.
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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · 10/08/2026
looking for campesinos and rural farmworkers in washington for a story. all my leads are coming up short. do you work with rural ag workers in the state? would love your help for a story i'm writing for @climateconnections.bsky.social
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 05/08/2026
Climate pals, what are your favorite examples of actions that simultaneously reduce climate pollution and help us adapt to climate changes that we can no longer avoid? Joint Adaptation and Mitigation (JAM), if you will.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 31/07/2026
The missing words in the climate conversation are not human-caused climate change, but fossil fuel emissions. By Hayley Fowler and myself: theconversation.com/was-this-hea...
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‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question
Instead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions.
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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Don't have an air filter? Learn how you can DIY one with a box fan and a HEPA filter.
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English DIY Air Purifier
YouTube video by APANO Good Growth
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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 04/08/2026
if you are an SFF reader like me, extremely wonderful neighborhood bookstore Parallel Worlds is having a sidewalk sale this weekend (8/7 & 8/8) with 100% of the sales going to Warm Springs
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parallelworldsbookshop on Instagram: "****SUMMER***SIDEWALK***SALE****We'll be putting out hundreds of books on August 7th & 8th, and you can pay what you want for them�…"
****SUMMER***SIDEWALK***SALE****We'll be putting out hundreds of books on August 7th & 8th, and you can pay what you want for them🎉🎉🎉100% of the sales will be donated to The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Wildfire Recovery Fund. We will also be matching that total donation. ❤️🌏❤️🌍❤️
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I interviewed independent climate reporter and notable mayo-hater @kendrawrites.com for recommendations about how journalists should cover wildfires and smoke: emergencymode.news/no-longer-ni...
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No Longer Niche: How Journalists Cover Wildfires and Smoke · Emergency Mode for News
As wildfires and smoke become more frequent and widespread due to climate change, news coverage needs to be more creative, comprehensive, and anticipatory.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
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Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/07/2026
And so my goals are very simple. First, to try and make it so that as many people on this planet can share in the fact that climate friendly solutions actually can make you more comfortable, and we should make them as widely available as possible to insulate people from harm.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/06/2026
NEW: This is the story of how one of the most influential climate papers in history came to exist thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in the technologies described in the paper. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 25/06/2026
air conditioning is good and right and a just climate future has zero emissions and also air conditioning and we should build a better world where people don’t die in heat waves
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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · 24/06/2026
climate ppl, angelenos, urban planning nerds, infrastructure enthusiasts, & NUMTOTS: I present a mag I've been working on all year. it's out today! Neighbors: A Living Infrastructure Magazine. focused on LA, our first piece is by @awalkerinla.bsky.social livinginfrastructure.org/neighbors/in...
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In the Space Between Parks: A Walk Through LA’s Missing Green - Living Infrastructure Field Kit
A new report ranks L.A. park access among the country’s worst. Writer Alissa Walker explores her neighborhood on foot to imagine where new parks could thrive.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/06/2026
Today on Volts: Hot enough for you? Global demand for cooling is expected to triple by 2050, potentially doubling its ~7% of global carbon emissions. How can we keep people cool in a warming world without accelerating that warming? I talk with an expert about doing air conditioning right.
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How to keep people cool without making the planet even hotter
RMI's Ankit Kalanki on why fixing the way we test air conditioners is the secret lever to slashing global cooling emissions.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
this is 100% correct passivhaus drives down the cooling demand by up to and over 80%! operable external shading is also incredibly effective at driving down demand and trees, better urban planning, and de-paving streets also work to make our cities and buildings cooler let's gooooo
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
passivhaus does this without fancy gadgets while resulting in buildings that are far more comfortable, and better protected from air and noise pollution... oh and they use far less energy as well. bonus. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/s...
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Buildings May Soon Have ‘Immune Systems’ That Fight Airborne Disease
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/06/2026
If your goal in dealing with climate change doesn't include "helping people not die," I'm not sure we are aligned.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/05/2026
At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Bamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditions
A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stab...
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100% @100percent.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Congress wants to bail out Big Oil. New legislation would block states like Minnesota from making polluters pay for climate damage. It would mean more profits for oil CEOs, more costs for us. Zero accountability. Tell Congress: No Immunity for Big Oil. Take Action: 5calls.org/issue/big-oi...
TELL CONGRESS:
NO IMMUNITY FOR BIG OIL!
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
In honor of Earth Day: a thread of environmental wins
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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
There's so much more to this story. The forest science debate alone deserves a story of its own. To be continued.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 20/04/2026
THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026 * CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt * Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2 * Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse * Age of Electricity "confirmed" * "Extraordinary" solar growth * Batteries up 40% * EVs up 20% 1/10
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18/03/2026
We really don't want MN vs. Big Oil, which is a coalitional campaign to pass a climate superfund (which would make fossil fuel companies pay for damages), to be just about data. We want to tell the real stories of Minnesotans. But we need the Minnesotans. Find out more here: mnvsbigoil.org
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MN VS. BIG OIL | Take Action Now for Climate Justice
Support Minnesota's Climate Superfund to hold Big Oil accountable and fund environmental cleanup efforts. Join the movement today.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/03/2026
They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution
Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A lot of what people lump together with NIMBYism is actually built on the infrastructure created by environmental racism organizers plantationstopollution.selc.org/memphis-tn/
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How pollution in Memphis inspired generations of advocates
Memphis, Tennessee, is celebrated as the home of the blues. Beale Street is one of the most recognizable creative spaces for musicians in the South. It’s inspired authors from James Baldwin to Alice W...
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Jessie @ladybuckmaster.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One of the most memorable books i’ve read recently.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 03/03/2026
In this panel, the PJM market monitor states plainly that data centers are almost exclusively to blame for high and rising wholesale electricity costs in the Midatlantic. It's not EVs, heat pumps, or industrial electrification. Data centers. Panel discusses how to make Big Tech pay their fair share.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/03/2026
Full answer at 13:15 -->> "It's data centers and it's nothing but data centers. And the people who start trying to muddy the waters with EVs and electrification, that's not true. Absolutely not true. There's no data to support it. It's it's not true. Our data shows that it's data centers"
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Why are electricity prices rising in the US and what can be done about it?
YouTube video by Brookings Institution
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A folk logic about it is starting to develop. People may not understand the monopolies and geopolitics of renewable energy at a gradual level. But they can see data centers, hear data centers, and read their electric bill statements. They are angry.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/02/2026
Nothing gives me more energy than basking in the work of the REAL ONES who are staying focused on fossil fuels and climate extremely glorious news on that front: @emorwee.bsky.social is teaming up w/ former CBS climate journo Tracy Wholf for a new video podcast -->>>
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Billionaires Are Killing Climate Journalism. Here's Our Response.
YouTube video by HEATED
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👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 24/02/2026
The federal EPA wants to force Americans to give as much money as possible to oil companies. State and local leaders have a duty to their constituents to fight back. Here are 16 ways to cut pollution – by making HOUSING more available and affordable. via @climatecabineteducation.org
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Housing Policy that Solves Climate Change - Climate Cabinet Education
State and local policy solutions to address the climate crisis, the affordability crisis, and the housing crisis at the same time.
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👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 24/02/2026
This new report from @climatecabineteducation.org provides an important complement to our 7-part Transportation 101 series. Together, Housing & Transportation account for more than 2/3's of many household incomes and current policy in most states encourages longer commutes and more pollution.
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Transportation 101 Policy Guides - Climate Cabinet Education
Transportation 101 Policy Guides by Climate Cabinet Education: practical, accessible guides on transit planning, active mobility & multimodal policy for climate action.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/02/2026
A bit late to this, but this graphic by @amywestervelt.bsky.social is **extremely** important. It's another reminder that "just stop mentioning climate change" isn't an option, as advocates, analysts and communicators. drilled.ghost.io/yes-climate-...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/02/2026
What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?
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Puerto Rico's electricity crisis
In this episode, lawyer and activist Ruth Santiago discusses Puerto Rico's latest electricity crisis, as the island struggles to restore power in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. In the wake of Hurricane ...
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 09/02/2026
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 03/02/2026
wanted to follow up on this reporting from last week with a couple points on who is paying for all of this as well as methane emissions from natural gas:
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 03/02/2026
I am usually a very behind the scenes person but I stepped outside of my comfort zone because I hope reading this will inspire other people just to step up and do the thing. You never know what your impact can be.
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‘We have to keep showing up for each other’: In Minnesota, caregiving is a form of resistance
School pickups, diaper runs and mutual aid funds are central to how many Minnesotans are challenging the militarization of their state.
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