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Max Boykoff

@maxboykoff.bsky.social
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I research climate change thru several projects; Prof in Environmental Studies and CIRES Fellow at CU Boulder, IPCC AR6 WGIII Contributing Author. Born at 328 ppm. drawings credit: John Cook [big], Cal Brackin [small]

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fellow journalists, please join! We have a great group of experts. Excited to chat with @maxboykoff.bsky.social, @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social and @zacklabe.com.
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 09/07/2026
Track current fires and smoke with @wwanews.bsky.social's new Intermountain West Current Wildfires and Smoke Forecast Map! wwa.colorado.edu/current-wild...
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Intermountain West Current Wildfires and Smoke Forecast Map | Western Water Assessment
The Intermountain West Current Wildfires and Smoke Forecast Map provides current wildfire location and areal extent alongside the current NOAA National Weather Service Experimental Surface Smoke…
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
With climate cases moving through courts worldwide, @granthamlse.bsky.social has submitted evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, outlining how justice systems can be strengthened to address the climate crisis and uphold human rights.
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Submission to UN Special Rapporteur consultation on the role of justice systems in addressing the climate crisis - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
This submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers responds to the call for written inputs for her thematic report on the role of justice systems in…
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 09/07/2026
Daily Briefing: Oil ‘jumps’ | Europe’s ‘hottest June’ | China storms Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/rdIKMR7 Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🚨New research from @influencemap.bsky.social explores how the steel sector is shaping climate and energy policy. In many cases, industry associations are leading the push for incentives over regulation, slowing and softening climate policy. Read the full findings ⬇️ influencemap.org/briefing/How...
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How the Steel Sector Is Shaping Climate and Energy Policy
This briefing summarizes InfluenceMap's assessment of climate and energy policy engagement within the global steel sector on InfluenceMap’s new Steel Platform — covering 22 key steelmakers and eight m...
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JavaconLeche @javaconleche.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Gooool for TELEMUNDO who not only refuse to run ads during the mandatory hydration breaks, but also straight up just announced that hydration breaks are necessary because of dangerous heat caused by fossil fuel-driven climate change. Bravo Telemundo. #worldcup #futbol
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Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC) @janeclimatepac.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Actress Jane Fonda boosts Elyria-Swansea's fight over data center
The Oscar-winning actor joined dozens of community members blocks from a data center construction site.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Beautiful coverage of Colorado's newly legal plug-in solar, and the Third Actors who helped make it happen. @thirdactorg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJN...
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New Colorado law expands access to plug-in solar panels
YouTube video by CBS Colorado
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 26/05/2026
New CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all. "When policy is largely missing from coverage, so too are the pathways people can imagine for addressing the problem.” 📖 Read the story: cires.colorado.edu/news/televis...
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Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US
CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 20/05/2026
New CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all. The work also shows that some news networks are polarized in their coverage. 📖 Read the story: cires.colorado.edu/news/televis...
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Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US
CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 21/04/2026
CIRES' @maxboykoff.bsky.social discusses the drop-off in climate change media coverage, including the potential impact of climate fatigue, on the Living on Earth radio program www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
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Living on Earth: Climate Coverage Dropoff
News media outlets are retreating from covering climate change, according to the Media and Climate Change Observatory at the University of Colorado Boulder, which has been tracking this trend for…
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
We can use some humor on Earth Day Eve" = no tickets, all welcomed until we're at capacity at @bouldertheater.bsky.social Read about it in my latest sustainability & environment column, co-authored with Beth Osnes in the @dailycamera.com (April 18 print edition) www.dailycamera.com/2026/04/18/b...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Special treat, got to see rehearsal this morning at the Boulder Theater for the @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu "Stand Up For Climate Comedy" event, organized by @maxboykoff.bsky.social & colleagues. If you're in the area, you must come out for this performance next Tuesday:
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Thanks for joining us this morning! We're on our way for an exciting and energized show on Tuesday evening here in Boulder, CO!
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Living on Earth @livingonearthradio.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Climate news stories across the globe have dropped nearly 40% since 2021, notes @maxboykoff.bsky.social, director of UC Boulder’s Media and Climate Change Observatory. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
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Living on Earth: Climate Coverage Dropoff
News media outlets are retreating from covering climate change, according to the Media and Climate Change Observatory at the University of Colorado Boulder, which has been tracking this trend for deca...
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 14/04/2026
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Earth Day Eve, Stand Up for Climate Comedy!
11th annual Stand Up for Climate Comedy event celebrating the power of comedy to ignite climate awareness and action. This live event will be headlined by Chuck Nice along with sets from professional…
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 03/04/2026
What if one of the most powerful climate solutions isn’t technology—but conversation? This week in Talking Climate, we're talking about hairdressers inspiring climate convos, war supercharging emissions, and more positive content creators to follow. Read on!
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This everyday job can activate climate behaviour | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 18/03/2026
CIRES Fellow @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes that in 2025, media coverage of climate change went down by 14% -- and by 38% since 2021. Read the story in azcentral: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Where did the Phoenix heat wave come from and when will it end?
The hot weather is a health risk for people, but it's also bad news for the region's snowpack and could trigger an earlier start to wildfires.
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 02/03/2026
"Plans to shutter NCAR are misguided... Execution of this action will threaten habitability, water and air quality, environmental and public health, as well as national security and prosperity." Read more from @maxboykoff.bsky.social ⬇️
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 11/03/2026
Now is the time to join Max to #saveNCAR @agu.org has made it easy:
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Share your comments on NCAR with NSF
Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
'Dear National Science Foundation" is my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Feb 28 2026 print edition) with open-access gift link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/02/28/b... There is a letter-writing period now open until March 13, sent to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov
On Friday, Jan. 23, the United States National Science Foundation posted (NSF) a “Dear Colleague Letter” on its website stating that NSF “invites concepts for efficient and cost-effective operations and management of atmospheric observational platforms, cyberinfrastructure and computing capabilities, and community training on weather and space weather modeling and forecasting.” This brazen message requests expressions of interest in and/or concepts of operation for National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) space weather activities, weather modeling and atmospheric observing capabilities and specifically “ownership of the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab (located in Boulder, Colorado) for public or private use.”

"Plans to shutter NCAR are misguided. Through this call to destruction, we effectively squander opportunities here in the U.S. for security, prosperity and positive change. Execution of this action will threaten habitability, water and air quality, environmental and public health, as well as national security and prosperity. We must instead re-commit ourselves to collective, just and resilient futures and stop this special-interest sabotage"

'Dear National Science Foundation" is my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Feb 28 2026 print edition) with open-access gift link here https://lnkd.in/gayhdfhN 

There is a letter-writing period now open until March 13. Submitted documents must be limited to “2-3 pages in length per topic addressed.” Responses can be sent to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov.

I welcome you to weigh in with your views. For potential guidance, here is my letter:

Dear National Science Foundation,

I write as an individual private citizen of this country. My views expressed here are personal views and should not be considered as representing organizations at this time. 

I reject the premise of this call for the breakup and breakdown of these platforms, activities, capabilities and collaborations in these challenging time…
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 16/02/2026
"Journalists may be hesitant to connect the dots between ecological and meteorological events, like wildfires, and a changing climate due to the ongoing politicization of climate science." Read the Q&A with CIRES' @maxboykoff.bsky.social about climate change media coverage:
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Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025
Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 21/01/2026
Creative advertising through outdoor media, including billboards and buses, can be a powerful and effective tool to increase awareness about climate change and inspire action, according to new work led by CIRES Fellow @maxboykoff.bsky.social 🚌 Read the paper: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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How advertising matters: Outdoor media strategies for increased engagement with creative climate change messages
Amid many contemporary communication strategies, creative advertising approaches are clearly powerful tools. Yet out-of-home (OOH) or outdoor media (OM) often receives little attention in advertising…
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
'Cowering from cooperation, pushing towards a pariah state': here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 17 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/17/b...
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Boykoff: Cowering from cooperation, pushing towards a pariah state
The United States’ withdrawal from the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an example of the Trump administration exhibiting a literal denial of scientific evidence …
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Inside The Greenhouse (ITG) @itgreenhouse.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Join us on Thursday, January 15th @ 9:30am MST while we chat with the International Polar Foundation about the sustainability initiatives and climate research happening at the Princess Elizabeth Antarctica!
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
we're hiring at the new Buckley Center for Sustainability Education @colorado.edu Curriculum & Sustainability Education Program Manager jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... Student Support & Engagement Program Manager jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... apply by January 19, share w/ others interested!
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Curriculum & Sustainability Education Program Manager – Buckley Center for Sustainability Education
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
'Our individualized climate mindset is stymieing our collective capabilities': here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 3 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/03/b...
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
'Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’: Plans to shutter NCAR/UCAR and abandon CAFE standards are the latest mishaps in a Trump 2.0 tragedy..here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Dec 20 2025) open-access here www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/20/b...
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Boykoff: Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’
Tuesday, the United States Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) here in Boulder. This threatens the livelihoods of over 800 employee…
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
'Front Range First!' #Boulder area needs a localized carbon offset scheme to support low-income residents: heating/cooling, insulation, new housing..while we improve voluntary offsetting elsewhere. my latest sustainability & environment column in @dailycamera.com www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/29/b...
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Boykoff: Front Range first! Climate contributions in troubled times.
There are tangible ways to creatively work here in Boulder to strengthen our neighbors and neighborhoods right here while indirectly reducing GHG emissions. We can establish commitments from major …
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Guy Edwards @guywhedwards.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
As we witness climate obstruction in real time at #COP30, this @cssn.org presser w/ @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @daniellefalzon.bsky.social, @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Carlos Milani to discuss a new global assessment on climate obstruction is rather timely. Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Technocratism dominates the COP30 approach to the climate crisis, with language and framing that can obscure other ways of knowing: "Emotional, experiential, aesthetic, or even just visceral ways of understanding that something’s not right," said @maxboykoff.bsky.social
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Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress - Inside Climate News
Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations.
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 06/11/2025
You can find @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social's chapter, "Steering the Climate Discourse" here: cssn.org/wp-content/u.... In it, they explore the themes of legitimizing climate denial, oil & gas working with legacy news agencies, and more.
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 03/11/2025
In his Boulder Daily Camera Opinion column, @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes the similarities between Hurricane Melissa in 2025 and Hurricane Mitch in 1998. "27 years separate them, yet climate connections persist." Paywall: buff.ly/5JUr8pl #hurricanemelissa
A large circle of swirling clouds rotate around a clear center indicating a hurricane.
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Dept of Environmental Studies at University of Colorado Boulder with expertise in energy & environmental policy, and emphases on sustainability & decarbonization. The job ad is here, apply by the Nov 14 deadline! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
An important conversation. Thanks @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social larger book project led by @timmonsroberts.bsky.social (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University) & Christian Downie (Australian National University)
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!
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Inside The Greenhouse (ITG) @itgreenhouse.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE available until they're gone! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-heat-o...
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The Heat of the Moment: A Climate Comedy Show
Comedy about the climate crisis that is actually funny!
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
join @chucknicecomic.bsky.social, Nat Towsen, @katiehannigan.bsky.social, @millytamarez.bsky.social, Brittany Bell Surratt @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social, @manolosomething.bsky.social & @kylemarian.bsky.social for NYC climate week/UNGA @caveatnyc.bsky.social thru @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu
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Inside The Greenhouse (ITG) @itgreenhouse.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Join us Sept. 11th, 6-8pm for our improv climate comedy workshop with the Center for Media & Social Impact!
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
'Let's not dismantle established science and policy progress' Here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (August 23 2025 print edition) www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/23/b...
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 06/08/2025
NEW – Revealed: ‘Cali Fund’ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @sivathambisetty.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/YaUavl0
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (July 26 print edition) lnkd.in/eFpXUuNb (what's expressed here are personal views & shouldn't be considered the university's official position on any specific issue [that's usually in my byline too])
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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
TODAY/TONIGHT in New Orleans, leading into 20th year commemoration of Hurricane Katrina
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Inside The Greenhouse (ITG) @itgreenhouse.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Expect big laughs, big talent, and a big message. ✨ Free and open to the public – come support these incredible youth performers and see who takes home the $500 grand prize!
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Inside The Greenhouse (ITG) @itgreenhouse.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Hosted by the hilarious duo Rude Jude & Chuck Nice, this live comedy showcase features the next generation of comedians tackling climate, culture, and community with bold punchlines and brilliant energy.
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Inside The Greenhouse (ITG) @itgreenhouse.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Join @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social for the Climate Comedy Contest Live Show — high school students will bring the funny and the facts as they battle it out on stage for over $1,300 in cash prizes!
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Inside The Greenhouse (ITG) @itgreenhouse.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
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David Cross Meets Prof Michael Oppenheimer | NSFW
YouTube video by Climate Science Breakthrough
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