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Pat Mitchell

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Co-Founder & Partner of Connected Women Leaders, Project Dandelion, and Co-Founder & Editorial Director of TEDWomen. Author of Becoming a Dangerous Woman.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
War is peace.
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Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"Once you’ve discovered the joy of resistance and the joy of activism, you don’t go back.” - Jane Fonda During a recent @thirdactsocal.bsky.social All Hands call, @janefonda.com joined @billmckibben.bsky.social in conversation about sustaining hope and continuing to take action 🌍
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/08/2025
In June, for the first time ever, solar was the largest source of power in the EU.
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Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025 | Ember
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Cool job! The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic research fellow to lead its climate portfolio and advance the mission of centering women in all global policy and debates on climate change.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 03/08/2025
Former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is campaigning on an energy platform that supports robust renewable development and continued use, as needed, of natural gas.
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Virginia’s Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Embraces Renewables, Natural Gas and Community Planning for Data Centers - Inside Climate News
Former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger strikes a different tone than the current Republican administration and wants to expand energy possibilities.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
“As governments... around the world consider responses to economic uncertainty, climate change, and digital disruption, it is essential that Africa – a continent of 1.4 billion people and home to some of the greatest untapped opportunities in green energy and innovation – is not left behind.”
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To attract investors, Africa must smash economic stereotypes | Context by TRF
Africa is young, dynamic and rich in resources, but misperceptions obscure its potential and deter investors. That needs to change.
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Jessica Kutz @jkutzie.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
SCOOP: The Trump Administration directed the Muir Woods National Monument to remove language it had added to its interpretative signs detailing women's contributions to the monument and the racist ideologies of some of its founders. 19thnews.org/2025/07/publ...
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Women’s contributions and men’s racism erased from history of Muir Woods National Monument
An initiative to fill in historical gaps from the Muir Woods National Monument disappeared under pressure from the Trump administration.
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 18/07/2025
Pbs should hire Colbert to do the late show but have it as a pbs passport only show.
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Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Cancel Paramount+ and give that $ to PBS/NPR.
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
My latest at Quitting Carbon: You've likely heard about the boom in so-called balcony solar in Germany. I recently spoke with Meghan Wood, co-founder of Raya Power, a startup working to bring that kind of small modular solar to market here in the U.S. www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/bringing-sma... 🔌💡
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Bringing small modular solar to the masses
In a conversation with Quitting Carbon, Meghan Wood, co-founder of startup Raya Power, says modular solar power systems will revolutionize energy access.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We're not spectators to history, we're the makers of it. Join us on July 17 to Make #GoodTrouble Together & carry on John Lewis' legacy of fighting for justice & equality. #GoodTroubleLivesOn social.demcast.com/s/xwqlwYg8
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Zack Colman @zcolman.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Trump & GOP's Big Beautiful Bill will lead to big greenhouse gas increase, according to four separate emissions modeling firms. House & Senate versions lead to 8-12% increase in 2035 greenhouse gases relative to projected Inflation Reduction Act levels. www.scientificamerican.com/article/repu...
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Republicans’ ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Not So Beautiful for the Climate
Four research firms project that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act will raise greenhouse gas emissions and likely put U.S. and global climate goals out of reach
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Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
READ @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social: An EPA employee confided with me that the result will surely be that more people get sick and die. “There’s no way that couldn’t happen,” she tells me. “There’s just no way, scientifically, that there won’t be an increase.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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They're Fighting Polluters. Trump's Tax Bill Guts Their Funding
Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will slash funding that communities in Louisiana have used to take on the fossil fuel industry.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“An important piece about the real cost of the Trump administration’s dismantling of a lifesaving State Department office—by a woman who worked there.” wearethemeteor.com/an-attack-on...
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An "Attack on Diplomacy Itself" and the Women Left Behind
The elimination of the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues is scheduled to occur this week and the cost to women will be steep.
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Solid Sunday read via author @csafina.bsky.social in NYT "As individuals, we cannot always formulate the full fix. But we can be a part of a movement to forge one. And I believe a fix to correct the depredations of the White House’s current occupant is coming."
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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Helpful, succinct overview of ecocide - "an act of violence which is to nature as genocide is to people" - and the campaign to establish it as a crime under international law By @damiengayle.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law?
Classing grievous acts of environmental harm as crimes against peace may hold states and corporations to account
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I'm delighted to share that my dear friend, Kathy Eldon, has released her inspiring new book. This award-winning filmmaker, author, and activist has poured her wisdom into creating a creative and courageous companion for navigating life’s wild terrain. Highly recommend! kathyeldon.com/boundless
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
So wonderful to talk with President of Iceland Halla Tómasdóttir about the need for more women in politics in a fireside chat at a screening of the film “The Day Iceland Stood Still” at the Scandinavia House in NYC yesterday.
President of Iceland Halla Tómasdóttir in a fireside chat with Pat Mitchell at a screening of the film “The Day Iceland Stood Still” at the Scandinavia House in NYC on Thursday, May 22.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The new math: 2 +2 ≠ 4. And power plant emissions don't contribute to climate change.
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Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
One big, beautiful, climate-killing bill yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/one-...
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One big, beautiful, climate-killing bill » Yale Climate Connections
The massive tax bill just passed by House Republicans would gut clean energy tax credits for individuals and businesses. It now heads to the Senate.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I am reading (and loving!) a book gifted to me by one of my co-founders of @projdandelion.bsky.social, Ronda Carnegie. These simple yet profound stories frame a worldview that is distinctly different from the ones at the roots of so many of our global challenges. I urge you to gift it to yourself!
Book Jacket of The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🔥 Must read interview with @frediotto.bsky.social, the attribution scientist who has a great new book that just came out: “Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequity to Combat Climate Change” #womenleadclimate (@projdandelion.bsky.social)
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This Scientist Wants Us to Combat the Climate Crisis by Thinking Like a Woman
The author of “Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequity to Combat Climate Change” has helped pioneer attribution science.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This new report assesses women’s power and influence in the US, comprehensively analyzing the economic security and well-being, health and safety, civic engagement and political inclusion, and public policy and legal protections for women in each state futureforwardwomen.org/wp-content/u...
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
“@projdandelion.bsky.social’s mission resonates deeply with me. Like the dandelion, our work may start small and quietly, but it spreads with purpose —pushing through concrete systems and planting hope wherever it lands.” - Lynne Odiwa, Nature's Best Green Culture in Kenya 💚
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D @dthinksit.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Three Steps to Better Climate Conversations with Katharine Hayhoe via Sightline Institute #climatesecurity #climatesolutions (www.sightline.org/2018/07/05/t...)
Infographic of Katharine Hayhoe's 3 steps to better climate conversations: Bond - Start with shared values; Connect - Show why climate matters; Inspire - Demonstrate working solutions (full text: https://www.sightline.org/2018/07/05/three-steps-to-better-climate-conversations/)
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Project Dandelion @projdandelion.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What makes climate personal to you? This Earth Month, we asked — you answered. From clean air to future generations, dogs to grandkids, your words remind us what’s at stake and why we keep going. Earth Month may be over, but this work continues every day.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
👏 Congratulations to director Angela Patton and the whole team from the "Daughters" documentary, which was just awarded with a 2025 @peabodyawards.bsky.social Award! Last year, I asked Angela to guest post on my blog after the film premiered at Sundance. Here's what she wrote:
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Reflecting on Our Sundance Journey: A Roller Coaster Ride Towards Change
Guest Post By Angela Patton Daughters is a new documentary by filmmakers Natalie Rae and Angela Patton that received the Audience Favorite Award at the Sundance Film Festival last month. The film wa...
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Thrilled to moderate the @projdandelion.bsky.social panel “Women, climate, and the nature of power” with Trish Malloch Brown, Lyana Latorre (@rockefellerfdn.bsky.social), Maria Lopez, Vasser Seydel and Adriana Soto at the Women Working For The World Forum this week. #ww4w2025 #MujeresUnidas
Picture of panel discussion at this year's Women Working For The World Forum in the “Women, climate, and the nature of power” discovery session presented in collaboration with Project Dandelion featuring Trish Malloch Brown, Lyana Latorre (Rockefeller Foundation), Maria Lopez (Detonante), Vasser Seydel, and Adriana Soto (Ambiente Bogotá).
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
If you celebrated the first Earth Day in 1970, this group has a message for you: Your work isn’t done. Last year, we spoke with two leaders from the organization Third Act about the important role of older adults in the climate movement.
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Organization Empowers Older Adults To Step Up For The Climate
Climate activists Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood say it isn’t fair to leave the climate crisis for younger generations to solve.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 21/04/2025
@msmagazine.com: “Nearly 90% of Us Want Climate Action. What’s Stopping Us?” By @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate solutions, a dangerous gap between public will and political action persists. #The89Percent
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Nearly 90% of Us Want Climate Action. What’s Stopping Us?
A slew of new studies have found that the vast majority of the human population—80 to 89 percent—want governments to do more about the climate crisis.We are the majority. So why aren't we acting like ...
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I am thrilled to see this year-long initiative from @coveringclimatenow.org that aims to shine light on #The89Percent of people worldwide who want their governments to take action. The voices of this “silent majority” are often missing from media coverage and political debates.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Important new project from @coveringclimatenow.org centers on the fact that most people on earth want climate action now! 89percent.org
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The 89 Percent Project
Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Let’s tell their stories.
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Jenni Silverstein @jennisilverstein.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Now more than ever, we need to be able to talk about the climate crises with folks who don't know what to believe. Join us for "Don't Say Climate? Bridging Divides" with Katharine Hayhoe on April 30th at 8pm Eastern/ 5pm Pacific www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-say-c...
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Mayor Mondale Robinson envisions a day when Black people in his community are able to live a life of pride, freedom, and economic stability. He believes solar, a weatherization resource center, and a gleaming new resilience hub will play a central role. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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The rural N.C. mayor betting big on clean energy to uplift his…
In one of the nation’s poorest towns, the mayor and others are planning to build a solar installation, a weatherization resource center, and a gleaming…
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/03/2025
I joined Christiana Figueres for a special International Women’s Day episode on her well-names podcast, Outrage + Optimism. Listen here!
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Browse All Outrage + Optimism Episodes | Climate Change Podcast
Browse all episodes of Outrage + Optimism.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
“A crucial truth: the only power that Trump, Musk, etc. have is the power to give orders—they don't do much of anything else themselves. The other 300 million of us have the power to not obey them and to support and encourage others who don't.” www.meditationsinanemergency.com/people-get-r...
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People Get Ready
Even though large tracts of America and many old and famous red States have fallen or may fall into the grip of DOGE-MAGA and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall...
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Get Together. Get Inspired. From #IWD to #EarthDay, @projdandelion.bsky.social has partnered with Doc Society and Kinema to offer free screenings of MRS ROBINSON around the world. Join us and sign up to host a watch party for your community. Learn more + plan a party: kinema.com/films/mrs-ro...
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Some really interesting stuff in here to consider about listening to people and uniting around shared fears: www.desmog.com/2025/03/05/t...
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The US Has Never Been More Divided on Climate. Here’s How to Build Bridges (and It May Surprise You)
In the autumn of 2014, I was sitting in a tiny shed at a writing residency in Point Reyes, Northern California. I was there to write my book about the psychology of facing planetary crises. One partic...
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
“I'm horrified by what the Trumpists are doing and by the moral ugliness of it; but I'm moved and exhilarated by what a whole lot of the rest of us are doing, and the moral beauty of it. The horror and the wonder can coexist, just as the worst and best of us do.” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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People Get Ready
Even though large tracts of America and many old and famous red States have fallen or may fall into the grip of DOGE-MAGA and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall...
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
On this International Women's Day, sharing a hopeful message from myself and the great TEDWomen founder @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social from our #TEDNext conversation about leadership. Let's all join forces to plan, support, and DO something! Let your voices be heard. www.ted.com/talks/lynda_...
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Wonder Woman's barrier-breaking leadership and legacy
Lynda Carter, the actress who captured hearts as Wonder Woman on TV, continues to use her powers for good. In conversation with TEDWomen founder Pat Mitchell, Carter discusses the enduring legacy of W...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/02/2025
Guess what - our Science Moms climate ad made this top ten best (upcoming) Super Bowl ads list! The only nonprofit ad on the list! Warning: do not watch without a tissue www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...
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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
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Jessica Kutz @jkutzie.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I interviewed Jalonne White-Newsome, the White House's first federal environmental justice officer about what happens now that the movement is a target of the Trump administration. 19thnews.org/2025/02/envi...
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The environmental justice movement isn’t going anywhere — even as it faces attacks by Trump
The 19th spoke to Jalonne White-Newsome, who headed environmental justice initiatives under Biden, about the executive orders aimed at dismantling its progress.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Two films that premiered at Sundance are worthy of your bookmarks! SEEDS (winner, US Grand Jury Prize for documentary), explores the lives, traditions and history of Black generational farmers in the American South. Another important Black history narrative is shared in HOW TO BUILD A LIBRARY.
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'Knowing the Past Opens the Door to the Future’
This year's Black History Month falls at a convulsive time for Americans. As the Trump administration works to eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in government and throughout Amer...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Four years ago today in a runoff election, Georgians elected their state's first Black and Jewish senators. It was a triumph of democracy and good organizing and better angels, winning the Senate for the Democrats, overshadowed by the grotesquely violent coup attempt on Congress the next day.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 29/12/2024
Gain an understanding of climate change basics from renowned scientist @katharinehayhoe.com. Whether you’re new to the climate story or a veteran reporter aiming to refine how you explain #climatechange to audiences, this guide is for you: buff.ly/41Kf63n
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Climate Science 101
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains the basics of climate change for beginners and those in need of a refresher.
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Pat Mitchell @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Project Dandelion is a global campaign with a simple premise and a big promise: Connect Women for Catalytic Action. We’ve spent 2024 proving something powerful: the appetite for meaningful action at the intersection of climate & nature has never been greater. www.patmitchellmedia.com/journal/2025...
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Seeding a Sustainable Future — A New Year's Resolution for Everyone
As one of the founders of Project Dandelion, I am pleased to share some reflections on what we observed and responded to in 2024 and how we envision our work in the new year. We’ve spent 2024 proving ...
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I wrote about how the tiny island nation of Vanuatu has put the industrialized world on trial: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The International Court of Justice Takes On Climate Change
Thanks to the maneuverings of the tiny nation of Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world is effectively on trial in The Hague.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I spoke with the great @leahstokes.bsky.social about what Trump 2.0 means for clean energy: e360.yale.edu/features/lea...
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Can Support for Clean Energy Withstand Changing Political Winds?
With billions in investment flowing to GOP districts, Donald Trump’s plans to repeal clean energy tax credits face Republican resistance. In an e360 interview, political scientist Leah Stokes, who hel...
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