Reposted by Rei TakverLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 17/06/2026nyc climate & tech / energy peeps check in! time to make some good vibes happen… 2111
Reposted by Rei TakverDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Calling NYC climate people! Let's build some community around Rei 💚 Click through... 0155
Reposted by Rei TakverBora Chang, MPH @climatechang.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Calling all NY Climate peeps for fellowship and camaraderie and support for @rtakver.bsky.social! ❤️🩹 031
Reposted by Rei TakverKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/06/2026New York climate folks - please connect up with Rei who is an absolute gun journalist - eg this total scoop: www.desmog.com/2026/04/29/i...desmog.comInside the Plot to Cover Europe with Gas-Powered AI Data CentresAs the UK and EU debate how to source the vast quantities of electricity they’ll need to power their grand visions of home-grown artificial intelligence (AI), the gas turbine sector is confident that ... 0309
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 16/06/2026NYC climate folks and journalists, Rei from DeSmog here - I'd love to meet you! I've just arrived from the UK to start my ovarian cancer treatment - there's lots to hope for. I'm new in NY, and would love to meet people and enjoy this city. Or get recs! Happy to get comments on this :). Cheers! 125221
Reposted by Rei TakverMeriem Mahdhi @meriemm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026My dearest friend, one of the strongest women I ever met, wrote one of the most beautiful poems I ever read. Please have a look and share. 0155
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Last night, doctors told me I very likely have late stage ovarian cancer. I am 39. In the waiting room at the hospital, as I awaited that moment, I wrote this poem. Whoever you are, wherever you read this - live your life. In all its glory. In all its pain. Live it. It is everything. 2117927
Reposted by Rei TakverLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Ted Chiang on AI: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2... 3336431069
Reposted by Rei TakverDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Turns out, when you delightedly tell people you're going to force something on them that will take their job, destroy their future, and ruin the environment, they ... don't like it? 415945
Reposted by Rei TakverDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/06/2026Congrats everyone: thanks to the AI boom, the US is now investing more in fossil fuel power than China, a country with four times the population.carbonbrief.orgAI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China - Carbon BriefThe “data-centre boom” is driving a surge in gas investment in the US, pushing its fossil-power spending ahead of China, according to the IEA 20351148
Reposted by Rei TakverMaxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The New York Times is hiring another climate policy reporter. Come work with me! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...job-boards.greenhouse.ioClimate Policy CorrespondentWashington, DC 17037
Reposted by Rei TakverDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/06/2026God, reading about UK politics is depressing. There is a massive, coordinated media attack on Net Zero, led by the RW press (& accelerated by Musk's X). It is *wildly* out of sync with public opinion, but it is slowly working, convincing even labour MPs that the public is more right than it is.strongmessagehere.substack.comWhat’s happened to the UK’s climate consensus?Opposition, apathy and the voters in-between 35979387
Reposted by Rei TakverDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Welsh Reform labelled "a retirement home for failed Conservatives", with two thirds of cabinet being ex-Tories. By @adambarnett.bsky.social for @desmog.comdesmog.comTwo Thirds of Reform’s Wales Shadow Cabinet Are Ex-ToriesThe majority of Reform UK’s shadow cabinet in Wales is made up of former Conservative Party politicians, including its leader, chief whip, and shadow economy minister, DeSmog can reveal. Nigel Farage’... 1187
Reposted by Rei TakverDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"fewer people believe it now than when the same question was asked in 2019 and 2022" 🤔 I wonder if this has anything to do with this travesty? ##EndClimateSilence 510150
Reposted by Rei TakverCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 28/05/2026TikTok may have pledged to tackle climate misinformation on its platform in 2023, but earlier this month the company sponsored the annual meeting of the right-wing Canada Strong and Free Network that featured multiple climate deniers as speakers. By @rtakver.bsky.social at @desmog.com:buff.lyTikTok’s Climate Pledges Collide with Sponsorship of Climate DeniersBy backing a right-wing Canadian conference featuring anti-climate speakers, experts warn TikTok has “abandoned” its commitments to combat climate misinformation 0119
Reposted by Rei TakverDeSmog @desmog.com · 26/05/2026🔴 NEW: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’ In KTM dealerships across the continent, thousands of off-road bikes are stripped of legally-required features that restrict pollution. 📝By @hajmedd.bsky.social & @tjjordan.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/05/26/e...desmog.comExclusive: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’Austrian motorcycle giant KTM is systematically bypassing laws designed to limit pollution and noise, it can be revealed. During a year-long investigation, undercover reporters visited 15 trade shows ... 11610
Reposted by Rei TakverPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 26/05/2026The EU must ensure tech companies disclose the ecological footprint of their data centers, the head of the bloc’s environment agency has said.politico.euDon’t let Big Tech hide ecological cost of AI, environment agency chief tells EUBrussels must require tech companies to disclose data centers’ energy and water use, Leena Ylä-Mononen says. 16733
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🔴 New - TikTok says climate denial isn't tolerated on TikTok, but... January: Trump-friendly tech giant Oracle takes over US TikTok algorithms to recommend videos May: TikTok sponsors right-wing Canadian conference full of climate deniers My 📝 for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/05/22/t...desmog.comTikTok’s Climate Pledges Collide with Sponsorship of Climate DeniersBy backing a right-wing Canadian conference featuring anti-climate speakers, experts warn TikTok has “abandoned” its commitments to combat climate misinformation 27240
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Climate hushing in the UK? You betcha. Really important work from my colleague @adambarnett.bsky.social 0146
Reposted by Rei TakverDeSmog @desmog.com · 20/05/2026🔴 NEW - Reform ‘Advisor’ Launches Climate Denial Group in Poland Lois Perry, who helps to run Reform Friends of Israel, is one of the figures behind a new Heartland Institute branch in central Europe. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.socialdesmog.comReform ‘Advisor’ Launches Climate Denial Group in PolandA close ally of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has helped to launch the central European offshoot of a U.S. climate denial group alongside far-right figures. Lois Perry – executive director of Heartlan... 01213
Reposted by Rei TakverDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026A powerful climate convergence today, featuring none other than @thierryaaron.bsky.social, @rtakver.bsky.social, myself, and Sarlacc's Pit. 2363
Reposted by Rei Takvermolly taft @mollytaft.com · 13/05/2026credit to @mississippitoday.org for for breaking the number of turbines w their story (below) - we’re adding details from the emails that appear to show the company doubling the power capacity at the site between late March and last weekmississippitoday.orgxAI now has 46 gas turbines without air permits. - Mississippi TodayThe NAACP has requested an injunction after learning xAI has more than doubled the number of temporary-mobile turbines at its Southaven facility. MDEQ confirmed to Mississippi Today that the number wa... 423483
Reposted by Rei TakverRoss Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I wrote a piece about the need to end climate silence. Don't listen to the "climate hushers" -- people telling us to ignore the crisis & only focus on affordability and "kitchen-table" issues. Instead, connect climate and our fossil fuel addiction to the issues that voters care about most.medium.comEnding Climate Silence — Advocating for Climate Action in a World on FireClimate Silence is Real and Getting Worse 1624682
Reposted by Rei TakverKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 07/05/2026We tried to warn you about Anthropic. Now they're using xAI's ultra-polluting community-killing nightmare data centre to power your toxic claude relationship All the new paid subs from @rutgerbregman.com and @quitgpt.bsky.social's campaign, now powered by Musk 🫠 www.anthropic.com/news/higher-... 20833379
Reposted by Rei TakverCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 07/05/2026Watch the recap video on our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/watch?v=yw-GXu0kzl4&feature=youtu.beyoutube.comHow Climate Denialism is Evolving With Trump in OfficeYouTube video by Covering Climate Now 053
Reposted by Rei TakverDeSmog @desmog.com · 07/05/2026📍TODAY📍 Don't miss Covering Climate Now's special conversation on the Trump administration’s embrace of climate denialism, featuring DeSmog reporter Rei Takver. To register, go here: buff.ly/C77yrwf @rtakver.bsky.socialbuff.lyTalking Shop: How Climate Denialism Is Evolving With Trump in Office — Covering Climate NowIn April, a climate denial conference hosted in Washington, D.C., and boasting US Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin as a keynote speaker signaled a new era in US politics: from a slow… 065
Reposted by Rei TakverDeSmog @desmog.com · 07/05/2026DeSmog’s analysis of Nigel Farage’s £2 million in earnings is featured on the front page of The Guardian today 2309
Reposted by Rei TakverMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 05/05/2026"Heartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2026/05/05/h...desmog.comHeartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’A couple days later, the Trump-linked group hosted EPA chief — and potential attorney general — Lee Zeldin at a Washington, D.C. event. 42829
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 07/05/2026TODAY: Join us at 5pm BT, 12pm ET, and 9am PT to discuss how climate denialism is evolving with Trump in office 210
Reposted by Rei TakverDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026If you missed it, read Rei's foray into data centre world, where reps are betting that fossil gas will power the slop machine all across Europe. @rtakver.bsky.social 11914
Reposted by Rei TakverKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/05/2026DeSmog just went to a data centre conference and found gas turbine manufacturers happily and openly talking about how they expect Europe to follow America's completely bonkers fossil gas / data centre boom www.desmog.com/2026/04/29/i...desmog.comInside the Plot to Cover Europe with Gas-Powered AI Data CentresAs the UK and EU debate how to source the vast quantities of electricity they’ll need to power their grand visions of home-grown artificial intelligence (AI), the gas turbine sector is confident that… 15432
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Join me tomorrow, I'm really looking forward to hearing my co-panelists' perspectives 141
Reposted by Rei TakverCandice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 05/05/2026Heartland Institute climate deniers want to repeal of the 17th Amendment, which would strip away direct elections of U.S. senators and hand that power to state legislatures. 31610
Reposted by Rei TakverGeoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social · 05/05/2026SCOOP: A climate denial group with close ties to the Trump administration is asking whether all Americans 'should have the right to vote.' Read @rtakver.bsky.social in @desmog.com about a Heartland Institute podcast questioning 'universal suffrage.' www.desmog.com/2026/05/05/h...desmog.comHeartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’A couple days later, the Trump-linked group hosted EPA chief — and potential attorney general — Lee Zeldin at a Washington, D.C. event. 12319
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 05/05/2026“I’m going to say something very controversial: Not every adult over the age of 18 should have the right to vote,” said Jim Lakely of the Heartland Institute. Six days later, EPA chief Lee Zeldin gave the keynote at a Heartland anti-climate event. My 📝 @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/05/05/h...desmog.comHeartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’A couple days later, the Trump-linked group hosted EPA chief — and potential attorney general — Lee Zeldin at a Washington, D.C. event. 31420
Reposted by Rei TakverSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 05/05/2026How Zia Yusuf made his money...desmog.comZia Yusuf: the Butler to Billionaires Who Became Reform’s ‘DOGE’ RingleaderZia Yusuf almost withdrew from frontline politics as soon as he entered it. Over the past year, Reform’s former chair emerged from obscurity to become the right-hand-man of Nigel Farage – the odds-on ... 35831
Reposted by Rei TakverDeSmog @desmog.com · 30/04/2026🔴 NEW - Fertiliser and Grain Bosses Bank $66 Million Selling Shares During Iran War Industry giants have been accused of ‘enriching shareholders’ while ‘farmers and consumers pay the price’. 📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.socialdesmog.comFertiliser and Grain Bosses Bank $66 Million Selling Shares During Iran WarSenior executives, directors, and major investors from the world’s largest fertiliser and grain companies have sold shares worth more than $66 million (£49 million) during price hikes linked to the Ir... 1149
Reposted by Rei TakverDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026🚨Out today: 67% percent of Reform’s funding has come from donors with financial interests in fossil fuels, totalling £24m. Crucial reporting from @desmog.comdesmog.comRevealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel InterestsReform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o... 410267
Reposted by Rei TakverAdam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 30/04/2026🔴 NEW - Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r... @desmog.comdesmog.comRevealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel InterestsReform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o... 9203170
Reposted by Rei TakverKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/04/2026What a STUNNING quote: “I just think the American market is ahead of us [and] the same thing is going to happen here....it just will take a bit longer and it will be a bit harder because more people will be saying, ‘hang on a minute, we don’t want to be burning greenhouse gasses"desmog.comInside the Plot to Cover Europe with Gas-Powered AI Data CentresAs the UK and EU debate how to source the vast quantities of electricity they’ll need to power their grand visions of home-grown artificial intelligence (AI), the gas turbine sector is confident that… 1025496
Reposted by Rei TakverLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/04/2026The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner. 58800468
Reposted by Rei Takverjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 29/04/2026EXCLUSIVE My big behind-the-scenes look into how Gov. Josh Shapiro has courted Amazon amid the mounting backlash to data centers Complete with internal emails, memos, an “exclusive” offer for help with faster permitting and a NDA no one would explain to me. My latest for @heatmap.news 😌heatmap.newsInside Josh Shapiro’s Attempt to Navigate the Data Center BacklashEmails between the Pennsylvania governor’s office and Amazon illustrate the difficulty of courting big business as anti-AI fervor explodes. 40793330
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I got inside a European AI energy summit in Brussels last month, and the mood among gas industry players was buzzing. The UK and EU are about to unveil regs determining whether Europe's AI boom can be gas powered - even if its a disaster for the climate. Will they bow to Big Tech pressure? More👇 34032
Reposted by Rei TakverAdam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 28/04/2026NEW: Reform Donor Expands Fossil Fuel Portfolio to £300 Million Jeremy Hosking, owner of The Critic magazine, has increased his oil, gas & coal shares by more than half this year. www.desmog.com/2026/04/28/r... @desmog.comdesmog.comReform Donor Expands Fossil Fuel Portfolio to £300 MillionA major right-wing political funder has dramatically increased his fossil fuel investments this year, DeSmog can reveal. Jeremy Hosking, who owns the hedge fund Hosking Partners, donated £1.7 million ... 12316
Reposted by Rei TakverKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 27/04/2026Congratulations to heat pumps: a technology that has now hit the milestone of "PR guy with gas industry links is doing astroturfing campaigns against you" stage all clean technologies have to go through 🥂 🎉 www.desmog.com/2026/04/23/f... 316056
Reposted by Rei TakverJosh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 24/04/2026A few weeks ago, I published some analysis showing that the UK government had massively underestimated the emissions from the data centres driving the country's "AI revolution". Now, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has published some new numbers and they are... a lot higher. 612380
Reposted by Rei TakverGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/04/2026While we are transfixed by the antics of our supposed "leaders", a catastrophe of astonishing proportions has been creeping up on us. Climate scientists now believe it is more likely than not to happen, and soon. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George MonbiotScientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 551054645
Reposted by Rei TakverDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/04/2026We could just ... not let them do this.wired.comNew Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire NationsA WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. 531175424
Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Reform has already told us how they want to accomplish this deportation of 400k: with a surveillance tool that will use vast quantities of government held personal data. Labour basically legalised it. It can still be stopped. My recent reporting @thenerve.news 👇 www.thenerve.news/p/reform-dep...thenerve.newsNigel Farage wants to build a British ICE. Keir Starmer may have handed him the toolsReform’s proposed "Deportation Command” would integrate NHS, police and financial data into a single surveillance database. Meanwhile, Palantir has signalled it won’t stand in their way, and campaigne... 053