Jeff Goodell

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At present the issue is how to reinforce existing infrastructure or fortify shoreline, or relocate, Indigenous villages. In future decades major coastal cities around the world will face the same dilemma. Metres of sea-level rise are committed, even if we succeed in reaching net zero.

End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

With the disappointing progress at Cop30, evergreen reminder it isn't "we" or "humanity" failing to address the climate crisis — oil-producing nations and fossil fuel interests are actively obstructing action, despite heroic efforts by developing nations, Indigenous peoples, and many, many others.

Deeply moving, with precision-guided words for her monstrous cousin, RFK jr.

screenshot of podcast recording with cat

Watch, @fisherdanar.bsky.social , @davidho.bsky.social and me talk about corporate capture, cat capture and where we think things climate could be in 5 years. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...

How a billionaire's plan to export East Texas groundwater sparked a rural uprising As fast-growing cities and suburbs scramble for new water sources, farmers in East Texas are turning to the state to keep their wells from running dry.

"Like ravenous wolves, thirsty [Texas] cities are on the prowl for water. And there, underlying the lush forests and riverbeds of East Texas, sits the Carrizo-Wilcox — a big, juicy pig, with no one standing guard."

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There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"[One] crucial international disaster database records only two heatwaves in sub-Saharan Africa between 1900 and 2019. They caused the deaths of 71 people. The same database lists 83 heatwaves in Europe between 1980 and 2019, resulting in over 140,000 deaths”

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Mamdani asked about socialism, calling Trump a ‘fascist’ as the two reflect on 'productive' Oval Office meeting | Fox News Video Fireworks don't fly as President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reflect on their meeting where they discussed affordability, the Middle East and more while taking reporter q...

The whole Oval Office video. Via Fox News.

Donald Trump is more enthusiastic about Zohran Mamdani and his prospects running New York City than the leadership of Mamdani's political party.
www.foxnews.com/video/638541...

As I argue in The Language of Climate Politics: we are stuck not because climate politics are polarized, but because they’re UNIFIED (across the right and center-left) on the lie that we can keep using oil and gas but still deal with climate change anyway.

Here’s a good example of that discourse.

“A masterful job of reporting and storytelling.” It’s nice to be recognized by colleagues so I’m especially pumped about this @sejorg.bsky.social review.

Warning! This “Colorful Chart” is Censored by IPCC James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha and Dylan Morgan

“One implication of the increased growth rate of GHG forcing in the last 15 years is that the goal to keep global warming under 2°C is now implausible.” open.substack.com/pub/jimehans...

The AI buildout takes your water, electricity and jobs — but you DO get this. 🤡

@nypost.com
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Lots of awareness of water shortages and costs of new water infrastructure. Much less awareness of how bad (and expensive) it could get. And how fast.

Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day

It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
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Congrats! And so well-deserved.

Preview of coming attractions in the American Southwest.

Imagine if tech companies had made a wild capex bet on chasing clean energy, instead of inventing a plagiarism machine powered by **checks notes** extending the life of coal plants

The Orange Plague

op30: a new sculpture titled 'The Orange Plague' depicts Trump as a self-proclaimed king of justice, sitting atop a frail man armed with a golf club next to an Earth-shaped golf ball.

Cop30: a new sculpture titled 'The Orange Plague' depicts Trump as a self-proclaimed king of justice, sitting atop a frail man armed with a golf club next to an Earth-shaped golf ball.
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas (Gift Article) Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.

“They won’t insure you,” Ms. Rojas said. “No one will buy from you. You’re kind of stuck where you are.” Our political leaders might not believe in climate change, but insurance companies know the score. And it's being felt disastrously, all over the country. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most. Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.

This story stemmed from this question: what will be the human toll of Trump's climate rollbacks?

Turns there is emissions modeling that can help provide an estimate.

Using modeling from @rhg.com we estimated the additional death toll as high as 1.3 million

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"But this [fossil fuel] hype has a strong air of flop sweat." 🔥

The first Bush WH tried to gut wetland protections, but failed because of a major backlash (sparked by the main character of my new book) that included the head of Bush’s EPA. Now Trump’s EPA is trying to gut wetland protections and it’s barely news.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...

In 2024, China installed 1.5x as much new solar as the entire US installed base.

(via MS/Jonas)

A Rolling Stone x WIRE investigation: TikTok Is Obsessed With Parrots. It’s Fueling a Global Black Market

A probe into the African-grey trade reveals a web of poachers, egg smugglers, businessmen & multitudes who want a talking bird.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

In a rapidly warming world, heat waves will become mass mortality events. If 2003 European heat wave were to recur with 1.5 °C of warming (we're close to that today), this study predicts 17,800 excess deaths across Europe in *one week.* With 3 C of warming, the toll rises to 32,000.

Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.

Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
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Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant

How powerful do fossil fuel companies feel right now? Energy Transfer, the company that built Dakota Access Pipeline and recently won a big verdict against Greenpeace, wants a North Dakota court to step in and halt a lawsuit against it in the Netherlands.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

What a writer. What a life.

What’s More Dangerous Than India’s Frequent Heat Waves? Heat Stress.

Extreme heat can kill you fast with a heat stroke or heart attack. But it can also kill you slowly with lost wages, kidney problems and UTIs, and psychological stress. In India, millions of women in the informal economy bear the worst of it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...