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Where does the climate movement go from here? In the face of Trump's climate assault, Bill McKibben proposes a sun-soaked path forward.

“California, the fourth largest economy on planet Earth, is this summer using 40 percent less natural gas than it did two years ago to generate electricity.

If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”

“They appear to have discarded the whole paper as not fitting their narrative, and instead picked a single figure that was in the supplementary materials to cast doubt on models, when the whole paper actually confirmed how well they have performed in the years after they were published,” he tells WIRED. (Hausfather’s research was also cited in the EPA’s justification for rolling back the endangerment finding—which, he said in a post on X, draws a “completely backwards” conclusion from his work.)

one of the people cited multiple times in the report was @hausfath.bsky.social — who says that the DOE authors pulled a graph from the supplementary materials of one of his studies to make a completely different claim than what his work found:

Thank god for you honestly. Great work

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

When I get depressed about the magnitude of the climate crisis I visit the Cal ISO website to take a peek at what we were told in no uncertain terms by Very Important People was impossible just a decade ago.

www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...

Some hope here: @billmckibben.bsky.social and @emorwee.bsky.social on the solar revolution.

This one weird trick can help any state or city pass clean energy policy A political strategy that actually works.

By the way: if you want to know the key & most important thing you can do on behalf of climate change & clean energy, I revealed the secret in this post.

The world’s fourth-largest economy, California, is generating power using 40% less natural gas than it did two years ago

“If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”

Where does the climate movement go from here? In the face of Trump's climate assault, Bill McKibben proposes a sun-soaked path forward.

“California, the fourth largest economy on planet Earth, is this summer using 40 percent less natural gas than it did two years ago to generate electricity.

If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”

I want to DIY this so bad, before the tax credits run out:

"We live on a planet where, all of a sudden, the cheapest way to make energy is to point a sheet of glass at the sun."

Where does the climate movement go from here? In the face of Trump's climate assault, Bill McKibben proposes a sun-soaked path forward.

"It's really beautiful to imagine relying on a power source that you can't hoard."

If you feel yourself slipping into climate doomerism like I have lately, I implore you to read/listen to this convo with @billmckibben.bsky.social. It genuinely helped me see a path forward

Talking with Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social is tonic--she's the embodiment of the fighting journalist, and it's an honor to be her colleague

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Where does the climate movement go from here? In the face of Trump's climate assault, Bill McKibben proposes a sun-soaked path forward.

"It's really beautiful to imagine relying on a power source that you can't hoard."

If you feel yourself slipping into climate doomerism like I have lately, I implore you to read/listen to this convo with @billmckibben.bsky.social. It genuinely helped me see a path forward

It’s the funnest train there is. Dude is just mad he’s never invited

He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil. A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.

Will Alpine co-wrote Microsoft's manifesto on how AI will be a powerful force for good for climate change

In a new interview, Alpine disavows the manifesto, saying he believes Microsoft used his work to distract from the much larger climate harms the company enables through contracts with Big Oil

Atmos & Heated: Fossil Fuel Donations to Groups Advocating Against Trans Rights

You can go through all the funding yourself if you’d like. It’s linked in the article docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

As @yessfun.com has reported, the fossil fuel industry directly funds anti-trans panic because it distracts the public from "the very real and ongoing risks that climate change creates.”

Once again I am begging everyone to understand that climate change and trans rights are not separate issues

«“You don't get to call yourself the company of peace if you’re the number one cloud provider for Lockheed Martin,” she said. “And you don’t get to call yourself the company of climate action if you’re the number one cloud provider for the fossil fuel industry.”»

He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil. A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.

Microsoft claims that selling AI to Big Oil will ultimately help Big Oil transition to clean energy.

I asked Microsoft to provide me evidence that that's true, since all available evidence says the AI is solely being used to drill more.

“Microsoft has nothing to share,” they responded.

He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil. A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.

Will Alpine co-wrote Microsoft's manifesto on how AI will be a powerful force for good for climate change

In a new interview, Alpine disavows the manifesto, saying he believes Microsoft used his work to distract from the much larger climate harms the company enables through contracts with Big Oil

Damn 🥹 thank you so much Jeff

You don’t ankle fart?

Environment and climate often don’t get sufficient mainstream media coverage (with limited exceptions) and are pushed aside on social media platforms. Most people don’t support environmental rollbacks, but most people also don’t know about them. In this moment that somehow needs to change.

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

I know so many dedicated and brilliant scientists who work (and I guess now worked) at EPA. The loss of expertise and ability to make science-informed decisions will have lasting damage for our health. Academics and advocates will have to try to fill the gap.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them

Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.

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Today's floods are tomorrow's warnings Another pope speaks out, devastating Texas floods, and why it's so important to connect the dots on extreme weather and climate

“if we want climate action to grow, we can’t assume extreme events will speak for themselves. People need trusted messengers—neighbours, friends, colleagues, health professionals—who can explain how climate change is affecting our lives here and now. In other words, they need you!”

“Farts” I’m losing it 😂

when a story is somehow both shocking and completely unsurprising at the same time...