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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?

$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action

The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?

#COP30 #climatecrisis
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They want us to think concern about climate change is a radical, fringe view. They want us to feel isolated. The truth is that we are the majority.

Climate Gates Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything

It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...

Reporter’s Notebook: Why journalism? @John Dickerson signs off from CBS Evening News Plus with a look back on a career of asking the hard questions, listening to people’s stories and showing why a fre... TikTok video by CBSEveningNews

@jdickerson.bsky.social explains the joy and value in journalism, with his usual grace, in a sign off broadcast at CBS www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMV7LeJm/

Covering Public Support for Government Climate Action Explore how the global majority not only cares about climate change, but wants their governments to “do more” to address it.

Story Idea: Study after study has shown that the vast majority of people, 80-89%, want governments to “do more” to address climate change. Understanding who these people are and why gov't action doesn’t align with the overwhelming public interest are all rich territory for reporting. #the89percent

I skipped those sessions this year. I dig the woo woo stuff, but I wanted to hear about the action in the states, in Europe, etc. and I'm glad I did. There 100% needs to be more storytelling about how climate solutions (like heat pumps) are improving the lives (and livelihoods) of real people.

Judge rejects Trump’s New York Times lawsuit for being ‘decidedly improper and impermissible’ | CNN Business In a ruling dripping with derision, a federal judge has rejected President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Times. Trump has a month to refile.

I would like to buy this judge a 🍺...

It's worth reading the whole thing... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...

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An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;

A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;

And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...

Journalists, when was the last time you scrolled TikTok? Check out this story from ‪@emorwee.bsky.social‬ about a micro-influencer engaging his followers to take climate action with videos from his summer backpacking trip to #ANWR.

No, image doesn't show Project 2025's 'plan for women' The screenshot claimed the conservative policy proposal's "plan for women" could be found on page 432.

fwiw... I looked up page 432. That text is not there. And then I did a search. Just fyi, I think this is false. I have no doubt they have plans for women, but they aren't spelled out in Project 2025 like this. www.snopes.com/fact-check/p...

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Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”

OMG I had not thought of this and you are so right.

Stop humblebragging! Just kidding… welp! Love you, Canada!

Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence When Bill Moyers helped launch the Covering Climate Now media collaboration, he urged fellow journalists to “tell the story so people get it.”

Bill Moyers died on June 26 at the age of 91. He was giant in the world of journalism—he was also a climate champion, write Mark Hertsgaard and @kylepope01.bsky.social of @coveringclimatenow.org.‬ www.thenation.com/article/envi...

New Yorkers: What is the best explanation of ranked choice voting that you've read? I need clarity on this. #NYCmayor

Commentary: You Sure You’re In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That’s Going On?

Commentary: You Sure You’re In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That’s Going On? theonion.com/you-sur...

Was at NYC Penn Station in early '90s waiting for a train back to Boston. Saw Ric Ocasek walking towards me and I audibly gasped with my mouth agape. He gave me a stunning, knowing smile. It was just what I needed. :)

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

stop trying to make curtis yarvin happen

I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.

@frediotto.bsky.social is a leading practitioner of arguably the most important development in climate science in many years: attribution science.

Like police officers dusting a crime scene for fingerprints, attribution science reveals what role climate change played in a given weather disaster.

Updates on the Chicago Sun-Times' AI-Generated Summer Reading List Disaster How it happened and where the paper goes next.

Here's @parkermolloy.com's excellent piece, too... www.readtpa.com/p/updates-on...

Journalism Dreams I wrote about the "Heat Index" scandal and why it may not matter

As @parkermolloy.com (h/t) commented on this piece, I found myself nodding along all through. So much has been lost in the commodification of journalism. I miss the 90s so much. And @marthabayne.bsky.social, I am definitely going to buy your book! marthabayne.substack.com/p/journalism...

Taking Big Oil to Court Communities across the US are suing to make fossil fuel companies pay up for climate damages

A growing number of communities across the US are suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages caused by their products. Their core argument? Oil companies knew fossil fuels were driving climate change and lied about it. coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...

YouTube video by Covering Climate Now Press Briefing: The Future of Climate Activism

Anyone looking for a recording of my Earth Day conversation about Climate Activism at @coveringclimatenow.org with @amywestervelt.bsky.social John Paul Mejia and @theresariley.bsky.social, here you go: youtu.be/gTA3YcNgrNo

Opinion | How I Describe Myself Politically These Days America needs to figure out how to dominate the industries of the future. Call me a “Waymo Democrat.”

I guess, but can’t we think bigger than self-driving cars? Cars seem so 1960s to me, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/o...

“When a culture moves from inquiry to reverence—with tens of millions of dollars facilitating the shift—it becomes propagandistic. Instead of fueling the passionate work of researchers and writers and curators, the same pot of money will be turned, literally, into stone.”

Looks Like Mussolini, Quacks Like Mussolini The National Garden of American Heroes represents a dangerous shift in values—from inquiry to reverence.

“You cannot ask questions of a statue.”
This is a travesty.