Honored to be leading a Q&A with director Marianna Brennand about her new film "Manas," a devastating but necessary story about the sexual exploitation of girls in the Amazon. Protecting young women from abuse is a human rights issue. It's time we treated it like one. filmforum.org/events/event...

"Each limiting clause in the resolution was inserted by countries who fear being called out for causing global warming and serious harms to people hit by rising sea levels, massive storms and flooding, or the extreme heat that is killing people all over the world.” cri.org/un-flawed-re...

Trump cuts to weather data could make forecasts less reliable, warn experts. Use of AI is a valuable tool for weather prediction but only when it’s trained with ample data, experts say. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The independent pan-European commission on climate and health, which was convened by the WHO, concluded the climate crisis was such a worldwide threat to health that the WHO should declare it “a public health emergency of international concern” (Pheic).

Amazing analysis on predatory lending (and borrowing) and the shitstorm that happens when housing (a basic human right) is financialized. One part. disturbing outcome: Israeli pension bonds tied to illegal settlemens in Palestine being linked to rent-stabilized housing in New York

Indigenous organizations from the Amazon sent a letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is driving violence and accelerating environmental destruction in rainforest communities. apnews.com/article/amaz...

People > data centers.

Methane is a super-pollutant. Yet, draft guidelines by the European Commission, seen by news agencies, would reportedly grant EU member states’ national authorities the power to exempt companies on energy-security grounds. Weakening methane rules would be a major setback. cri.org/eu-weak-meth...

Disinformation's best tool is lack of information.... www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Heirs' property and climate change is a quiet but incredibly important climate justice issue that flies under the radar... until a hurricane hits, and suddenly it's everywhere. Great reporting on how this affects Gullah Geechee communities. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

The monthly weather/climate summary for April highlights the the worst April drought conditions in contiguous U.S. history, the 6 billion-dollar U.S. weather disasters so far, and the usual list of global notable temperature extremes. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/apri...

Who would have thought that the thing to end us is an AI summary of an email I don't even want to read in the first place.. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Considering methane reductions is THE lowest hanging fruit for reducing global warming and together with the news that the EU might be about to completely de-fang its Methane Regulation, this does not bode well for anyone...

Microsoft is considering ditching its commitment to match its hourly electricity use with renewable energy purchases by 2030. It's in a race with the other hyperscalers to power up energy-guzzling AI data centers as fast as possible, so apparently a livable climate is no longer a priority.

Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill

No comment. Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit Amid ‘Unprecedented Disruption’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/b...

“Near Complete Mortality” n the NOAA scale. “States and Territories should be ready to intervene” says NOAA… as Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) is now up to 23 weeks of severe heat stress in/ around the #Galapagos.1/

Worth reading this. Among other things, it is a reminder that EPA has been negligent for a long time. Assuming there is a future EPA, those of us following this need to work to rebuild it in a different way. civileats.com/2026/05/06/i...

Washington Post news alert: "Former staff photographer Jahi Chikwendiu also won the prize for feature photography."

Brazil prosecutors launch suit against meatpacking giant JBS over beef tied to slavery-like labor Brazil's labor prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing it of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions

Wow! Amsterdam bans advertisements for long-distance flights, cruises, meat. "Ms. Veenhoff likened high carbon lifestyles to an addiction. “If you’re trying to get rid of an addiction, it’s not very handy to see it everywhere,” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/c...

See how natural disasters are rewriting the insurance map in your neighborhood.

‼️ Thanks to the investigative findings of @thetyee.ca, the B.C. government has been caught collaborating with the RCMP to spy on climate action initiatives and Treaty negotiations, Indigenous land defenders and climate advocates resisting oil and gas projects.

Seeking thoughtful suggestions. What are the most important studies of the last several years that everyone working in climate or sustainability should be aware of? We would like to develop this list both for our own reading group and as a service to others.

Major blow for oil giant BP, whose shareholders have voted against scrapping climate reporting, and its resolution to replace in-person annual shareholder meetings with online-only events.

Sarah Sax's new analysis @sarahlsax.bsky.social explains why Americans shouldn't let their government pressure the EU to weaken its methane regulations. If the Trump Administration succeeds, it could sever "a chain of accountability that might lessen the invisible gas polluting much of Texas’s air."

Brazil's "dirty list" names and shames companies using forced labor. It's a powerful tool, but this week it was shaken: the top labor inspector was fired after putting the world's largest EV maker, BYD, on it. 🧵 (1/6) nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/americas/brazil-lula-workers-rights-labor-abuse.html

Brazil's "dirty list" names and shames companies using forced labor. It's a powerful tool, but this week it was shaken: the top labor inspector was fired after putting the world's largest EV maker, BYD, on it. 🧵 (1/6) nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/americas/brazil-lula-workers-rights-labor-abuse.html

Climate Change Concern Near Its High Point in U.S. More now say seriousness of global warming is underestimated; fewer say it's exaggerated. #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming news.gallup.com/poll/708050/...

Bay Area folks! Join us during SF Climate Week for a conversation about minerals, human rights, and climate justice.

#Argentina readies to sacrifice glaciers, & 7 million people's drinking water, on the altar of profit Provinces can now decide which glaciers are "worth" protecting and which can be handed over to mining An environmental & #HumanRights crisis in slow motion www.linkedin.com/posts/lotte-...

Animal agriculture is a main driver of global climate change, creating more greenhouse gases than all transportation combined. We have to change how we eat to save the planet. No paywall. Agriculture is consuming grasslands and wetlands at alarming rates www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Fifteen states are working to pass laws shielding oil and gas companies from liability for climate change, reports @propublica.org after an extensive investigation. www.propublica.org/article/clim...

Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet's Google have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the companies are coming under shareholder pressure over the environmental impact of their projects.

Sorry to mention climate change here but we're all scurrying around in a thin film of atmosphere shared between all of us and we shouldn't overheat the thing keeping us alive!!

As Americans face rising gas prices and the threat of higher inflation, “it is becoming clearer who is making “a lot of money”: defense contractors and oil companies.” Good analysis from @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Historic moment. The sadder story is in the votes: 123 votes in favor. Three against (The United States, Israel, and Argentina). 52 abstained (The UK, Canada, and all European Union member states, including Portugal and Spain). www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Avi Lewis: "When Israel commits a genocide in Gaza, we call them out. When the US and Israel start an illegal and reprehensible war against Iran that sets the world on fire, we say Canada should have absolutely no role in it whatsoever."

Dismantling the “the wife of [insert accomplished male]” trope! Throwing open the Overton window! This may not change *everything* but the fact that Naomi Klein's husband is the new NDP head is still pretty amazing....

"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Japan's 'godless' lake warns of creeping climate change. For centuries, priests from Japan's Yatsurugi Shrine have led the watch for a phenomenon called “God’s Crossing” at Nagano’s Lake Suwa which is becoming rarer due to climate change

On Sundays we post good news... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

signs pulled include those describing climate change in Glacier National Park, air pollution in Bryce Canyon. Others flagged included exhibits on slavery, civil rights, WWII-era internment camps, LGBTQ & Indigenous histories. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

“It is quite unusual for the administration to do this cash outlay, seemingly just because Trump doesn’t like offshore wind,” said John Leshy, who served as the general counsel for the Interior Department during the Clinton administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

I often wonder why people don't notice climate change, when it seems pretty obvious to me. Scientists are learning more about how shifting baselines work in our perceptions, where even rapid climate change can feel normal. www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...