one of four in a week www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Courtesy of the most influential source of fossil fuel industry propaganda in the U.S.

This discussion draws on my climate denial & delay research in PLOS with @jenniecstephens.bsky.social @yutongsi.bsky.social journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

I’m always happy to talk climate obstruction research especially for the context of: This investigation into a man obstructing climate action despite knowing about climate change by @fieseler.bsky.social Also drawing on @cssn.org @timmonsroberts.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:

A great reminder of our networks of climate obstruction paper linking fossil energy-agrochemicals-petro plastics on social media —> they promote similar narratives of climate denial & delay

a 22 year old, 15 days after a c-section, with a baby in the NICU. with a pending asylum petition & crime victim visa. kidnapped by the US secret police on her way to see her baby in the NICU. held for more than a day without medical care, sanitary resources, pumping equipment, or a fucking bed.

@massgovernor.bsky.social MA should not be working with ICE to kidnap children teens and DREAMers. I would not only vote but actively campaign for someone who was stopping this evil instead of facilitating it.

could be you @cityofpittsburgh.bsky.social

"Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand" Really horrific www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

A student going home for Thanksgiving

A real problem with the "environmentalists are concerned" framing is that actually all humans breathe air, drink water, and eat food. Those who aren't concerned perhaps need *media* to remind them that their health is physically dependent on environmental quality. www.eenews.net/articles/int...

A story of many people choosing to harm the public for money. & shows why industry lobbyists should not be regulators. Absolutely enraging.

Absurd

Helpful term for a concept I mostly think of re: solar geoengineering research

Returning to fossil fuels is not a "pragmatic" decision. It is a delusional one.

@governor.ny.gov new gas pipelines are a violation of NYS’s climate law and an act of violence against the public.

from a federal agency

NYS just committed to violating its own climate law to permit this pipeline instead of investing in clean infrastructure to meet energy demand & reliability. In 2025, we know building fossil energy=enacting violence against current & future gens. Horrible. insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...

the type of thing that makes you question the integrity of the journalism

Social science is so cool

Every family dinner as someone who studies policy is like:

INSANE to write about keystone xl as diplomacy without a mention of why the pipeline was cancelled in the first place: worsening climate impacts of gas. No, keystone XL won't fix trade. WTF E&E news stop using the admin/industry framing and do some real journalism www.eenews.net/articles/can...

Disturbing & insightful

it's wild that the GOP keeps introducing "permitting reform" because headlines don't explicitly say "we're blocking affordable clean energy + building outdated fossil fuels that cost taxpayers $$" but sure the left is the problem in climate & energy policy

“As [universities] vie for rankings, grant dollars, and tuition-paying applicants, larger concerns such as the future of higher education* go unaddressed.” *let us not forget climate change, humanitarian crises, etc Utterly damning

It’s the “will of the people” to overturn the 22nd amendment for the “divinely providential” president I do think it’s interesting that as soon as bannon receives any pushback on his self-image as mastermind, he immediately reveals the plan. Like a child.

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

I loved listening in on this convo. A discussion about trump’s hold on the south —> analysis that explains why grassroots-oriented progressive candidates who campaign w/ community-building on hyperlocal econ & social issues are so compelling, eg Wu, Mamdani, Abugazaleh

Death cult

@governor.ny.gov GHGs in gas pipelines cannot be removed from the atmosphere and will cause enormous health, safety, and financial costs to NYers & the world. This is not a good deal for the public (as per usual for trump “deals”)

It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond. Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

@massgovernor.bsky.social why are MA police abetting kidnapping across state lines?

More than 100 top Trump administration officials in charge of energy and environmental policy have ties to the fossil fuel industry. One of them described her job as as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies.

Jarring that @harvardkennedy.bsky.social is platforming Total's CEO given the @natsustain.nature.com paper out today showing clearly that oil & gas lies about commitments to green transition (not to mention decades of other research suggesting the same) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I've been desperate to hear discussions of what building a US gov looks like after this admin and @beaubaumann.bsky.social 's piece was thought-provoking in a parallel direction. Genuinely though, can we do post-trump with current political parties? lpeproject.org/blog/rebuild...

Yet another day of needless cruelty towards queer kids, who are perfect just the way they are. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump’s regime is deploying unaccountable masked men into the hearts of our communities to spread fear. We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Notably mothers are known to not have to make important decisions

you just can't understand modern US policy processes without obstruction: willful denial & delay of science/narratives/policies that reduce harm to instead increase short-term profits for the ultra wealthy so disingenuous to place blame for bad politics but not talk about who's materially gaining

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

So, this is awesome. A new interactive map and database lets you track the largest polluters where you live, including the biggest sources of fossil fuel-climate-destroying emissions. @climatetrace.org www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/c...

If you think Tylenol is bad for children’s health, wait until you see what guns do.

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life. Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

🔌💡 This slide from the Electrotech deck is analogous to a point that @georgemonbiot.bsky.social makes: if alt proteins can displace the low-value parts of a cow used as ingredients, that raises the price at which meatpackers needs to sell high-value parts of cow in order to break even.

Question: What do Zohran Mamdani, Hakeem Jeffries, Vito Fossella, AOC and the Adams administration agree on? Answer: Stopping the Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline project, which would raise utility bills & super pollutes. Hey @governor.ny.gov Hochul, are you paying attention? #NoTrumpPipelines

JUST IN: A judge quashed the subpoena to Boston Children's Hospital by the DoJ that sought the records of trans patients. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“We’re just constantly exposed to a soup of chemicals." Amazing reporting by @shannonosaka.bsky.social & co. on the plastic pollutants that are almost impossible to avoid -- and whose potential harms we're just beginning to understand. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

No money to complete ongoing pediatric cancer research but $40B to prop up the dying fossil fuel industry is 👍