$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 Story by me 1/7 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

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.

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

@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/

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.

I would like to buy this judge a 🍺... It's worth reading the whole thing... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

🥁 Drumroll please... 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.

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”

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

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? 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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Many years ago, I worked for a man named Bill Moyers and he gave all of us on staff this pocket copy of the US Constitution. Thanks for reminding me, @jamellebouie.net! It’s now off my bookshelf and in my purse. ;)

So much about this NYT piece annoys me. Framing it as a “political” battle rather than a constitutional one. US immigration officials acknowledged it was an error sending Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, so why is Karoline Leavitt still saying he’s a member of the gang?

A great suggestion from @deanbaker13.bsky.social: "instead of telling readers about Trump’s plans to 'impose tariffs' on Canada, Mexico, and China, papers could tell readers that Trump plans to raise taxes on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China." substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Roses are red Violets are blue

Here's an example of the not-so-great job the Trump administration is doing to "protect women." Mel Gibson, a fan of the president, lost the right to own a gun after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battering his former girlfriend in 2011.

New idea: U.S. becomes Canada's 11th province. Solves many problems at once. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...

My IRA has fallen 6% since January 21. Coupled with my fears about social security going away thanks to DOGE, I’m very worried. Stop these tariffs! #TrumpSlump

just taking tonight to really appreciate all these years of journalistic tut-tut-tutting about how over-the-top it was for anyone to focus on trump's affinity for russia and putin.

Hmm… After being antisemitic to Zelenskyy in the Oval Office a week ago.

The tide is shifting. Republicans are beginning to recognize that the attacks on trans people need to stop. They do nothing but demean people & distract from the work government should be focused on—improving the lives of all who call this country home. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.

Crowd for the #standupforscience rally in Chicago continues to grow, filling a good chunk of Fed Plaza

The Trump administration has formally agreed to drop a landmark environmental justice case in Louisiana “It’s obvious that the Trump administration doesn’t care anything for the poor Black folk in Cancer Alley” - community organizer Bobby Taylor told me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Screw the signs. Be loud and get escorted out without resisting #GoodTrouble

We'll say it again: No, 150-year-olds are not collecting Social Security benefits. #SOTU www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid

I wrote a long thread about this over on the hellsite a while back. We are rapidly entering a situation in which there are no credible official sources of data -- economic data, weather data, trade data -- and so it is going to be literally impossible to know what is happening.

Nope.

I just realized that Isabella Rossellini is wearing blue velvet in honor of David Lynch & immediately started to cry.

It's 2025 and we still have to tell Democratic electeds that PERSONAL STORIES WITH HUMAN PROTAGONISTS ARE POLITICALLY COMPELLING, and they're like "Huh, interesting point, let me think on that after I'm done voting for the Laken Riley Act, a terrible piece of legislation named for a murder victim"

Would you look at that? The Atlantic has a pretty great slideshow of yesterday's pro-democracy rallies that took place nationwide www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/0...

🚨BREAKING: In response to emergency litigation by @democracyforward.org, Trump backs down and agrees to keep hands off CFPB funding until case can be heard. Visit Democracy Docket for breaking news involving democracy and the courts. www.democracydocket.com

This is brilliant. A declassified World War II guide for citizen saboteurs on how to fight fascism is going viral www.404media.co/declassified...

I think it would better, instead of adopting the MAGA framing, to call out specifically what they are saying. They are not blaming “DEI.” They are blaming Blacks, other minorities, women, and people with disabilities. It’s called scapegoating.

I actually wish the media would stop using "DEI" and "diversity hiring" and just get to the essence of the thing and ask: "Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?" And see what happens.