#TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In February, @hlovins.bsky.social#TopStoriesannounced COPx, a new people‑powered climate network designed as an alternative to traditional #COP summits to mobilise grassroots #ClimateAction. Read more 👇

#Greenhushing won't work. 2026 candidates can win by showing how #climate change is driving #inflation in #energy, #insurance, #food etc, says @claravondrich.bsky.social of @publiccitizen.bsky.social. Show "how the impact and costs accelerate from here." @barclay2.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3uzjwhjz

Georgia Fort was arrested by the FBI at 6:30 am in her home simply for covering the anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota. Please consider donating to support independent journalists who have been targeted by Trump.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Journalism is a public service, and I am proud to be a public servant,” Georgia Fort, an independent journalist who was recently arrested in Minnesota, writes. “Professional reporting, observing and documenting is not a crime. But the freedom to do so is at risk.”

"A society that claims to value our democracy cannot criminalize those who document threats to democracy... If we as a nation fail to defend that principle now, clearly and without compromise, we may soon find that there is nothing left to defend." By Georgia Fort www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...

I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next? By Georgia Fort Gift link!

Ana Cabrera on arresting journalists Don Lemon & Georgia Fort: "I really want American people to understand attacking the press is not simply just attacking journalists, it's attacking the public's right to know." #sheshed

Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence

I’ve reached out to both Gov. Walz and Sen. Klobuchar following the latest shooting involving federal agents in Minnesota. Marylanders have witnessed this cruelty in our own communities – during a school drop-off in Salisbury and in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve. These are not isolated incidents.

This is really something. Mark Warner, one of the more moderate and cautious senators in the Dem caucus, says he'll vote No on ICE funding:

Video Saturday showed federal agents wrestling a man to the ground outside a donut shop before shots rang out.

Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The more evidence rolls in, the more obvious it is that ICE simply executed a public-spirited nurse who tried to help a woman assaulted by ICE. But, Trumpies don't care. They will always believe what Trump tells them to believe and the ignore the evidence of their eyes and ears... and videos.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.

The U.S. is… withdrawing from the UN program to protect women and children from sexual violence during wars slashing its contributions to peacekeeping and food aid refusing to participate in a global review of its human rights practices buff.ly/Pjwii0i

The nurses are pissed

Mood in minneapolis right now

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN: "I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." and "The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back." Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If ICE is emboldened to carry out extrajudicial killings of American citizens in broad daylight, imagine what's happening to the tens of thousands of people being held in makeshift detention camps across the US without cameras, attorneys and organizers

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

The US is withdrawing from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the treaty that has governed international climate diplomacy since 1992, per the AP: heatmap.news/sparks/us-wi... George H.W. Bush first signed the pact, and the Senate unanimously ratified. US has been a member since then.

#TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In July, we reported that Musk’s xAI facility in Memphis installed 35 gas turbines without permits in 2024 — raising concerns over #AirPollution & unregulated emissions.

Both major U.S. parties are betting on "affordability." They could win if they show how #climate change is jacking up prices of #energy, #food, #insurance etc, says @claravondrich.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social. "Climate pollution is driving the cost-of-living crisis." @barclay2.bsky.social

My oped on climate change as the ultimate cost-of-living crisis. Extreme weather is jacking up prices for everyone & everything. We need to reject the idea that climate is too "abstract" for voters. Survivors will tell you there's nothing abstract about losing your home, much less a loved one.

We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.

A look back at #TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In May, Ma Jun spoke with C&C’s @petermckillop.bsky.social#TopStorieson how global climate progress can continue even if the US government steps back from #ClimateFinance.

Trump’s dizzying 2nd term has turned fringe movements and personal grudges into full-blown policies. But while vaccines and universities will endure through Trump’s political attacks, in one form or another, the U.S. offshore wind industry may not. My last story of 2025 is a postmortem.

Great @nytimes.com reporting here: "Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history. It is enriching the family, as well as important officials and business partners." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

DHS spokesperson routinely make statements which are then contradicted by the facts. Their bodycam footage disappears during shootings. Now they also want to block the public from monitoring them. Media should be deeply cautious about presenting their claims uncritically. reason.com/2025/12/26/j...

🇨🇳China is the world's largest emitter but also a leader in the #CleanEnergy shift.💡 We examine how China is driving change & why it's where the fight against #ClimateChange will be won or lost 🧵👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-climate-...

#CCMHolidayReading 📚Here Comes the Sun by @billmckibben.bsky.social#CCMHolidayReading— an optimistic read — traces the arrival renewables despite effort of the fossil fuel industry to hold this new power at bay. One of our top climate reads of 2025.

📚 Stellar by James Arbib & @tonyseba.bsky.social lays out a bold vision: a world powered by superabundant clean energy — enough to restore what fossil fuels destroyed. One of our top climate reads of 2025.

Watching car salesmen days before year end baffled that sales have been down for 3 to 4 months. The cars are worse, cost twice as much, wages are half what they were, and you want $700 a month to lease. Nobody’s making money. Of course no one’s buying. It won’t be better in 2026. Any guesses why?

Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus 2 will burn enough gas to power nearly half of Memphis daily & pump 2,000+ tons of NOx into the air, according to @selc.bsky.social. Residents call it environmental injustice in real time👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/musk-mugs-me... #AI #EnvironmentalJustice

#CCMHolidayReading 📚 Saving Us by @katharinehayhoe.com#CCMHolidayReading— blends science, faith & personal stories into a hopeful, practical guide for climate conversations rooted in empathy.  One of our top picks for 2025.

New York is entering a moment when two political forces are hurtling toward each other.  With rising utility costs & 2026 elections looming, Gov Kathy Hochul will have to work to prove affordability and #ClimateAction go together. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/as-affordabi...

As I understand @ncar-ucar.bsky.social also play a crucial role in studying atmospheric rivers (ARs). An example of what these ARs can do can be seen in Seattle this week bsky.app/profile/matt...

It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.

Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Here's what removal of the hepatitis B birth dose will look like www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

A new AIGCC & MSCI Institute report reveals a stark reality for Asia’s power sector: #ClimateChange is already costing utilities $6.3B annually and could hit 33% by 2050 without resilience — writes @karihuus.bsky.social#ClimateChange👇

Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus 2 will burn enough gas to power nearly half of Memphis daily & pump 2,000+ tons of NOx into the air, according to @selc.bsky.social. Residents call it environmental injustice in real time 👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/musk-mugs-me... #AI #EnvironmentalJustice

As energy demand surges, solar is stepping up — fast, cheap and scalable. ☀️🔋 Nexamp is scaling solar + storage & reinventing energy access with community solar — like SaaS, but for electricity. The #CleanEnergy future is accelerating. 📈 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/why-solar-is...