By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@cplusc.bsky.social’s brilliant @pmbigger.bsky.social takes the wheel on our front page today. War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics… …and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here. read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!

It would be nice if — instead of complicated financial instruments with huge loopholes for fraud —we just directly addressed climate change.

Exciting new stuff from @cplusc.bsky.social by @joshuamcwhirter.bsky.social - one thing we always confront in making bold, just climate investments is how to pay for it. CCI will be starting to answer those questions, and this brief looks how we can rethink investments for healthy schools

NEW: In the first installment in a joint series between @cplusc.bsky.social and RDP, Sarah Knuth and Winston Yau make the case for fighting Big Tech's political capture with green economic populism.

New today in our series on critical issues at the climate/economy/geopolitics nexus- @tobitac.bsky.social shows the horrifyingly plausible ways that the US's hostility to Chinese development isn't just a climate threat, but puts us all on a dangerous path from cold war to hot war.

Congrats to Colorado for showing the rest of the country how to establish a basic baseline of decency.

"What binds Polanski and Mamdani is not only their left-wing credentials, but their rejection of political cynicism." Let's go! 🎉 www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...

If "The Groups" are so dominant & powerful in the Democratic Party, such that it can bully the entire party into talking about climate change even when it doesn't want to ... then why is it crumbling, cringing, and hiding after one adverse election?

Abandoned Well Administration now! images.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/AWA-...

It is widely agreed that robust LNG exports from the US will have the effect of globalizing the price of NG, which will in turn have the effect of *raising the price of domestic NG*. So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?

None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"

🚨 Fully funded PhD opportunity with me and Richard Hodgkins at @lborogeog.bsky.social. Please reach out with any questions, and do share widely!

“The way US empire is being restructured adds to the existential threat of climate crisis — militarisation, a new Cold War and the formation of power blocs are carbon intensive undertakings.” Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...

The bogus shell game of selling 'conservation credits' has moved to wildlife conservation in the West -- "If I create the false illusion of conservation over here, I can sell credits that will allow you to destroy intact and occupied habitat over there." 🌍

If you missed our launch event on 16 October, you're in luck! You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social 👇 open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...

Today on @macrodosepod.bsky.social you can check out the @transitionsec.bsky.social launch event where we discussed everything from US equity stakes in mining firms to euro rearmament to the new cold war - and what it means for climate and workers.

There are 500+ abandoned uranium mines that are still poisoning the people of Navajo Nation. "As of the end of 2024, life expectancy on the Navajo Nation is 58.8 years for males and 71.8 years for females—both of which are much lower than the US average of 78.6 years." blog.ucs.org/chanese-fort...

Gaza: the story of a genocide Join us in NYC for the US launch event at People's Forum @6pm

Very cool resources from @transitionsec.bsky.social today: a timeline of initiatives to convert military manufacturing to civilian uses in the UK and US, along with a beautiful video demonstrating the way that military shipbuilding in Glasgow could be converted to offshore wind for public benefit.

“[Govan and Scotstoun] shipyards could be converted to manufacture products for the offshore wind sector, drawing on the experience of naval shipyards across the world.” Our research on worker-led industrial conversion on the Clyde in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2556479...

According to the Trump regime, yes: this is Abundance. 🤔

New paper suggests that the GHG emissions for a decade of reconstruction in #Ukraine would be 741 Mt CO2, 4x Ukraine’s pre-war annual territorial emissions. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Rabobank’s tree planting project in Côte d’Ivoire overestimates carbon credits by 600%. Microsoft is one of the buyers of these credits - @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

We used to build things. Why did we stop? It might not be for the reason you think.

“In a moment of spiraling and escalating transitions, human safety can only be safeguarded by setting aside rivalry and the elite desire to accumulate amid the chaos.” Our co-directors Khem Rogaly and @pmbigger.bsky.social for @jacobinmag.bsky.social 👇🔗 jacobin.com/2025/10/mili...

Important new carbon markets story from @benelgin.bsky.social in Bloomberg: Verra acknowledges it issued too many carbon credits to a controversial forest offset project, but hasn't implemented a remedy — despite backing companies' use of these credits. 🎁 Gift link below.

@earthjustice.org President Abigail Dillen on @ayanaeliza.bsky.social's show this morning, talking about why abundance-style deregulation is dangerous: "Let's not have fake neutrality about winners and losers. Let's make some choices about the future that we want and build laws to encourage that."

Alongside the launch of our website, we’ve published our first essay: Transition Security by Khem Rogaly, @pmbigger.bsky.social and Lorah Steichen. 👇 transitionsecurity.org/transition-s...

"The most electorally successful leftists in US history ran & governed on this very kernel—the belief that delivering basic services, building public works, & running a functional local government are inseparable from what it means to govern from the left in a major city" slate.com/business/202...

“The interests of working-class communities lie in demonstrating that the insatiable demands of the military-industrial complex are a barrier to collective flourishing.” Khem Rogaly & @pmbigger.bsky.social on the human costs of militarisation in @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/10/mili...

@transitionsec.bsky.social co-director Khem Rogaly lays it out straight

Building Community Power: Community Benefits Agreements Across the Global Energy Supply Chain.

"[The military industrial complex] is treated like the Baby Jesus—lavished with gold, frankincense, and myrrh." — @stephensemler.bsky.social, at the launch of the Transition Security Project

Brilliant piece by Khem Rogaly and @pmbigger.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/10/mili...

To follow!

Just published: my review of @brettchristophers.bsky.social's excellent "The Price Is Wrong," in the @bjsociology.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/1468...

🪖 Why is militarisation happening amid planetary crisis? 📈 What are the environmental, economic & geopolitical costs? ❓ What are the alternatives? 🔗 Read our launch essay, "Transition Security", by Khem Rogaly, @pmbigger.bsky.social and Lorah Steichen. transitionsecurity.org/transition-s...

Read our launch essay by Khem Rogaly, @pmbigger.bsky.social and Lorah Steichen. 👇 transitionsecurity.org/transition-s...

While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty. Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵 transitionsecurity.org

"Recent research shows that for every million dollars, public spending on the military-industrial complex buys five jobs, while education spending creates thirteen and health care investment creates nine."

Great analysis by @pmbigger.bsky.social and Khem Rogaly on why the vast expansion of the military industrial complex does not serve the working class and creates a more dangerous planet jacobin.com/2025/10/mili...

Increasing military budgets as part of rising great-power competition is a disaster across multiple fronts: for the victims of wars, for an already burning planet, and for workers who don’t see real benefits from military conflict. New from me & @transitionsec.bsky.social co-director Khem Rogaly

This has been true for a very long time, even before President Eisenhower warned us about the "military-industrial complex" during the Cold War. It's just one domain of capitalist exploitation, but, so far, an untouchable one that has long needed to be curbed (or, better yet, eliminated).

Any time a tech company claims AI tech solve the climate crisis, the response should be Could you please show how your "enabled emissions reductions" eliminate the impact of your "enabled emissions"? www.enabledemissions.com

"If geoengineering works well initially & you see this temperature drop, the tempempation to keep going & extracting fossil fuels will be greater than ever, because it will seem that you have a technologically that can cut off the link between temperature rises & fossil fuel combustion."

Increasing military budgets as part of rising great-power competition is a disaster across multiple fronts: for the victims of wars, for an already burning planet, and for workers who don’t see real benefits from military conflict. New from me & @transitionsec.bsky.social co-director Khem Rogaly

Look forward to speaking at the online launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social this week (link below) I’ll discuss how the recent turn to state capitalism changed the nature of US empire, w/ @pmbigger.bsky.social sky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social