Jim Ball
@jimballcht.bsky.social
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Climate activist and thinker since ‘92. Husband, hiker.
Instead of throwing up at 9pm ET tonight, I’ve decided to watch something else.
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Our calculations of the oceans as a carbon sink may be off by 10-20%. Not good. Must get better.
#carbonsinks
#oceanclimate
#climateaction
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
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UNESCO report: Major blind spot in ocean carbon research could
A new report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO reveals a critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs and stores carbon. This glaring uncertainty about our
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-report-major-blind-spot-ocean-carbon-research-could-undermine-global-climate-predictions
2 days ago
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Time is running out for us to avoid a “Hothouse Earth.” As The Climate Mvt we must pull our destiny into the present & become the greatest & most long-lasting social change mvt in history.
#climateaction
#climatemvt
#climatehope
#hothouseearth
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ac...
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Climate Action: Avoiding Irreversible Consequences By Making Our Vision a Reality
First Take: A Hothouse Earth Trajectory Must Push Us Towards Realistic Hope
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-action-avoiding-irreversible
2 days ago
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Justice is moral power. Understanding what makes us powerful, claiming & realizing our power to create a better world & help make our just future come faster, creates hope to carry us forward.
#climatejustice
#climateaction
#climatemvt
#climatehope
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ju...
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Climate Justice: Introduction
Hope & Justice Series Post #8.0. First of 7-part Climate Justice Subseries
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-justice-introduction
3 days ago
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Want more mercury and heavy metals to harm children? That’s what the Trump EPA is delivering. MADA: Make America Dirty Again.
#trumpmercury
#trumppollution
#MADA
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/c...
6 days ago
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To make our climate-safe clean energy future come faster, we need to continue to structure markets with government power. Profits & price are now on our side, but we need speed and scale.
#climatehope
#climateaction
#climatemvt
#climatebusinesses
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/the-climat...
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The Climate Movement and Businesses That Are Friends
Fields of Action Post #15.2
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/the-climate-movement-and-businesses-d68
6 days ago
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It’s time for pro baseball teams to play ball on climate change & dump their fossil connections. The fossils struck out long ago. Why are they still at the plate?
#climateaction
#climatemvt
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
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A new climate movement takes shape
These fossil fuel protests started in Los Angeles and have spread across the country.
https://open.substack.com/pub/climatecoloredgoggles/p/climate-protests-sports?r=ozxvi&utm_medium=ios
7 days ago
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We must tackle climate and species loss together. Time for regular folk to become heroes together.
#climatehope
#climateaction
#climatemvt
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Climate change is accelerating but nature is slowing down
As the planet warms, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study shows that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. Nature’s constant ...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260217005714.htm
7 days ago
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In a 2021 journal article in Science, Chinese scientists demonstrated turning CO2 into starch. The process is now 10 times more efficient and productive.
#climateaction
#climatehope
#climatemvt
interestingengineering.com/innovation/c...
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CO2 turned into starch: China's new method boosts productivity by 10x
Chinese scientists have developed a way to convert carbon dioxide directly into starch, bypassing crops and farmland.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/carbon-dioxide-turned-into-starch-china
8 days ago
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Barking up the wrong tree? Not when it comes to methane removal!
#climateaction
#climatehope
#climatemvt
theconversation.com/weve-discove...
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We’ve discovered the world’s trees absorb methane – so forests are even more important in the climate fight than we thought
A large-scale study proves that trees absorb methane through their bark, with climate benefits at a global scale.
https://theconversation.com/weve-discovered-the-worlds-trees-absorb-methane-so-forests-are-even-more-important-in-the-climate-fight-than-we-thought-235233
9 days ago
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In light of the endangerment withdrawal & that Trump, Congress, & the Supreme Court are against us, there’s only one thing to do: defeat our opponents & achieve victory through our two great powers: moral power and our people power.
#climatehope
#climatemvt
#climateaction
jimball.substack.com/p/…
9 days ago
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Because a just world is what we hope for, every step we take towards justice creates hope. We are the hope we’ve been waiting for. Ours is a time for regular folk to become heroes together.
#climatejustice
#environmentaljustice
#climatehope
#climatemvt
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ac...
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Climate Action and Environmental Justice
Hope & Justice Post #7
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-action-and-environmental-603
12 days ago
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24 states have introduced plug-in solar bills. Let’s get them passed!
#climateaction
#climatehope
#climatemvt
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
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States Weigh Bills to Allow You to Make Your Own Electricity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/climate/plug-in-solar-power-bills.html
13 days ago
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Business foes, driven by profit or ideology or both, are some of our most powerful opposition. But we need our business friends because most climate mitigation will take place in the market.
#climateaction
#climatehope
#climatemvt
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/the-climat...
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The Climate Movement and Businesses: Foes
Fields of Action Post #15.1
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/the-climate-movement-and-businesses
13 days ago
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While Epstein discusses with rich & powerful friends how climate deaths are a solution to overpopulation, the Climate Mvt strives to save lives & overcome the great moral challenge of our time. Join us!
#climatehope
#climateaction
#climatemvt
www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...
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'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism
Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it's not an accident.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91490280/epstein-files-how-ultra-wealthy-peddle-climate-denialism
14 days ago
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Seemingly hard to solve pollution problems in steel, glass, & cement manufacturing now have cost-effective solutions that can save over $1 trillion in health benefits. When we actually start trying, we find a better way.
#climatehope
#climateaction
#climatemvt
open.substack.com/pub/climatea...
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Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: February 12, 2026 - DRAFT
Clean electric industrial heat!
https://open.substack.com/pub/climateactapp/p/your-daily-dose-of-climate-hope-february-299?r=ozxvi&utm_medium=ios
14 days ago
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Bad name. (Alternative? The Affordable, Clean, Reliable, Electricity Act or ACRE Act.) Glad it’s now law! The key? Battery storage, which is becoming cheaper by the day. Ask you state elected officials to follow IL’s lead!
#climatehope
#climateaction
#climatemvt
open.substack.com/pub/climatea...
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Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: February 11, 2026
Illinois Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act!
https://open.substack.com/pub/climateactapp/p/your-daily-dose-of-climate-hope-february-d12?r=ozxvi&utm_medium=ios
15 days ago
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To break the Climate Silencer spell, to thwart the bullies we simply begin talking to people who love us, people who like us, people we trust. We break the silence, we overcome the denial of action with action.
#climatehope
#climatemvt
#climateaction
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ac...
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Climate Action: Silence is Deadly
First Take: “Climate Hushing” is Climate Silencing
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-action-silence-is-deadly
16 days ago
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PV is for the birds! A new study shows that at “ecovoltaics” installations bird life nearly doubled, providing safe habitat for nesting and foraging. Another study found benefits for bats as well.
#climateaction
#climatemvt
#climatehope
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/10/u...
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U.S. research finds PV can support bird, bat activities
A pair of research studies led by the Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated how "ecovoltaic" installations in the midwestern United States are home to more bird and bat activities than nearby ...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/10/u-s-research-finds-pv-can-support-bird-bat-activities/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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What is the rest of nature due? Sustainability provides an answer: we should seek to be in balance & harmony with the natural world so it can have the existence it was meant to have. For us to take what the rest of nature is due is to treat it unjustly.
jimball.substack.com/p/%E2%80%A6
19 days ago
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Terrific piece about three hopeful environmental signs for 2026: 1) Communities everywhere are fighting back; 2) Mr. Trump’s efforts to cripple EPA have met strong resistance & are faltering; 3) the public didn’t vote for this, & their disapproval is registering.
open.substack.com/pub/environm...
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In 2025, Trump’s EPA team abandoned public health and the environment. In 2026, we turn the tide.
Here’s how, and why the momentum is building.
https://open.substack.com/pub/environmentalprotectionnetwork/p/in-2025-trumps-epa-team-abandoned?r
21 days ago
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Not good. “On Thursday (today), the last nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia expired. For the first time since 1972, it leaves both superpowers with no limits on the size or structure of their arsenals
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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Nuclear Arms Control Era Comes to End Amid Global Rush for New Weapons
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/politics/new-start-nuclear-arms-control.html
21 days ago
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This call by Mr. Trump to “nationalize” elections is very dangerous and literally unconstitutional. All the lying by Mr. Trump and his allies about the 2020 election has softened up Republicans to this idea so that they can, in fact, rig elections.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
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Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Adds to State Officials’ Alarm
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/trump-election-states-midterms.html
22 days ago
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We need plug-in solar here in VA and across the country! All you have to do is plug it in to an outlet. This CA bill treats it like an appliance rather than an installation with all kinds of red tape.
#climateaction
#climatehope
#climatemvt
#pluginsolar
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/09/c...
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California introduces bill to legalize plug-in balcony solar
A new bill in California is designed to allow small plug-in solar systems to connect directly to household outlets by reclassifying them as appliances, removing utility interconnection and permitting ...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/09/california-introduces-bill-to-legalize-plug-in-balcony-solar/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
23 days ago
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We’re winning around the world. Courts thwarting Trump on wind, China’s solar to top coal capacity, African solar has a six-fold increase.
#climatehope
#climateaction
#climatemvt
www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/...
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US court unblocks wind | China solar capacity to top coal | African solar’s ‘sixfold rise’ - Carbon Brief
US court blocks Trump's halt on the last of five suspended offshore wind project, and more climate news from the past 24 hours.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/us-court-unblocks-wind-china-solar-capacity-to-top-coal-african-solars-sixfold-rise/
23 days ago
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Stalled — Right now The Climate Mvt is stalled. Skewed — Our perceptions are skewed, limiting all we can be. But Not Screwed — The answer lies within & among us. We control our destiny. Always have. Always will.
#climatemvt
#climateaction
#climatehope
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ac...
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Climate Action: We Don’t Know How Strong We Already Are, And It’s Hurting Us
First Take: The Climate Movement — Stalled, Skewed, But Not Screwed
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-action-we-dont-know-how-strong
23 days ago
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Fence-line & frontline communities unjustly bear the brunt of both climate impacts & pollution. Justice for these communities cannot happen fast enough.
#climatejustice
#climatehope
#climatemvt
#environmentaljustice
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ju...
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Distributive Justice, Climate Justice, & Environmental Justice
Hope & Justice Series, Distributive Justice Subseries Post #6.4
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-justice-environmental-justice
26 days ago
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It is vital that our thinking on the economy be transformed to be climate-friendly & creators of justice, enhancing wellbeing for everyone. WEALL & the Green Economy Coalition show such thinking & efforts exist.
#climatehope
#climateaction
#climatemvt
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ac...
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Climate Action Via The Green Economy Coalition & the WEALL Coalition
Fields of Action Series: Post #14.8
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-action-via-the-green-economy
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Joel Simpson (@joelsimpson)
I was with this group of clergy on the bus that ICE was following. Reporter @sam.vp with Mother Jones just happened to be on the bus with us and able to document and share what is happening in Minneap...
https://substack.com/@joelsimpson/note/c-205623275?r=ozxvi&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
27 days ago
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Finding Hope for the Future in Dystopian Times
open.substack.com/pub/egghutt/...
#climatehope
#climatemvt
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Finding Hope for the Future in Dystopian Times
Good news is elusive these days; turning down the digital noise helps
https://open.substack.com/pub/egghutt/p/finding-hope-for-the-future-in-dystopian?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
27 days ago
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Won’t we be all neighbors? Won’t you be a neighbor?
#alexpretti
#reneegood
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga Original
YouTube video by Rocket
https://youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?si=r9Yj5LjjHjzWsGUG
28 days ago
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w
29 days ago
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Bruce Springsteen
29 days ago
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=7ciYwNLv34RrdD1p
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29 days ago
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht:
@paulgraham.bsky.social
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We move forward, inspired by the lives of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who gave the last full measure of devotion. Ours is a time for regular folk to become heroes together. We will never give up.
#climatehope
#climatemvt
#alexpretti
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/democracy-...
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Democracy, the Rule of Law, and The Climate Movement: A Deep Connection
First Take: A Personal Reflection On Why Growing The Climate Movement Simultaneously Supports Democracy and the Rule of Law
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/democracy-the-rule-of-law-and-the
29 days ago
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Achieving a distributive justice between generations, and justice in the future for the poor and less powerful, won’t just happen, especially concerning climate change. We’ve got to make it happen.
#climateaction
#climatejustice
#climatemvt
#climatehope
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ac...
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Climate Action & Distributive Justice Between Generations
Hope & Justice Series, Distributive Justice Subseries #6.3
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-action-and-distributive-justice-9bf
30 days ago
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The rest of the world doesn’t care what Mr. Trump says about clean energy and climate. But the world is paying attention to what China has to say because it is backed up by action grounded in national interest.
#climateaction
#climatehope
#climatemvt
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ho...
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Climate Hope From China at Davos? And From Trump’s Lies Too? You Bet.
First Take: Trump Lies, China Leads on Clean Energy and Climate Action
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-hope-from-china-at-davos
30 days ago
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Excellent analysis & presentation of what 1 yr of Trump Admin has done to science in US.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
30 days ago
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A strong argument by a China-wary economist for why the US should let in Chinese EVs in to spur domestic competition and lead to China building factories in the US. Not one word about climate benefits.
#climatehope
#climateaction
#climatemvt
open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
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Let the Chinese cars in
There's a way to do it so that the benefits outweigh the costs.
https://open.substack.com/pub/noahpinion/p/let-the-chinese-cars-in?r=ozxvi&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
30 days ago
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Thanks in part to coalitions like We Mean Business who have worked on sustainability, including those who have made innovative clean tech the clear business choice, we now have the market conditions necessary to overcome climate change.
#climateaction
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-ac...
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Climate Action and the We Mean Business Coalition
Fields of Action Series: Post #14.7
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-action-and-the-we-mean-business
about 1 month ago
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The past 11 years have been the warmest on record. Global temps from the past three years (2023-2025) averaged more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial. This is the first time a three-year period has exceeded 1.5. Despair? NO. Action? YES.
#climateaction
#climatemvt
#climatehope
tinyurl.com/5cs4c6pb
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Copernicus: 2025 was the third hottest year on record
Copernicus data show that 2025 was the third warmest year on record, only marginally (0.01°C) cooler than 2023, and 0.13°C cooler than 2024 – the warmest year on record. The past 11 years have been th...
https://tinyurl.com/5cs4c6pb
about 1 month ago
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Brazil could save $250 billion in fuel costs, $500 million in health costs, & $75 billion in climate costs by going with EVs.
#climateaction
#EV
#climatemvt
#climatehope
carbontracker.org/brazils-elec...
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Brazil’s Electric Vehicle Transition Offers a US$¼ Trillion (R$ 1.39 Trillion) Saving
New analysis from Carbon Tracker finds that accelerated EV adoption in Brazil could save up to US$¼ trillion in fuel import costs through 2050. It will also reduce deaths from...
https://carbontracker.org/brazils-electric-vehicle-transition-offers-a-us%C2%BC-trillion-r-1-39-trillion-saving/
about 1 month ago
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When it comes to tech innovation, as Mr. Dickens said, it’s a tale of two countries: the best of times; the worst of times, an age of wisdom & one of foolishness, a season of light & darkness. China rising. The US falling.
#climateaction
#floatingPV
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/china-char...
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China Charges Ahead on Floating PV; the US Dithers
First Take: Floating PV is a Field of Action the Climate Movement Must Sieze
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/china-charges-ahead-on-floating-pv
about 1 month ago
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Literally insane. Trump/Wright are forcing old coal plants to stay open, costing billions, spewing pollution, while they block clean energy projects.
#climateaction
#climatemvt
nytimes.com/2026/01/16/cli…
about 1 month ago
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Climate adaptation in farming is working! In Canada yields of wheat & canola are up despite floods & droughts. In 2025 wheat is up 77% compared to the last 30 years. A key — no-till farming, which can also save over 4K gallons of fuel a year and raises land values.
#climatehope
#climateaction
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Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: January 16, 2026 - DRAFT
Canada's record-high crop yields!
https://open.substack.com/pub/climateactapp/p/your-daily-dose-of-climate-hope-january-c00?r=ozxvi&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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Excellent NewsHour piece on how Trump Admin ICE recruitment is using racist/anti-semitic tropes. No surprise, but chilling nonetheless.
#ICE
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Trump administration's posts echo rhetoric linked to extremist groups
Just weeks into the new year, the Trump administration has rolled out a campaign across departments that draws on images and ideas borrowed from right-wing and white nationalist circles. Liz Landers r...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-administration-posts-echo-rhetoric-linked-to-extremist-groups
about 1 month ago
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Terrific post: (1) China just brought online a floating solar array that will provide electricity to 2.5+ million people (2) US reservoirs with floating arrays could power 100+ million people!
#climatehope
#climateaction
#floatingsolar
#climatemvt
open.substack.com/pub/climatea...
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Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: January 14, 2026
A giant new floating solar project!
https://open.substack.com/pub/climateactapp/p/your-daily-dose-of-climate-hope-january-96d?r=ozxvi&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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The green economy has surpassed $5 trillion annually & will be $7+ trillion by 2030. To achieve 1.5C by 2050 75% of mitigation efforts are cost competitive today (55%) or nearly so (20%).
#climateaction
#climatehope
#climatemvt
www.climatehopetogether.com/p/good-news-...
about 1 month ago
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Well, on a positive note, they are showing exactly who they are. Human health and even life itself counts for nothing, literally.
#climatemvt
#climatejustice
#airpollution
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html?smid=url-share
about 1 month ago
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Every step towards distributive justice of resources and opportunities creates hope because it is what we hope for.
#climateaction
#climatejustice
#climatehope
#climatemvt
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Climate Action: Distributive Justice — Resources & Opportunities
Hope & Justice Series, Distributive Justice Subseries Post #6.1
https://www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-action-resources-and-opportunities
about 1 month ago
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