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WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 15h

🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.

WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.

See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 11h

Here are some preliminary findings from the last NoKings day for context. I expect NoKings 2.0 to be just as peaceful, bigger and even more distributed than the first day of action: danarfisher.com/2025/06/28/w...

What We Learned Studying the #NoKings Day Across the US

One of the challenges of studying protest in this era of distributed activism is that it’s extremely difficult to get a decent sample of who is participating across sites. When my team survey…

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 13h

Please tune in at 1pm ET today, as @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I talk w/ the great @petedominick.bsky.social about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege
www.youtube.com/Standupwithp...

Stand Up! With Pete

Stand Up is a full length show similar to what we did on SIRIUSXM. We will talk about issues that matter to you, your health, the health of your family, community, country and planet. And we will laug...

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Polifun Pwonk 👊🇨🇦🔥 @schwantz.bsky.social · 1d

We love you Neil!

We're always here for you.

@neilyoungarchives.bsky.social

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Neil Young to Remove His Music From Amazon: ‘Buy Local’ Because ‘Bezos Supports This Government’

Neil Young will soon be removing his music catalog from Amazon in an effort to encourage others to 'buy local' and in opposition of Jeff Bezos.

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 13h

“How Bike Share went from death’s door to one of Toronto’s fastest-growing ways to travel” in the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11h

Car manufacturers "took a conscious decision that customer convenience, which helped the industry sell more cars, was more important than reducing pollutants causing death”, court told

#dieselgate #airpollution
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Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told

Mercedes, Ford, Renault, Nissan and Peugeot/Citroën face group action in which damages could exceed £6bn

www.theguardian.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 11h

“We Survived the Night”: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/13/julian_noisecat_we_survived_the_night

“We Survived the Night”: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History

To mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we sit down with the award-winning Indigenous writer, journalist and filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat, an enrolled member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’secen of the Secwep...

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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11h

What to do?
Change where you bank

Find your bank’s green rating here.
www.fossilbanks.org

Banks are financing climate chaos

The Fossil Banks No Thanks platform brings together organisations and campaigns from all over the world pressuring banks to stop financing the fossil fuel industry.

www.fossilbanks.org

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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11h

Bank Financing Shows Little Progress on Climate Goals

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Bank Financing Shows Little Progress on Climate Goals: Five Things to Know | BloombergNEF

Banks support the energy transition by financing projects and companies. Their lending to both low-carbon and fossil fuel ventures signals their transition readiness and mirrors the wider economy’s de...

about.bnef.com

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day. n.pr/47nGDK8

Highlighting Indigenous stories from across NPR's network

NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day.

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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 12h

Meanwhile, US electricity rates up something like 30% to 40% this year

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 14h

Trump officials cancel major Nevada solar power - would have been biggest in N America, powering 2m homes

- who wants cheap, clean energy anyway?

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 13h

Trump admin to dole out $50 billion in subsidies to US farmers because of someone's dumb trade war

www.ft.com/content/e61e...

The limits of the ‘Donroe doctrine’

America’s attention is turning to its own backyard, but it is discovering that it still can’t go it alone

www.ft.com

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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 16h

Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...

Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.

What role for carbon trading? - Climate Uncensored

I was recently contacted by a senior civil servant who asked me to provide a short comment on the concept of emissions trading schemes in general, and on the

climateuncensored.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

obviously john roberts and the trump majority aren't going a little thing like "history" or "the written text of the constitution" get in the way of their ideological drive to remake the (republican) presidency as an elected dictatorship.

Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

(Reuters) - U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14h

WATCH: Israeli lawmakers hold up signs, Knesset shows them out during Trump address

www.firstpost.com/world/watch-...

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 15h

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · 14h

New study reports a median abundance of 17.4 #microplastics per L in surface waters near an #Antarctic research station. This is a value comparable to or exceeding levels in more populated coastal areas globally. 53% of all particles were in the 20–50 μm range.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Redirecting

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14h

check this out: here in Norway we tax cars (including EVs!) by weight

www.skatteetaten.no/en/rates/wei...

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 14h

Trump has turned the US government into a host body for a cordyceps-like parasite: the fossil fuel industry. It will backfire horribly

Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The White House’s Fossil Fuel ‘White-Glove Service’ Will Backfire

Fungus enthusiasts and fans of the video game/TV show The Last of Us will be familiar with cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that invades insects and forces them to do its bidding until they die. It’s a g...

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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 14h

Personal news: I've become more involved in the making of the Green Daily newsletter by Bloomberg Green. It's a fun and thrilling experience to help curate a news bulletin that hits thousands of inboxes six days a week.

For free climate news, subscribe here:
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Green Daily

The latest in climate science, clean energy, green finance, environmental politics, EVs, zero-emissions tech and sustainable living.

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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 14h

Leading economist says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 1d

“Unless we find a way to overcome antiscience, humankind will face its gravest threat yet—the collapse of civilization as we know it.” @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social

Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 1d

Two top scientists tackle Trump's idiocracy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Two top scientists tackle Trump's idiocracy

In a new book, Michael Mann and Peter Hotez examine the risks posed by entrenched beliefs, corporate greed, and regressive governments.

www.motherjones.com

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 9d

Larry Ellison has given nearly half a billion dollars to Tony Blair's institute. Now, why do you think he'd do that..?

Terrific piece by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

www.thenerve.news

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