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Twilight Greenaway

@twyspy.bsky.social

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Journalist/editor focused on climate, equity, agriculture, & the natural world. Currently: UC Berkeley Journalism's Climate Equity Reporting Project @stateofchange.bsky.social, The Window https://windowofopportunity.substack.com/ Signal: climatewriter.19

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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · Apr 2

Our national parks have been hit hard by climate change and they're also home to a lot of critical #climate mitigation work. I wrote about what's at stake for these important lands under the Trump Administration for @gristnews.bsky.social

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Trump takes aim at the people who protect national parks from climate change

After mass firings and rehiring, thousands of federal employees are bracing for deeper cuts — just as wildfires and floods threaten national parks.

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):

Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections

A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...

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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · 6h

"Contrary to speculation online, Isabelle Boemeke doesn’t work for the nuclear industry – that would be gauche. She’s an investor."

This detailed look at the model and "nuclear influencer" married to the DOGE figurehead/AirBnb founder Joe Gebbia is worth reading.

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Isabelle Boemeke Isn’t Trying to Spread Conspiracy Theories in her New Pro-Nuclear Book, But She Is

Pro-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke’s new book, Rad Future, indulges in conspiracy theories, unsourced claims, and personal attacks against the industry’s critics.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 11h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · 4d

"The consensus was that things have gone better than anyone could have anticipated."

A rare statement in 2025.

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One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 4d

Mary Retta on the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed and diversity itself, from the "compact" to their hostility enabling colleges to seemingly stonewall their unions and dispose of roles @teenvogue.com

"I think the numbers of Black and certain other minoritized students and faculty will decrease.”

How The Trump Admin's Attack on Higher Education and DEI Are Impacting Campuses

Several colleges throughout the United States have eliminated funding, offices, and even staff associated with "DEI" — inspired in part by the Trump administration’s bluster.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5d

“Military occupation doesn’t make our city safer. Resources and investment makes our city safer.” thank you Bri and all the other protestors who took the time to speak with me last night in Chicago.

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Sam Pizzigati @sgp.bsky.social · 7d

Just out from the @rooseveltinstitute.org: a new report on Big Money’s current — and enormous — impact on U.S. politics. #inequality #billionaires rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 6d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 6d

"Among them: former employees and fellows of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative group that has fought renewable energy ...[and] anti-environmentalist group Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by the fossil fuel moguls the Koch brothers."

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More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 11d

Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 11d

Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Kate Anderson @agroeco.bsky.social · 7d

The biggest corn harvest in U.S. history should be good news—but it’s not. In this blog, I crunched the numbers on how much overproduction is bankrupting farmers, burdening taxpayers, and battering the environment.

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Why Planting Too Much Corn Hurts Farmers—and the Environment

US agriculture encourages farmers to plant too much corn, which drives prices down and increases pollution that harms our water and climate.

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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · 8d

Farmworkers in the Coachella Valley work in intense heat 8 months a year. Air conditioning is essential to their recovery at the end of each day. But it's expensive!

I visited on a sweltering day to document an effort to bring costs down for one family. 🌞
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Farmworkers in the Hottest Part of California Find State Funds to Cool Their Homes and Save on Energy - Inside Climate News

California allocates $20 million a year for energy efficiency upgrades for low-income homeowners, and supporters of the farmworkers program want $10 million added.

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 7d

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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adam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · 8d

Retirement in America today means gambling on disaster as more and more Americans are being forced to wipe out what little savings they have. I spoke with Altadena fire victims who now think they'll never have the chance to stop working. inthesetimes.com/article/clim...

Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 8d

"Rainforest that has been regenerating for 30 years after being used as cattle pasture showed a remarkable increase in butterfly colour diversity."

It turns out rewilding even has the power to restore the colours human activities are draining from the natural world.
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As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · 8d

Farmworkers in the Hottest Part of California Find State Funds to Cool Their Homes and Save on Energy - Inside Climate News

California allocates $20 million a year for energy efficiency upgrades for low-income homeowners, and supporters of the farmworkers program want $10 million added.

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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · 13d

Yes.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14d

Today, 33% of all the electricity used in Oregon is attributed to data centers.

In Virginia, it’s 37%.

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AI Data Centers Use a Lot of Energy. You May Be Paying for It

AI data centers are pushing up energy costs all over the US. On today’s Big Take podcast: an investigation into who's footing the bill.

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InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 14d

The two American automakers are working with dealers to extend the $7,500 EV tax credit a bit longer—for a few months more, anyway. Here's what car shoppers need to know.

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General Motors And Ford Found A Way To Keep The EV Lease Credit Alive

For a few months more, anyway. The two American automakers are working with dealers to extend the $7,500 EV tax credit a bit longer.

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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · 14d

“My work is like an empty can,” Hsieh said, “and the audience can fit inside their own life experience.”
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The Artist Who Lived in a Cage For a Year

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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · 14d

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny .... When we give in, we join the sales force."
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