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fisherdanar.bsky.social
I'm delighted that episode 5 of the COPOut Podcast (with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @katharinehayhoe.com) is now available at @drilledmedia.bsky.social!

Tune in at Drilled: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Or check out all of our episodes here: cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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rishpardikar.bsky.social
"Some neighbourhoods are completely buried under mud, and each one brings more despair" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
‘Neighbourhoods buried under mud’: Sri Lanka floods death toll reaches 334
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declares a state of emergency to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.
www.aljazeera.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
For those unfamiliar, this involves:

- Cutting down trees that have sucked up carbon as they grew
- Burning them for energy
- Capturing the carbon that results from burning
- Transporting the carbon
- Injecting it underground
- Guarding it for the next few thousand years at least
ember-energy.org Ember @ember-energy.org · 10d
NEW | A single carbon removal project at a biomass power station In the UK could cost £30 BILLION in government subsidies.

This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.

https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
Albanese basically just blurting out ExxonMobil / Woodside Energy talking points - but because it's Albanese, it doesn't get debunked in the article text.

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2 wondering how that kind of fits with the 8:54 government's future gas strategy which 8:55 states that natural gas will be needed 8:57 to 2050 and beyond a fossil fuel. 9:00 Well, it is needed. It's a part of the 9:02 transition uh which is occurring. What 9:05 you need uh to back up renewables is 9:08 firming capacity. That's what's enabling 9:10 the investment to occur and uh all of uh 9:14 the energy experts. So the cheapest form 9:18 of transition is renewables backed by 9:20 gas, backed by hydro, backed by 9:23 batteries. That's Australia's position. 9:25 But this statement, we're told, is the 9:27 strongest language on phasing out fossil 9:29 fuels that Australia has ever supported. 9:31 So if we're talking about signing up to 9:32 international declarations, on phasing 9:34 out fossil fuels, but acknowledging that 9:35 we're still going to be needing natural 22 that now that you've signed up to this 10:23 declaration that there'd be movement on 10:25 tapering off coal exports or gas exports 10:28 or or gas in general? You're saying 10:30 that's not the case? 10:31 No. Okay.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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amywestervelt.bsky.social
Given that the words "information integrity" were followed by, effectively, science denial in the #COP30 text, that is not a win but rather a co-opting of the language folks are trying to use to fight climate disinfo. drilled.ghost.io/there-can-be...
There Can Be No Information Integrity Without Scientific and Political Integrity
I'm just back from COP30 in Belém and it is making me feel crazy to watch so many climate advocates and reporters declare the final text coming out of it a victory. It's true that the final text inclu...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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lossanddamage.bsky.social
1/2. “The COP of Truth cannot ignore science. 75% of carbon emissions come from fossil fuels. Today we are not even allowed to discuss pathways for a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.” Colombia at the close of #COP30.
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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lyndalrowlands.bsky.social
Read @roycerk2.bsky.social to find out how #cop30 ended

One of Australia’s best journalists, covering an issue that is still not getting enough attention #climate
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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roycerk2.bsky.social
To give you an idea about just how eventful the end of COP30 was, I wrote and rewrote this entire 2000 story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social three times over a period of about six hours as it was all happening.
COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts
COP30 began full of promise but ended as yet another reminder that the mechanism for global climate governance is broken.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
drilledmedia.bsky.social
The #COP30 text commits to following the science and embracing information integrity while stripping away all mention of fossil fuel phaseout @roycerk2.bsky.social reports.

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COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts
COP30 began full of promise but ended as yet another reminder that the mechanism for global climate governance is broken.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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davidrvetter.bsky.social
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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rishpardikar.bsky.social
Good time to at least begin to understand MRV for CDR since we seem to think sequestering hundreds of giga tonnes of CO2 is no big deal #COP30
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16d
I gave a talk yesterday about monitoring, reporting, and verification for marine carbon dioxide removal and you can watch it here at 2x speed if you wish. 🌊
Global-ONCE Seminar 6: Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
YouTube video by Yernar Sailybayev
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November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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heyfriend-1.bsky.social
From Portuguese: “This report is part of the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" series, a partnership between The Intercept Brazil and the award-winning project @drilledmedia.bsky.social, which investigates the forces preventing the world from advancing effective climate policies.”
intercept.com.br Intercept Brasil @intercept.com.br · 17d
Esta reportagem faz parte da série Show do Milhão, uma parceria do Intercept Brasil com o premiado projeto @drilledmedia.bsky.social, que investiga as forças que estão impedindo o mundo de avançar em políticas climáticas eficientes.

Leia na íntegra: www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/17/a...
Agro conseguiu R$ 2,5 bilhões do Fundo Clima para financiar empresas com infrações ambientais  | Intercept Brasil
Empresas de etanol de milho abocanharam bilhões em dinheiro público – e o BNDES não vê problema nenhum nisso.
www.intercept.com.br
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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intercept.com.br
Esta reportagem faz parte da série Show do Milhão, uma parceria do Intercept Brasil com o premiado projeto @drilledmedia.bsky.social, que investiga as forças que estão impedindo o mundo de avançar em políticas climáticas eficientes.

Leia na íntegra: www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/17/a...
Agro conseguiu R$ 2,5 bilhões do Fundo Clima para financiar empresas com infrações ambientais  | Intercept Brasil
Empresas de etanol de milho abocanharam bilhões em dinheiro público – e o BNDES não vê problema nenhum nisso.
www.intercept.com.br
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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roycerk2.bsky.social
NEW: I have been told "negotiations are ongoing". And, as far as I am aware, there has been no reporting in Turkish media announcing a win on the COP31 bid, as you would expect.

Again, this is not to say the report won't be proven true by events but so far, there's been no confirmation either way.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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amywestervelt.bsky.social
Pumped for this @intercept.com.br + @drilledmedia.bsky.social collab looking at Brazil's corn ethanol boom (and the role the U.S. has played in it). First story now, in English on our site &Portuguese on the Intercept Brasil site:

www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/17/a...

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Why Is Brazil’s Climate Fund Giving Hundreds of Millions to Big Ag?
Almost $500 million has flowed from the Climate Fund to corn ethanol projects from companies with environmental violations.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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rishpardikar.bsky.social
At #COP30 last week, India highlighted the impossibility of 1.5C and the reliance on CDR for overshoot scenarios. Interview with @glenpeters.bsky.social about Paris Agreement temperature goals, where we need to go and how to get there.

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A Reckoning with the 1.5°C Goal at COP30
Climate scientist Glen Peters about where we are in terms of achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals, where we need to go and how to get there.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
drilledmedia.bsky.social
As week 2 of #COP30 begins, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social talks to us about her new book and why we need more confrontation at COPs. drilled.media/news/drillin...
Why We Need More Confrontation at COP
In ‘Existential Politics,’ Jessica F. Green argues that head-on conflict with fossil fuel interests is a prerequisite for real progress.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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rishpardikar.bsky.social
Sometimes during COP, we forget there is a real world out there. News from Groningen about a 3.4 magnitude earthquake. It's where Exxon and Shell extracted gas irresponsibly for decades and have now filed a case against the Dutch government for closing the gas field

www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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rishpardikar.bsky.social
First #COP30 report. About the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada and their oil and gas interests for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
People might also be interested in this excellent FREE resource, a collective effort by >100 social scientists, 'Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment' and the accompanying @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast series interviewing authors about each chapter

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cssn.org Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · Oct 28
The fossil fuel industry’s playbook: Deny. Delay. Dilute.

Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.

Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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sammyroth.bsky.social
Absolutely loved the "Carbon Bros" podcast from @amywestervelt.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social. Learned so much about the overlap between toxic masculinity and climate denial, especially as it’s playing out in podcasting world. Solutions too! drilled.media/investigatio...
Carbon Bros
Where the climate crisis meets the crisis of masculinity.
drilled.media
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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roycerk2.bsky.social
Monash University says it will allow it's controversial partnership agreement with Woodisde Energy to lapse, but discussions about further collaboration remain ongoing.

New from me in @australia.theguardian.com.
Woodside Energy’s partnership with Monash University to end after protests by staff and students
Under the deal, Woodside paid Monash University $43m over seven years and company was given naming rights to building on one of the Melbourne campuses
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
drilledmedia.bsky.social
As #COP30 gets underway in Belem, a new report shows that four countries—Australia, Canada, Norway and the U.S.—have collectively *increased* oil and gas production 40% since the Paris Agreement was signed 10 years ago @rishpardikar.bsky.social writes: drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
drilled.media
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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roycerk2.bsky.social
The federal government only wanted to help South Australia with the algal bloom if it did not require new funding despite being briefed that an estimated 250k marine animals had been killed, new documents obtained through FOI reveal.

New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
‘Not an eligible disaster’: FOI reveals Commonwealth resisted new aid for SA after algal bloom killed 250,000 marine animals
The documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, show Australia’s lack of preparedness for unexpected and extreme events driven by climate change and the limits of existing support programs.
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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roycerk2.bsky.social
These discussions were taking place as I was researching this feature for @drilledmedia.bsky.social about the unfolding horror story of a major ecological disaster driven by climate change.
“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.
Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.
drilled.media
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM