Katrin Swindells
@kswindells.bsky.social
Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Scientific. Started at 325ppm CO2. Fact based nerd. Never give up. Animal lover. Mother. Living on Noongar land.
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"Oil and gas companies are the most active acquirers of climate tech startups. According to research by Sightline Climate, Shell made the most acquisitions globally between 2020 and 2024, buying up 8 companies. That was followed by BP, which snapped up 7"
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February 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Oil and gas companies are the most active acquirers of climate tech startups. According to research by Sightline Climate, Shell made the most acquisitions globally between 2020 and 2024, buying up 8 companies. That was followed by BP, which snapped up 7"
sifted.eu/articles/cli...
sifted.eu/articles/cli...
It appears that politicians are the weak point for action on climate change. Hoping Australians can share or donate to my funding drive to help more Community Independent politicians get into Parliament. 🙏
Australia doesn't want billionaires owning our politicians.
vets4climate200.raiselysite.com
Australia doesn't want billionaires owning our politicians.
vets4climate200.raiselysite.com
Animal Lovers for Climate 200
Animals can't vote. Help us to support Politicians who care about our climate and environment into Parliament.
vets4climate200.raiselysite.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It appears that politicians are the weak point for action on climate change. Hoping Australians can share or donate to my funding drive to help more Community Independent politicians get into Parliament. 🙏
Australia doesn't want billionaires owning our politicians.
vets4climate200.raiselysite.com
Australia doesn't want billionaires owning our politicians.
vets4climate200.raiselysite.com
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Climate science never said "we only have 12 years until we fall off a cliff" - but sadly, many thought it did; and even more sadly, that misleading message fed right into the script for Trump's WEF remarks today.
Here's what the science has always said:
Here's what the science has always said:
January 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Climate science never said "we only have 12 years until we fall off a cliff" - but sadly, many thought it did; and even more sadly, that misleading message fed right into the script for Trump's WEF remarks today.
Here's what the science has always said:
Here's what the science has always said:
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Just reporting in.
I managed to get through the whole of today without making a Nazi salute.
I suspect I'll achieve the same tomorrow.
I managed to get through the whole of today without making a Nazi salute.
I suspect I'll achieve the same tomorrow.
January 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Just reporting in.
I managed to get through the whole of today without making a Nazi salute.
I suspect I'll achieve the same tomorrow.
I managed to get through the whole of today without making a Nazi salute.
I suspect I'll achieve the same tomorrow.
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Today we've announced our plan to make public school truly free.
The Greens will abolish school fees & deliver 'back to school payments'.
This will put nearly $2500 a year back in the pocket of a family with 2 kids, funded by making big corporations pay their fair share of tax.
The Greens will abolish school fees & deliver 'back to school payments'.
This will put nearly $2500 a year back in the pocket of a family with 2 kids, funded by making big corporations pay their fair share of tax.
January 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today we've announced our plan to make public school truly free.
The Greens will abolish school fees & deliver 'back to school payments'.
This will put nearly $2500 a year back in the pocket of a family with 2 kids, funded by making big corporations pay their fair share of tax.
The Greens will abolish school fees & deliver 'back to school payments'.
This will put nearly $2500 a year back in the pocket of a family with 2 kids, funded by making big corporations pay their fair share of tax.
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What turns a wildfire into a disaster, and where does climate change come in? I break it down here ...
January 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
What turns a wildfire into a disaster, and where does climate change come in? I break it down here ...
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some ways to generate electricity
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
January 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
some ways to generate electricity
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
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Several folks (170+) at NASA JPL affected by fires, including @bhamlington.bsky.social who wrote about it on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/pulse/altade...
Altadena Wildfires
My house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly.
www.linkedin.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Several folks (170+) at NASA JPL affected by fires, including @bhamlington.bsky.social who wrote about it on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/pulse/altade...
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As we watch the #wildfire tragedy in SoCal, I'm thinking about root causes, and solutions. I'm sure I'll be writing lots more reflections going forward, but for now, posting this @volts.wtf episode here on insurance. Is this the event that breaks the FAIR plan's back?
www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...
www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...
Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck
Climate change is breaking the insurance market, and state governments can't afford to pick up the pieces
www.volts.wtf
January 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As we watch the #wildfire tragedy in SoCal, I'm thinking about root causes, and solutions. I'm sure I'll be writing lots more reflections going forward, but for now, posting this @volts.wtf episode here on insurance. Is this the event that breaks the FAIR plan's back?
www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...
www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...
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As LA is on fire thanks to Exxon, now is as good a time as any to say that climate disaster costs are increasing 30% each year
And yet the right still insists we can’t afford climate action
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And yet the right still insists we can’t afford climate action
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Catastrophes cost the world $320bn in 2024, reinsurer reports
Losses rise by 30 per cent as climate change takes its toll
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January 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
As LA is on fire thanks to Exxon, now is as good a time as any to say that climate disaster costs are increasing 30% each year
And yet the right still insists we can’t afford climate action
on.ft.com/4a6WJYp
And yet the right still insists we can’t afford climate action
on.ft.com/4a6WJYp
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"the fact that these fires are burning in unusually dry winter months has highlighted how climate change is reshaping fire seasons around the world"
Jo Lauder at the ABC puts the shocking LA fires in all-important context:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Jo Lauder at the ABC puts the shocking LA fires in all-important context:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
What does climate change have to do with California's fires?
As Los Angeles battles catastrophic wildfires, experts say there are signs climate change is already reshaping fire seasons around the world.
www.abc.net.au
January 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"the fact that these fires are burning in unusually dry winter months has highlighted how climate change is reshaping fire seasons around the world"
Jo Lauder at the ABC puts the shocking LA fires in all-important context:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Jo Lauder at the ABC puts the shocking LA fires in all-important context:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
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Here’s the thing.
There is a neat pyramid of wood, and a pile of kindling soaked in gasoline at the base.
I’m telling you it will burn, and they are telling you “there’s no evidence yet”.
There is a neat pyramid of wood, and a pile of kindling soaked in gasoline at the base.
I’m telling you it will burn, and they are telling you “there’s no evidence yet”.
January 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here’s the thing.
There is a neat pyramid of wood, and a pile of kindling soaked in gasoline at the base.
I’m telling you it will burn, and they are telling you “there’s no evidence yet”.
There is a neat pyramid of wood, and a pile of kindling soaked in gasoline at the base.
I’m telling you it will burn, and they are telling you “there’s no evidence yet”.
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PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot
January 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot
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As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
January 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
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Brilliant cartoonist Ann Telnaes is quitting the Washington Post because the paper killed her cartoon about billionaires in tech and media kowtowing to Trump. Sadly, the Jeff Bezos-owned Post proved her point.
Support the media truth-tellers. Reject the media cowards.
Support the media truth-tellers. Reject the media cowards.
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Brilliant cartoonist Ann Telnaes is quitting the Washington Post because the paper killed her cartoon about billionaires in tech and media kowtowing to Trump. Sadly, the Jeff Bezos-owned Post proved her point.
Support the media truth-tellers. Reject the media cowards.
Support the media truth-tellers. Reject the media cowards.
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Climate scientists be like..
January 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Climate scientists be like..
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I remember reading an early draft of this @fastlerner.bsky.social story and having to stop several times out of disbelief, anger and disappointment.
Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral.
Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral.
3/ In May, we told the story of Kris Hansen, a 3M scientist who told company executives decades ago that the forever chemicals it manufactured were in peoples’ bodies. Her bosses halted her work:
How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2024 at 1:39 AM
I remember reading an early draft of this @fastlerner.bsky.social story and having to stop several times out of disbelief, anger and disappointment.
Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral.
Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral.
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On track for record-low Arctic sea ice this year.
Climate change was not a major theme in this year's election, but it should have been.
Luckily for humanity, no matter how vilified, maligned, and mistreated we are, we will keep doing the work needed to stop climate crisis.
🧪
Climate change was not a major theme in this year's election, but it should have been.
Luckily for humanity, no matter how vilified, maligned, and mistreated we are, we will keep doing the work needed to stop climate crisis.
🧪
December 27, 2024 at 10:36 PM
On track for record-low Arctic sea ice this year.
Climate change was not a major theme in this year's election, but it should have been.
Luckily for humanity, no matter how vilified, maligned, and mistreated we are, we will keep doing the work needed to stop climate crisis.
🧪
Climate change was not a major theme in this year's election, but it should have been.
Luckily for humanity, no matter how vilified, maligned, and mistreated we are, we will keep doing the work needed to stop climate crisis.
🧪
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New York State is the twelfth-largest economy on earth, and now it's going to demand that Big Oil pay for the climate damages it has caused. This is how the tobacco industry met its match
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...
A (successful) test of the state-by-state approach!
A day-after-Christmas present for the planet from Albany, New York
billmckibben.substack.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM
New York State is the twelfth-largest economy on earth, and now it's going to demand that Big Oil pay for the climate damages it has caused. This is how the tobacco industry met its match
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...
Pet owners. Your vet did not give your pet cancer, we just diagnosed it. We understand that you may jump straight to the anger stage of grief, but directing that anger to our staff isn't going to help your pet.
The risk factors for veterinary suicide are increased by a small subset of pet owners.
The risk factors for veterinary suicide are increased by a small subset of pet owners.
December 20, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Pet owners. Your vet did not give your pet cancer, we just diagnosed it. We understand that you may jump straight to the anger stage of grief, but directing that anger to our staff isn't going to help your pet.
The risk factors for veterinary suicide are increased by a small subset of pet owners.
The risk factors for veterinary suicide are increased by a small subset of pet owners.
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ABCNews, an otherwise good story about the health implications of intensifying summer heat in Western Sydney, but not one mention of climate change! Why do you self censor? Speak truth to power. Its actually your job. Your only job.
December 15, 2024 at 8:28 AM
ABCNews, an otherwise good story about the health implications of intensifying summer heat in Western Sydney, but not one mention of climate change! Why do you self censor? Speak truth to power. Its actually your job. Your only job.
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Wow. That is some opening paragraph.
James E. Hansen at ICJ hearing today (on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change).
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www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailin...
James E. Hansen at ICJ hearing today (on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change).
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www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailin...
December 9, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Wow. That is some opening paragraph.
James E. Hansen at ICJ hearing today (on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change).
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www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailin...
James E. Hansen at ICJ hearing today (on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change).
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www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailin...