Maurice Carter
@mauricec.bsky.social
I find meaning on a simple path: Be the change you want to see in the world. Passionate about many things, but especially climate action, walkable communities, active transportation, democracy, and respect for others. I also like to laugh.
I share this every Thanksgiving as the best expression I've seen of what the spirit of the day should be.
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Gratitude | Louie Schwartzberg | TEDxSF
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November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I share this every Thanksgiving as the best expression I've seen of what the spirit of the day should be.
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Homes collapsing into the sea, saltwater inundation of community fresh water systems, land sinking, sunny day flooding at high tide, home values dropping, property becoming uninsurable... These things may not be happening where you are yet, but all of them are happening somewhere now.
Outer Banks houses falling into the ocean are spectacular, but when it comes to the effects of sea-level rise, they’re just the tip of the melting iceberg
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:
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Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:
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Outer Banks Homes Collapsing Is Just a Taste of What’s to Come
On Sept. 20, 2024, a four-bedroom, three-bathroom beach house in Buxton, North Carolina, in the heart of the Outer Banks, sold for $580,000. On Oct. 28 this year, the house, known as Mermaid’s Rest, c...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Homes collapsing into the sea, saltwater inundation of community fresh water systems, land sinking, sunny day flooding at high tide, home values dropping, property becoming uninsurable... These things may not be happening where you are yet, but all of them are happening somewhere now.
How quickly we forget. How little we seem to learn. And how seldom we see the warning signs. Even after the costliest climate and weather disaster in our history, America struggles to muster the leadership to respond. Important work from @justinworland.com in Time.
I've covered climate at TIME for a decade. This year, I spent much of my time reporting on the fire that destroyed my hometown—and my own childhood home
The result: a story of LA's recovery—and a warning of what happens when systems break down
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The result: a story of LA's recovery—and a warning of what happens when systems break down
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November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
How quickly we forget. How little we seem to learn. And how seldom we see the warning signs. Even after the costliest climate and weather disaster in our history, America struggles to muster the leadership to respond. Important work from @justinworland.com in Time.
"A system built on disposability makes businesses profitable in the short term, but it offloads waste and climate hazards onto the future and increases our energy demand." We accept the truism, but @andrewdessler.com offers a useful way to quantify the waste.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/you-have-1...
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You have 100 'energy slaves'
They pump your water, toast your bread, and move your car: Understanding the 'embedded energy' that powers our modern lives.
www.theclimatebrink.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"A system built on disposability makes businesses profitable in the short term, but it offloads waste and climate hazards onto the future and increases our energy demand." We accept the truism, but @andrewdessler.com offers a useful way to quantify the waste.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/you-have-1...
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/you-have-1...
This is why I annoy my friends by talking so much about #climatechange. Because those who should be doing that are not. Good read from @dfenton.bsky.social about the dangers of #climatehushing. It's been going on for a long time.
"When Bill Gates Yelled At Me About Climate Change" by @dfenton.bsky.social | Yes, Gates' views on climate have long been misguided: www.theframelab.org/when-bill-ga...
When Bill Gates Yelled At Me About Climate Change
David Fenton recalls Bill Gates yelling at him in 2010 about climate change. 15 years later, Gates still gets it wrong and he's not alone.
www.theframelab.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is why I annoy my friends by talking so much about #climatechange. Because those who should be doing that are not. Good read from @dfenton.bsky.social about the dangers of #climatehushing. It's been going on for a long time.
In a complex and chaotic world, progress can be nearly impossible to see. But it is always there. Keep the faith. Work hard. Do your best. It's all that you have, and it is also almost always enough.
"In instance after instance, sober realists have been proved wrong, while the wildest hopes of campaigners have been exceeded" - @davidfickling.bsky.social on the relentless failure of those who say climate progress isn't possible or worthwhile
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How the World Is Quietly Winning on Climate
Perhaps it’s time to give up on climate?
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In a complex and chaotic world, progress can be nearly impossible to see. But it is always there. Keep the faith. Work hard. Do your best. It's all that you have, and it is also almost always enough.
Three new studies published this week all dispel the notion that #climateaction & #economicgrowth are somehow at odds. Indeed, robust climate action NOW is the only way to stave off dangerous negative economic growth by 2050 (-2.9% GDP, $3T/year losses). Climate policy is #economicpolicy.
The idea that climate action and economic growth are somehow competing is outdated and dangerously wrong. 3 new studies add to the stack of evidence that climate policy *is* economic policy
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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The US Is Making a $3 Trillion-a-Year Mistake
There’s this outdated comparison many politicians and even some climate-change advocates still use, which is to juxtapose climate action against economic growth, as if the two were opposing sides in a...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Three new studies published this week all dispel the notion that #climateaction & #economicgrowth are somehow at odds. Indeed, robust climate action NOW is the only way to stave off dangerous negative economic growth by 2050 (-2.9% GDP, $3T/year losses). Climate policy is #economicpolicy.
"The Trump administration has made clear its opposition toward global climate policies that it believes harm fossil fuel interests. Promoting the sale of U.S.-produced oil, gas and coal is a top administration priority." Protecting #fossilfuel interests, not you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
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Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
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November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"The Trump administration has made clear its opposition toward global climate policies that it believes harm fossil fuel interests. Promoting the sale of U.S.-produced oil, gas and coal is a top administration priority." Protecting #fossilfuel interests, not you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
As politicians, bureaucrats, & billionaires say a few degrees of #globalwarming never hurt anybody, conditions on the ground say otherwise. Health impacts of 1.5°C of warming don't bode well for double that this century. @grist.org reports on the latest report from @thelancet.com:
‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions.
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
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#Climate #Health #PublicHealth #Heat
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
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#Climate #Health #PublicHealth #Heat
‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
grist.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
As politicians, bureaucrats, & billionaires say a few degrees of #globalwarming never hurt anybody, conditions on the ground say otherwise. Health impacts of 1.5°C of warming don't bode well for double that this century. @grist.org reports on the latest report from @thelancet.com:
A big reason things are so screwed up is too many people listen to billionaires -- especially those with very wrong, out-of-touch views of what's really happening with #climate & what we need to do about it. If you read the #BillGates letter, read this response from @billmckibben.bsky.social.
It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
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Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
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October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A big reason things are so screwed up is too many people listen to billionaires -- especially those with very wrong, out-of-touch views of what's really happening with #climate & what we need to do about it. If you read the #BillGates letter, read this response from @billmckibben.bsky.social.
Hope & despair are always swirling around us & neither is an irrational choice. Like the Tao ☯️, there is light in the darkest moments & darkness is never far in the brightest of times. How we net it out is by the focus we choose. Consider the decade since the #ParisAgreement eciu.net/analysis/inf...
10 Years Post-Paris: A decade that defied predictions
Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, John compares what was expected then with what’s been achieved now — tracking progress across clean energy, policy, emissions, jobs and more.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hope & despair are always swirling around us & neither is an irrational choice. Like the Tao ☯️, there is light in the darkest moments & darkness is never far in the brightest of times. How we net it out is by the focus we choose. Consider the decade since the #ParisAgreement eciu.net/analysis/inf...
The tragedy unfolding in the Caribbean this week with #melissa is a harbinger of the world Trump and his oil-soaked administration are willing to accept to line their own pockets. There will eventually be no place to hide, but for now they gleefully put profit over people or planet.
Trump has never been supportive of green technologies, but in his second term he has made a concerted effort to wreck climate policies. The world now has a carbon bully, as one expert put it.
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How Trump Pressures the World Into Burning More Oil and Gas
As COP30 nears, the US’s pressure to keep fossil fuels relevant may empower petrostates, potentially giving them more leverage at the UN talks.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The tragedy unfolding in the Caribbean this week with #melissa is a harbinger of the world Trump and his oil-soaked administration are willing to accept to line their own pockets. There will eventually be no place to hide, but for now they gleefully put profit over people or planet.
As a #climateactivist in GA, I'm proud of our progress on #greenhousegas #emissions. Despite political headwinds & an influx of people & industry, we're moving in the right direction. Data centers are a big threat -- & transportation remains stubborn. But we can do it.
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Georgia makes strides on emissions while growing economy
Georgia has cut its greenhouse gas emissions per person nearly in half in the last 20 years, mostly by replacing coal power plants with natural gas and solar. But the state still has a long way to go ...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As a #climateactivist in GA, I'm proud of our progress on #greenhousegas #emissions. Despite political headwinds & an influx of people & industry, we're moving in the right direction. Data centers are a big threat -- & transportation remains stubborn. But we can do it.
www.wabe.org/georgia-make...
www.wabe.org/georgia-make...
#EnvironmentalProtectionAgency? Nope. It's now Environmental Plundering Agency. Seriously. Look at the recent hires at #EPA. Democrat, Republican, or Independent, how is anyone OK with this level of #grift on behalf of #polluters at the expense of American families?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...
The Former Lobbyists Making Key Decisions at the E.P.A.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#EnvironmentalProtectionAgency? Nope. It's now Environmental Plundering Agency. Seriously. Look at the recent hires at #EPA. Democrat, Republican, or Independent, how is anyone OK with this level of #grift on behalf of #polluters at the expense of American families?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...
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We make life needlessly fragile by building places where car-free living is impossible. When necessities like a job, groceries, healthcare, etc. are reachable by bike or foot, losing a car is inconvenient, not a catastrophe. Streets that are dangerous outside an automobile aren't built for everyone.
Drives me nuts that things like bike lanes get painted as luxury goods or harbingers of gentrification when making it easy and convenient to get around your city by bike could save low-income households thousands of dollars a year.
One of the less discussed harms of car-centric planning is that it imposes a serious financial burden on working families. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/b...
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We make life needlessly fragile by building places where car-free living is impossible. When necessities like a job, groceries, healthcare, etc. are reachable by bike or foot, losing a car is inconvenient, not a catastrophe. Streets that are dangerous outside an automobile aren't built for everyone.
It need not be a cliff. I was disappointed to see the #evtaxcredit go, but it's not the end of the world. I bought my Audi e-Tron in 2023 without a tax credit, & I'm extremely glad I did. I'll do just about anything to avoid driving an ICE vehicle now. Let's focus on the positive:
U.S. EV sales set a huge record in the 3 months before tax credits expired. Automakers and states want to keep the momentum going.
Chart: EV sales just hit a record in the US, but a cliff looms
Facing Trump’s new deadline for expiring tax incentives, drivers bought electric vehicles in record numbers last quarter. Can carmakers keep the good…
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October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It need not be a cliff. I was disappointed to see the #evtaxcredit go, but it's not the end of the world. I bought my Audi e-Tron in 2023 without a tax credit, & I'm extremely glad I did. I'll do just about anything to avoid driving an ICE vehicle now. Let's focus on the positive:
All true -- mine is usually the only bike at my coffee shop, unless I've invited a friend to meet me.
Does your local coffee shop look like this?
If not, it’s probably because:
1) zoning created large distances between housing & shops.
2) the streets between housing & shops are unsafe for biking.
3) there isn’t any/enough secure bike parking
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If not, it’s probably because:
1) zoning created large distances between housing & shops.
2) the streets between housing & shops are unsafe for biking.
3) there isn’t any/enough secure bike parking
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October 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
All true -- mine is usually the only bike at my coffee shop, unless I've invited a friend to meet me.
"Renewables, [Energy Secretary Chris] Wright said, should compete w traditional forms of energy on a level playing field." That's not happening, & he knows it, coming from the #fracking industry! #oilandgas collect between $16B & $34B a year in #subsidies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...
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Subsidizing Fossil Fuels, but Not Clean Energy
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October 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Renewables, [Energy Secretary Chris] Wright said, should compete w traditional forms of energy on a level playing field." That's not happening, & he knows it, coming from the #fracking industry! #oilandgas collect between $16B & $34B a year in #subsidies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...
Writing in @theatlantic.com, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social holds up a mirror Americans will do anything to avoid looking into. For as long as we've been living through this decline, it's still shocking how swiftly our ideals and values have fallen.
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes. Not anymore.
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Writing in @theatlantic.com, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social holds up a mirror Americans will do anything to avoid looking into. For as long as we've been living through this decline, it's still shocking how swiftly our ideals and values have fallen.
Trump's "energy dominance" is the 21st Century equivalent of cornering the market on hay for horses 100 years ago. He's making the #fossilfuel interests richer, for now, but he's also digging a hole America won't soon climb out of.
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:
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Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:
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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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October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Trump's "energy dominance" is the 21st Century equivalent of cornering the market on hay for horses 100 years ago. He's making the #fossilfuel interests richer, for now, but he's also digging a hole America won't soon climb out of.
Fleecing consumers out of $6B/year & forcing them to suffer the ill effects of air, water, and climate pollution from the dirtiest of the dirtiest #fossilfuels. Even a 3rd grader knows this #coal boondoggle is incredibly dumb & brazenly corrupt.
Inside Trump’s new coal-boosting plan, what the shutdown means for energy, and the end of EV tax credits — catch up on it all with our weekly newsletter:
Trump’s sweeping plan to prop up coal
Coal’s health and climate impacts get no mention in the administration’s latest attempt to breathe life back into the industry.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Fleecing consumers out of $6B/year & forcing them to suffer the ill effects of air, water, and climate pollution from the dirtiest of the dirtiest #fossilfuels. Even a 3rd grader knows this #coal boondoggle is incredibly dumb & brazenly corrupt.
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"Over the past 15 years, electricity rates in [West Virginia] have risen almost twice as fast as the national average." Coal ain't cheap. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...
In Coal-Powered West Virginia, Sky-High Energy Costs Strain Residents
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September 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Over the past 15 years, electricity rates in [West Virginia] have risen almost twice as fast as the national average." Coal ain't cheap. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...
The latest in a very long line of scams from the #fossilfuel industry -- #CCSS (Carbon Capture & Storage Systems). Just another way for #BigOil and #CleanBeautifyCoal to keep polluting the planet and raking in even more subsidies from US taxpayers. #JustHaveaThink
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The INSANE Carbon Capture SCAM continues.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The latest in a very long line of scams from the #fossilfuel industry -- #CCSS (Carbon Capture & Storage Systems). Just another way for #BigOil and #CleanBeautifyCoal to keep polluting the planet and raking in even more subsidies from US taxpayers. #JustHaveaThink
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With a president who blows hot air as steadily and strongly as this one, we should double or triple US #windmill installations. Not a true word in anything he said. Such an embarrassment on the global stage, and a disaster here at home.
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Fact-checking what Trump said about climate change during the UN General Assembly
President Donald Trump spent a considerable amount of his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday disparaging renewable energy sources.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
With a president who blows hot air as steadily and strongly as this one, we should double or triple US #windmill installations. Not a true word in anything he said. Such an embarrassment on the global stage, and a disaster here at home.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/fac...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/fac...
Pro-life? This administration devalues human life at every turn, on every front. #BigOil over climate-vulnerable people, #polluters over children & the elderly, high-speed, gas-guzzling vehicles over children & adults on streets. It's insane people let this happen.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...
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September 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Pro-life? This administration devalues human life at every turn, on every front. #BigOil over climate-vulnerable people, #polluters over children & the elderly, high-speed, gas-guzzling vehicles over children & adults on streets. It's insane people let this happen.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...