Miranda C. Spencer
@mirandacspencer.bsky.social
Free-range book editor, media critic & multimedia journalist on environment/health/social justice beats. Piano student, cat person, Jersey girl in the Granite State. Subverting the dominant paradigm one day at a time.
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
cssn.org
Just out! 100+ scholars uncover and analyze the sectors and institutions that are deliberately halting or slowing action on the #climate crisis. In hardcover, or download for free!
Proud to have served as managing editor of this project.
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Proud to have served as managing editor of this project.
cssn.org/news-researc...
Obstruction is the missing piece on why we have insufficient action on climate.
The book reviewed here is available for free download at the Oxford University Press and CSSN websites.
The book reviewed here is available for free download at the Oxford University Press and CSSN websites.
🌏 “We are failing to act on climate change because we did not anticipate and prepare for the obstruction… for those who would block and delay the transition that needs to happen for our species to survive."
via @mongabay.com
via @mongabay.com
Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment
Coordinated and intentional “obstruction” techniques are being used to delay or block climate policy implementation, a new global assessment spanning 49 countries, highlights. The assessment notes…
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Obstruction is the missing piece on why we have insufficient action on climate.
The book reviewed here is available for free download at the Oxford University Press and CSSN websites.
The book reviewed here is available for free download at the Oxford University Press and CSSN websites.
Our own Rep @goodlander.house.gov has received a bomb threat for participating in the video telling service members they’re allowed to refuse illegal orders.
indepthnh.org/2025/11/24/o...
indepthnh.org/2025/11/24/o...
Op-Ed: Kent Street Coalition Backs 6 Dems Reminding the Military To Refuse Illegal Orders
Join us in support of NH’s own Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander and the other five United States Senators and Representatives who are standing up for the Constitution Nov. 26 noon to 1 pm at State Hous...
indepthnh.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Our own Rep @goodlander.house.gov has received a bomb threat for participating in the video telling service members they’re allowed to refuse illegal orders.
indepthnh.org/2025/11/24/o...
indepthnh.org/2025/11/24/o...
This could really be a game changer.
🧊A landmark case brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya against German energy giant RWE earlier this year has reshaped how courts view climate liability.
It confirmed a vital legal principle: that polluters can be held liable for climate damages.
📸 Vdpa/Alamy
It confirmed a vital legal principle: that polluters can be held liable for climate damages.
📸 Vdpa/Alamy
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This could really be a game changer.
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Welcome to Gilead
Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws, and affirmative action will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at Trump’s State Department. That impacts how the agency conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Welcome to Gilead
According to the survey, Americans aren’t as split on important issues as people think.
news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
Americans Show Consensus on Many Democracy-Related Matters
A Kettering Foundation/Gallup survey finds most Americans support political compromise, view multiculturalism as a strength and reject political violence.
news.gallup.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
According to the survey, Americans aren’t as split on important issues as people think.
news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
Scary stuff…when will they start coming after tweets and skeets?
The hate crime charge against Alexa Wilkinson for photographing vandalism of the New York Times building is a dangerous precedent, no matter what you think of Wilkinson.
Journalist or not, photography isn’t a hate crime
Gatekeeping over hate crime charges misses the forest for the trees
freedom.press
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Scary stuff…when will they start coming after tweets and skeets?
Now that’s what I’m talking about
A roadmap for fossil fuel phaseout failed to make into the #COP30 outcome text, but some countries are taking matters into their own hands
Colombia 🇨🇴 will host the first international conference on the just transition away from fossil fuels in April 2026
www.oneearthnow.org/p/its-happen...
Colombia 🇨🇴 will host the first international conference on the just transition away from fossil fuels in April 2026
www.oneearthnow.org/p/its-happen...
“It’s Happening”: Coalition of Countries Announce Plan to Start Advancing Fossil Fuel Phaseout
With roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels failing to make it into COP30 outcome, some countries are looking beyond the UNFCCC process.
www.oneearthnow.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Now that’s what I’m talking about
In a time of voter suppression, some good news, with caveats.
Lorelei Cloud was born 3 years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. She is now vice chair of the Southern Ute Tribe. “I don’t want future generations to have to deal with any of what we’ve had to.”
On Native Land, a New Push to Expand Voting Meets the Long Tail of State Violence
Ongoing negotiations between tribal leaders and Colorado officials may chart a new path for automatically registering Native voters and growing voter rolls nationwide. But first the state is having to confront a legacy of mistrust.
boltsmag.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In a time of voter suppression, some good news, with caveats.
Geez. NYT makes everything a damn horse race. Should be embarrassed of themselves.
Clueless, or too indebted to oil money advertorial dollars?
Clueless, or too indebted to oil money advertorial dollars?
This, on the other hand, is definitely NOT a good headline.
"Maybe" not the planet? MAYBE?
That's climate denial.
These journalists don't deserve to have their work printed underneath such shit.
"Maybe" not the planet? MAYBE?
That's climate denial.
These journalists don't deserve to have their work printed underneath such shit.
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Geez. NYT makes everything a damn horse race. Should be embarrassed of themselves.
Clueless, or too indebted to oil money advertorial dollars?
Clueless, or too indebted to oil money advertorial dollars?
Well, that sucks. What do you expect when there’s around as many industry reps as country reps, and USA is absent?
The final statement isn’t even going to include mention of getting off fossil fuels. On the bright side, they are trying to plan a path for a just transition.
The final statement isn’t even going to include mention of getting off fossil fuels. On the bright side, they are trying to plan a path for a just transition.
It did not go as planned, but it DID go as expected ...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action - Inside Climate News
BELÉM, Brazil—After negotiators at COP30 retreated from meaningful climate action by failing to specifically mention the need to stop using fossil fuels in the final conference documents published Sat...
insideclimatenews.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Well, that sucks. What do you expect when there’s around as many industry reps as country reps, and USA is absent?
The final statement isn’t even going to include mention of getting off fossil fuels. On the bright side, they are trying to plan a path for a just transition.
The final statement isn’t even going to include mention of getting off fossil fuels. On the bright side, they are trying to plan a path for a just transition.
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MAGA is a community united by fear and despair. If your loved one is ready to change, understand that.
Many more are ready to leave MAGA — and I know how hard that is - Salon.com
MAGA is a community united by fear and despair. If your loved one is ready to change, understand that
www.salon.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
MAGA is a community united by fear and despair. If your loved one is ready to change, understand that.
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Trump now basically threatening to kill congressmembers for exercising fist amendment rights. It's past time for the 25th Amendment to kick in.
This story offers good context, noting that this ain't the first time he's condoned violence against political opponents.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
This story offers good context, noting that this ain't the first time he's condoned violence against political opponents.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Trump now basically threatening to kill congressmembers for exercising fist amendment rights. It's past time for the 25th Amendment to kick in.
This story offers good context, noting that this ain't the first time he's condoned violence against political opponents.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
This story offers good context, noting that this ain't the first time he's condoned violence against political opponents.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Some juicy and infuriating reading. According to this reporting the COP climate talks have been overwhelmingly co-opted.
www.desmog.com/2025-cop30-c...
www.desmog.com/2025-cop30-c...
2025 COP30 Climate Summit
DeSmog covers the influence of polluting industries, and the advertising and public relations agencies that work for them, at the COP30 climate talks.
www.desmog.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Some juicy and infuriating reading. According to this reporting the COP climate talks have been overwhelmingly co-opted.
www.desmog.com/2025-cop30-c...
www.desmog.com/2025-cop30-c...
New bill to allow legal action against individual federal officials accused of civil rights violations.
Trump may be immune to prosecution, but perhaps not everyone else!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump may be immune to prosecution, but perhaps not everyone else!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats target federal officials accused of civil rights violations in new legislation
Lawmakers are launching a new effort to close a legal loophole that means federal officials, including law enforcement agents, can't be sued for constitutional violations.
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New bill to allow legal action against individual federal officials accused of civil rights violations.
Trump may be immune to prosecution, but perhaps not everyone else!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump may be immune to prosecution, but perhaps not everyone else!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Congress members showing some backbone, asking service members not to obey illegal orders.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Congress members showing some backbone, asking service members not to obey illegal orders.
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Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Uhm...TM1 went offline because it wasn't profitable
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Uhm...TM1 went offline because it wasn't profitable
Trump Destroyed 60 Years of Global Goodwill (w/ Atul Gawande)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
By ignoring massive corruption by the fossil fuel industry, and massive wrongful subsidy of fossil fuel by allowing “pollute-for-free” business model, Gates gave aid and comfort to the deniers: “Bill Gates says innovation is going to solve this,” I often heard.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Bill Gates Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
The world’s strategy for addressing climate change is not serving those most vulnerable to it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Looking for a recap of what happened on Election Day 2025 and what it means for the #RankedChoiceVoting movement?
We've got you covered ⬇️
We've got you covered ⬇️
Election Day 2025: ranked choice voting in action - FairVote
On Election Day 2025, over 430,000 voters across 14 cities and counties used ranked choice voting in their elections.
fairvote.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Looking for a recap of what happened on Election Day 2025 and what it means for the #RankedChoiceVoting movement?
We've got you covered ⬇️
We've got you covered ⬇️
Holy crap it’s worse than I knew. Sounds like COP is now totally co-opted.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Holy crap it’s worse than I knew. Sounds like COP is now totally co-opted.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...