Skylar Knight
@skylarknight.bsky.social
Science Communications @projectdrawdown.bsky.social
Freelance Writer & Editor
Words in bioGraphic, Sierra, Atlas Obscura, & more
Freelance Writer & Editor
Words in bioGraphic, Sierra, Atlas Obscura, & more
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Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
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🥶 It's getting cold, y'all! But did you know heat pumps also help keep cool? Check out the Insights by Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D. with five reasons heat pumps are awesome for your comfort, your community, and the climate!
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/3JZAbQy
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/3JZAbQy
drawdown.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🥶 It's getting cold, y'all! But did you know heat pumps also help keep cool? Check out the Insights by Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D. with five reasons heat pumps are awesome for your comfort, your community, and the climate!
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/3JZAbQy
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/3JZAbQy
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The holiday season is here — a time for good food and good company! 🍽️ It’s also a reminder that reducing food loss and waste is one of the most effective climate solutions available today.
Learn more about action you can take in the Take Action section of each solution! ⬇️
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ia789A
Learn more about action you can take in the Take Action section of each solution! ⬇️
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ia789A
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The holiday season is here — a time for good food and good company! 🍽️ It’s also a reminder that reducing food loss and waste is one of the most effective climate solutions available today.
Learn more about action you can take in the Take Action section of each solution! ⬇️
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ia789A
Learn more about action you can take in the Take Action section of each solution! ⬇️
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ia789A
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COP30 launched a $125B plan to protect 1 billion hectares of tropical forests—the size of Canada. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility could be a game-changer for climate action. 🌳🌍 But there is a lot of work to be done. @paul-west.bsky.social, Sr Scientist, weighs in. https://bit.ly/48BI0FF
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
COP30 launched a $125B plan to protect 1 billion hectares of tropical forests—the size of Canada. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility could be a game-changer for climate action. 🌳🌍 But there is a lot of work to be done. @paul-west.bsky.social, Sr Scientist, weighs in. https://bit.ly/48BI0FF
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Reducing tropical deforestation is absolutely critical to addressing biodiversity loss *and* climate change.
Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
What to know about the Tropical Forest Forever Facility from COP30
Project Drawdown Scientist Paul West, Ph.D., explores what the TFFF is, why it matters, where it goes from here, and how it could be improved.
drawdown.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reducing tropical deforestation is absolutely critical to addressing biodiversity loss *and* climate change.
Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
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For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
The Scourge of Native Oaks is Blowing in the Wind
Scientists and conservationists in the U.S. Midwest are working to stop herbicides from industrial agriculture from drifting onto the region’s remaining hardwood trees
www.biographic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
Reposted by Skylar Knight
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
Reposted by Skylar Knight
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
Nice to have another reason to avoid Starbucks besides just the terrible coffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Nice to have another reason to avoid Starbucks besides just the terrible coffee
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How do you feel about climate change – and how can we best talk to one another about global warming? 🗣️ Scientist drkatemarvel.bsky.social studies the physics of the planet using computational models. But climate change is happening in the real world, to us.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4ofYCs3
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4ofYCs3
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
How do you feel about climate change – and how can we best talk to one another about global warming? 🗣️ Scientist drkatemarvel.bsky.social studies the physics of the planet using computational models. But climate change is happening in the real world, to us.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4ofYCs3
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4ofYCs3
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Temps are finally starting to drop in the Northern Hemisphere.🌡️ So we hope it’s helpful to know that deploying alternative insulation materials is a Highly Recommended climate solution!
Check out the solution details, including how to take action, in the Drawdown Explorer. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qJ5O1l
Check out the solution details, including how to take action, in the Drawdown Explorer. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qJ5O1l
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Temps are finally starting to drop in the Northern Hemisphere.🌡️ So we hope it’s helpful to know that deploying alternative insulation materials is a Highly Recommended climate solution!
Check out the solution details, including how to take action, in the Drawdown Explorer. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qJ5O1l
Check out the solution details, including how to take action, in the Drawdown Explorer. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qJ5O1l
The free speech and meritocracy party, everybody! Children of billionaires buying media companies, installing pseudo-journalists as EICs, and gutting any department reporting on something they don't like.
Great coverage from @emorwee.bsky.social of the first entire unit to be let go at CBS News under new management: the climate team 🙃 heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The free speech and meritocracy party, everybody! Children of billionaires buying media companies, installing pseudo-journalists as EICs, and gutting any department reporting on something they don't like.
Reposted by Skylar Knight
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
When Bari Weiss was given the keys to CBS, I expected this would happen, but not so fast and so thoroughly.
@tracywholf.bsky.social is one of the best producers, on climate or otherwise. There's no other explanation for her dismissal than blatant censorship from Ellison and Weiss.
@tracywholf.bsky.social is one of the best producers, on climate or otherwise. There's no other explanation for her dismissal than blatant censorship from Ellison and Weiss.
CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When Bari Weiss was given the keys to CBS, I expected this would happen, but not so fast and so thoroughly.
@tracywholf.bsky.social is one of the best producers, on climate or otherwise. There's no other explanation for her dismissal than blatant censorship from Ellison and Weiss.
@tracywholf.bsky.social is one of the best producers, on climate or otherwise. There's no other explanation for her dismissal than blatant censorship from Ellison and Weiss.
Are we really expected to take advice on climate action from the guy who has invested nearly a billion dollars in nuclear fusion and direct air capture?
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Are we really expected to take advice on climate action from the guy who has invested nearly a billion dollars in nuclear fusion and direct air capture?
It's official. This is the only Bill we should turn to for climate.
a man in a suit and bow tie says listen people in front of a staircase
ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie says listen people in front of a staircase
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It's official. This is the only Bill we should turn to for climate.
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To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
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We currently have openings for a Senior Analyst, Climate Philanthropy and Investing; Program Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships; and Research Fellow. Check out our Careers page to learn more and apply today! #hiring #climatejobs drawdown.org/careers
Careers
Project Drawdown careers page.
drawdown.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We currently have openings for a Senior Analyst, Climate Philanthropy and Investing; Program Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships; and Research Fellow. Check out our Careers page to learn more and apply today! #hiring #climatejobs drawdown.org/careers
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Is it possible to ease human suffering, protect nature, and address climate change? Yes, says a team of int'l experts led by Drawdown and Sr. Scientist, Paul West. To find out how, read the commentary: https://bit.ly/4nXIc7
@cellpress.bsky.social @cp-oneearth.bsky.social @paul-west.bsky.social
@cellpress.bsky.social @cp-oneearth.bsky.social @paul-west.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Is it possible to ease human suffering, protect nature, and address climate change? Yes, says a team of int'l experts led by Drawdown and Sr. Scientist, Paul West. To find out how, read the commentary: https://bit.ly/4nXIc7
@cellpress.bsky.social @cp-oneearth.bsky.social @paul-west.bsky.social
@cellpress.bsky.social @cp-oneearth.bsky.social @paul-west.bsky.social
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We need YOU to help power up the Drawdown Explorer, the most ambitious platform for #ClimateSolutions ever created! With your contribution, we can take the Explorer further than before, with new maps, data, and analysis — and more. Let’s create a climate-safe future, together. https://bit.ly/46RQZSr
October 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We need YOU to help power up the Drawdown Explorer, the most ambitious platform for #ClimateSolutions ever created! With your contribution, we can take the Explorer further than before, with new maps, data, and analysis — and more. Let’s create a climate-safe future, together. https://bit.ly/46RQZSr
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About this time last year, the Biden administration dispensed $250 billion to develop 30,000 affordable housing units.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
About this time last year, the Biden administration dispensed $250 billion to develop 30,000 affordable housing units.
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At a time when most other plants are going dormant, American witch hazel erupts in ringlets of spindly, golden flowers. And unlike most understory shrubs, witch hazels don’t depend on birds for seed dispersal. Instead, they fire their seeds up to 10 meters across the forest floor... (1/2) 🌿🧪
Lens of Time: Witch Hazels Take Flight - bioGraphic
Investigating the mechanics of seed dispersal in an unusual shrub in eastern North America has revealed that some plants have powers of propulsion equal to the planet’s fastest animals.
www.biographic.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
At a time when most other plants are going dormant, American witch hazel erupts in ringlets of spindly, golden flowers. And unlike most understory shrubs, witch hazels don’t depend on birds for seed dispersal. Instead, they fire their seeds up to 10 meters across the forest floor... (1/2) 🌿🧪
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Not only is this rude, inappropriate, partisan, costly, and illegal, it reveals the fundamentally anti-American idiocy of this administration’s policy of handing over to China the most important economic sector of the 21st century.
Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not only is this rude, inappropriate, partisan, costly, and illegal, it reveals the fundamentally anti-American idiocy of this administration’s policy of handing over to China the most important economic sector of the 21st century.
Are we entering the "find out" portion of the mess-around-and-find-out continuum?
China Tightens Grip on Rare Earths Ahead of Expected Trump-Xi Meeting
Beijing tightened its control over sectors crucial to making high-tech products including electric vehicles and jet fighters, threatening to reignite trade tensions with the U.S.
www.wsj.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Are we entering the "find out" portion of the mess-around-and-find-out continuum?
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This story was inspired by a conversation with a fossil fuel exec in Paris a few days after the big outage in Spain. He blamed too much renewable energy as the cause.
Was that really it? Turns out: No.
@npr.org takes you through a new report on what happened + impacts of renewable misinformation.
Was that really it? Turns out: No.
@npr.org takes you through a new report on what happened + impacts of renewable misinformation.
After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
www.npr.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This story was inspired by a conversation with a fossil fuel exec in Paris a few days after the big outage in Spain. He blamed too much renewable energy as the cause.
Was that really it? Turns out: No.
@npr.org takes you through a new report on what happened + impacts of renewable misinformation.
Was that really it? Turns out: No.
@npr.org takes you through a new report on what happened + impacts of renewable misinformation.