Brett Favaro
@brettfavaro.bsky.social
Conservation scientist. Tweets about climate, oceans, & sustainable development. Views my own, and do not necessarily reflect views of employer. He/him.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Electrification + efficiency — not rolling back climate policy — is the real path to a competitive European industry.
High fossil fuel prices hit industry hardest, not the Green Deal. Undermining clean-energy commitments would only push investment elsewhere.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
High fossil fuel prices hit industry hardest, not the Green Deal. Undermining clean-energy commitments would only push investment elsewhere.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
euobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Electrification + efficiency — not rolling back climate policy — is the real path to a competitive European industry.
High fossil fuel prices hit industry hardest, not the Green Deal. Undermining clean-energy commitments would only push investment elsewhere.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
High fossil fuel prices hit industry hardest, not the Green Deal. Undermining clean-energy commitments would only push investment elsewhere.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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New Gallup poll shows that just 54% of Americans say they drink alcohol—"the lowest Gallup has recorded since first measuring alcohol use in 1939," per a press release. The trend coincides with growing understanding that even moderate drinking is unhealthy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New Gallup poll shows that just 54% of Americans say they drink alcohol—"the lowest Gallup has recorded since first measuring alcohol use in 1939," per a press release. The trend coincides with growing understanding that even moderate drinking is unhealthy.
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Canadian professors by selected age ranges, 1971-2021
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Canadian professors by selected age ranges, 1971-2021
Meanwhile in Canada we are yammering about a bitumen pipeline
Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Meanwhile in Canada we are yammering about a bitumen pipeline
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I thought this was fairly well established, but: here's another new study showing that wind and solar complement each other and make for a more stable grid when combined.
Intermittent solar and wind complement each other for a more stable grid
A study finds combining wind and solar leverages their alternating peak periods, significantly boosting total generation capacity while providing a constant, predictable power curve critical for grid ...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I thought this was fairly well established, but: here's another new study showing that wind and solar complement each other and make for a more stable grid when combined.
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Just as I predicted: fossil fuel enthusiasts misinterpreting the IEA's latest outlook.
I'm going to debunk this column. It won't be hard.
troymedia.com/politicslaw/...
I'm going to debunk this column. It won't be hard.
troymedia.com/politicslaw/...
Peak oil just died. Now what?
Rashid Husain Syed • The IEA just flipped the script and it changes everything for Alberta
troymedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just as I predicted: fossil fuel enthusiasts misinterpreting the IEA's latest outlook.
I'm going to debunk this column. It won't be hard.
troymedia.com/politicslaw/...
I'm going to debunk this column. It won't be hard.
troymedia.com/politicslaw/...
We'd better get on this in Canada too
Call your senators. Call your representatives. Demand no war with Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
We'd better get on this in Canada too
My prediction: when the inevitability of mass solar energy generation+storage spells the clear and obvious end of fossil fuel dominance, these proposals will suddenly advance very quickly.
Very Serious People will say if you're a true environmentalist, you MUST blot out the sun
Very Serious People will say if you're a true environmentalist, you MUST blot out the sun
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My prediction: when the inevitability of mass solar energy generation+storage spells the clear and obvious end of fossil fuel dominance, these proposals will suddenly advance very quickly.
Very Serious People will say if you're a true environmentalist, you MUST blot out the sun
Very Serious People will say if you're a true environmentalist, you MUST blot out the sun
I have been browbeaten by many people as to my decision to leave twitter months ago. "Sensible people must stay and debate!"
Wonder if any of those folks have updated their understanding. Is your life better when you spend it arguing with a bot farm?
Wonder if any of those folks have updated their understanding. Is your life better when you spend it arguing with a bot farm?
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I have been browbeaten by many people as to my decision to leave twitter months ago. "Sensible people must stay and debate!"
Wonder if any of those folks have updated their understanding. Is your life better when you spend it arguing with a bot farm?
Wonder if any of those folks have updated their understanding. Is your life better when you spend it arguing with a bot farm?
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There is only decline ahead for the combustion sector, no amount of bad policy can save it. Including expensive LNG- a truly terrible bet over electrfying faster. Great outline here, via @volts.wtf
open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
Clean electrification is inevitable
Kingsmill Bond explains why the global march of "electrotech" has moved beyond the reach of US political interference.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
There is only decline ahead for the combustion sector, no amount of bad policy can save it. Including expensive LNG- a truly terrible bet over electrfying faster. Great outline here, via @volts.wtf
open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
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If you haven't listened to this yet, I highly recommend it. All your basic questions about indoor air quality -- what are the pollutants? what tech can keep them out? what policies do we need? -- are answered.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you haven't listened to this yet, I highly recommend it. All your basic questions about indoor air quality -- what are the pollutants? what tech can keep them out? what policies do we need? -- are answered.
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Should Your Next Car be a Battery-Electric or Fossil-Fuel One?
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
Should Your Next Car be a Battery-Electric or Fossil-Fuel One? #electriccar #renewables
YouTube video by Mark Z. Jacobson
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Should Your Next Car be a Battery-Electric or Fossil-Fuel One?
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
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Not only has he never looked at Don Jr. or Eric like this, he’s never been so happy to bask in JD Vance’s presence either.
He looks giddy. JOYFUL even.
Is Zohran a witch
He looks giddy. JOYFUL even.
Is Zohran a witch
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Not only has he never looked at Don Jr. or Eric like this, he’s never been so happy to bask in JD Vance’s presence either.
He looks giddy. JOYFUL even.
Is Zohran a witch
He looks giddy. JOYFUL even.
Is Zohran a witch
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"Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).
"Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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"Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).
"Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).
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China's vice minister for environment Li Gao strongly puts forward the economic growth argument for China's green and low-carbon transformation, also citing our @creacleanair.bsky.social research on the contribution of clean energy sectors to China's GDP.
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
China's vice minister for environment Li Gao strongly puts forward the economic growth argument for China's green and low-carbon transformation, also citing our @creacleanair.bsky.social research on the contribution of clean energy sectors to China's GDP.
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"... A swastika is one of the most clear definitional and most violent symbols of hatred in all of humanity, let alone in the United States, and so to remove that from designation ... is quite shocking and it indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements ..."
Rep. AOC
Rep. AOC
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"... A swastika is one of the most clear definitional and most violent symbols of hatred in all of humanity, let alone in the United States, and so to remove that from designation ... is quite shocking and it indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements ..."
Rep. AOC
Rep. AOC
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A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
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VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
THE LAST TIME HHS, AS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RFK JR., CONDUCTED A “COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT” OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM THEY BLAMED TYLENOL AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS BULLSHIT, HAD TO WALK IT BACK.
THE LAST TIME HHS, AS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RFK JR., CONDUCTED A “COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT” OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM THEY BLAMED TYLENOL AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS BULLSHIT, HAD TO WALK IT BACK.
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
THE LAST TIME HHS, AS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RFK JR., CONDUCTED A “COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT” OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM THEY BLAMED TYLENOL AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS BULLSHIT, HAD TO WALK IT BACK.
THE LAST TIME HHS, AS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RFK JR., CONDUCTED A “COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT” OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM THEY BLAMED TYLENOL AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS BULLSHIT, HAD TO WALK IT BACK.
*coughNDP*
European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
*coughNDP*
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It’s MORE likely than coal plants to serve an instantaneous call. MORE likely than gas. Just as reliable as that old dirty diesel generator but a heck of a lot cleaner. And non-trivially, you can deploy it a HELL of a lot faster than you can build a nuclear plant.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It’s MORE likely than coal plants to serve an instantaneous call. MORE likely than gas. Just as reliable as that old dirty diesel generator but a heck of a lot cleaner. And non-trivially, you can deploy it a HELL of a lot faster than you can build a nuclear plant.
Now we need to take these, and write them up as "ready to pass" laws, regulations, or policies at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels in Canada
We need to make it dead easy for policymakers to become climate heroes
We need to make it dead easy for policymakers to become climate heroes
The Drawdown Explorer is the world’s leading platform for science-based climate solutions — bar none.
Here’s a handy “how to” video that shows how to use it for your work on advancing effective climate action.
youtu.be/fldnJBCIYm0?...
Here’s a handy “how to” video that shows how to use it for your work on advancing effective climate action.
youtu.be/fldnJBCIYm0?...
How to use Drawdown Explorer | The world's ultimate climate solutions platform | Project Drawdown
YouTube video by Project Drawdown
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November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Now we need to take these, and write them up as "ready to pass" laws, regulations, or policies at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels in Canada
We need to make it dead easy for policymakers to become climate heroes
We need to make it dead easy for policymakers to become climate heroes
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oh my god @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, this headline. www.garbageday.email/p/epstein-he...
Epstein Helped Build MAGA. Has He Blown It?
Steve Bannon, Jeffrey Epstein, Bubba, and the end of democracy
www.garbageday.email
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
oh my god @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, this headline. www.garbageday.email/p/epstein-he...