Jeff Young
@jefftheyoung.bsky.social
Journalist covering climate and clean energy at Newsweek's Better Planet. Author of "Appalachian Fall." Formerly: Living on Earth (and still living here).
On Signal: @Jeff_Young.34
https://www.newsweek.com/better-planet
On Signal: @Jeff_Young.34
https://www.newsweek.com/better-planet
Latest update. My guess is that this will seriously delay final negotiations.
Also, combined with the other multiple problems (poor cooling, insufficient food and toilets, bad transportation, limited lodging, etc.) this is shaping up as a bit of a black eye for Para Governor Helder Barbalho.
Also, combined with the other multiple problems (poor cooling, insufficient food and toilets, bad transportation, limited lodging, etc.) this is shaping up as a bit of a black eye for Para Governor Helder Barbalho.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Latest update. My guess is that this will seriously delay final negotiations.
Also, combined with the other multiple problems (poor cooling, insufficient food and toilets, bad transportation, limited lodging, etc.) this is shaping up as a bit of a black eye for Para Governor Helder Barbalho.
Also, combined with the other multiple problems (poor cooling, insufficient food and toilets, bad transportation, limited lodging, etc.) this is shaping up as a bit of a black eye for Para Governor Helder Barbalho.
A small group of protesters blocked the main entrance to the "blue zone" of #COP30 this morning in Belém. On Tuesday demonstrators clashed with security. Submitted video.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A small group of protesters blocked the main entrance to the "blue zone" of #COP30 this morning in Belém. On Tuesday demonstrators clashed with security. Submitted video.
Behind the scenes at preparation for COP30 in Belem where they are, ahem, stapling fake greenery on the Saudi exhibition.
A bit on the nose, frankly.
A bit on the nose, frankly.
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Behind the scenes at preparation for COP30 in Belem where they are, ahem, stapling fake greenery on the Saudi exhibition.
A bit on the nose, frankly.
A bit on the nose, frankly.
Greetings from Belem where things are not quite ready for showtime.
Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone.
OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.
Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone.
OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Greetings from Belem where things are not quite ready for showtime.
Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone.
OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.
Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone.
OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.
Just in from the DOE...Trick or Treat!
Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.
Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Just in from the DOE...Trick or Treat!
Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.
Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.
There will be much larger crowds at #nokings @indivisible.org events in big cities, but this is what interests me most: people turning out in small cities and rural, deep red places.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
October 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There will be much larger crowds at #nokings @indivisible.org events in big cities, but this is what interests me most: people turning out in small cities and rural, deep red places.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
Also got the first endorsement from Tribe Called Quest
October 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Also got the first endorsement from Tribe Called Quest
Digable Planets
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Digable Planets
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
If you listen closely during the next CBS news broadcast you can actually hear Ed Murrow turning in his grave.
October 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you listen closely during the next CBS news broadcast you can actually hear Ed Murrow turning in his grave.
All these years later, that baby's still chasin' the bucks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
All these years later, that baby's still chasin' the bucks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...
Judge William Young put this threatening note he received atop his opinion, in which he catalogs Trump administration actions meant to "terrorize Americans into quiescence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
October 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Judge William Young put this threatening note he received atop his opinion, in which he catalogs Trump administration actions meant to "terrorize Americans into quiescence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Microsoft says it is near completion of "the world's most powerful" AI data center.
Brad Smith says in a blog post it will cut water and energy use with advanced closed-loop cooling and will match every kw hr of fossil fuel energy used with carbon-free energy.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Brad Smith says in a blog post it will cut water and energy use with advanced closed-loop cooling and will match every kw hr of fossil fuel energy used with carbon-free energy.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Microsoft says it is near completion of "the world's most powerful" AI data center.
Brad Smith says in a blog post it will cut water and energy use with advanced closed-loop cooling and will match every kw hr of fossil fuel energy used with carbon-free energy.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Brad Smith says in a blog post it will cut water and energy use with advanced closed-loop cooling and will match every kw hr of fossil fuel energy used with carbon-free energy.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
You have the cat version of Sissy Hankshaw.
September 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You have the cat version of Sissy Hankshaw.
This graf kinda tells you all you need to know...
August 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This graf kinda tells you all you need to know...
Can someone please explain why a disproportionate number of Illinois Gov's have Shoney's Big Boy hair?
Is it a requirement for the office?
Is it a requirement for the office?
August 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Can someone please explain why a disproportionate number of Illinois Gov's have Shoney's Big Boy hair?
Is it a requirement for the office?
Is it a requirement for the office?
Also, still a month or so to claim the EV credits (I just bought a plug-in hybrid that qualifies.)
Here's the rest:
Here's the rest:
July 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Also, still a month or so to claim the EV credits (I just bought a plug-in hybrid that qualifies.)
Here's the rest:
Here's the rest:
