Here we are again. Why Democrats are so quiet about climate change right now. As Ed Maibach sed “A lot of candidates and officeholders..are needlessly timid about talking about climate change..it tends to alienate...who aren’t very likely to support” wapo.st/4dweNvL

Climate scientist Michael Mann: "What we need is legislation, executive action, and we need a Supreme Court that can't block all of that. And the only way we are going to do that is by turning out en masse and voting for climate-forward candidates in this next election."

When I say the politics are hard, I don't mean that people don't want to vote for climate leaders or that climate policies are unpopular. Turns out neither are true! I mean that the companies that extract/burn fossil fuels and run factory farms have massive amounts of power.

The foundational investigation... insideclimatenews.org/project/exxon-…

The state is advising residents and schools to reschedule outdoor activities because of an elevated risk for mosquito-borne diseases in Rhode Island. providencejournal.com/story/news/202…

Climate Obstruction Across Europe from Oxford University Press has arrived in print! Order your print copy in hardcover or paperback: bit.ly/oup-coae. This sweeping review of climate obstruction is also available #OpenAccess along with chapter summaries here: bit.ly/coae2024

"However, there is one technology—the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas, and gasoline)—where every use leads to an accident: generating and releasing greenhouse gases that pollute the atmosphere, creating a heating blanket and overheating the Earth.ecori.org/burning-fossil…

Very proud of this volume; so great to finally get a print copy. Such fascinating and important national case study chapters. Lessons for all nations. Have a look. Pass it on.

Skeptics claim countries can't run on mostly solar+wind, let alone 100% #WindWaterSolar Tokelau ran on 94% solar+wind in 2022 7 countries ran on 100% #WWS 12 on 98.4-100% 18 on 90-100% 24 on 83-100% 39 on 70-100% 49 on 60-100% 64 on 50-100% web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jac… IRENA International Energy Agency

Fighting disinformation with sunshine: promoting funding transparency in science council.science/blog/fighting-…

There's a piece going around arguing that climate disinformation isn't a serious obstacle to climate action. IMO it rests on several incorrect premises, so I wrote a response. If you saw Holly Jean Buck's piece, I hope you'll take a look at this, too. 1/19 jacobin.com/2024/08/climat…

Yes. Less than .1% of spending on climate addressed disinformation and obstruction. Plus, people get mad when they learn they’re being lied to. Mad can lead to action.

Wow, A charter fishing boat captain taking a serious justice position on why we have to address #climatechange. "The oceans belong to all Americans and all the people of the world." "We need to do this now to save the fish and preserve our world." providencejournal.com/story/sports/2…

Project 2025 started a half century ago. A Trump win could solidify it forever | David Sirota theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Project 2025 started a half century ago. A Trump win could solidify it forever | David Sirota theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Some key points in here. The biggest problem facing offshore wind energy isn’t broken blades. It’s public opinion. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/09/04/the… via Rhode Island Current

Critical and groundbreaking research on fossil fuel ties in higher education & the university-fossil fuel partnerships that obstruct climate action from CSSN scholars S. Hiltner, Emily Eaton, Noel Healy, Andy Scerri, Jennie C. Stephens and Geoffrey Supran wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc…

"One of Podesta’s challenges this week has been to try to convince Chinese leaders that America can be trusted to act on climate change even if Mr. Trump wins the White House." Good luck with that. nytimes.com/2024/09/05/cli…

So many concerns with this. But important. And great to see Fred Pearce putting out the good stuff.