Bora Chang, MPH
@climatechang.bsky.social
communications/climate/environment; views my own
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Again:
"Critics warn that a small group of tech companies, including Nvidia, are essentially buying & selling to each other in circular deals that inflate their actual value."
@governorferguson.bsky.social why should regular folks shoulder the safety net, while these companies get tax breaks?
"Critics warn that a small group of tech companies, including Nvidia, are essentially buying & selling to each other in circular deals that inflate their actual value."
@governorferguson.bsky.social why should regular folks shoulder the safety net, while these companies get tax breaks?
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Again:
"Critics warn that a small group of tech companies, including Nvidia, are essentially buying & selling to each other in circular deals that inflate their actual value."
@governorferguson.bsky.social why should regular folks shoulder the safety net, while these companies get tax breaks?
"Critics warn that a small group of tech companies, including Nvidia, are essentially buying & selling to each other in circular deals that inflate their actual value."
@governorferguson.bsky.social why should regular folks shoulder the safety net, while these companies get tax breaks?
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This being named a NYT Notable Book of 2025 seems to prove it's thesis
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This being named a NYT Notable Book of 2025 seems to prove it's thesis
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NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action - www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/... - tomorrow 11/25 at 5pm/PT 8pm ET
NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action · National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Join a national call to debrief this past weekend’s viral ICE Scraper action, strengthen our nonviolent strategy, and coordinate safe, visible actions nationwide.
Learn how communities are organizing ...
www.mobilize.us
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action - www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/... - tomorrow 11/25 at 5pm/PT 8pm ET
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November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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We've already filled 90% of opportunities, most within a few days. 💪
Not a tech whiz? Fill out the form below, and we'll help get you set up!
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We've already filled 90% of opportunities, most within a few days. 💪
Not a tech whiz? Fill out the form below, and we'll help get you set up!
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Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil
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My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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COP30 Isn't a Failure — It's a Farce.
Why these climate summits can’t solve the crisis—and why we should support Indigenous land struggles instead.
inthesetimes.com/article/cop3...
Why these climate summits can’t solve the crisis—and why we should support Indigenous land struggles instead.
inthesetimes.com/article/cop3...
COP30 Isn't a Failure — It's a Farce
Why these climate summits can't solve the crisis—and why we should support Indigenous land struggles instead.
inthesetimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
COP30 Isn't a Failure — It's a Farce.
Why these climate summits can’t solve the crisis—and why we should support Indigenous land struggles instead.
inthesetimes.com/article/cop3...
Why these climate summits can’t solve the crisis—and why we should support Indigenous land struggles instead.
inthesetimes.com/article/cop3...
I am wishing I remembered all the great answers to the prompt I posed some years ago “what does COP stand for, wrong answers only” from the Evil Site
Some here:
“Convoy of Polluters”
“Carbon Offsets, Pshaw”
“Capitalism Over People”
Some here:
“Convoy of Polluters”
“Carbon Offsets, Pshaw”
“Capitalism Over People”
With the disappointing progress at Cop30, evergreen reminder it isn't "we" or "humanity" failing to address the climate crisis — oil-producing nations and fossil fuel interests are actively obstructing action, despite heroic efforts by developing nations, Indigenous peoples, and many, many others.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I am wishing I remembered all the great answers to the prompt I posed some years ago “what does COP stand for, wrong answers only” from the Evil Site
Some here:
“Convoy of Polluters”
“Carbon Offsets, Pshaw”
“Capitalism Over People”
Some here:
“Convoy of Polluters”
“Carbon Offsets, Pshaw”
“Capitalism Over People”
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[COMMENTARY]
“This is the Amazon COP. If it ends with a decision that ignores Indigenous rights and props up offset markets that science says cannot work, it will squander the moral clarity of this moment,” a new op-ed argues.
** The views expressed are those of the author.
“This is the Amazon COP. If it ends with a decision that ignores Indigenous rights and props up offset markets that science says cannot work, it will squander the moral clarity of this moment,” a new op-ed argues.
** The views expressed are those of the author.
It’s time to end the carbon offset era, COP30 scientists & communities say (commentary)
At COP30 in Belém, the first climate summit held in the Amazon, something rare has happened. For years, the risks and failures of carbon offsetting have been dismissed as activist exaggeration or…
news.mongabay.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
[COMMENTARY]
“This is the Amazon COP. If it ends with a decision that ignores Indigenous rights and props up offset markets that science says cannot work, it will squander the moral clarity of this moment,” a new op-ed argues.
** The views expressed are those of the author.
“This is the Amazon COP. If it ends with a decision that ignores Indigenous rights and props up offset markets that science says cannot work, it will squander the moral clarity of this moment,” a new op-ed argues.
** The views expressed are those of the author.
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More from my interview with WNYC's On The Media about whether Democrats need to substantially moderate their issue positions (the claims are especially re: social policy) to win elections: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
The Battle for the Future of the Democratic Party | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Progressive and centrist Democratic candidates had big wins in the 2025 elections. On this week’s On the Media, a data scientist fact-checks the claim that Democrats need moderate vot...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More from my interview with WNYC's On The Media about whether Democrats need to substantially moderate their issue positions (the claims are especially re: social policy) to win elections: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success
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It’s not just Summers and Chomsky. There are undoubtedly other academics who have Epstein connections squirming right now, and friends of those academics sitting silently with their hands in their pockets. And: there are other Epsteins, and colleagues who know who they are
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
It’s not just Summers and Chomsky. There are undoubtedly other academics who have Epstein connections squirming right now, and friends of those academics sitting silently with their hands in their pockets. And: there are other Epsteins, and colleagues who know who they are
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
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“Even if fossil fuel emissions were eliminated immediately, emissions from the global food system alone would make it impossible to limit warming to 1.5°C and difficult even to realize the 2°C target…major changes in how food is produced [and consumed] are needed…”
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Even if fossil fuel emissions were eliminated immediately, emissions from the global food system alone would make it impossible to limit warming to 1.5°C and difficult even to realize the 2°C target…major changes in how food is produced [and consumed] are needed…”
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HEY FRIENDS
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
HEY FRIENDS
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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I actually thought I had shared this on here and I hadn't. But if you want to look at why Tehran has to move it's climate change, yes, but it's genuinely fascinating as a failure of long term planning/ not understanding water supplies.
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I actually thought I had shared this on here and I hadn't. But if you want to look at why Tehran has to move it's climate change, yes, but it's genuinely fascinating as a failure of long term planning/ not understanding water supplies.
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
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Climate diplomacy is failing us, no matter which country hosts the COPs.
As long as this system keeps granting so much access to the fossil fuel and agribusiness climate arsonists (aka lobbyists), we'll keep being told to celebrate minor progressive language and new meetings to set meetings.
As long as this system keeps granting so much access to the fossil fuel and agribusiness climate arsonists (aka lobbyists), we'll keep being told to celebrate minor progressive language and new meetings to set meetings.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Climate diplomacy is failing us, no matter which country hosts the COPs.
As long as this system keeps granting so much access to the fossil fuel and agribusiness climate arsonists (aka lobbyists), we'll keep being told to celebrate minor progressive language and new meetings to set meetings.
As long as this system keeps granting so much access to the fossil fuel and agribusiness climate arsonists (aka lobbyists), we'll keep being told to celebrate minor progressive language and new meetings to set meetings.
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The defenses of Olivia Nuzzi are confusing until I realized how many people just plainly admit they admire, support and continue to champion someone who got caught and experienced consequences for being unethical (twice?!) and further hurt the reputation of women journalists as a result.
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The defenses of Olivia Nuzzi are confusing until I realized how many people just plainly admit they admire, support and continue to champion someone who got caught and experienced consequences for being unethical (twice?!) and further hurt the reputation of women journalists as a result.
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are on strike at corporate stores across the country, fighting for a fair contract and to stop Starbucks’ union-busting.
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are on strike at corporate stores across the country, fighting for a fair contract and to stop Starbucks’ union-busting.
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Tehran’s water crisis is a warning for every thirsty city #Climate
Tehran’s water crisis is a warning for every thirsty city
Why Iran’s capital is running out of water — and why it won’t be the last.
www.vox.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Tehran’s water crisis is a warning for every thirsty city #Climate
This is not the shit I need in my brain, now I will grab my crocheting needle to give myself a lobotomy
Not only am I not paying for Part 2, Ryan Lizza, I am seriously reconsidering whether to read anything at all ever again
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is not the shit I need in my brain, now I will grab my crocheting needle to give myself a lobotomy