Deb A
@debarch.bsky.social
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I support Ukraine and Palestine, and also love nature and sometimes drink wine.
I support Ukraine and Palestine, and also love nature and sometimes drink wine.
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Deb A
@debarch.bsky.social
· Feb 23
I’ve created a little “Protectors of the Environment and Democracy” Starter Pack 😊
Feel free to follow all and share!
go.bsky.app/U4CpgpY
Feel free to follow all and share!
go.bsky.app/U4CpgpY
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A reminder!
George Lakoff came up with the 'truth sandwich' concept during Trump's first term. It's not magic but it's good basic information hygiene and should be the default when fighting against bullshit
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_s...
George Lakoff came up with the 'truth sandwich' concept during Trump's first term. It's not magic but it's good basic information hygiene and should be the default when fighting against bullshit
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_s...
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
A reminder!
George Lakoff came up with the 'truth sandwich' concept during Trump's first term. It's not magic but it's good basic information hygiene and should be the default when fighting against bullshit
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_s...
George Lakoff came up with the 'truth sandwich' concept during Trump's first term. It's not magic but it's good basic information hygiene and should be the default when fighting against bullshit
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_s...
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Oil-rich Saudi Arabia as a battery storage powerhouse? Never going to happen many have thought.
Yet new data shows Saudi Arabia has gone from zero grid-scale batteries in 2024 to one of the world’s top deployers in 2025, adding almost 3 GW in a single year and commissioning a 7.8 GWh mega-project.
Yet new data shows Saudi Arabia has gone from zero grid-scale batteries in 2024 to one of the world’s top deployers in 2025, adding almost 3 GW in a single year and commissioning a 7.8 GWh mega-project.
February 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia as a battery storage powerhouse? Never going to happen many have thought.
Yet new data shows Saudi Arabia has gone from zero grid-scale batteries in 2024 to one of the world’s top deployers in 2025, adding almost 3 GW in a single year and commissioning a 7.8 GWh mega-project.
Yet new data shows Saudi Arabia has gone from zero grid-scale batteries in 2024 to one of the world’s top deployers in 2025, adding almost 3 GW in a single year and commissioning a 7.8 GWh mega-project.
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Greenhouse gases absorb heat radiation, causing more heat to accumulate in the oceans and lower atmosphere (the troposphere).
But the higher layers of the atmosphere cool down.
This will continue until a new Earth's Energy Imbalance is reached with the greenhouse gas forcing.
By @edhawkins.org:
But the higher layers of the atmosphere cool down.
This will continue until a new Earth's Energy Imbalance is reached with the greenhouse gas forcing.
By @edhawkins.org:
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Greenhouse gases absorb heat radiation, causing more heat to accumulate in the oceans and lower atmosphere (the troposphere).
But the higher layers of the atmosphere cool down.
This will continue until a new Earth's Energy Imbalance is reached with the greenhouse gas forcing.
By @edhawkins.org:
But the higher layers of the atmosphere cool down.
This will continue until a new Earth's Energy Imbalance is reached with the greenhouse gas forcing.
By @edhawkins.org:
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There really still are people out there who think the IEA publishes realistic honest analysis rather than fossil fuel propaganda.
Unbelievable.
IEA fan bros will be blocked.
Unbelievable.
IEA fan bros will be blocked.
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
There really still are people out there who think the IEA publishes realistic honest analysis rather than fossil fuel propaganda.
Unbelievable.
IEA fan bros will be blocked.
Unbelievable.
IEA fan bros will be blocked.
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As the world turns its eyes toward the Winter Olympics, a more sobering reality is unfolding across the global mountain cryosphere. Our mountains are not just playgrounds; they are the world’s most critical, and most fragile, life-support systems.
drtomharris.substack.com/p/going-down...
drtomharris.substack.com/p/going-down...
Going Downhill: The Olympic Race Against a Receding Snow Line
How elevation-dependent climate change is melting the mountain cryosphere, threatening high-altitude biodiversity, water security and pushing the Winter Olympics to the brink of extinction.
drtomharris.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM
As the world turns its eyes toward the Winter Olympics, a more sobering reality is unfolding across the global mountain cryosphere. Our mountains are not just playgrounds; they are the world’s most critical, and most fragile, life-support systems.
drtomharris.substack.com/p/going-down...
drtomharris.substack.com/p/going-down...
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The Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) is now the new standard.
This @noaa.gov NCPC update clearly shows that most of the past 6 years showed a negative RONI.
The average RONI of the past 6 years was -0.54, contributing to relatively lower global temperatures.
This @noaa.gov NCPC update clearly shows that most of the past 6 years showed a negative RONI.
The average RONI of the past 6 years was -0.54, contributing to relatively lower global temperatures.
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) is now the new standard.
This @noaa.gov NCPC update clearly shows that most of the past 6 years showed a negative RONI.
The average RONI of the past 6 years was -0.54, contributing to relatively lower global temperatures.
This @noaa.gov NCPC update clearly shows that most of the past 6 years showed a negative RONI.
The average RONI of the past 6 years was -0.54, contributing to relatively lower global temperatures.
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New discussion paper just dropped that’s taken shall we say a little work to get this far … essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... please be kind. Not on an at all sensitive topic in the slightest.
How well can we quantify when 1.5 °C of global warming has been exceeded?
Abstract. Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement agreed to limit the long-term increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to keep temperatures below 1.5 °C relative to p...
essd.copernicus.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:48 AM
New discussion paper just dropped that’s taken shall we say a little work to get this far … essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... please be kind. Not on an at all sensitive topic in the slightest.
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LNG industry: we are clean energy....
Reality.
Reality.
LNG Canada has been flaring up to 15 times more gas than expected, documents reveal
Problem with the Kitimat facility’s flaring equipment has resulted in LNG Canada burning significantly more gas — and it could take three years to fix
vancouversun.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
LNG industry: we are clean energy....
Reality.
Reality.
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Based on these NASA CERES and geodetic (=gravity) satellites based observations and comparison to CMIP6 models, I think @simonoxfphys.com falsely portrayed 3°C as an 'intentionally scaring, illegitimate 'doomer' scenario'.
It's a substantial risk, which we have the (moral) obligation to communicate
It's a substantial risk, which we have the (moral) obligation to communicate
February 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Based on these NASA CERES and geodetic (=gravity) satellites based observations and comparison to CMIP6 models, I think @simonoxfphys.com falsely portrayed 3°C as an 'intentionally scaring, illegitimate 'doomer' scenario'.
It's a substantial risk, which we have the (moral) obligation to communicate
It's a substantial risk, which we have the (moral) obligation to communicate
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
Christ Jacob Belseran has won the Oktovianus Pogau Award for courage in journalism. The Mongabay Indonesia contributor reports on mining and Indigenous land rights in Maluku despite intimidation — a reminder of why independent reporting matters.
Christ Jacob Belseran has won the Oktovianus Pogau Award for courage in journalism. The Mongabay Indonesia contributor reports on mining and Indigenous land rights in Maluku despite intimidation — a reminder of why independent reporting matters.
Christ Jacob Belseran wins the Oktovianus Pogau Award for courage in journalism
Today Christ Jacob Belseran received the Oktovianus Pogau Award for courage in journalism from Pantau Foundation. The citation is usually reserved for reporters who continue their work despite…
news.mongabay.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 AM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
Christ Jacob Belseran has won the Oktovianus Pogau Award for courage in journalism. The Mongabay Indonesia contributor reports on mining and Indigenous land rights in Maluku despite intimidation — a reminder of why independent reporting matters.
Christ Jacob Belseran has won the Oktovianus Pogau Award for courage in journalism. The Mongabay Indonesia contributor reports on mining and Indigenous land rights in Maluku despite intimidation — a reminder of why independent reporting matters.
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CITY BOOKS: 10 recent great books on cities and city-building, added already in this thread to our #UrbanismBookClub! Check them out, and keep checking the list over time as I keep adding more until I get to 100!
Here’s a very readable new book with an unusual potential to make an impact on the conversation about better cities — “Life After Cars: Freeing Outselves for the Tyranny of the Automobile” by @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social from @thewaroncars.bsky.social 8/
February 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
CITY BOOKS: 10 recent great books on cities and city-building, added already in this thread to our #UrbanismBookClub! Check them out, and keep checking the list over time as I keep adding more until I get to 100!
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This may be hard to believe given how cold it’s been, but the coldest air of the season is still to come in the Northeast this weekend. Wind chills to -30°F or lower Sunday morning. -22 in NYC!! Holy moly. #cold #winter #ArcticBlast #snow
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This may be hard to believe given how cold it’s been, but the coldest air of the season is still to come in the Northeast this weekend. Wind chills to -30°F or lower Sunday morning. -22 in NYC!! Holy moly. #cold #winter #ArcticBlast #snow
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A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
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Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 3, 2026 ~ Been good to know you.
"This failure should make us reflect on whether current scientific approaches are fit-for-purpose to inform overshoot policy and avoid inadvertent support for target backsliding."
phys.org/news/2026-02...
"This failure should make us reflect on whether current scientific approaches are fit-for-purpose to inform overshoot policy and avoid inadvertent support for target backsliding."
phys.org/news/2026-02...
Climate enters the overshoot era—science and policy need to react
The International Court of Justice reiterated in 2025 that the 1.5°C limit is the countries' primary agreed target under the Paris Agreement. With record-high global temperatures in recent years, the ...
phys.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 3, 2026 ~ Been good to know you.
"This failure should make us reflect on whether current scientific approaches are fit-for-purpose to inform overshoot policy and avoid inadvertent support for target backsliding."
phys.org/news/2026-02...
"This failure should make us reflect on whether current scientific approaches are fit-for-purpose to inform overshoot policy and avoid inadvertent support for target backsliding."
phys.org/news/2026-02...
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🌊 ICYMI: We’re building two powerful prediction systems to improve forecasts of Atmospheric Rivers—the moisture highways that fuel extreme rain and flooding. These innovations could transform how we prepare for West Coast storms.
Read more: cires.colorado.edu/news/new-for...
Read more: cires.colorado.edu/news/new-for...
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🌊 ICYMI: We’re building two powerful prediction systems to improve forecasts of Atmospheric Rivers—the moisture highways that fuel extreme rain and flooding. These innovations could transform how we prepare for West Coast storms.
Read more: cires.colorado.edu/news/new-for...
Read more: cires.colorado.edu/news/new-for...
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Climate 'fingerprints' mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
theconversation.com/climate-fing...
theconversation.com/climate-fing...
February 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Climate 'fingerprints' mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
theconversation.com/climate-fing...
theconversation.com/climate-fing...
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Sorry James, but this is just nonsense. Mandelson freelanced in disgraceful and obnoxious ways. But his role in Gordon Brown's government was to pursue similarly undemocratic and destructive policies, just without the obvious corruption. See bsky.app/profile/geor...
More integrity in his little finger than his detractors have displayed in entire careers.
Gordon Brown writes to Met to back case for investigation into Mandelson's 'inexcusable and unpatriotic' leaking - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Sorry James, but this is just nonsense. Mandelson freelanced in disgraceful and obnoxious ways. But his role in Gordon Brown's government was to pursue similarly undemocratic and destructive policies, just without the obvious corruption. See bsky.app/profile/geor...
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Many people assume solar PV degrades quickly. Long-term evidence suggests otherwise.
This paper in EES Solar uses rare multi-decade field data to show that PV systems can retain a high share of their initial performance after 30 years, with lower degradation than often assumed.
Link in comments.
This paper in EES Solar uses rare multi-decade field data to show that PV systems can retain a high share of their initial performance after 30 years, with lower degradation than often assumed.
Link in comments.
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Many people assume solar PV degrades quickly. Long-term evidence suggests otherwise.
This paper in EES Solar uses rare multi-decade field data to show that PV systems can retain a high share of their initial performance after 30 years, with lower degradation than often assumed.
Link in comments.
This paper in EES Solar uses rare multi-decade field data to show that PV systems can retain a high share of their initial performance after 30 years, with lower degradation than often assumed.
Link in comments.
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Opposition to data centers appears to be an issue that can bring a bunch of different people together. Let's do it! Broad coalitions are needed to take on oligarchs.
I'm in Arkansas, and the response to data centers here has been enlightening. Too many people got burned by crypto miners dumping a shipping container full of servers running 24/7 in their backyard, and now they want blood. It's a very broad coalition of people.
4. I’ve spent some time tracking and attending local populist responses to ai data centers. Despite some critiques from left that it’s all repackaged “nimby bullshit” (as I’ve been told), I have seen organic multiracial coalitions on this issue. Esp. in places with strong environmental racism orgs
February 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Opposition to data centers appears to be an issue that can bring a bunch of different people together. Let's do it! Broad coalitions are needed to take on oligarchs.
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Over 50,000 Moroccans evacuated due to severe weather: ministry www.arabnews.pk/node/2631594... #FossilFuels #ClimateCollapse #Storm #Flood #KsarElKebir #Morocco
Over 50,000 Moroccans evacuated due to severe weather: ministry
RABAT: More than 50,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northern Morocco due to severe weather and heavy rainfall affecting several provinces, the interior ministry told AFP on Tuesday....
www.arabnews.pk
February 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Over 50,000 Moroccans evacuated due to severe weather: ministry www.arabnews.pk/node/2631594... #FossilFuels #ClimateCollapse #Storm #Flood #KsarElKebir #Morocco
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'Portugal counts multi-billion euro damage after Storm Kristin.
Hundreds of homes in central Portugal were left without roofs after last week’s storm, & tens of thousands of people lost power... The storm struck early on Wed (28 Jan) with wind gusts hitting 200kph/120mph'
anewz.tv/green/climat...
Hundreds of homes in central Portugal were left without roofs after last week’s storm, & tens of thousands of people lost power... The storm struck early on Wed (28 Jan) with wind gusts hitting 200kph/120mph'
anewz.tv/green/climat...
Portugal counts multi-billion euro damage after Storm Kristin
Storm Kristin has left central Portugal with severe destruction, major power outages and a reconstruction bill that officials say could reach billions of euros.
anewz.tv
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
'Portugal counts multi-billion euro damage after Storm Kristin.
Hundreds of homes in central Portugal were left without roofs after last week’s storm, & tens of thousands of people lost power... The storm struck early on Wed (28 Jan) with wind gusts hitting 200kph/120mph'
anewz.tv/green/climat...
Hundreds of homes in central Portugal were left without roofs after last week’s storm, & tens of thousands of people lost power... The storm struck early on Wed (28 Jan) with wind gusts hitting 200kph/120mph'
anewz.tv/green/climat...
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Climate is not the murderer.
The elites are.
Climate is the knife; the murderer is the one who uses it.
rogerhallam.com/the-elite-de...
The elites are.
Climate is the knife; the murderer is the one who uses it.
rogerhallam.com/the-elite-de...
🪦 The Elite Death Project: Why Capitalism Is Choosing Collapse
Capitalism is choosing collapse. This is not failure — it is the death wish made systemic.
rogerhallam.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Climate is not the murderer.
The elites are.
Climate is the knife; the murderer is the one who uses it.
rogerhallam.com/the-elite-de...
The elites are.
Climate is the knife; the murderer is the one who uses it.
rogerhallam.com/the-elite-de...
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Always nice to see the Brits catching up with everyone else in Europe 😂
But I am sure putting batteries in a former 1960s built London Underground train will be "world leading" or some such 🎉
www.railjournal.com/technology/b...
But I am sure putting batteries in a former 1960s built London Underground train will be "world leading" or some such 🎉
www.railjournal.com/technology/b...
Battery train enters passenger service in Britain
British operator Great Western Railway has brought its class 230 battery train into passenger service, following 22 months of testing.
www.railjournal.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Always nice to see the Brits catching up with everyone else in Europe 😂
But I am sure putting batteries in a former 1960s built London Underground train will be "world leading" or some such 🎉
www.railjournal.com/technology/b...
But I am sure putting batteries in a former 1960s built London Underground train will be "world leading" or some such 🎉
www.railjournal.com/technology/b...
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Last week there was so much news I recorded two Franklies – this one includes my reflections on a recent seminal essay posted by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, likening Artificial Intelligence as a “rite of passage” for the human species rather than just a narrow technological breakthrough.
In this episode, Nate widens the boundaries of the AI conversation to incorporate the biophysical reality and institutional systems that support these technologies, including energy, materials, infrastructure, governance, and incentives.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
February 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Last week there was so much news I recorded two Franklies – this one includes my reflections on a recent seminal essay posted by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, likening Artificial Intelligence as a “rite of passage” for the human species rather than just a narrow technological breakthrough.