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@inquisitorrex.bsky.social
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Writer; environmentalist.
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ketanjoshi.co
Notice something about this list? Politicians, CEOs, media elites and rich hollywood simpletons like Billy Bob Thornton / Taylor Sheridan

If you are wondering why the mass public views aren't included - it's because everyone still cares about this issue, even if these people don't
"Climate policy was facilitated by multilateralism, globalization and the sense nations had a common agenda far more than the world we live in right now," Yergin said. Catch up fast: The last year has seen an epic reversal that spread quickly from governments to boardrooms to pop culture. Trump has aggressively and comprehensively dismissed climate change as a problem. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, once one of the world's most vocal climate advocates, is now repealing his country's climate policies. Bill Gates circulated a memo criticizing the climate movement while shifting much of his money and focus back to public health — just four years after publishing "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster." Ford pulled back sharply from its EV ambitions, becoming a case study in the risks of betting on whipsawing government policies. Outside of North America, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair also issued a memo questioning the political and economic wisdom of pursuing "net zero" policies as designed. Europe scaled back its gasoline car ban and softened climate disclosure rules, a retreat the New York Times captured with a telling headline: "Europe Begins to Tiptoe Away From Key Climate Policies." The International Energy Agency quietly restored a more conservative base-case energy scenario that it had dropped in 2020. Even Hollywood is moving on — swapping climate angst as shown in 2021's "Don't Look Up and 2023's "Extrapolations" miniseries for oil swagger, as seen in the current hit TV show "Landman." Yes, but: Climate ambition isn't collapsing everywhere — or all at once. Ketan Joshi ‪@ketanjoshi.co‬ Turns out people still actually link climate change to stuff happening in their actual lives and care about action being taken on it, despite the now widespread idea that we need to stop mentioning it to be successful
January 14, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind.

The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.

I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
January 13, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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ausconservation.bsky.social
The Pilbara region of Western Australia is home for five of the animals worst affected by habitat destruction in 2025: the northern quoll, night parrot, ghost bat, Pilbara leaf-nosed bat and Pilbara olive python. #auspol #nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ten Sydney Harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat approved for destruction in 2025, report finds
ACF analysis finds amount of habitat approved by Albanese government for land-clearing hit a 15-year high last year
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
Compare also to Ireland:

Bears 0
Wolves 0
Lynx 0
Wild boar 0
Beavers 0

There aren't even any plans to *consider* (re)introducing any of these species. What a joke.
scotlandtbp.bsky.social SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 10d
Slovenia is smaller and more densely populated than Scotland. But despite its small size and relatively populous countryside, it's home to nearly 1,000 brown bears, over 120 wolves and a growing population of around 50 reintroduced lynx.
A Eurasian lynx reclines leisurely on a moss-covered rock, surrounded by a forest of tall trees.
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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shimanti.bsky.social
It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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wajali.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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el-caudillo-64.bsky.social
Why is the DOJ and the FBI protecting “Bill Clinton” by redacting the Epstein Files?…..Oh.
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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vicky8651.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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mikehudema.bsky.social
Reminder - the record heatwaves, record fires, record floods are all happening in the 'safe' degrees of climate change. We are on track to double where we are now.

There is no time to waste. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables
January 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
I am pretty damn proud to work with @australiainstitute.org.au, with people like @richarddenniss.bsky.social and @amyremeikis.bsky.social and @emmashortis.bsky.social et al. No slinking quietly into the background here - they're making a pretty necessary stand for what's right
To be clear, I have no idea how to define or measure what is “culturally sensitive”, and I respect the fact the Board acknowledged that “we also understand others will undoubtedly form different judgments.” I am one of those people. But given how “culturally sensitive” it is for any writers’ festival to cancel a writer, I would have thought that the Board might have explained in more detail what it was that they thought was insensitive about a Palestinian woman speaking at an event that the public was free to attend or free to ignore. While the Board were clear that they did not think Dr Abdel-Fattah or her writings were connected to the horrific massacre of Jewish people in Bondi “in any way”, South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas seems to suggest something quite different, stating: “I do not support the inclusion of those who actively undermine the cultural safety of others, who celebrate the death of innocent civilians, or those who doxx other artists simply because of their faith or cultural background.” Given that no other author has been cancelled by the Board, and that the Board expressed no concern with Dr Abdel-Fattah or her writings, it is not clear why the Premier made reference to the benefits of cancelling speakers who “celebrate the death of innocent civilians”. But what is clear is that the Board and the Premier both believe adults in Adelaide can’t be trusted to decide for themselves whether to wander over to hear the thoughts of an Australian academic of Palestinian origin, or whether to wander somewhere else.
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
Media outlets will probably never stop presenting the deadly impacts of fossil fuels as delightful fun:
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
This new war is not only illegal, reckless and deeply corrupt, it is the latest in a series of increasingly desperate distractions from the EPSTEIN Files.

#ImpeachAndConvict47NOW
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
"if we want to use DAC to limit overall warming to 1.5oC, while emitting enough to reach 2.5oC, DAC would need to use something like 30% of all electricity consumed over the next 80 years"

we gotta leave fossil fuels in the ground, people
Direct Air Capture
I thought I’d written about this before, but can’t seem to find a post. Either, my searching ability is poor, or my memory is poor. I mostly wanted to highlight an interesting YouTube v…
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January 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
A malignant narcissist is incapable of withstanding ridicule, so please share this as widely as possible.

Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫

🙏

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Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
Chile is to create a 150,000 hectare national park at 'the edge of the world', with forests, peatlands, glaciers, and coastline.

Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
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Chile moves to create national park at the edge of the world to protect wildlife
At the edge of the world map, where land turns into subantarctic forests, icy seas and glaciers, Chile is preparing to create a national park to protect endangered wildlife and unique ecosystems.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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justinmikulka.bsky.social
When I wrote a book about oil train regulations I got to see how regulations were made.

So none of the info in this document about the EU methane regulations surprises me but if the oil and gas companies are in on closed door meetings with regulators, it's unlikely we get real regs.
oilfieldwitness.bsky.social Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · Dec 19
The EU recently announced new details on their approach to figuring out how to import US LNG that complies with their regulatory limits for methane emissions. Our team spent the week putting together this overview. We have little confidence the proposed solutions will deliver the promised results.
EU Methane Regulations: Trace and Claim - Oilfield Witness
The current negotiations around EU/US methane regulations are being sold to the public based on a major unproven assumption which is being repeated by many of the largest “green” NGOs in Europe and th...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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muellershewrote.com
DoJ will NOT release all the Epstein files today. So predictable. They say they’ll release some today, and more later on a “rolling basis.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Justice department will release ‘several hundred thousand’ Epstein files today, says deputy attorney general – live
Todd Blanche suggests some documents may be held back temporarily, citing need to protect victims
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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helenczerski.bsky.social
“Climate action” is just another way to say “we want our beautiful complex planet to continue to be a good place to live, and to continue to be both beautiful and complex”. So much climate damage comes from assuming that Earth is simple, that it is easy to control and that it will bend to our will.
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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crockett.house.gov
Today is the deadline to release the Epstein files. The DOJ is refusing to comply.

This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.

The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.

Release the files. Immediately.
December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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pestilence4all.bsky.social
Need something to feel good about? I sure do. Here are 7 fantastic science stores from 2025. Science will continue, even if The Regime tries to kill it at home. #Science 🧪
Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith in 2025
Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
As WoodCIDE's CEO is named as the new boss for BP, BBC News asks, who is Meg O'Neill?

There are greasy, fawning profiles out there but Pete Milne's summary of WoodCIDE's AGM tells you what you need to know about Meg O'Neill
yungenchee.bsky.social Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · May 8
Woodside AGM highlights:

❗ safety incidents ⚠️ almost tripled in past 4 years
❗switches safety metric used to calc bonuses; no need to explain 📈 ☝️; more $$ for every director & senior executive🎉
❗under investigation for whether export of third-party gas from its North West Shelf breached EPBC Act
petemilne.bsky.social Pete Milne @petemilne.bsky.social · May 8
Greenpeace has definitely got under the skin of Woodside chair Richard Goyder, and other AGM highlights.
www.boilingcold.com.au/greenpeace-g...
December 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
inquisitorrex.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
Poor wind didn't even get a label in the ABC News chart (which, remember is capacity not energy)

cannot understand the instinct to just delete wind power from this conversation, even when it remains a major component of decarbonisation models and historical data

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Four out of every five vehicles would also be electric, the operator said. According to the AEMO, coordinating this growing fleet of household clean tech would be an essential part of the transition. "When [household clean tech] is bundled and coordinated … it can respond to market signals and contribute to system reliabilit
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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wilderness.org.au
🚨 Yesterday the Albanese government opened a huge new area of Victoria and Lutruwita / Tasmania’s oceans to seismic blasting & gas drilling—right next to World Heritage coastline. 🔥 New gas is a climate disaster. Next to World Heritage coastline it’s a double disaster.
#oilandgas #auspol #climate
Image has NEWS and headline that reads 'Albanese government sacrifices new oceans for fossil fuel exploration' with the Wilderness Society logo below. There is a map above, showing large areas in red in the oceans between Victoria and Tasmania, depicting the areas release for oil and gas exploration. In the background is an image of the 12 Apostles with ocean and sunset shown.
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Solidarity with the hunger strikers.

It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.

All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM