Packy Griffin
@packygriffin.bsky.social
Climate change | Intl Development | Public Health
@SAISHopkins @NotreDame
@WashingtonIrish former President/semi-retired player
@SAISHopkins @NotreDame
@WashingtonIrish former President/semi-retired player
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
As if it needed to be repeated, the dismantling of USAID will go down in history as one of the modern world’s greatest moral failures.
As if it needed to be repeated, the dismantling of USAID will go down in history as one of the modern world’s greatest moral failures.
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
As if it needed to be repeated, the dismantling of USAID will go down in history as one of the modern world’s greatest moral failures.
As if it needed to be repeated, the dismantling of USAID will go down in history as one of the modern world’s greatest moral failures.
Really great author talk event featuring @jeffgoodell.bsky.social at the @georgemasonu.bsky.social @fallforthebook.bsky.social festival earlier this week. Thanks, Jeff, for reflecting on your "biography of a ghost." Makes me want to read The Heat Will Kill You First all over again.
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Really great author talk event featuring @jeffgoodell.bsky.social at the @georgemasonu.bsky.social @fallforthebook.bsky.social festival earlier this week. Thanks, Jeff, for reflecting on your "biography of a ghost." Makes me want to read The Heat Will Kill You First all over again.
Look closely and you’ll still see signs of good news these days. This analysis by @ember-energy.org shows that the #energytransition will not be denied.
NEW | Solar and wind OUTPACED global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025, leading to a fall in fossil fuels compared to this time last year ☀️🌪️
Record solar and steady wind growth is reshaping global power as renewables OVERTAKE coal for the first time.
https://loom.ly/c-MNZSk
Record solar and steady wind growth is reshaping global power as renewables OVERTAKE coal for the first time.
https://loom.ly/c-MNZSk
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Look closely and you’ll still see signs of good news these days. This analysis by @ember-energy.org shows that the #energytransition will not be denied.
Rest easy, Jane. I struggle to think of a person who's done more good in our world. May the messages you've shared across decades continue to inspire us to value and protect our home.
www.vox.com/climate/4634...
www.vox.com/climate/4634...
Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message
Her last interviews are essential listening for everyone.
www.vox.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Rest easy, Jane. I struggle to think of a person who's done more good in our world. May the messages you've shared across decades continue to inspire us to value and protect our home.
www.vox.com/climate/4634...
www.vox.com/climate/4634...
#ClimateWeek should be energizing & inspiring in addition to educational, collaborative, & productive! Deloitte Sustainability hosted Céline Cousteau & Rainn Wilson for a conversation about human-nature connection & the optimism we can still find in our urgent moment.
September 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#ClimateWeek should be energizing & inspiring in addition to educational, collaborative, & productive! Deloitte Sustainability hosted Céline Cousteau & Rainn Wilson for a conversation about human-nature connection & the optimism we can still find in our urgent moment.
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The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) shows how collaboration drives systemic change. $503M in catalytic funding unlocked $7.89B, powering 137 projects in 30+ countries, expanding access, jobs, and cutting emissions.
Explore the 2025 Impact Report: ow.ly/2uLq50WXqsx
#GEAPP
Explore the 2025 Impact Report: ow.ly/2uLq50WXqsx
#GEAPP
September 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) shows how collaboration drives systemic change. $503M in catalytic funding unlocked $7.89B, powering 137 projects in 30+ countries, expanding access, jobs, and cutting emissions.
Explore the 2025 Impact Report: ow.ly/2uLq50WXqsx
#GEAPP
Explore the 2025 Impact Report: ow.ly/2uLq50WXqsx
#GEAPP
Yes, the energy transition is proceeding and yes renewable energy capacity is expanding each year. But it’s complementing - instead of replacing - fossil fuel demand. We need to collectively peak and reduce fossil fuel usage yesterday.
The Axis of Petrostates, led by the Evil Empire of the Ecological Cold War
"Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will put climate goals beyond reach, new data has shown."
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Yes, the energy transition is proceeding and yes renewable energy capacity is expanding each year. But it’s complementing - instead of replacing - fossil fuel demand. We need to collectively peak and reduce fossil fuel usage yesterday.
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The Axis of Petrostates, led by the Evil Empire of the Ecological Cold War
"Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will put climate goals beyond reach, new data has shown."
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’
New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The Axis of Petrostates, led by the Evil Empire of the Ecological Cold War
And we’re off! New York Climate Week here we go! Looking forward to reconnecting with good friends and colleagues and to meet some of you all IRL. #ClimateWeek2025 #nycw25
September 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
And we’re off! New York Climate Week here we go! Looking forward to reconnecting with good friends and colleagues and to meet some of you all IRL. #ClimateWeek2025 #nycw25
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TODAY is Sun Day! ✴️ Thousands of people are coming together at 469 events across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate the power of clean energy. Today shines a bright light on the future that we all want - a cleaner, fairer, future for all. ☀️ Join an event near you today: sunday.earth
September 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
TODAY is Sun Day! ✴️ Thousands of people are coming together at 469 events across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate the power of clean energy. Today shines a bright light on the future that we all want - a cleaner, fairer, future for all. ☀️ Join an event near you today: sunday.earth
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When you try to destroy a piece of art and accidentally make it even more iconic.
September 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
When you try to destroy a piece of art and accidentally make it even more iconic.
Excellent albeit alarming view of a seismically reshuffled world order by @nilsgilman.bsky.social where power and alliances revolve around diverging energy futures and the willingness to accept or deny unfolding climate realities.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
The Coming Ecological Cold War
Decarbonization isn’t just about technology and markets—it’s a geopolitical revolution.
foreignpolicy.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Excellent albeit alarming view of a seismically reshuffled world order by @nilsgilman.bsky.social where power and alliances revolve around diverging energy futures and the willingness to accept or deny unfolding climate realities.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
Vive la résistance
We can’t rely on climate.gov, but now we’ve got climate.us!
August 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Vive la résistance
Excellent clap back by @ametsoc.org in the climate wonk rap battle.
The @ametsoc.org has released a statement on the deeply flawed DoE 2025 Climate Synthesis report. It reaffirms that the modern climate is changing primarily because of human influence; this is harmful; scientists agree; and response options are available. Read here: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report
Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025
www.ametsoc.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Excellent clap back by @ametsoc.org in the climate wonk rap battle.
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NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
August 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
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you get what you give when it comes to the content you put out, why would you do all the hard work to write your beautiful words and then throw them under the generative ai image bus. it's so sad to witness from even just a creative standpoint!
August 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
you get what you give when it comes to the content you put out, why would you do all the hard work to write your beautiful words and then throw them under the generative ai image bus. it's so sad to witness from even just a creative standpoint!
The real impacts of the OBBBA on US and global energy sectors will reveal themselves over the timescale of years if not longer. In the absence of a crystal ball, this Ezra Klein Show episode with @janeaflegal.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com may be as good as it gets. Give it a listen.
Is Decarbonization Dead?
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 07/25/2025 · 1h 17m
podcasts.apple.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The real impacts of the OBBBA on US and global energy sectors will reveal themselves over the timescale of years if not longer. In the absence of a crystal ball, this Ezra Klein Show episode with @janeaflegal.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com may be as good as it gets. Give it a listen.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
There's a big, beautiful, complex world out there to learn, explore, interpret, and scrutinize. Resist the convenience of machines and save your mind.
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
time.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
There's a big, beautiful, complex world out there to learn, explore, interpret, and scrutinize. Resist the convenience of machines and save your mind.
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
Cooler heads did not prevail. That USAID's dismantling was both initially unplanned and born out of personal retribution and lack of familiarity with typical government processes is stunning even amidst every other story in our current news cycle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D.
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Cooler heads did not prevail. That USAID's dismantling was both initially unplanned and born out of personal retribution and lack of familiarity with typical government processes is stunning even amidst every other story in our current news cycle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
More politicians need to adopt this stance and actually act on a set of values. If citizens are expected to adapt when they're RIF'ed, laid off, or entire professions disappear (I.e. idev) then so can our so-called leaders who should represent our country's top knowledge and leadership.
AOC during Zohran for Mayor rally: "There are people out there who say, 'If you go out and make this endorsement, your political career will be over.' And to that I say: I don't care. We will never get to a better place if everyone is just worried about themselves. If it's over, so be it."
June 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
More politicians need to adopt this stance and actually act on a set of values. If citizens are expected to adapt when they're RIF'ed, laid off, or entire professions disappear (I.e. idev) then so can our so-called leaders who should represent our country's top knowledge and leadership.
On one hand, perverse logic driving this decision MIGHT go: No need to look at the data, disasters are only going to get more deadly, destructive, and expensive.
On the other hand: 27 individual billion-dollar climate/weather events in the US in 2024 (up from 5-year moving average of 23).
On the other hand: 27 individual billion-dollar climate/weather events in the US in 2024 (up from 5-year moving average of 23).
NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters
The billion-dollar disaster tracker is on a growing list of datasets NOAA says that either scientists will no longer update or the administration will decommission entirely.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
On one hand, perverse logic driving this decision MIGHT go: No need to look at the data, disasters are only going to get more deadly, destructive, and expensive.
On the other hand: 27 individual billion-dollar climate/weather events in the US in 2024 (up from 5-year moving average of 23).
On the other hand: 27 individual billion-dollar climate/weather events in the US in 2024 (up from 5-year moving average of 23).
Been thinking a lot about AI and @xiyebastida.bsky.social writing here reflects many of my feelings. In a worst case scenario AI is devastating to our world & society. But even in more positive or likely scenarios, I’m not sure we’re better off with AI than without it.
Social costs > benefits
Social costs > benefits
I thought the climate crisis was our biggest challenge, then I saw an AI bomb: My experience at TED 2025
While I watch some of the brightest minds beg Silicon Valley to set proper regulations on AI development, AI businessmen get on stage with a bomb and a robot, promising that their future is brighter.
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Been thinking a lot about AI and @xiyebastida.bsky.social writing here reflects many of my feelings. In a worst case scenario AI is devastating to our world & society. But even in more positive or likely scenarios, I’m not sure we’re better off with AI than without it.
Social costs > benefits
Social costs > benefits
This chart is wild (courtesy of @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social Hill Heat newsletter). Happy election day, Canada. Hoping for a positive outcome fully informed by all of the risks and lessons from, uh... recent events.
April 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This chart is wild (courtesy of @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social Hill Heat newsletter). Happy election day, Canada. Hoping for a positive outcome fully informed by all of the risks and lessons from, uh... recent events.
Excited to sit in on some of the many important conversations happening during #DCClimateWeek and reconnecting with friends maintaining the agenda in #energytransition #adaptation #resilience #climatefinance #climatehealth and more topics. If you’re out and about this week, drop me a line!
April 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Excited to sit in on some of the many important conversations happening during #DCClimateWeek and reconnecting with friends maintaining the agenda in #energytransition #adaptation #resilience #climatefinance #climatehealth and more topics. If you’re out and about this week, drop me a line!