Erik Schlenker-Goodrich
@riogranderift.bsky.social
At work in the ruins. Executive Director: @westernlaw.org
Thoughts my own.
Thoughts my own.
Pinned
TO THE WESTERN HORIZONS!
The Western Environmental Law Center’s Strategic Approach to the Confluence of Political, Ecological, and Economic Crises Faced by the…
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My thoughts on @westernlaw.bsky.social's strategic approach to the Trump 2.0 era.
✅ Hold the line at the federal level
✅ Move in space at the state level
✅ Build power for change
How? With an ecology of kinship.
✅ Hold the line at the federal level
✅ Move in space at the state level
✅ Build power for change
How? With an ecology of kinship.
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Tfw what you, and many others, have been screaming about finally gets traction: "a big and growing number of countries recognise that a managed, collectively navigated route to fossil fuel phaseout is preferable to the chaotic absence of planning we currently have"
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tfw what you, and many others, have been screaming about finally gets traction: "a big and growing number of countries recognise that a managed, collectively navigated route to fossil fuel phaseout is preferable to the chaotic absence of planning we currently have"
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
Is this “permitting reform”?
Yes.
Yes.
"The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is this “permitting reform”?
Yes.
Yes.
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This is who is waiting in the Bad Place to greet you.
When you hear the word "innovation" and "permitting reform" know this: You're about to get fucked, the rich are gonna get richer, & the powerful more powerful.
Really glad this panel has a diverse array of white dudes representing the political, investor/tech, & media elites.
Really glad this panel has a diverse array of white dudes representing the political, investor/tech, & media elites.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is who is waiting in the Bad Place to greet you.
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Shapiro pulled PA out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Arnold makes his money trading in methane gas.
Stitt claims his state has "the most affordable, reliable energy anywhere thanks to...natural gas."
If "permitting reform" is a climate solution, why are fossil fuel guys plugging it?
Arnold makes his money trading in methane gas.
Stitt claims his state has "the most affordable, reliable energy anywhere thanks to...natural gas."
If "permitting reform" is a climate solution, why are fossil fuel guys plugging it?
When you hear the word "innovation" and "permitting reform" know this: You're about to get fucked, the rich are gonna get richer, & the powerful more powerful.
Really glad this panel has a diverse array of white dudes representing the political, investor/tech, & media elites.
Really glad this panel has a diverse array of white dudes representing the political, investor/tech, & media elites.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Shapiro pulled PA out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Arnold makes his money trading in methane gas.
Stitt claims his state has "the most affordable, reliable energy anywhere thanks to...natural gas."
If "permitting reform" is a climate solution, why are fossil fuel guys plugging it?
Arnold makes his money trading in methane gas.
Stitt claims his state has "the most affordable, reliable energy anywhere thanks to...natural gas."
If "permitting reform" is a climate solution, why are fossil fuel guys plugging it?
When you hear the word "innovation" and "permitting reform" know this: You're about to get fucked, the rich are gonna get richer, & the powerful more powerful.
Really glad this panel has a diverse array of white dudes representing the political, investor/tech, & media elites.
Really glad this panel has a diverse array of white dudes representing the political, investor/tech, & media elites.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When you hear the word "innovation" and "permitting reform" know this: You're about to get fucked, the rich are gonna get richer, & the powerful more powerful.
Really glad this panel has a diverse array of white dudes representing the political, investor/tech, & media elites.
Really glad this panel has a diverse array of white dudes representing the political, investor/tech, & media elites.
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Little appreciated is that the "doomed" conflict dooms both "sides" - preventing the emergence of a (never easily achieved and always shifting) synthesis between conservation and the energy transition.
Pundit supporters of "permitting reform" sweep aside (& do not understand) ecology & community.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Little appreciated is that the "doomed" conflict dooms both "sides" - preventing the emergence of a (never easily achieved and always shifting) synthesis between conservation and the energy transition.
Pundit supporters of "permitting reform" sweep aside (& do not understand) ecology & community.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Pundit supporters of "permitting reform" sweep aside (& do not understand) ecology & community.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
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Having already dedicated a series to bison, he obviously needs to tackle another keystone mammal driven nearly to extinction by the rapacity of capitalism and now being restored to its historic range. 🦫 🦫 🦫
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Having already dedicated a series to bison, he obviously needs to tackle another keystone mammal driven nearly to extinction by the rapacity of capitalism and now being restored to its historic range. 🦫 🦫 🦫
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If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
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if you came of age in the 20th century then this really sits you down about how much the Worlds changed in 21st century. no going back…. @katemac.bsky.social
Germany was 4 times China's GDP in 1990
China is now 4 times Germany's GDP in 2025
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
Germany was 4 times China's GDP in 1990
China is now 4 times Germany's GDP in 2025
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
if you came of age in the 20th century then this really sits you down about how much the Worlds changed in 21st century. no going back…. @katemac.bsky.social
Germany was 4 times China's GDP in 1990
China is now 4 times Germany's GDP in 2025
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
Germany was 4 times China's GDP in 1990
China is now 4 times Germany's GDP in 2025
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
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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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Here's the paragraph from the latest Carville blathering that should be circulating. Why it's strategic in for Democrats to reinforce the fascist opposition's frame remains a mystery to me.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Here's the paragraph from the latest Carville blathering that should be circulating. Why it's strategic in for Democrats to reinforce the fascist opposition's frame remains a mystery to me.
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Opportunity for journos: @grist.org is giving out grants of up to $5K each for climate and environmental justice reporting on the rural US. The deadline is rapidly approaching, so get your application in! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Opportunity for journos: @grist.org is giving out grants of up to $5K each for climate and environmental justice reporting on the rural US. The deadline is rapidly approaching, so get your application in! grist.org/updates/gris...
Deeply appreciate this thread. All the climate "vibes" of the moment (I.e., Do not speak of climate; Do not antagonize fossil fuels; Focus on tech & "all of the above" affordability) are so ... impoverished ... when it comes to people's relationships with each other & the world around us.
A theory about vibes:
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Deeply appreciate this thread. All the climate "vibes" of the moment (I.e., Do not speak of climate; Do not antagonize fossil fuels; Focus on tech & "all of the above" affordability) are so ... impoverished ... when it comes to people's relationships with each other & the world around us.
TFW when the primary messaging frame for your $5T company is centered on "We're not like Enron."
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
TFW when the primary messaging frame for your $5T company is centered on "We're not like Enron."
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Not clear to me whether these rules are designed by the fossil fuel industry, tech industry, Russia/Saudi Arabia, "Abundance" centrists, DC consultants, or virtually all Republicans & far too many Democrats.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
1. Do not speak of climate change.
2. Do not antagonize fossil fuels. Embrace fossil fuels via "all of the above" & "technology neutral."
3. Fixate on energy & economics to exclusion of ecology & equity.
4. Speak often of reducing costs. Sometimes emissions.
5. Hobble bedrock environmental laws.
2. Do not antagonize fossil fuels. Embrace fossil fuels via "all of the above" & "technology neutral."
3. Fixate on energy & economics to exclusion of ecology & equity.
4. Speak often of reducing costs. Sometimes emissions.
5. Hobble bedrock environmental laws.
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Not clear to me whether these rules are designed by the fossil fuel industry, tech industry, Russia/Saudi Arabia, "Abundance" centrists, DC consultants, or virtually all Republicans & far too many Democrats.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
Over the course of the last ~10 years, @westernlaw.org has used the National Environmental Policy Act to defeat federal oil & gas lease sale after lease sale. Roughly ~10 million acres of public lands & resources.
They are targeting NEPA for a reason: It is a shield against destruction.
They are targeting NEPA for a reason: It is a shield against destruction.
@caadcoalition.bsky.social has an overview of all the many ads big oil is buying for permitting reform.
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Over the course of the last ~10 years, @westernlaw.org has used the National Environmental Policy Act to defeat federal oil & gas lease sale after lease sale. Roughly ~10 million acres of public lands & resources.
They are targeting NEPA for a reason: It is a shield against destruction.
They are targeting NEPA for a reason: It is a shield against destruction.
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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peak Bluesky juxtaposition
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
peak Bluesky juxtaposition
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Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Much of the rhetoric against "doomerism" is designed to numb humanity into the inevitability of "progress" & the notion that, if we are "realistic" (i.e., acquiesce to fossil fuels, Big Tech, extractivism), all will be fine so long as we drive down the cost of renewables.
But it will not be fine.
But it will not be fine.
“It remains the case that we are embarking on—in fact, accelerating—the biggest chemistry experiment on the planet in 66 million years, and one of the fastest derangements of the carbon cycle in the age of animal life.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Climate Realism Is a Delusion
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Much of the rhetoric against "doomerism" is designed to numb humanity into the inevitability of "progress" & the notion that, if we are "realistic" (i.e., acquiesce to fossil fuels, Big Tech, extractivism), all will be fine so long as we drive down the cost of renewables.
But it will not be fine.
But it will not be fine.
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It’s like we are dinosaurs listening to the advice of an incoming asteroid.
Not clear to me whether these rules are designed by the fossil fuel industry, tech industry, Russia/Saudi Arabia, "Abundance" centrists, DC consultants, or virtually all Republicans & far too many Democrats.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
1. Do not speak of climate change.
2. Do not antagonize fossil fuels. Embrace fossil fuels via "all of the above" & "technology neutral."
3. Fixate on energy & economics to exclusion of ecology & equity.
4. Speak often of reducing costs. Sometimes emissions.
5. Hobble bedrock environmental laws.
2. Do not antagonize fossil fuels. Embrace fossil fuels via "all of the above" & "technology neutral."
3. Fixate on energy & economics to exclusion of ecology & equity.
4. Speak often of reducing costs. Sometimes emissions.
5. Hobble bedrock environmental laws.
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It’s like we are dinosaurs listening to the advice of an incoming asteroid.
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It's gotta be Jonathan Turley, right?
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's gotta be Jonathan Turley, right?